disable auto weather - bugging out ACE weather

addons/weather/Cfg3DEN.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+// point of this file is to disable "auto-weather"
+// we want this, because it breaks weather commands we use in this component
+
+// we hide the settings name and remove the tooltip
+#define ALWAYS_ENABLE_WEATHER_SETTING control = QGVAR(disabledCheckbox);\
+    displayName = "";\
+    tooltip = ""
+
+class Cfg3DEN {
+    class Attributes {
+        class Title;
+        class Checkbox: Title {
+            class Controls {
+                class Title;
+                class Value;
+            };
+        };
+
+        class GVAR(disabledCheckbox): Checkbox {
+            // setting is still in the menu, because they have to appear somewhere
+            // we can however set the size to 0
+            w = 0;
+            h = 0;
+            attributeLoad = "";
+            attributeSave = "";
+            class Controls: Controls {
+                // the control has to have a "Title" and a "Value", otherwise the game crashes
+                class Title: Title {
+                    // these also have to have a size of 0 or they would appear over the settings below
+                    w = 0;
+                    h = 0;
+                };
+                // We change the "Value"s type to the same of the "Title", so it's not selectable
+                class Value: Title {
+                    // hard coded. has to be 100, otherwise the game crashes
+                    idc = 100;
+                };
+            };
+        };
+    };
+    class Mission {
+        class Intel {
+            class AttributeCategories {
+                class Rain {
+                    class Attributes {
+                        class RainForced {
+                            ALWAYS_ENABLE_WEATHER_SETTING;
+                        };
+                    };
+                };
+                class Lightnings {
+                    class Attributes {
+                        class LightningsForced {
+                            ALWAYS_ENABLE_WEATHER_SETTING;
+                        };
+                    };
+                };
+                class Waves {
+                    class Attributes {
+                        class WavesForced {
+                            ALWAYS_ENABLE_WEATHER_SETTING;
+                        };
+                    };
+                };
+                class Wind {
+                    class Attributes {
+                        class WindForced {
+                            ALWAYS_ENABLE_WEATHER_SETTING;
+                        };
+                    };
+                };
+            };
+        };
+    };
+};

addons/weather/CfgEventhandlers.hpp

@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ class Extended_PostInit_EventHandlers {
         init = QUOTE(call COMPILE_FILE(XEH_postInit));
     };
 };
+
+class Extended_DisplayLoad_EventHandlers {
+    class Display3DEN {
+        ADDON = QUOTE(call COMPILE_FILE(init3DEN));
+    };
+};

addons/weather/config.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class CfgPatches {
 };
 
 #include "CfgEventhandlers.hpp"
+#include "Cfg3DEN.hpp"
 #include "CfgWorlds.hpp"
 #include "RscTitles.hpp"
 #include "CfgVehicles.hpp"

addons/weather/init3DEN.sqf

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// point of this file is to disable "auto-weather"
+// we want this, because it breaks weather commands we use in this component
+#include "script_component.hpp"
+
+// cannot create checkboxes which have the default value true
+// 3den uses inverted checkboxes instead, but those only change in appearence
+// we have to auto set these settings manually - on mission creation
+// we also want this on mission load, just to reach as many missions as possible
+private _fnc_disableAutoWeather = {
+    set3DENMissionAttributes [
+        ["Intel", "IntelRainIsForced", true],
+        ["Intel", "IntelLightningIsForced", true],
+        ["Intel", "IntelWavesIsForced", true],
+        ["Intel", "IntelWindIsForced", true]
+    ];
+};
+
+add3DENEventHandler ["onMissionNew", _fnc_disableAutoWeather];
+add3DENEventHandler ["onMissionLoad", _fnc_disableAutoWeather];