Weather effects: causes reforged graphics to crash?

Helheim · Dec 1, 2022

Hi!
It seems I've got an issue: map crashes for users with Reforged + weather effects enabled. But it works fine with classic graphics.
Maybe some weather effects are known as glitchy for Reforged? (Already googled it, but can't find the info yet).

P.S: Yeah, there is already an option to disable it, and weather is not mandatory in the multiplayer, but still, I would like to know more.
Thanks!

triggers:

Weather
- Events
- Conditions
  - Weather_Bool Equal to True
- Actions
  - -------- Round 1 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than 0
      - Round Less than 8
    - Then - Actions
      - Trigger - Turn on Lightnings <gen>
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Ashenvale Rain (Light)
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Lordaeron Fall Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 8 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 8
      - Round Less than 10
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Ashenvale Rain (Heavy)
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Lordaeron Fall Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 10 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 10
      - Round Less than 14
    - Then - Actions
      - Trigger - Turn off Lightnings <gen>
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Set sky to Ashenvale Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 11 and 52 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - (Round Equal to 11) or (Round Equal to 52)
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Rays Of Light
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Ashenvale Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 12 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 12
      - Round Less than 20
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Set sky to Ashenvale Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 20 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 20
      - Round Less than 30
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Rays Of Moonlight
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Fogged Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 30 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 30
      - Round Less than 40
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Dungeon White Fog (Light)
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Fogged Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 40 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Greater than or equal to 40
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Dungeon Green Fog (Light)
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - Environment - Set sky to Barrens Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions
  - -------- Round 51 --------
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - Round Equal to 51
    - Then - Actions
      - Environment - Turn Weather Off
      - Environment - Remove Weather
      - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Dungeon Red Fog (Light)
      - Set VariableSet Weather = (Last created weather effect)
      - Environment - Turn Weather On
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        BOSS_Active Equal to True
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Environment - Set sky to Outland Sky
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Environment - Set sky to Lordaeron Summer Sky
      - Skip remaining actions
    - Else - Actions

Initialize Lightning
- Events
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer TempInt[50]) from 0 to 8, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set VariableSet TempPoint[50] = (Random point in Summon Zone <gen>)
      - Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPoint[50] using Doodads\Cinematic\Lightningbolt\Lightningbolt.mdl
      - Special Effect - Set Scale of (Last created special effect) to 2.50
      - Set VariableSet Weather_Lightning_Eff[TempInt[50]] = (Last created special effect)
      - Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint[50])
  - -------- Turn OFF --------
  - Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

Lightnings
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.50 seconds of game time
- Conditions
  - Weather_Bool Equal to True
- Actions
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - (Round Greater than 0) and (Round Less than 11)
    - Then - Actions
      - For each (Integer TEI[13]) from 0 to 8, do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Set VariableSet TEI[14] = (Random integer number between 1 and 3)
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        TEI[14] Equal to 1
        
        Then - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        TEI[13] Equal to 0
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Set VariableSet TempPoint[9] = (Random point in (Playable map area))
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Set VariableSet TempPoint[9] = (Random point in Player_Area[TEI[13]])
        
        Special Effect - Set Position of Weather_Lightning_Eff[TEI[13]] to TempPoint[9]
        
        Special Effect - Play Special Effect: Weather_Lightning_Eff[TEI[13]], Animation: Stand
        
        Sound - Play LightningBolt1 <gen> at 100.00% volume, located at TempPoint[9] with Z offset 0.00
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint[9])
        
        Else - Actions
    - Else - Actions

Gnuoy · Dec 2, 2022

wow there's a lot going on here, not sure where the crash would be lurking.

i think you are supposed to create all the weather effects early, maybe at map initialization, then just turn them off or on later.

Helheim · Dec 3, 2022

Gnuoy said:
i think you are supposed to create all the weather effects early, maybe at map initialization, then just turn them off or on later.

Pre-loading weather effects? I never thought about that, thanks. But I think it won't help. Crashes happen quite randomly, and never at the moment weather effect is being created. Maybe it's caused by the lightnings. Should check it soon.

Gnuoy · Dec 3, 2022

just another guess, try a save with all imported models removed/set to defaults. i had a model called goblin armory that caused a crash at a certain time of day.

Helheim · Dec 4, 2022

Gnuoy said:
try a save with all imported models removed/set to defaults

Thx, but I want to fix the weather first, cause disabling it has solved the problem.
I've found a glitch: weather can't be turned off for the Reforged graphics, while it can be for classic.

Simple test:

Melee Initialization
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Environment - Create at (Playable map area) the weather effect Ashenvale Rain (Heavy)
  - Set VariableSet w = (Last created weather effect)
  - Environment - Turn w Off

If reforged graphics are on - there is rain. If classic - there is no rain at all (as it should be). WUT? :ugly:

I wonder, can it cause a desync?

upd: It happens with Ashenvale\Lordaeron - Rain and Northrend - Snow weathers only.

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