[REL] WeatherPlugin

Discussion in 'Other' started by Stefan_L_01, Dec 14, 2017.

  1. Cameron Rodger

    Cameron Rodger Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2017
    Messages:
    28
    Likes Received:
    4
    @Stefan_L_01 Hi, seems wunderground will stop its API end of this year. Any chance the app with be able to use another API service like this? https://openweathermap.org/api
    maybe something to add into it? or is this only made for wunderground api
     
    RoWo and Ernie like this.
  2. McFlex

    McFlex Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2012
    Messages:
    1,031
    Likes Received:
    317
    Yes i am also very interessted in this as this is one of rF2 key features for online racing
     
    Ernie likes this.
  3. ebeninca

    ebeninca Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2016
    Messages:
    738
    Likes Received:
    525
    If i'm not wrong, there is a way to edit a configuration file to use another site.
     
  4. DrivingFast

    DrivingFast Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2018
    Messages:
    1,638
    Likes Received:
    1,083
    If I'm not mistaken, rfactor 2 will have the real weather implanted natively.

    When, I do not know. But it's planned (source simexpo).

    Probably with the new UI so in 1 to 4 months.
     
  5. RoWo

    RoWo Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2014
    Messages:
    570
    Likes Received:
    625
    And that's where the problem begins. WU's API ends at the end of 2018. We don't know when the new UI is coming and we don't know if the first version of it will have real weather implemented.
     
  6. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Hi guys
    Thx 4 interest. After a long time of inactivity I started again. The next days I may release a version that offers an alternative of Openweathermap.
    Now, in a private conversation I allready distanced myself from OW because the free subscription offers only 2h update update rate. But I started modyifieng the tool woth OW mainly for following reasons:
    It offers a free subscription without any credit card data or other.
    It is very easy to get the key
    The 2h may only affect forecast not current
    And main reason
    It just was a good alternative to reorganize code to deal with different data sources which makes it possible to add further alternative sources more easily.

    I wrote Wunderground access in a way that weather station data data was used, if radar was unchecked. I think you can not get more real. Of course if the neighbour cares about his flowers and some water of his action hit the rain gauge of the weather station, you may have got desastrous showers ingame where real there was no rain since 2 month but hey, this is bad luck. Butterfly effect hehe.

    OW will not provide real rain rate, just weather situations, light brizzle, heavy rain.
    You get what you pay for
     
    Jego, Tim Schneider, lagg and 3 others like this.
  7. lagg

    lagg Registered

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2012
    Messages:
    3,043
    Likes Received:
    1,958
    Thank you very much Stefan_L_01.
     
  8. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Ok, a fast simple implementation of openweathermap is with V1.8 in first Posting for download.
    you have to manually enter geocoordinates. I find them usually in Google, Right click in map and select "what´s there", then it is shown.
    I have not implemented City lookup as tracks are not really in the middle of a City, Formel E is an exception of Course.
    There is no Radar mode as the data you get is probably processed by analyze of Radar Images before in the api. The data update rate seems to be not very good, but I have almost no experience with it so far. Maybe the data time stamp changes only when the weather Situation changed.
    In case data update rate is too poor (license: 2h!) you have to buy a better License or wait until I find a better one - at least one API is in my Focus, let´s see
     
  9. Corti

    Corti Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 29, 2014
    Messages:
    1,354
    Likes Received:
    2,495
    deceda and ceecee like this.
  10. RoWo

    RoWo Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2014
    Messages:
    570
    Likes Received:
    625
    Corti likes this.
  11. alehop69

    alehop69 Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 2013
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    1
    It doesn´t work for me. I have a OWM Api key, but I always get the "xml webquery failed" message....

    Any help..???
     
  12. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Maybe your geocoordinates are entered wrong? make sure the strings are like 55.123 without leading or trailing spaces or so to be sure. Use a dot and no comma
    copy this into your browser and add your key (appid), do you get a Response?
    api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?mode=xml&lat=55.1&lon=9.1&APPID=<yourappid>

    or just wait a Minute, i´m updating a Version with a Auto lookup Trial..
     
  13. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Ok v1.9 is up with a Auto lookup mode for geo coordinates. It´s insane what was required to get longitude and latiude out of rf2. I can not guarantee full functionallity, and it works only for non-encrypted tracks. For encrypted ones, Sebring for example, a Manual storage is available. Read the readme.txt for more info.
    It could have been so easy if the Plugin interface would give us lat/lon with the Scene call, plenty of strings available. But no… so it is the most crazy workaround I ever implemented
     
    atomed, Ernie, yashiman and 2 others like this.
  14. ChazmR

    ChazmR Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2014
    Messages:
    67
    Likes Received:
    21
    Link on first page is still 1.8?

    Also I wondered how often are the calls for both Wunderground and OpenWeather and is there a way to change this at all?
    Thanks.
     
    Last edited: Dec 23, 2018
  15. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Must have been the grinch…
    WU was limited to 3min or 6min with Radar. The number of calls allowed 24h nonstop Service that way. I kept 3min for OW because it is a reasonable short intervall. I´m still struggeling with the way cloulds Show up in the rf2 weather engine. But you can not smoothly roll in cloulds in 3min or less from low covered to high covered, this is understandable I think.

    I made myself a hook Plugin dll to understand how Geralds dll is working and Setting Parameters and I understood he is making something fundamental different, so I am curently testing also for offline. But it makes you crazy, rf2 just does not allways do what you set regarding Clouds.
    Darksky is basically in but I have to test the Change logic a bit to avoid updates every 3minutes for minor weather canges which would make the rf2 engine crazy
     
  16. DanaSmoky

    DanaSmoky Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 25, 2018
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    2
    Great Job.. keep doing that way :)
    Waiting for V2.0 ;)
    Merry Chrismas and happy new year :D
     
  17. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    well i called it v1.10 but you are right, Maybe v2.0 would have been more proper.
    pls read the readme!
     
  18. Anto870

    Anto870 Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2014
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    46
    How can i solve this problem ?
     

    Attached Files:

  19. Stefan_L_01

    Stefan_L_01 Registered

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2012
    Messages:
    595
    Likes Received:
    386
    Allow (named) pipes for your user
     
  20. Anto870

    Anto870 Registered

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2014
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    46
    Please explain better
     

Share This Page