Atmospheric Weather Mod - Middle Eastern Version

[tidal tundra]

An Atmospheric Weather Mod for Middle Eastern style terrains.

Features five cloudless weather states.

Clear.
Clear (Light Fog).
Clear (Heavy Fog).
Clear (Light Fog Windy).
Clear (Damp Fog Thunder).

Automated weather will transition between each of these weather states.

Designed primarily for Middle Eastern, African, and Desert style terrains.

Removes vanilla Cloudy, Overcast and Rainy weather states.

Warm War Colour Filter.

For GM users, Warm War colour filter is activated once play commences.

Height/Density of fog is dependent on the terrains heightmap in relation to sealevel.

Enjoy, and don't forget your sunscreen!

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/66705BA8BFA65844-AWMMiddleEasternVersion

Atmospheric Weather Mod - Takistan

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/686A6B85B78651E5-AWMTAKISTAN

[simple shoal]

Ohhhh, nice 👍

[frigid flame]

We need a sandstorm mod badly

[still quiver]

awesome looks great!

one thing we noticed is when set to clear fog on takistan it just goes black/dark

[tidal tundra]

Interesting, it's possible Takistan has it own renamed weather configs, as I noticed from your video that the fog doesn't seem to work when selected either, I'll check it out later, this mod is only compatiable with terrains that share the same vanilla weather configs as the base game.
Thanks for the report. 👍

[tidal tundra]

Looked into this and it's as I thought, the author of Takistan has renamed the WeatherStates.conf to WeatherStates_Takistan.conf so it's not compatiable with this mod unfortunately.

The mod itself has recieved a small update, no new content, just rewrote the mod description. 🙌

[thick cloud]

Sand storm when? 😛

[simple shoal]

Well that sucks about the weather state name change for this map. Will be using this map as a part of my new campaign and was hoping to use your mod 😢

I might have to see if I can add the original weather state and disable the mod version 🤔

[tidal tundra]

I could maybe push out a compatibility mod for Takistan....

[thorn dune]

please, that would be amazing!

[brisk hill]

Hey guys anybody know what terrain this is? Looks awesome with this mod

[thorn dune]

Fallujah

[tidal tundra]

Takistan compatibility coming soon™

[simple shoal]

Heck yeah. Will be using this for sure

[tidal tundra]

Should be uploaded over the weekend mate.😉

[tidal tundra]

An unexpected surprise making this compatibility mod for Takistan is how I can tailor the weather, in this case the fog values, to better suit the height map.
Previous iterations of AWM have been a kind of one shoe fits all approach, again in relation to fog values.
I might consider making a few more standalone AWM's if there would be benefit for a specific terrain, kinda like I used to do with Sullen Skies for Arma 3.

[tidal tundra]

Atmospheric Weather Mod - Takistan.

Designed exclusively for Takistan.

Features five cloudless weather states.

Clear.
Clear (Light Fog).
Clear (Heavy Fog).
Clear (Light Fog Windy).
Clear (Damp Fog Thunder).

Automated weather will transition between each of these weather states.

Removes vanilla Cloudy, Overcast and Rainy weather states.

Warm War Colour Filter.

For GM users, Warm War colour filter is activated once play commences.

Height/Density of fog is dependent on the terrains heightmap in relation to sealevel.

Enjoy, and don't forget your sunscreen!

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/686A6B85B78651E5-AWMTAKISTAN

[simple shoal]

Excited to use this in my new campaign 👍🔥💪

[frigid flame]

do a sandstorm mod

[trim bison]

Does it work with Kunar also ?

[tidal tundra]

For Kunar you'll want to use the Middle Eastern Atmospheric Weather mod.
https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/66705BA8BFA65844-AWMMiddleEasternVersion

[trim bison]

Thank you just added it to my Scenario 🙂

[simple shoal]

@tidal tundra What is the time delay between the changing weather states?

