Resource [20.1+] Weather System 1.3.4

[Jedahjony]

Not compatible with Arcky's Region Map

 

[LinKazamine]

It isn't right now if you mean showing the weather on the town map. But it's something that's on the to-do list.

 

[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

1.1.2

Added the possibility to define more than 1 point for a map for the Town Map.

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[Jedahjony]

Hi Lin! i have 2 version of this files

What are the good ones?

 

[LinKazamine]

The 02 - Map_Display are the new ones. Although, as a good practice, you may want to delete the plugins you want to update before dropping the updated version.

 

[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

1.1.3

• Fixed error that would make the weather icon disappear from the Town Map.
• Changed (again and hopefully for the last time) how to get the position of the maps for the Town Map. It should be simpler this time. Check the overview for more explanation.

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[OkunoShio]

Thank you so much for integrating Weather Encounters into your plugin! Everything now works as I would have wished it to work! On a sidenote, my previous errorlog resulted from me not properly understanding what the "WEATHER_SUBSTITUTE" section does and how to properly define it, once I figured that out, everything works perfectly :)

I suppose you HAVE to start a new save file with this plugin whenever you change some of the Configurations, right? I tried yesterday with an old save and it resulted in some strange weather behaviours, like having a Blizzard in my desert map even though Blizzard should only occure in my mountain map. However, starting a new save sorted that out and - once again - everything now works perfectly! :)

 

[LinKazamine]

Well, I don't have a save file on the pokemon essentials versions I use to test the plugin so I'm not sure if it's a requisite for all changes on the configuration file or just some of them. But if something weird happens in the game when you change the configuration, starting a new game should fix it, yes.

As for the explanation of how to configure each part of the plugin, I tried to do my best on it but even I can recognise that there are things that are hard to explain and understand. Unfortunately, I have simplified the configuration of those parts as much as I can right now. Suggestions on how to better explain things are welcome, though.

 

[OkunoShio]

A friend of mine produced the following error while betatesting my project:

[2023-10-25 19:34:08 +0200]
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: ArgumentError
Message: argument out of range

Backtrace:
<internal:timev>:310:in `initialize'
[Lin's Weather System] 01 - Main.rb:105:in `new'
[Lin's Weather System] 01 - Main.rb:105:in `pbGetEndTime'
[Lin's Weather System] 01 - Main.rb:173:in `pbUpdateWeather'
[Lin's Weather System] 03 - Handler.rb:17:in `block in <main>'
035:Event_Handlers:89:in `block in trigger'
035:Event_Handlers:89:in `each_value'
035:Event_Handlers:89:in `trigger'
036:Event_HandlerCollections:63:in `trigger'
044:Game_MapFactory:147:in `setMapChanged'

I also use the Unreal Time System, giving the player the possibility to change time by going to sleep at their bed. According to him, he was doing exactly that and after he exited the house (and entered one of the maps that uses weather defined in this plugin), his game crashed. I was also able to reproduce the error, although it took me around 30 time skips (I always slept until 12pm on the following day, so doing 24 hour skips each time). I suppose it might have something to do with the time interval I set for the next weather change? And skipping time might result in jumping to a time that is outside of the range for the weather change to occure? For context, my Weather System Configuration looks like this:

module WeatherConfig
  # Set to false to use the Weather System.
  NO_WEATHER = false        # Default: false

  # Set to false to use the Weather System.
  SHOW_WEATHER_ON_MAP = true    # Default: true

  # Set to true to use the computer's time. Will not work without Unreal Time System.
  USE_REAL_TIME = false        # Default: true

  # Set to true to have the weather change at midnight.
  CHANGE_MIDNIGHT = false    # Default: true

  # Define the min and max amount of time (in hours) before the weather changes.
  # Set the same number to not randomize the amount of time before the weather changes.
  CHANGE_TIME_MIN = 8        # Default: 1
  CHANGE_TIME_MAX = 16        # Default: 4

Oh and don't worry about your explanations within the plugin, they are totally fine, the mistake was on me not properly reading and comprehending everything^^

Edit: I tried to replicate the error consistently, and found the following:

So, my ingame starting date is 1st March 1848. Whenever I skipped time to the 31st March and THEN left the house/ entered the map that uses the Weather System, the game crashes. HOWEVER, if I skip over 31st March all the way to 1st April before leaving the house, the game does not crash.

 

[LinKazamine]

Mmm... I think I see what the problem is. The error is with the midnight code, which added a day to the starting time regardless of what day it was. Since the plugin calculates this date regardless if you use it or not, it's throwing you errors because of a non-existent date. I'll update the plugin again with the fix as soon as possible. Thank you for bringing up this oversight.

 

[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

1.1.4

Fixed (hopefully) the error that happened at the end of each month when changing maps outdoors.

