Create and customize your DayZ server's weather settings
Controls whether to load weather from storage or use this configuration
Controls whether this weather configuration file is enabled
Controls the intensity of lightning during storms (0-1)
Minimum overcast value required for lightning to appear
Time in seconds between lightning strikes
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Current cloud coverage level
Time to reach the target value
How long the value stays before changing
Range of possible overcast values (0-1)
How long it takes to change from one value to another
How much the overcast can change (0-1)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<!-- 'reset' and 'enable' are a bool, and therefore supports: 0/1, true/false, yes/no -->
<!-- 'reset' controls whether you want to load in the weather from storage or not (false by default) -->
<!-- 'enable' controls whether this file is enabled or not (true by default) -->
<weather reset="0" enable="1">
<overcast>
<!-- Initial conditions of the overcast (target value, time to change, how long will it stay) -->
<current actual="0.45" time="120" duration="240" />
<!-- What is the range of the overcast value (0..1) -->
<limits min="0.0" max="1.0" />
<!-- How long does it take to the overcast to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="600" max="900" />
<!-- How much should the overcast change (0..1) -->
<changelimits min="0.0" max="1.0" />
</overcast>
<fog>
<!-- Initial conditions of the fog (target value, time to change, how long will it stay) -->
<current actual="0.05" time="120" duration="240" />
<!-- What is the range of the fog value (0..1) -->
<limits min="0.02" max="0.08" />
<!-- How long does it take to the fog to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="900" max="900" />
<!-- How much should the fog change (0..1) -->
<changelimits min="0.0" max="1.0" />
</fog>
<rain>
<!-- Initial conditions of the rain (target value, time to change, how long will it stay), restricted by thresholds (see below) -->
<current actual="0.0" time="60" duration="120" />
<!-- What is the range of the rain value (0..1) -->
<limits min="0.0" max="1.0" />
<!-- How long does it take to the rain to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="60" max="120" />
<!-- How much should the rain change (0..1) -->
<changelimits min="0.0" max="1.0" />
<!-- What range of the overcast value allows the rain to be preset (min, max overcast value, time in seconds it takes for rain to stop if the overcast is outside of the specified range) -->
<thresholds min="0.6" max="1.0" end="60" />
</rain>
<windMagnitude>
<!-- Initial conditions of the wind magnitude (target value, time to change, how long will it stay), restricted by thresholds (see below) -->
<current actual="8.0" time="120" duration="240" />
<!-- What is the range of the wind magnitude value in m/s -->
<limits min="0.0" max="20.0" />
<!-- How long does it take to the wind magnitude to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="120" max="240" />
<!-- How much should the wind change -->
<changelimits min="0.0" max="20.0" />
</windMagnitude>
<windDirection>
<!-- Initial conditions of the wind direction(target value, time to change, how long will it stay), restricted by thresholds (see below) -->
<current actual="0.0" time="120" duration="240" />
<!-- What is the range of the wind direction (angle in radians) -->
<limits min="-3.14" max="3.14" />
<!-- How long does it take to the wind direction to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="60" max="120" />
<!-- How much should the wind change direction -->
<changelimits min="-1.0" max="1.0" />
</windDirection>
<!-- Snowfall should always remain at 0 for this world. -->
<snowfall>
<!-- Initial conditions of the snowfall (target value, time to change, how long will it stay), restricted by thresholds (see below) -->
<current actual="0.0" time="0" duration="32768" />
<!-- What is the range of the snowfall value (0..1) -->
<limits min="0.0" max="0.0" />
<!-- How long does it take to the snowfall to change from one value to other (time in seconds) -->
<timelimits min="300" max="3600" />
<!-- How much should the snowfall change (0..1) -->
<changelimits min="0.0" max="0.0" />
<!-- What range of the overcast value allows the snowfall to be preset (min, max overcast value, time in seconds it takes for snowfall to stop if the overcast is outside of the specified range) -->
<thresholds min="1.0" max="1.0" end="120" />
</snowfall>
<!-- Lightning density (0..1), threshold for the lightning appearance (tied to the overcast value, 0..1), time (seconds) between the lightning strikes -->
<storm density="1.0" threshold="0.9" timeout="45"/>
</weather>cfgweather.xml file in your server directoryreset parameter allows you to load weather from storage instead of using this fileenable parameter determines if this configuration is activeFor better server performance, avoid rapid weather changes (use longer transition times) and extreme conditions like heavy fog or maximum wind speeds. Balance between realism and playability for the best experience.