Adding weather effects to custom maps?

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PowerSwordist
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Adding weather effects to custom maps?

Post by PowerSwordist »

I read in the forum under patch 1.5 in the general change list that weather effects will be added easily. so is that coming out at the end of this month on the final 1.5 patch? and also, what do we have to do to incorporate it into our maps when we use giantsedit? is it a separate program we have to use or is it built into giants itself? just curious. thanks in advance.
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Post by Tasiin »

You can already do it with the 1.497 beta patch. Here's what you need to do:

1. Open the map's .gck file (in the Worlds folder) with an archiving utility like WinRAR or just temporarily rename it to a .zip file and open it.

2. Extract and open the .gmm file with a text editor (usually named default.gmm).

3. Add the following to the bottom of the file:

[World]
weather=weather_name

weather_name can be one of the following:

fx_day_to_night
fx_overcast
fx_light_showers
fx_light_showers_R1
fx_medium_lightning
fx_medium_showers
fx_dark_heavy_rain
fx_light_snow
fx_light_snow_R2
fx_medium_snow
fx_heavy_snow

4. Save the changes to the .gmm and add it back into the archive, overwriting the old one.

Keep in mind that you may have to adjust the default fog colors on your map for it to actually look good, as these effects will change the colors themselves when they're in use.

You can take a look at Mecc v. Mecc - Precipice.gck if you need an example, as that map uses the fx_day_to_night effect.
PowerSwordist
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Post by PowerSwordist »

Didn't work...did anyone else give it a shot?
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Post by Sushi »

Can someone elaborate more? I'm having problems with the map not even showing up in Giants even when I added the weather code correctly. Here's how I was going about it:

1. Created a map with GiantsEdit 5.43 and saved it correctly.
2. Change from .gck to .zip
3. Edit "default.gmm" file with notepad to add weather
4. Changed it back to .gck
5. Throw it in "World" folder and launch Giants to test it

It doesn't ever show up in the map menu??!!!!

Please help and thank you.
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Post by UnReal »

works great!!!
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