setRain

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GEGlobalSEServer

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Description

Description:

Sets rain density smoothly over the given transition time. A transition time of zero means an immediate change. A rain density of zero is no rain, one is maximum rain. Rain is not possible when overcast is less than 0.7.

Since Arma 3 this command is multiplayer synchronised:

• if executed on the server, the changes will propagate globally.
• if executed on a client, the effect is local, temporary and will soon change to the server setting.

Minimum overcast needed for rain in Arma 3 is 0.5.

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Alternative syntaxes (Syntax 2 and Syntax 3):

• set rain particle params. Rain particles params are client-side params and are ignored on dedicated server. Use helper function BIS_fnc_setRain if sync is needed in Multiplayer
• have a local LELocal effect

Multiplayer:

Prior to Arma 3, each client and the server could have different rain values.

Groups:

Environment

Syntax 1

Syntax:

time setRain rain

Parameters:

time: Number - transition time in seconds to the new value

rain: Number - new rain value in range 0..1.

Return Value:

Nothing

2.08

Syntax 2

Syntax:

LELocal setRain rainParams

Parameters:

rainParams: Array - array of custom RainParticles params - see rainParams. Use empty array [] to reset to default config values

Return Value:

Nothing

2.08

Syntax 3

Syntax:

LELocal setRain config

Parameters:

config: Config - config path to a custom class, which contains RainParticles class. Use configNull to reset to default config values

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

60 setRain 1;

Example 2:

Force no rain:

0 setRain 0; forceWeatherChange; 999999 setRain 0;

Example 3:

Snow like effect (Since Arma 3 v2.08):

0 setOvercast 1; 0 setRain 1; 0 setFog 0.1; // snow affects visibility at distance setHumidity 0.9; // don't want to see dust clouds enableEnvironment [false, true]; // don't want to see snakes and butterflies either forceWeatherChange; setRain [ "a3\data_f\rainnormal_ca.paa", // rainDropTexture 1, // texDropCount 0.01, // minRainDensity 15, // effectRadius 0.1, // windCoef 2, // dropSpeed 0.5, // rndSpeed 0.5, // rndDir 0.02, // dropWidth 0.02, // dropHeight [0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 1], // dropColor 0.1, // lumSunFront 0.1, // lumSunBack 5.5, // refractCoef 0.3, // refractSaturation true, // snow false // dropColorStrong ];

Additional Information

See also:

rainParams BIS_fnc_setRain overcast setOvercast rain nextWeatherChange forceWeatherChange setFog setHumidity

Notes

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Zapat - c

Posted on Dec 15, 2015 - 14:31 (UTC)

setTimeMultiplier does not affect transition time.

Killzone_Kid - c

Posted on Nov 16, 2016 - 22:06 (UTC)

Using Example 2 on dedicated server might need additional interference on JIP clients. The reason is that JIP has rain value > 0 slowly changing to 0. To force client to sync one can execute this on client:

skipTime 1; skipTime -1;