[RELEASED] Enviro - Sky and Weather (Dynamic Sky and Weather System)

Hi.

Love the asset, but in my current build, I am getting a cascading error:


ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException (System.ExceptionArgument argument, System.ExceptionResource resource) (at <ac823e2bb42b41bda67924a45a0173c3>:0)
System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException () (at <ac823e2bb42b41bda67924a45a0173c3>:0)
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T].get_Item (System.Int32 index) (at <ac823e2bb42b41bda67924a45a0173c3>:0)
EnviroSky.CalculateSatPositions (System.Single siderealTime) (at Assets/Enviro - Dynamic Enviroment/Scripts/EnviroSky.cs:1361)
EnviroSky.Update () (at Assets/Enviro - Dynamic Enviroment/Scripts/EnviroSky.cs:1560)

Any idea why this might be happening?

Thanks for the excellent product, and any help you might provide.

 

Hello, there is a component for adding enviro audio sources to your an audio mixer. Please add the "EnviroAudioMixerSupport" component to the EnviroSky object in your scene and assign your audio mixer and groups.

 

Hello, please check your satellite settings in your profile. You maybe got an entry without attached prefab to instantiate. This is will actual been fixed in next update.

 

@Vondox hi can you create 3d cloud prefabs to place on the map of course with the current weather ou create shader for this please

 

Excuse me, is this problem solved?

 

Where is the big update?

 

Hello, sorry but currently not possible. But I got this on my list and already started to experiment on something like this.

 

I will check this in 2.1.0 as moon rendering has been changed.

 

Hi, we are close now. Only a few smaller issues needs to be resolved in gamma color space. Also need to test VR before release.

 

Hey. I have a problem with reflections, I can not lower the intensity of reflection, the mountains Shine like a mirror.

 

Well are you using any Reflection Probes? If yes you have to add the EnviroReflectionProbe component to i to get it updated with current Enviro Weather and Time.
Also you can try to disable the GlobalReflectionProbe in the Enviro Settings, which is active by default with an intensity of 0.75.

Rebake your Probes after the change.
Should be one of those two things.

Cheers
Ronny

 

Something I missed, apparently, the Shader was the problem. Fixed it. Thanks.

 

is it ok to have two EnviroLightShafts.cs on camera automatically? even removed them before start but it adds two same scripts again.

 

Rain and snow will enter the house through the roof. I tried to adjust their height and "Start Lifetime", but that didn't help. What should I do?

 

You need to work with Exclude layers or use the Enviro Interior component disabling weather effects when entering a interior.

 

My building was built by the player, so it is difficult to use the Enviro Interior component. Where are the Exclude layers options? I didn't find it.

 

Hello, that's okay. One for sun and one for moon. But they will be merged in 2.1.0.

 

Hello, you need to setup your roof parts and enviro particle systems:
Answered here

 

I used a large Cube and set it up as required. Rain particles can collide with the Cube, but there will still be rain through the Cube when the character is standing under the Cube.

 

Is there a performance tuning guide for Enviro? Just the default settings cause a big drop of FPS on my game, from 60 to 30-40.

Also a question, can I manually advance/pause the time in enviro somehow? I don't want to stop timescale because I want to still use it for animations, but at some circumstances I don't want time in my game to progress.

 

Hmm I don't have this issues, but you have multiple options for getting more FPS. Some of them are:
- Use Ambient Mode: Flat in Lightning Tab
- Decrease the Cloud Quality in Clouds Tab
- Use Simple Fog or Linear Fog in Fog Tab
- Dercrease Volume Lightning Resolution in Volume Lightning
- Decrease Lightshaft Quality when using in Lightshaft Tab
- Decrease the Quality in general under Quality Tab
- Consider that with Enviro you will cast moving shadows using Enviro Direct Lighning. So take a look to your Shadow Settings in general and of every realtime point light you have and tune them.

Cheers
Ronny

 

Please try to tweak the voxel size setting. Or try to use an higher collision quality.

 

Hello, you can stop time progressing with:

EnviroSky.instance.GameTime.ProgressTime = EnviroTime.TimeProgressMode.None;
and enable again with:
EnviroSky.instance.GameTime.ProgressTime = EnviroTime.TimeProgressMode.Simulated;


About your performance issue:

Please contact me in private message with some screenshots of your profiler and we can have a look into that together.

