Alpenfreight's Simple Weather Mod

[alpenman]

Hey all, I originally posted this over at Railworks America but I thought I'd share it here too http://railworksamerica.com/forum/posti ... 0&p=190645

I have been working the past few weeks on improving the 3D weather system introduced in Train Simulator 2015. I have finally reached the point that I am happy enough with the changes to show everyone what I have done.

This mod aims to improve the color of the sim and create a more realistic effect than the default 3D weather system.

Main Improvements include:
-Much more blue and realistic sky
-More prominent clouds
-Larger sun and moon
-Higher contrast and saturation
-Darker shadows
-More intense rain
-Darker nights

Screens:
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Installation:
Backup All Files before continuing!

Copy the two SilverLining files to your Silverlining directory:
RailWorks\data\SilverLining

Load a scenario using 3D weather (or quickdrive). You MUST have dynamic clouds enabled for the 3D weather to work.

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ruys1 ... WM_v01.zip
Credits to DrMagnumWolf for detailing out some of the rain parameters in his post here: http://railworksamerica.com/forum/viewt ... 62&t=15627

Please let me know what you think. I hope to continue improving this mod as I believe there is still a lot that can be done with SilverLining.

[alpenman]

An update to the mod to fix some odd moon lighting at night

http://www.mediafire.com/download/sehfd ... WM_v02.zip

[alpenman]

Final update for the weekend, this solves some awkward colors during times:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/owtb2 ... WM_v03.zip

[rfletcher72]

Thank you very much for your efforts, downloading now ,

[deltic009]

I too shall be downloading these - do they also address the rather prominent winds on some routes or is that too specific??

Thanks for the time taken.

[alpenman]

I too shall be downloading these - do they also address the rather prominent winds on some routes or is that too specific??

Thanks for the time taken.

I have not explored that yet, but it only effects the 3D weather themes. I believe wind is part of those SL_ files, so I assume it would impact wind as well? I've tested on almost every American route and have not had problems with winds. The smoke seems to move around realistically