The .scb file found at
http://www.cnclabs.com/m...ing-weather-effects.aspx is wrong! The rain's volume is much too loud and it drowns out most other sounds on your map. Also, the order of the scripts is wrong, so you cannot change the volume of the rain sound by just changing the volume. You must re-order the 'Constantly Raining' script so that it looks like this:
Code:
Sound 'RainStereoLoop' play at 50.00% of full volume.
Sound 'ThunderAmbienceStereo' play at 100.00% of full volume.
Sound 'ThunderStrikesStereo' play at 100.00% of full volume.
Play Sound 'RainStereoLoop'.
Play Sound 'ThunderAmbienceStereo'.
Sound volumes should always be set BEFORE you play a sound! Also, there are limits to sound volumes -- namely, from 0 to 100%, not 200% as found in this rain.scb file.
RainStereoLoop at 200%, as written, actually is running at only 100%, and 100% is far too loud for rain sound. Play it between 40 and 60% and it will sound much better and not drown out all other sounds.
You can create multiple scb files for rain.
Make one with ThunderAmbienceStereo playing at 100% without RainStereoLoop playing. Do not play ThunderstrikeStereo. Save it as 'Rain-approaching storm.scb'. Don't include the map.ini file with this script.
Make one with ThunderAmbienceStereo playing at 100% and RainStereoLoop playing at 45-50%. Do not play ThunderstrikeStereo. Save it as 'Rain-distant thunder.scb'
Make one with RainStereoLoop playing at 50%, ThunderAmbienceStereo playing at 100%, and ThunderStrikesStereo playing at 85%, with an interval between 30-60 seconds in the script named 'Reset Lightning'. Save it with the name 'Rain-moderate storm.scb'.
Make one with RainStereoLoop playing at 60%, ThunderAmbienceStereo playing at 100%, and ThunderStrikesStereo playing at 100%, with an interval between 15-30 seconds in the script named 'Reset Lightning'. Save it with the name 'Rain-zDownpour.scb.
Now you'll have FOUR rain scb files, found in order of scale in your scripts folder to import into any map, and they won't drown out all other sounds on your map unless you want the rain to do so. They'll also work right too. The way this one is written, you cannot change the volume of the sounds because of the order of the code lines in 'Constantly Raining'. This order is wrong, and the sound volumes are too.
Also, I find it much better to change the line in the map.ini file,
SnowPointSize = .1
to
SnowPointSize = .3
This makes for a much more pleasing effect than .1 for my particular, low performance monitor. Experiment. Find what looks and sounds best for you.