 

Hey hello, i have a little question, lightshafts are working for me in the editor, but not in the final build, someone have an idea why ? :/

 

Hello, are you talking about directional volume lighting? For that one you need to add the Enviro/VolumeLight shader to your list of always included shaders in your Unity project settings. Please check the documentation that is included with package for more details.

 

Oh yeah it work, sorry i forgot this part !
Thanks for your time !

 

Thanks.
It works better than the original, but the fog is still affecting the water less than it should.

 

Hello,

again I realized when my Player travels a far distance by Walking or uses a Portal and is spawned somewhere else far away, the shadows that are created by the enviro direct light start "flickering". I think I had this Problem before using enviro, too.

Does anybody have a solution or idea how to get rid of the shadwos flickering caused by the direct sunlight when Player (and camera attached to Player) have changed their Position a lot?

Thanks

 

Hmm, could also be pointing float issue. How far away are you porting from the origin? What means "far away" exactly?
As far you are from the origin more jittering you will receive. See: https://forum.unity.com/threads/ani...ng-when-around-1500-units-from-origin.557755/ where the user has (animation) jittering with 1500m. Perhaps shadows are also an issue together with Enviro?

Did you play with near plane and shadow biasvalues? Using 0,1 or 0,01 instead of the default 0,3 for near plane for example?

Cheers
Ronny

 

My world is around 6x6 km large and -200 to 200 m high.
Yes I changed the camera near plane, but does not help much, and my camera far plane is dynamic from the current fps (around 100-150 m)…

Is there a way to get the enviro direct light Position Closer to the Player, but still being correct relative to it's daytime?

I found some People saying you should Play around with the light's bias and bias normals, I will try later if it helps.

 

Hi, yeah please try to tweak the shadow settings (near plane and maybe bias) on the "Enviro Directional Light". Btw. the position of directional lights is irrelevant.

 

Thanks, both of you!

 

How is the update coming?

 

Hey Hendrik, glad your still hard at work, with this tool I don't check the forums often. keep up the great work!

 

Where can I download the Mirror network integration ?

 

Hi, I have uploaded beta version to our skype group for testing now. I also invite some more testers later that already messaged me. Once I got some feedback and fixed issues that maybe show up I will prepare the final release to asset store.

 

I will send it to you in private message, one moment please.

 

Is there an easy way to bump up the fog level via script? I only need it heavy for a short period and will probably just use a cube with a collider to activate it. I see in the docs how to swap profiles via script but would rather just tweak this one setting.

 

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Hi, I'm using Enviro as default setting on 2018.3.6f Windows DX11..

I tried to profile my scene with profile on runtime, there was something strange things on cubemap section.
I wonder if this is working properly.
Does Enviro always take up 0.88gb x2 of cube map memory?

Let me know if I'm setting something wrong.
I want to use all functions as lightly as possible except for the volumetric Cloud.



Thanks.
Regards, Pahctek.

 

Hello, you could use the EnviroZone component to change weather to foggy for example. Add a new gameobject and add the EnviroZone component to it. Now change the size and only add the "Foggy" weather preset to it. When your player now steps into that area it will change to foggy and change back to normal weather when you leave that area.

You also could code that yourself of course. Tell me if you need further help with that, or if that isn't what you are looking for.

 

Hello, that is very strange! It should be 128 MB with default import settings in 4096x4096. You can lower that by reducing the resolution of those two cubemaps. Or even don't use a galaxy cubemap at all. Could you please send me a screenshot of your import settings for those cubemaps in private message?

 

What's the ETA of v2.1? I'm mostly eager for Veg Studio Pro integration (for snow and rain), but would be curious if you have a list of all new stuff in it

 

I get that HDRP is in preview (and might be for some time) - but any ETA on when it might be supported?

 

Hey Vondox,

I like your asset, it is great.
But I still try to learn it.
I want to make a SandStorm weather.

There is some pic I am using us reference




But try some times I got a result like this:



it should be clear nearly camera but its seems I made it wrong. Not sure How do I fix it can you give me tips on this?
Thank you

 

Hey try to set your Start Distance value higher in your Enviro Fog settings:


Use something like 20 or 50 and you should have clear vision around your camera.

 

Hello, I can send you the testing version later. Still waiting for some more feedback to be sure things are working well for a release.

 

Hello, sorry no eta yet. First I will release 2.1.0 to the asset store, but I already started to work on srp support.

 

Me, too please

 

Sent you link in private message.