If people want pretty weather scripts in their movies or games without coding a lot they can use this script. I placed this inside a .as file name 'elementScript.as' . Then uploaded it into a game/movie with
#include "elementScript.as" //PLACE IN FIRST FRAME MAKE SURE THIS IS IN THE SAME DIRECTORY AS THE GAME/MOVIE
to start the code all you have to do is.
_root.startWeather(EFFECT NAME, HEIGHT, WIDTH);
the effect name can be "snow", "rain", "blizzard", and "dust"
so for example if I wanted rain in my movie/game all I have to type is.
_root.startWeather("rain", 400, 550)
and to stop it
_root.stopWeather()
//PLACE ALL THIS CODE IN A .AS FILE
//FRAME RATE ONLY DETERMINES QUALITY NOT SPEED
//***************START WEATHER********************
function startWeather(effect, maxH, maxW) {
d = 10000;
i = 0;
runWeather = setInterval(generateLoop, 10, effect, maxH, maxW);
if (effect == "blizzard") {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("blizzardBox", 9000);
_root.blizzardBox.lineStyle(1, 0xC8FFFF, 50);
_root.blizzardBox.beginFill(0xC8FFFF, 50);
_root.blizzardBox.moveTo(-10, -10);
_root.blizzardBox.lineTo(-10, 410);
_root.blizzardBox.lineTo(560, 410);
_root.blizzardBox.lineTo(560, -10);
_root.blizzardBox.lineTo(-10, -10);
_root.blizzardBox.endFill();
} else if (effect == "dust") {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("dustBox", 9000);
_root.dustBox.lineStyle(1, 0xCC9437, 20);
_root.dustBox.beginFill(0xCC9437, 20);
_root.dustBox.moveTo(-10, -10);
_root.dustBox.lineTo(-10, 410);
_root.dustBox.lineTo(560, 410);
_root.dustBox.lineTo(560, -10);
_root.dustBox.lineTo(-10, -10);
_root.dustBox.endFill();
}
}
//***************STOP WEATHER********************
function stopWeather() {
for (j=10000; j<10045; j++) {
_root["rain"+j].removeMovieClip();
}
for (j=10000; j<10080; j++) {
_root["snow"+j].removeMovieClip();
}for (j=10000; j<10080; j++) {
_root["dust"+j].removeMovieClip();
}
_root.dustBox.removeMovieClip();
_root.blizzardBox.removeMovieClip();
clearInterval(runWeather);
}
//***************GENERATE LOOP********************
function generateLoop(effect, maxH, maxW) {
i++;
if (effect == "rain" && i>1) {
createRain();
i = 0;
} else if (i>7 && effect == "snow") {
createSnow(effect);
i = 0;
} else if (i>2 && effect == "blizzard") {
createSnow(effect);
i = 0;
}
if (effect == "dust") {
createDust();
}
if (effect == "rain") {
for (x=10000; x<10025; x++) {
if (_root["rain"+x]._y>maxH+10 || _root["rain"+x]._x>maxW+10) {
_root["rain"+x].removeMovieClip();
}
_root["rain"+x]._y += _root["rain"+x].speed;
_root["rain"+x]._x += _root["rain"+x].speed/2;
}
} else if (effect == "snow" || effect == "blizzard") {
for (x=10000; x<10040; x++) {
_root["snow"+x]._y += _root["snow"+x].y;
_root["snow"+x]._x += _root["snow"+x].x;
if (_root["snow"+x]._x>maxW+10 || _root["snow"+x]._y>maxH+10) {
_root["snow"+x].removeMovieClip();
}
}
} else if (effect == "dust") {
for (x=10000; x<10040; x++) {
_root["dust"+x]._y += _root["dust"+x].y;
_root["dust"+x]._x += _root["dust"+x].x;
if (_root["dust"+x]._x>maxW+10 || _root["dust"+x]._y>maxH+10) {
_root["dust"+x].removeMovieClip();
}
}
}
}
//***************RAIN********************
function createRain() {
d++;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("rain"+d, d);
_root["rain"+d].lineStyle(1, 0x0033CC, 100);
_root["rain"+d].moveTo(0, 0);
_root["rain"+d].lineTo(5, 10);
_root["rain"+d].speed = Math.random()*25+10;
_root["rain"+d]._alpha = Math.random()*50+50;
_root["rain"+d]._xscale = Math.random()*100+50;
_root["rain"+d]._yscale = _root["rain"+d]._xscale;
_root["rain"+d]._y = -40;
_root["rain"+d]._x = Math.random()*700-150;
if (d>10022) {
d = 10000;
}
}
//***************CREATE SNOW********************
function createSnow(effect) {
d++;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("snow"+d, d);
_root["snow"+d].lineStyle(0, 0xC8FFFF, 100);
_root["snow"+d].beginFill(0xC8FFFF);
_root["snow"+d].moveTo(500, 500);
_root["snow"+d].curveTo(600, 500, 600, 400);
_root["snow"+d].curveTo(600, 300, 500, 300);
_root["snow"+d].curveTo(400, 300, 400, 400);
_root["snow"+d].curveTo(400, 500, 500, 500);
_root["snow"+d].endFill();
_root["snow"+d]._xscale = Math.random()*2+2;
_root["snow"+d]._yscale = _root["snow"+d]._xscale;
_root["snow"+d]._alpha = Math.random()*40+60;
_root["snow"+d]._x = Math.random()*700-150;
_root["snow"+d].r = Math.random()*45;
if (effect == "snow") {
_root["snow"+d].r = Math.random()*45;
_root["snow"+d].x = Math.sin((_root["snow"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*2;
_root["snow"+d].y = Math.cos((_root["snow"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*2;
} else if (effect == "blizzard") {
_root["snow"+d].r = Math.random()*60;
_root["snow"+d].x = Math.sin((_root["snow"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*6;
_root["snow"+d].y = Math.cos((_root["snow"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*6;
}
_root["snow"+d]._y = -10;
if (d>10037) {
d = 10000;
}
}
//***************CREATE DUST***************
function createDust() {
d++;
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("dust"+d, d);
_root["dust"+d].lineStyle(0, 0xCC9437, 100);
_root["dust"+d].beginFill(0xCC9437);
_root["dust"+d].moveTo(500, 500);
_root["dust"+d].curveTo(600, 500, 600, 400);
_root["dust"+d].curveTo(600, 300, 500, 300);
_root["dust"+d].curveTo(400, 300, 400, 400);
_root["dust"+d].curveTo(400, 500, 500, 500);
_root["dust"+d].endFill();
_root["dust"+d]._xscale = Math.random()*1+.5;
_root["dust"+d]._yscale = _root["dust"+d]._xscale;
_root["dust"+d]._alpha = 100;
_root["dust"+d]._x = Math.random()*700-150;
_root["dust"+d].r = Math.random()*10+80;
_root["dust"+d].x = Math.sin((_root["dust"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*30;
_root["dust"+d].y = Math.cos((_root["dust"+d].r)*(Math.PI/180)
)*30;
_root["dust"+d]._x = -40;
_root["dust"+d]._y = Math.random()*450-50;
if (d>10037) {
d = 10000;
}
}
//END CODE
