Environmental Nodes

[JerryC]

I already know that you can specify a particular node (part) in an Asset to show during the day or night by naming the object fx_day or fx_night. Does anyone know if you can also do this with environmental variables? Some thing like having the object only show when it's raining? (fx_rain?)

[mrennie]

I already know that you can specify a particular node (part) in an Asset to show during the day or night by naming the object fx_day or fx_night. Does anyone know if you can also do this with environmental variables? Some thing like having the object only show when it's raining? (fx_rain?)

Not as far as I know, but I used nodes textured with weather effects to create rain droplets on the outside of the cab windows in the FEF-3. In the script, I make these calls to see if it's raining:

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                        local PrecipitationType = SysCall("WeatherController:GetCurrentPrecipitationType")
         -- 0 = rain or clear, 1 = sleet, 2 = hail, 3 = snow
         
         local PrecipitationDensity = SysCall("WeatherController:GetPrecipitationDensity")
         -- 0 = none, 0.5 = rainy, 1.0 = stormy


Then it's just a matter of activating or deactivating the outside rain nodes accordingly, although there is also the complication of having to deactivate the outside ones when you're in cab view.

[JerryC]

That is a step in the right direction. The node that i'm targeting is "photosensitive", so it would switch on under darker conditions such as storm or fog. The node is not on the locomotive though, so I also have to call the car it is on.

Thanks!