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[OkunoShio]

Thanks for the super quick update :) There is just a tiny inconsistency in your new script section for pbGetEndTime in "01 - Main Code/01 - Main". Your new variables are called longMonth and shortMonth, but the script calls longMont and shortMont. I fixed that myself and this fixed the error I encountered previously! :)

def pbGetEndTime(startTime)
  # Midnight of the next day
  longMonth = [1,3,5,7,8,10,12]
  shortMonth = [4,6,9,11]
  leapYear = (startTime.year % 4 == 0) ? true : false
  if startTime.year % 100 == 0
    leapYear = (startTime.year % 400 == 0 && leapYear) ? true : false
  end
  if longMont.include?(startTime.month) && startTime.day == 31
    midnight = Time.new(startTime.year, startTime.month + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
  elsif shortMont.include?(startTime.month) && startTime.day == 30
    midnight = Time.new(startTime.year, startTime.month + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
  elsif startTime.month == 2 && leapYear && startTime.day == 29
    midnight = Time.new(startTime.year, startTime.month + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
  elsif startTime.month == 2 && !leapYear && startTime.day == 28
    midnight = Time.new(startTime.year, startTime.month + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
  else
    midnight = Time.new(startTime.year, startTime.month, startTime.day + 1, 0, 0, 0)
  end
  hours = rand(WeatherConfig::CHANGE_TIME_MIN...WeatherConfig::CHANGE_TIME_MAX)
  elapse = hours * 60 * 60
  endTime = startTime + elapse
  # Sets the end of the weather at the next midnight or a determined amount of hours in the future
  endTime = (WeatherConfig::CHANGE_MIDNIGHT) ? midnight : endTime
  return endTime
end

 

[LinKazamine]

Ugh... I was so focused on how to get the leap years that I didn't even check that. I'll upload it again with the fix.

 

[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

Fixed spelling error

Fixed spelling error on the code.

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[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

Added some small things

• Added new year to the end-of-the-month fix when changing maps outdoors.
• Added the possibility to deactivate the automatic weather update when changing maps. Instructions (hopefully clear enough) on how to manually update the weather on events are on the configuration for that feature.

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[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

1.2

• Added tileset change for maps based on the season.
• Added battle image change for battle based on the season.

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[LinKazamine]

LinKazamine updated [20.1+] Weather System with a new update entry:

1.3

• Added season splash images. Comes with a .txt file with details of the font used for the text.
• Changed the path for the weather icons from Graphics/Pictures/Weather to Graphics/Pictures/WeatherSystem/Weather.

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[REALMUGEN]

Thanks for sharing this script.

I would like to ask a question, is there any way to check what weather is happening outside while on an indoor map?
I'm trying to generate some effects and change some dialogs if certain weather is happening outside (for example, a storm).

But when doing it from an indoor map, I intuit that the game always considers that there is no active weather inside?

 

[LinKazamine]

I guess you are using $game_screen.weather_type or some similar code for the checks. Those codes check the weather for the map you are in and my plugin is configured to only change weather on outdoor maps, so obviously it always returns as none on indoor maps. You have to go directly to where the weather for the moment is stored to see what weather is active outside.

You have an example of it on 01 - Main Code/02 - Forecast. But $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].mainWeather and $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].secondWeather are the codes you need. You have to change "zone" with the number of the zone the outdoor map belongs to.
Also, you have to be aware of two things:

1. The outdoor map that the indoor map connects to can have any of the weathers you defined in MAPS_SUBSTITUTE with "exclude"?
2. The outdoor map that the indoor map connects to can have any of the weathers you defined in MAPS_SUBSTITUTE with "include"?

If the answer for the first is yes or the answer for the second is no, you have to use $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].secondWeather. You have to use the other one if it's not the case.

 

[REALMUGEN]

I guess you are using $game_screen.weather_type or some similar code for the checks. Those codes check the weather for the map you are in and my plugin is configured to only change weather on outdoor maps, so obviously it always returns as none on indoor maps. You have to go directly to where the weather for the moment is stored to see what weather is active outside.

You have an example of it on 01 - Main Code/02 - Forecast. But $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].mainWeather and $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].secondWeather are the codes you need. You have to change "zone" with the number of the zone the outdoor map belongs to.
Also, you have to be aware of two things:

1. The outdoor map that the indoor map connects to can have any of the weathers you defined in MAPS_SUBSTITUTE with "exclude"?
2. The outdoor map that the indoor map connects to can have any of the weathers you defined in MAPS_SUBSTITUTE with "include"?

If the answer for the first is yes or the answer for the second is no, you have to use $WeatherSystem.actualWeather[zone].secondWeather. You have to use the other one if it's not the case.

Thank you so much for all the explanation :)