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☁ Weather Maker ☁ AAA Clouds, Sky, Weather, Water, Volumetric Light & More!

Discussion in 'Assets and Asset Store' started by jjxtra, Jun 30, 2016.

  1. jjxtra

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    Orthographic camera is not supported with regular prefab. You can use the 2D prefab version for that.
     
  2. pratt_timmy

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    Hi there.
    Is there any way to change the direction of what Weather Maker considers up in world coordinates? I kinda want to use this asset but my project is on a planets spherical surface. Weather maker only renders relative to the world Y. I've dug into the code a little and I couldn't figure it out. It's left me wondering if that to use this asset my only option might be constantly translate the sphere and all game objects so that the surface where you stand always faces the y axis. Figured I'd ask.
     
  3. jjxtra

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    No, y axis is all you can do currently.
     
  4. pratt_timmy

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    Ok. Thanks for the info.
     
  5. Marek_Bakalarczuk

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    Not working in 2022.3.7
     
  6. DMCH

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    For a top-down game, can weather maker add moving shadows (to simulate clouds blocking the sun) to the terrain / ground objects? You can see the effect here, it's clear enough at 15:20

     
  7. jjxtra

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    As long as your game is not an orthographic camera and uses 3D objects with regular shadows, and your y axis is pointing to the sky, this should work fine.
     
  8. DMCH

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    Thanks. Is there a requirement to use a weather manager prefab to make use of the shaders? The rainfall is transparent in the scene. I can't be sure, but it seems to happen when I remove weather manager from the scene and/or remove some of the unused shaders.
     
  9. jjxtra

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    Prefab is required
     
  10. JamesWjRose

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    @jjxtra Somewhere within the asset store's info it states Unity 2017 for VR.

    I though I should ask specifically what are the current Unity version and Render Pipeline I should use for VR.

    Than you very much
     
  11. jjxtra

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    Standard pipeline is required for VR. I don't recommend URP under any circumstances even outside of VR.
     
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  12. JamesWjRose

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    WOW, that was quick! However, you didn't say what Unity version. thanks again.
     
  13. jjxtra

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    2019 or newer is supported.
     
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  14. JamesWjRose

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    Thank you very much. Have a wonderful weekend
     
  15. fea777

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    I purchased the asset, and I am using your fantastic asset.
    I had one short question while following your tutorial.
    Are these two YouTube tutorials made using a built-in render pipeline?
    (or URP)
    Thank you so much.



     
  16. fea777

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    Thank you for your answer through email.
    I guess they are both built in. Have a great day!
     
  17. fea777

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    Hi,
    I wanted to fly through the clouds and also mask them so that the clouds are only in certain areas such as mountains.


    Should I put a texture on "weather Map Render Texture Override"? or mask?
    Thank you.
    upload_2023-11-28_21-57-15.png
     
  18. hopeful

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    Hey @jjxtra ... So I started up a new project in 2022.3.14f1 using built-in, up to date WeatherMaker, and the first time I run the demo, once I turn on clouds the Weather Map turns from black to a noise pattern and I get clouds in the sky. However, if I stop play and then press play again, I cannot get clouds. The Weather Map remains black.

    But, if I exit Unity and start it back up again, then I can get clouds. But only once.

    What do you suppose is causing that?
     
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  19. jjxtra

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    Something in Unity must've changed, I'll have to investigate. For now would recommend use 2021.
     
  20. hopeful

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    Well, I'll stick with 2022, as I don't need clouds immediately in my development. Obviously they work, there's just something failing to get reset properly after the first play. (Could it be a result of the last update, for fast play?) So far as I can tell, everything else in the package is working. If I find anything else, I'll let you know.
     
  21. jjxtra

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    Have you enabled fast reload by chance?
     
  22. hopeful

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    I'm not that familiar with the feature. After I found the issue with the clouds, I tried to mess with fast reload to see if I could find anything related, by turning it on and off, but I couldn't find a relationship.
     
  23. jjxtra

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    FYI all, Unity 2022 is not supported, even in standard pipeline. I'm having difficulty debugging why things don't render because the frame debugger becomes a strobe light and is utterly useless.
     
  24. dsilverthorn

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    Thanks for letting us know.
     
  25. jjxtra

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    Have sent bug report to Unity about 2022 issue with command buffers. They have acknowledged they broke something :)
     
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