Weather Types

Weather type specifies conditions under which it can occur (temperature, humidity, pressure, windpower, time of day, etc.) and what effects it causes on the game world and reality bubble.

When selecting weather type, the game goes over the list defined in region settings and selects the last entry that is considered eligible under current conditions. If none of the entries are eligible, invalid weather type "none" will be used.

Fields

Identifier	Description
id	(mandatory) Unique ID. Must be one continuous word, use underscores if necessary.
name	(mandatory) In-game name displayed.
color	(mandatory) Color of in-game name.
glyph	(mandatory) Glyph used on overmap.
map_color	(mandatory) Color of overmap glyph.
ranged_penalty	(mandatory) Penalty to ranged attacks.
sight_penalty	(mandatory) Sight penalty, aka multiplier to tile transparency.
light_modifier	(mandatory) Flat bonus to ambient light.
sound_attn	(mandatory) Sound attenuation (flat reduction to volume).
dangerous	(mandatory) If true, prompts for activity interrupt.
precip	(mandatory) Amount of associated precipitation. Valid values are: none, very_light, light and heavy.
rains	(mandatory) Whether said precipitation falls as rain.
acidic	(optional) Whether said precipitation is acidic.
sound_category	(optional) Sound effects to play. Valid values are: silent, drizzle, rainy, thunder, flurries, snowstorm and snow.
sun_intensity	(mandatory) Sunlight intensity. Valid values are: none, light, normal, and high. Normal and high are considered “direct sunlight”.
weather_animation	(optional) Weather animation in reality bubble. Details
effects	(optional) [string, int] pair array for the effects the weather causes. Details
requirements	(optional) Conditions under which this weather type will be eligible to be selected. Details

weather_animation

All members are mandatory.

Identifier	Description
factor	Display density: 0 is none, 1 will blot out the screen.
glyph	Glyph to use in ASCII mode.
color	Glyph color.
tile	Graphical tile to use in TILES mode.

effects

int here is effect intensity.

Identifier	Description
wet	wets player by int amount
thunder	thunder sound with chance 1 in int
lightening	1 in int chance of sound plus message and possible super charging electric fields
light_acid	causes pain unless waterproof
acid_rain	causes more pain unless waterproof

requirements

All members are optional.

Identifier	Description
pressure_min	Min pressure
pressure_max	Max pressure
humidity_min	Min humidity
humidity_max	Max humidity
temperature_min	Min temperature
temperature_max	Max temperature
windpower_min	Min windpower
windpower_max	Max windpower
humidity_and_pressure	If there are pressure and humidity requirements are they both required or just one
acidic	Does this require acidic precipitation
time	Time of day. Valid values are: day, night, and both.
required_weathers	Will only be selected if conditions match for any of the specified types, i.e. rain can only happen if the conditions for clouds, light drizzle or drizzle are present. Required weathers should be “before” this one in the region weather list.

Example

{
  "id": "lightning",
  "type": "weather_type",
  "name": "Lightning Storm",
  "color": "c_yellow",
  "map_color": "h_yellow",
  "glyph": "%",
  "ranged_penalty": 4,
  "sight_penalty": 1.25,
  "light_modifier": -45,
  "sound_attn": 8,
  "dangerous": false,
  "precip": "heavy",
  "rains": true,
  "acidic": false,
  "effects": [{ "name": "thunder", "intensity": 50 }, { "name": "lightning", "intensity": 600 }],
  "tiles_animation": "weather_rain_drop",
  "weather_animation": { "factor": 0.04, "color": "c_light_blue", "glyph": "," },
  "sound_category": "thunder",
  "sun_intensity": "none",
  "requirements": { "pressure_max": 990, "required_weathers": ["thunder"] }
}