Super excited to use the mod in my Campaign. Love the look/feel 🔥

[tidal tundra]

Not currently at the Workbench but iirc it's minimum 1 hour, maximum 2 hours, average 1 hour 30 minutes, that's 1:1 without using time acceleration.

[wild plover]

Is it possible such weather mods dont affect all terrains?

[tidal tundra]

Yeah, it's possible, the Takistan version, for instance, won't work with any other terrain, it's designed exclusively for Takistan.
The main weather mod caters for all other terrains that share the same vanilla weather states config.
Takistan needed a compatibility patch as the map author renamed his/hers weather configs.

[wild plover]

Thats great so terrains can have their own atmospheric designs thats cool

[tidal tundra]

Pushed an update for the Takistan version, there were inconsistencies in a couple of the weather states.
They are now set at 1 hour min/2 hour max across all weather states now.
Worth remembering that's for 1:1 in-game time, this can be increased using the time progression multiplier in GM.

[dapper light]

The things your mod does should be illegal 🤤

[gray nebula]

Would be nice if there was some way to scale the effect.

[tidal tundra]

What do you mean by "scale the effect"?
Could use more detail.🙂

[gray nebula]

Just for my personal tastes it's a bit too yellow/warm.
I probably need to play around a bot more, but I was trying it on Fallujah for 5 mins and I just felt it could be a little more subtle.
I know it's probably not possible, but it's almost as if the atmosphere can handle that warmth but the objects needs less. I don't know it's hard to pin point exactly

Not saying it's bad.

[tidal tundra]

Ah okay, the colour filter can't be scaled unfortunately, but I appreciate the strength of the filter might not appeal to everyone.
Maybe I could try toning it down a little without losing the warmth it's intended to bring.

[tidal tundra]

Sandstorm test on Anizay, getting closer to something that's half decent and performance friendly....
https://youtu.be/wxeqgZoaW48?si=l9ORQ1yXD5yjosKn

[simple shoal]

That's awesome.

How will this work? Will it be:

• across the whole map
• or local to where players are

[tidal tundra]

Still figuring that one out, currently it's local to player position, wind affected and persistent.
End goal would be weather state integration or a scripted event that initializes when certain conditions are met, if neither are possible then it may just be an "always on" type mod.

[pale star]

Tracking a server crash with this mod, only tested it in combination with the Anizay map but it seems to be related to some kind of issue within the weather manager, not sure exactly, we passed on some data to Bohemia

Any one else had issues?

[tidal tundra]

I've also had a DM regarding server crash, although I haven't experienced any crashes myself yet.
I've taken a look at the configs and can't really see anything that looks off.
Sorry folks. 🤷‍♂️

[pale star]

I'm leaning more towards some kind of engine bug than the mod itself

[limber thistle]

I’m not sure if it’s a mod conflict, but during some tests, after changing the weather, the server is crashing.

[simple shoal]

What map were you using?

[limber thistle]

Anizay

03.02 2026 23:21:09
Unhandled exception

Program: C:\TCAFiles\Users\inet\4\ArmaReforgerServer.exe
Reason: Access violation. Illegal read by 0x7ff67e60cd40 at 0x4c


Class:      'TimeAndWeatherManagerEntity'
Entity id:19

Function: 'ForceWeatherTo'
Stack trace:
Scripts/GameCode/World/TimeAndWeatherManagerEntity.c:225 Function ForceWeatherTo
Scripts/Game/Editor/Containers/Attributes/SCR_WeatherInstantEditorAttribute.c:81 Function WriteVariable
Scripts/Game/Editor/Components/Editor/SCR_AttributesManagerEditorComponent.c:397 Function ConfirmEditingServer

[simple shoal]

So you forced the weather state to change via GM? Just curious as I am running the Takistan version in testing in preparation for a new campaign

[limber thistle]

yep, was forcing it manualy

[simple shoal]

I spammed changing the weather state this morning on Taki and didn't have the issue. I wonder if it is tied to Anizay.

