BetterStorm

Disclaimer: This mod is made with ChatGPT 5.6 Sol

This mod have increased particles generation, it will affect performance on low spec computer

Universal storm changes

• Storm wind bonus now start increasing at storm effect radius, and reach maximum at (storm core radius/2).
• Lighting now happen in the maximum storm wind area, so you can know approximately where it is.
• Lighting now spawn in circulus area, instead of vanilla square area.
• Enable Lighting light cause shadow.
• Increase the audio limit so now it can play more thunder sound in the same time.
• Increase Storm wind + ocean bonus limit to 40 (vanilla 20). Can be adjust by configurator.
• Gust modifier will only make wind stronger in storm.
• Gust last longer and wind speed change faster in storm.
• Change storm selection logic so it will pick closer storm for weather effect when multiple storm is nearby
• Change how rain particle generate so it look more consistant
• Introduce volume and rain size difference for different storm. (Overall louder)
• Add 4 custom storm. Have option to be compatible with Climate mod so it only show up in relevant season.
• Add Storm relocate distance slider in Configurator. You can increase it to reduce the chance you met storm (since this mod add more storm).

Custom storm

• All custom storm can be toggle off seperately.
• Add 3 squalls: Very fast-moving super heavy rain storm. Very small area. Have different wind strength.
  • These show up in all area and all season.

Regional special storm

• Add Sandstorm: Fast moving pile of sand but smaller radius. Bad visibility, everything yellow, your boat get dirty fast.
  • Only active in Al'Ankh Sea. Show up in Spring/Summer if climate custom wind enable.
• Add Dry Thunderstorm: Slow moving smaller storm, no rain, good visibility but a lot of bright lighting. Strong wind.
  • Only active in Aestrin and Chronos sea. Show up in Autumn/Winter if climate custom wind enable.
• Add Hurricane: Huge storm and little bit slower than vanilla storm. You can hear lighting from far away. Very strong wind, heavier rain.
  • Only active in Emerald Archipelagos, Fire Fish Lagoon and Chronos Sea. Show up in Summer/Autumn if climate custom wind enable.
• Add Gentle Snow: Small size slow moving "Storm". Clear weather, gentle wind, snow.
  • Only active in north of 38N. Show up in Winter/Spring if Climate custom wind enable.
• All regional special storm only spawn once. So it will be more rare.
• There is a toggle option to let all storm active regardless of season.

Bug fix

• Fix thunder audio bug so it will play all 10 sound source. (Vanilla skip 2)
• Thunder sound actually comes from where lighting strike, instead of always from latest lighting strike position.