Congos Weather System

Congos Weather System reworks Arma Reforger's weather, from the sky down to the sound of rain on a tin roof. Everything is set from the Game Master's Weather tab, decided by the server and shown the same way to every player, late joiners included.

WEATHER CHANGES
- GM weather changes blend smoothly over a time the GM sets (1 minute by default, up to 10) instead of cutting instantly, even straight from Clear to Heavy Rain.
- Rain waits for the clouds to form, then fades in and out.
- Automatic weather runs a full cycle: Clear, Cloudy, Overcast, sometimes a thin fog before the rain, rain that builds and eases through its levels, sometimes a thick fog after it, then clearing skies.

WEATHER STATES
- Clear with warm light, Cloudy with big broken clouds and sun shafts, Overcast with cold, flat light
- Light Rain, Medium Rain and Heavy Rain (heavier than vanilla's maximum), all under Overcast's cold light
- Thin Fog, and Thick Fog that cuts sight to about 300 m

GAME MASTER OPTIONS (Weather tab)
- Change time slider (0 = instant)
- Thunder: Off, Sparse, Common or Frequent, plus Lightning on/off
- Wet ground: an after-rain look in any weather
- Ground fog: rolling fog lying in the low ground, the same for every player
- Fog also rolls into the low ground after rain and fades as the ground dries

STORMS
- 3D lightning bolts and flashes in the clouds
- Thunder by distance, from a sharp crack up close to a far rumble, arriving at the speed of sound
- Close strikes throw up dirt, shake the camera and knock players on foot down, without damage
- The GM lightning strike uses the same effects and keeps vanilla's damage

SOUND
- Rain on the roof above you, by roof material, quieter through floors
- Rain outside heard through open doors and windows
- Wind gusts
- Gunfire and explosions sound farther away in rain

PERFORMANCE
- While there is weather, Environment Quality drops to Medium; your own setting comes back when the sky clears and is never changed in your settings. Continually exploring option for improved weather performance.

MULTIPLAYER
- The server decides the weather, the options and every strike; fog, rain looks and sounds are drawn on each player's machine from the same weather.

COMPATIBILITY
- Changes vanilla's weather state list and the lighting of Clear, Cloudy, Overcast and rain. Other mods that change the same weather files will conflict.
- Changes vanilla's distance sound for gunfire and explosions. Mods that replace the same sound signal files will conflict.
- No dependencies.

EARLY VERSION
Currently not compatability tested with other weather/atmosphere enhancing mods. Tested in Workbench and local multiplayer; full dedicated servers are next. If something looks or sounds wrong, please report the weather, the time of day and what you were doing to the Bifrost Modding Team discord at
https://discord.com/invite/WNA7PcA8bD