[limber thistle]

I will check on different map later today

[pale star]

can you remember which transition combo caused the crash? are you able to recreate the same crash?

Was this in conflict, hq conflict or gamemaster?

[tidal tundra]

Yes, would be super helpful to know the information suggested by Cyborgmatt. ☝️

Just for a little more clarification, I've yet to experience a similar crash from either within the Workbench or my testing server.
Regarding the Workbench, there are no errors to report from the log console, at least not in relation to this mod, however there are still (the ever present) ton of log console errors related to various vanilla game files. 😅 🤷‍♂️

[cyan berry]

Not sure if related or not but using a G.AT.E weather mod I also managed to crash a server on HQ Conflict. So it might not be related to only your mod @tidal tundra or even vanilla bug? 🤔

[limber thistle]

Will check it later

[limber thistle]

I’m checking it rn and I can’t reproduce the issue anymore. The only difference is that earlier I added it to the scenario dependencies, and now I’ve put it directly into the server config. It seems that this actually matters.
btw @pale star can you check DM?

[tidal tundra]

Alright, there may have been a few inconsistencies in the WeatherStates.conf relating to StartVariant, VariantName and DestName.
Although I've yet to experience a crash with this mod these inconsistencies could be the reason for the recent crash reports.
Let's see how it goes....

[simple shoal]

Will you be updating the Taki version as well?

[tidal tundra]

Tomorrow evening mate.🙌

[shell pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/nezba-nezbo-takis-stretch-limber-gif-22060975

[simple shoal]

@tidal tundra Would you consider reducing the colour down a little to bring it in between the below two images?

Examples

Side by side

[primal grove]

Hello Legend @tidal tundra how to put this into a project is it Plug and Play or is a Manager needed?

[tidal tundra]

Plug and play mate.🙂

[tidal tundra]

I'll try and push an update soon.😉

[primal grove]

Legend

[tidal tundra]

I can easily reduce the effect to sit somewhere in-between, another option might be to remove the Warm War colour filter completely.
There's already a standalone Warm War mod on the Workshop, I guess if folks miss it's complete removal from the weather mod they can always subscribe to the standalone.
These colour corrections are definitely a hard thing to get right, in that what's pleasing to my eye might not be pleasing to everyone else's. ⚖️

[wild plover]

Noticed this in Arma 3 already.. there are some factors of using/finetuning these color corrections.. on my screen i was happy with my settings.. on my phone (pics i did) they were a bit different but still okey.. then in streams or videos of my mod, people did the saturation to high in their graphic settings (they play with these settings all the time) and it was looking terrible , but this you wont be able to fix

[limber thistle]

bring back the orange! 😭

[simple shoal]

At the end of the day it is your mod and what you envision for it is the way to go 🙂 But yeah, colours can be hard.

[tidal tundra]

I'd be happy to share with you a version that removes Warm War Colour, you'd be more than welcome add it to your Campaign project at source and tweak it as you see fit. 🙌

[junior acorn]

since a warm colour filter mod already exist, probably a colour neutral version is preferable, imho

[tidal tundra]

Sounds like a plan.
I'll update both Middle Eastern and Takistan versions over the weekend.
Thanks for the feedback folks.🙌

[dapper light]

Did the Takistan one get released or is this still pending? 🤔

[tidal tundra]

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/686A6B85B78651E5-AWMTAKISTAN
😉

[dapper light]

NOICE Thank you bro

[tidal tundra]

AWM Middle Eastern and AWM Takistan have both been updated.

• Removed Warm War Colour overlay

A standalone version of Warm War Colour can be found here...
https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/654338A583EB9089

[pale star]

This fixed the crashing, thanks

[simple shoal]

So the crashes were related to the colour side of the mod?

[tidal tundra]

Unlikely, the colour filter was still included in the update Cyborgmatt is referring to.

[simple shoal]

Oh, my bad.

[maiden delta]

Heyo, is the sandstorm feature you showcase above release?

[tidal tundra]

Not released, needs more work, so currently on the back burner.