Weather System [TFS 1.x]

[Nixdo]

Hi!, I am too stupid to use this without further instructions...so where exactly from "global.lua" should I put this code? It gives me a hell of a bunch of errors now when loading the server...and it seams to me a super nice system just to give up at the first try...

I have copied the code into my "global.lua" just before the last "return true", which should work, but I get the next error from the Weather.lua I am using, posted in this same thread!:

Lua Script Error: [GlobalEvent Interface]
data/globalevents/scripts/Weather.lua:onThink
data/globalevents/scripts/Weather.lua:11: attempt to index global 'weatherConfig' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        [C]: in function '__index'
        data/globalevents/scripts/Weather.lua:11: in function <data/globalevents/scripts/Weather.lua:1>
[Error - GlobalEvents::think] Failed to execute event: Weather

So I thought that the "Weather.lua", wasn't getting the "weatherConfig" because it was in a "global.lua" function...which I allready tried to change place but nope, it still give me the error!

 

[biplor]

Hello,

well it's time to release the weather system. Which alot of you waited for.

Features:

• Rain only in players screen, to save memory usage. Instead of sending whole map.
• If there is a roof, it will not send effect inside the building. But on the roof instead.
• Aswell, if you are under a roof, it will only send outside the building.
• When it hits water, it sends splash effect.
• Thunder Effect and also deal damage.

Paste this into global.lua

weatherConfig = {
    groundEffect = CONST_ME_LOSEENERGY,
    fallEffect = CONST_ANI_ICE,
    thunderEffect = true,
    minDMG = 5,
    maxDMG = 10
}

function Player.sendWeatherEffect(self, groundEffect, fallEffect, thunderEffect)
    local position, random = self:getPosition(), math.random
    position.x = position.x + random(-4, 4)
      position.y = position.y + random(-4, 4)

    local fromPosition = Position(position.x + 1, position.y, position.z)
       fromPosition.x = position.x - 7
       fromPosition.y = position.y - 5

    local tile, getGround
    for Z = 1, 7 do
        fromPosition.z = Z
        position.z = Z

        tile = Tile(position)
        if tile then -- If there is a tile, stop checking floors
            fromPosition:sendDistanceEffect(position, fallEffect)
            position:sendMagicEffect(groundEffect, self)

            getGround = tile:getGround()
            if getGround and ItemType(getGround:getId()):getFluidSource() == 1 then
                position:sendMagicEffect(CONST_ME_WATERSPLASH, self)
            end
            break
        end
    end

    if thunderEffect and tile then
        if random(2) == 1 then
            local topCreature = tile:getTopCreature()

            if topCreature and topCreature:isPlayer() then
                position:sendMagicEffect(CONST_ME_BIGCLOUDS, self)
                doTargetCombatHealth(0, self, COMBAT_ENERGYDAMAGE, -weatherConfig.minDMG, -weatherConfig.maxDMG, CONST_ME_NONE)
                self:sendTextMessage(MESSAGE_STATUS_CONSOLE_BLUE, "You were hit by lightning and lost some health.")
            end
        end
    end
end

How to use:

player:sendWeatherEffect(weatherConfig.groundEffect, weatherConfig.fallEffect, weatherConfig.thunderEffect)

I'm open for suggestions and even maybe how to make the code even better.

can you make a spell out of that, changing weather in area and possibly other stuff?