Really Useful MEGA Weather Maker
The ultimate weather machine for your sim.
- Low prim elegant design for control panel and weather emitters.
- Low lag scripting design - only 1 script per emitter (see performance section below for details).
- AND the only weather maker in SL which is smart enough to know when not to rain/snow indoors when its raining outdoors*
WEATHER EFFECTS
- Engineered using megaprims and advanced scripting to deliver massive area effects with less scripts and prims
- Control weather elements individually or activate quick weather scenes
* Clouds
* Stormy clouds
* Light Rain
* Tropical Rain
* Light Snow
* Snow
* Lightning
* Thunderstorm
* Sleet
* Hail
* Blizzard
* Aurora borealis
MEGA powerful features:
- Coverage area: 50m x 50m, 100m x 50m, 100m x 100m, 150m x 150m, 200m x 200m, 250m x 250m (full sim)
- Put the Rezpoint Marker at intended centre of area of effect, and use the control panel from anywhere in the region
- Mega lightning bolts that reach from 200m high in the sky to the ground
- SmartLightning feature detects non-phantom surfaces so the lightning does not pass through your building
- Snow fall height of max 50m
- Two styles of weather emitters ("Aeolus" and "Freyr") with slightly different visual effects on the clouds
- Cloud emitters can oscillate or revolve to create more natural/random looking clouds
- SmartPrecipitation feature detects sim ground/water level whichever is higher (to minimise raining underwater)
- Security Menu: Lightning strike an avatar you choose anywhere in the region, eject/temp ban/perm ban
- Fun menu: rain fruits; rain cats and dogs etc.
- Cycle menu:
-- Auto cycle mode to switch scenes (from fair weather to thunderstorm) and back in 15 min cycle or 60 min cycle
-- Random mode uses SL cloud algorithm to determine the weather
- Set access control to owner only, group members or anyone to use it
* Compatible with the really useful Rain-Resistant Roof (sold separately) - you can stop putting up with weather systems which rain inside your house
Mega Weather Maker v4 includes a Mega Sound Booster. Fog and SimCloud functions require separate accessory purchase. v4.3 now available in store.
To see a demo, visit my store at the SLurl indicated.
If you own a sim, this product only costs a fraction of your monthly tier. Get it now and experience the difference!
NOTE: If your sim uses a lot of particles already, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT. The rain, snow and cloud effects are particle effects. As the number of particles in the sim (and area of coverage) increases, particle effects will appear less dense, and may disappear periodically ("particle starvation"). Results may vary depending on graphics card and viewer settings.
PRIM COUNT
- Included in this box are 2 styles of the control panel: Basic (3 prim), Master (6 prim)
- Each emitter is 9 prims, and can generate either clouds, or precipitation (rain/snow)
-- 50x50m area requires 1 emitter
-- 100x100m area requires 4 emitters
-- 150x150m area requires 9 emitters
-- 200x200m area requires 16 emitters
-- 250x250m area requires 25 emitters.
If both clouds and precipitation are required at the same time, double the number of emitters are required.
PERMISSIONS
- Control panel and emitters: no modify, yes copy, no transfer
- Mega sound booster: yes modify, yes copy, no transfer
UPGRADE POLICY
Customers who own the Really Useful Big Weather Maker or MWM v3.3 need only pay the price difference to upgrade/buy the Mega Weather Maker v4.
CUSTOMISATION SERVICE
- Replacement of the textures for the clouds, rain or snow for you with your own textures : 500L fee
- Customised emitter linkset: 1000L fee
SCRIPT PERFORMANCE
- High performance low lag scripting used in the development of this product
- Each emitter only has 1 script (0.003ms - 0.004ms) to cover area of 50m x 50m
- Control panel only has 1 script (0.004ms)
- In comparison, the Damani weather system uses 48 scripts to cover a 40x40m area (details available upon request). If you are a sim owner, you would know the difference of 48 scripts vs 2 scripts on sim performance, and know why so many discerning customers have now switched to the Really Useful Mega Weather Maker
CUSTOMER SERVICE POLICY
For any product issues or concerns, please drop me a notecard. I log into SL almost every day, so would usually be able to get back to you within 48 hours. What I do not do is to monitor Marketplace reviews every day because there is no notification to merchants when a new review is posted. Buyers who choose to review the product rather than contact me for help when they need help will not be eligible for any free product upgrades offered to customers from time to time.
- Mega coverage: from 50x50m to sim-wide (250x250m)
- Mega lightning: up to 200m high
- Cloud emitters can oscillate and revolve for more random clouds
- Low lag scripting - only 1 script per emitter (covering 50x50m)
- Easy to use control panel with access control
Great product. Great Support. I love it!
I bought this system which is intended for a full SIM to make it rain on my tiny old traditional Linden Home plot. With some help from Grace, this went reasonably smoothly. It rains outside and doesn't rain inside. Yay!
The best part is the system integration. There is the weather system itself, the rain roof script to stop it raining in certain areas, the ground effects rezzer for rain splatter and snow cover, and the rainy windows add on. Taken together it really creates the effect of a rainy day and I just LOVE sitting on my back deck at my little coffee table sipping coffee and reading in the rain. I also love cuddling in my living room on a rainy night.
The system is very prim and script efficient. I was able to get it going on my 175 prim Linden Home plot... which was already fully furnished leaving about 25 prims to spare. I fit rain windows, ground effect emitters, sound boosters, and the weather system itself into that 25 prim budget with room to spare.
The best part, without doubt, is the excellent support from Grace who actually made me a custom rain emitter so I could more finely tune exactly where it rained (like, say, not on the neighbors).
I could wish for some minor improvements (like a better texture on the rain windows) but most of my wishes have to do with cramming the system into a tiny plot. Grace did a great job with this product.
I am amazed
I saw lesser version of this on another sim I was visiting. The sim was script heavy with breedables, zooby, G&S stuff, and when it rained there, no lag. Mind you, I was also on a very crappy SL hating laptop, and no lag. I now bought this bigger system for my sim.
Pros:
-Low Lag! I mean it, I can be on my crappy SL hating laptop and not experience any lag above my own
-Wonderful sounds, they are not over the top cheezy, immersive inside and out!
-Easy controls, it comes with so much to make this as painless as possible.. set up the product, learn the controls and you are good to go. I can even control the height that my sim is at, especially if your sim terrain changes altitudes.
-Immersive, make your sim come to life!
-Plug ins! I didn't get the RL to SL converter, but i intend to so I don't have to change the weather every day!
-Low Prims, seriously, it doesn't consume a whole lot of prims. If you got a full sim, this is a drop in the bucket, and a great saver for those homesteads.
Cons:
You need to focus on keeping particles down on your sim, as this will ruin the effect of the weather, but thats an SL particle starvation, and I think my fires look better with good fire texture vs ugly particles
THIS is the system you WANT to buy. It was worth every penny and I havn't looked back since.
Excellent Product, Amazing Service
I bought this in world for under L$3,000 and it was worth every linden. After trying out this product demo at the in-store location, I was hooked on the visual effects, great sound, and simple yet powerful control panel. I had some questions and they were addressed and taken care of quickly and kindly -- the customer service is outstanding with this product and it is refreshing to see a creator who makes sure that customers are satisfied. Highly recommended.
