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*Note this system is best for 4096 parcels and smaller or "spots of weather on larger parcels....this system has a 10 rezzer LIMIT. if you do not have an area of 18 X 18 to fit this rezzer in, we recommend a particle system. For a larger and more flexible system with resizing and 1/7 the prims, please visit https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/NXT-WEATHER-box/13501614
Why did we call this "Best Weather"? Because it's the best way to create the most realistic weather effect on SL.
Why was this system created?
Some real estate companies do not allow weather systems on commercial land for causing lag. I felt this was understandable but also something that needed to be worked around. The reason weather systems are not permitted for some is for the amount of lag caused by particle rezzers and the video lag created by the particles themselves. This system ONLY uses animated textures, producing a more realistic rain without causing server or video card handicaps.
As specified in the LSL scripting wiki - animated textures do not cause any lag.
WEATHER MODES - There are 3 modes for rain and 2 modes for snow plus thunder (with lightning) which can be turned on or off in each mode. Each mode uses a different realistic sound effect to match the rain. Puddles also are effect by which mode you choose to add realism.
Off
Drizzle
Light Rain
Hard Rain
Thunder on/off
Light Snow
Heavy Snow
CONTROLLERS
There are 3 options for controlling the rain for the owner by clicking on either:
1. Best Weather HUD - Gives Owner only usable menu.
2. Best Weather Umbrella Stand - gives Umbrella to any user and also acts as a controller for owner - others get an umbrella with no controls.
3. Best Weather Umbrella - Gives Owner only usable menu.
Features:
BEST WEATHER Rezzer is copyable and multiple rezzers will listen to commands from the owner all at once.
BEST WEATHER REZZER contains multiple prims for giving rain a surround sound effect while in the rain.
When rain is set to OFF....rezzer only uses 1 prim (7 prims when on).
BEST RAIN is NOT a weather system and does not use any particles - meaning it's lag free and will not bog down your video card.
18 X 18 x 24 meters per rezzer
Need bigger and better weather?
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/NXT-WEATHER-box/13501614
- 3 rain modes - 2 Snow Modes
- realistic surrounding rain sounds and thunder
- realstic puddle animation
- We offer true support 7 days a week!
Fantastic!
To anyone saying this is a GPU hit on the system, the particle effect systems of weather is akin to chopping an arm off versus this small pinch. It's very easy to use, it's very efficient. It's easy to setup, it's a cheap pack of many forms of rain AND snow, and best of all it ACTUALLY LOOKS REAL.
If you ever considered invested in any forms of weather in SL, this is a MUST BUY.
Good looking rain. GPU hit
The various rain effects on this look gorgeous. It's some of the most convincing rain I've seen so far. The system gives you a decent amount of control over the weather.
Tested this in a rather clean area where I had about 50 frames a second, cuts my FPS to 30. Rezzed four more, arranged them together, FPS went down from there. This is certainly not light on the processor when you start stacking them up.
So, this does certainly put some strain on the GPU. If you can weather it (no pun intended), the effects here are gorgeous. Unlike particle effects where you can just go into your video settings and turn your particle count down until the lag goes away (and it really is what you ought to do if particles are giving you video lag). This rain is here to stay unless you have a viewer that can de-rez effects.
But really, any good convincing weather is going to hit your processing power somewhere. And trust me, this weather is gorgeous and I feel it is well worth the processor hit.