DomainGoat90
7 years agoNew Spectator
Need a litte tuning file explanation.
Hi all,
Pre Get Famous, I used a mod that kinda overhauled EA's weather forecast system.
Sadly the modder decided to take the mod offline because it had some problems, so I decided to give it a try.
I started editing the forecast tuning files, but I'm having some questions because I don't really understand what certain parts of these tuning files mean, so I hope some experienced modder can help me out a bit so I can continue to revive this mod.
I would like to know a few things:
- What does the Key thing mean in the forecast files most of the time starting with 0 and going like 0,6,12,18
- What does the Lower bound and Upper bound mean in the duration lines (I assume lower bound was the minimum x Sim hours a weather event will be triggered and the Upper bound the maximum x Sim hours it will be triggered, but not sure).
- Some events have a ''Weight'' coding line under them, what does this exactly do?
- Sometimes there are multiple weather events within a key block that don't have weight's to them at all. Does this mean the game randomly chooses a weather event to trigger from the possible weather events within that block listed?
for example:
Also sometimes weather events don't have duration coding attached to them at all, what does that do, because it really confuses me.
For example:
The above weather event has duration coding attached to it, but a few (key) blocks later the same event has no duration coding attached to it.
Does this mean that the weather effect will last until the next key block hits? i.e. key blocks seem to start with 0 (most of the time) and go like 6,12,18.
Sorry for the (lots of) questions, but I couldn't figure it out and couldn't find a clear guide or explanation online, so I hope someone can help me out a bit.
Thanks a lot!
Pre Get Famous, I used a mod that kinda overhauled EA's weather forecast system.
Sadly the modder decided to take the mod offline because it had some problems, so I decided to give it a try.
I started editing the forecast tuning files, but I'm having some questions because I don't really understand what certain parts of these tuning files mean, so I hope some experienced modder can help me out a bit so I can continue to revive this mod.
0
2
3
182331
3
5
182376
2
I would like to know a few things:
- What does the Key thing mean in the forecast files most of the time starting with 0 and going like 0,6,12,18
- What does the Lower bound and Upper bound mean in the duration lines (I assume lower bound was the minimum x Sim hours a weather event will be triggered and the Upper bound the maximum x Sim hours it will be triggered, but not sure).
- Some events have a ''Weight'' coding line under them, what does this exactly do?
- Sometimes there are multiple weather events within a key block that don't have weight's to them at all. Does this mean the game randomly chooses a weather event to trigger from the possible weather events within that block listed?
for example:
0
2
3
182331
3
5
182376
3
5
182374
4
6
182331
Also sometimes weather events don't have duration coding attached to them at all, what does that do, because it really confuses me.
For example:
3
5
182374
The above weather event has duration coding attached to it, but a few (key) blocks later the same event has no duration coding attached to it.
182374
1
Does this mean that the weather effect will last until the next key block hits? i.e. key blocks seem to start with 0 (most of the time) and go like 6,12,18.
Sorry for the (lots of) questions, but I couldn't figure it out and couldn't find a clear guide or explanation online, so I hope someone can help me out a bit.
Thanks a lot!