script triggers for weather

[jastey]

Hi,

I want to check the weather in BGII, and there are weather identifiers:

 

0 NOWEATHER

1 RAIN

2 SNOW

3 FOG

 

but I don't know what the script triggers should be?

 

Is it just "weather" (like Weather(0) // NOWEATHER)?

 

Unfortunate, the great list at

http://iesdp.gibberlings3.net/scripting/bg2triggers.htm doesn't list this (or I am too blind to see).

 

Thanks for your answers!

[jastey]

OK, I just learned that there IS no script trigger for the weather in the trigger.ids...

 

I wanted to write a NPC-PC dialogue that should only happen if the sun is shining.

ANYONE having ANY ideas how I can do that? Is there a way of changing the trigger.ids? Can I, maybe via some script file, influence the weather before my talk starts???

[CamDawg]

There's no trigger to detect the weather, but you could force a weather change, sure.

 

IF 
(conditions for dialogue)
Global("BanterVar","GLOBAL",0)
TimeOfDay(Day)
!AreaType(DUNGEON)
!AreaType(EXTENDEDNIGHT)
OR(4)
 AreaType(OUTDOOR)
 AreaType(CITY)
 AreaType(WEATHER)
 AreaType(FOREST)
THEN 
 RESPONSE #100
   SetGlobal("BanterVar","GLOBAL",1)
   Weather(NOWEATHER)
   SetGlobalTimer("WeatherChange","GLOBAL",10)
END

IF 
(conditions for dialogue)
Global("BanterVar","GLOBAL",1)
TimeOfDay(Day)
!AreaType(DUNGEON)
!AreaType(EXTENDEDNIGHT)
OR(4)
 AreaType(OUTDOOR)
 AreaType(CITY)
 AreaType(WEATHER)
 AreaType(FOREST)
GlobalTimerExpired("WeatherChange","GLOBAL")
THEN
 RESPONSE #100
   SetGlobal("BanterVar","GLOBAL",2)
   StartDialogueNoSet(PLAYER1)
END

 

This will force a weather change, start a brief timer to allow the weather to change, then initiate the dialogue.

[Domi]

Thank you, Cam. That's a very useful script!

[jastey]

Thanks very much, Camdawg! This is easy and brilliant. This would be exactly what I need, because I really don't know in which area the Player will be if the dialogue will be initiated.

Only question: What does "AreaType(WEATHER)" mean? (And, as I am already asking, what does "AreaType(CANRESTOTHER)" mean?)

[CamDawg]

The AreaType(CANRESTOTHER) seems like another half-assed Bioware implemented flag. I only find it in a few random areas--Elven homes in Suldanesselar, left over BG areas, the Vulova Estate, a few areas in the de'Arnise Keep, etc. I can't find any rhyme or reason for it, perhaps someone else can explain what it's supposed to mean.

 

AreaType(WEATHER) appears to be an unused flag, as no IWD/IWD2/BG/BG2 areas are flagged with it. I would say it's safe to strip out of the script.

[jastey]

The AreaType(CANRESTOTHER) seems like another half-assed Bioware implemented flag. I only find it in a few random areas--Elven homes in Suldanesselar, left over BG areas, the Vulova Estate, a few areas in the de'Arnise Keep, etc. I can't find any rhyme or reason for it, perhaps someone else can explain what it's supposed to mean.

 

AreaType(WEATHER) appears to be an unused flag, as no IWD/IWD2/BG/BG2 areas are flagged with it. I would say it's safe to strip out of the script.

OK, that means I don't have to hide in shame I neither knew nor used them before...

By the way: You really filled my heart with joy with the weather changing script above. For a moment I thought I had to skip the two most romantic lovetalks I've written...

[igi]

The WEATHER flag, I would presume, means that the area has weather effects.

The CANRESTOTHER flag, iirc, means you can rest there (even though you cant). Or something.

I'm not terribly sure, and I dont know if either work.