Changing the weather on your Rust server is extremely simple with Pine Hosting. This guide covers all the commands you need to know to change the weather on your server.

Main Weather Commands:

These commands can be used to instantly load, reset, or report the weather.

weather.load - loads a specific weather type

weather.reset - resets to dynamic weather

weather.report - prints the current dynamic weather

Steps:

  1. Login to your game panel here
  2. Select the server you want to work on
  3. Head over to the "Console" tab
  4. Type the desired command in the command line prompt. Example "weather.load clear"
  5. The weather will be changed to clear

All Weather Types:

  • Clear
  • Dust
  • Fog
  • Overcast
  • RainHeavy
  • RainMild
  • Storm

Weather Probability Parameters Commands:

These commands can be used to configure the occurrence of certain weather events on your server.

  • weather.clear_chance - chances of the weather being clear
  • weather.dust_chance - chances of the weather being dusty
  • weather.fog_chance - chances of the weather being foggy
  • weather.overcast_chance - chances of the weather being cloudy
  • weather.storm_chance - chances of the weather being stormy
  • weather.rain_chance - chances of the weather being rainy


Example:

weather.rain_chance 0.1 - lowers the occurrence of rain to 0.1 with 1 being the default setting
weather.fog_chance 0
- disables fog

 

Weather Convars:

These convars can be used to configure atmospheric features and their intensity when occurring on the server.

Commands Function
weather.rain Controls the intensity of rainfall in the environment
weather.wind Adjusts wind strength, mainly visual, but can influence certain vegetation
weather.thunder Sets the level of thunder and lightning activity
weather.rainbow Forces a rainbow to appear in the sky
weather.fog Modifies the density of environmental fog
weather.atmosphere_rayleigh Changes Rayleigh scattering, affecting sky color and atmospheric haze
weather.atmosphere_mie Alters Mie scattering, impacting how light diffuses in the atmosphere
weather.atmosphere_brightness Controls the overall brightness of the sky
weather.atmosphere_contrast Adjusts the contrast between light and dark areas in the sky
weather.atmosphere_directionality Sets how focused or spread out the sun’s glow appears
weather.cloud_size Scales the cloud layers (does not affect 2D billboard clouds)
weather.cloud_opacity Modifies the transparency of both cloud layers and billboard clouds
weather.cloud_coverage Determines how much of the sky is covered by clouds
weather.cloud_sharpness Controls the definition and clarity of the cloud edges
weather.cloud_coloring Determines the blending of indirect light from the sky and direct light from the sun
weather.cloud_attenuation Sets how much light is blocked as clouds get denser
weather.cloud_scattering Controls the amount of sunlight scattered by clouds, enhancing bloom effects
weather.cloud_brightness Sets the overall luminance of the clouds


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