General

The Plugin comes with a Blueprint that handles weather effects and day and night cycles based on real-world data.

To make use of this feature you need the BP_Coala_Weather_System Blueprint in your map, as well as the BP_Sky_Sphere_Coala and a Sun directional light.

All these components are already set up properly in the Papermap.

Dev

Use Devmode: Check this to use the time defined by the values in Hours and Minutes fields above instead of the real-world time.

Dev Moon Phase: Which moon phase should be used instead of the real world moon phase when Devmode is activated.

Default

Call Day Night Cycle: Activate the day night animation once so you can see the whole cycle running within a short time span.

Start Clear Sky: Manually stop all weather effects (this overwrites the real world weather).

Start Mist: Manually call the mist effect (this overwrites the real world weather).

Start Rain: Manually call the rain effect (this overwrites the real world weather).

Start Snow: Manually call the snow effect (this overwrites the real world weather).

Update Manually: Updates the weather system manually. This should be used after the curves are adjusted and in the ejected play mode.

Sun

Use Sun Mesh: Check this if you want to have a visible Sun mesh in the sky sphere (it will move across the sky sphere throughout the day).

Coala Sun Scale: Determines the size of the Sun's mesh.

Coala Sun Brightness: Determines the Sun's brightness.

Coala Sun Distance: Determines the distance between the Sun and the player.

Coala Sun Intensity: This curve controls the Sun's directional light intensity throughout the day (and night).

Coala Sun Color: This gradient controls the Sun's directional light color throughout the day (and night).

Moon

Use Moon Mesh: Check this to have a visible moon mesh in the sky sphere at night (it will move across the sky sphere throughout the night).

Moon Hours From: The hour of the time of day that the moon should rise.

Moon Minutes From: The minutes of the time of day that the moon should rise.

Moon Hours To: The hour of the time of day that the moon should set.

Moon Minutes To: The minutes of the time of day that the moon should set.

Coala Moon Scale: Determines the size of the moon's mesh.

Coala Moon Distance: Determines the distance between the moon and the player.

Coala Moon Start Position: The starting position of the moon's animation.

Weather Settings

Rain Setting: The settings for the rain effect.

Snow Setting: The settings for the snow effect.

Mist Setting: The settings for the mist effect.

Particle System: The particle system that should be spawned when that weather is active (based on real-world data).

Scale With Coala Scaling: Check this to automatically adjust the particle systems scale with the COALA scale (see Setup).

Override Particle Color: Check this to override the color of the particles using the Particle Color parameter below.

Particle Color: Determines the color of the particles if Override Particle Color is checked.

Parameter Color Name: The name of the parameter to re-color the particle effect (if Override Particle Color is checked).