Weather Control for Poser
March 16, 2003, Copyright qay
Author: Ingo van den Berg
Filename: Weather-Control.zip
Poser4 or higher is required to use this package!

Thank you for purchasing "Weather Control for Poser" a collection of weather related FX- Effects (effect-maps 1280 x 1024 at 72 dpi).
If you need a different resolution or size than the deliverd one you can contact me and I will send you the prefered size/resolution.

In order to make your work as easy as possible the effects contained in this package come as plate-props - in total 22- ( with its own PP2, PNG and RSR file) for easy posing.

Follow the install intruction and the folders within the zip-archieve should automatically install themselves into the correct directories because these files have been zipped from the \Runtime path. 

Install Instructions of the zip archieve:
Unzip the files directly into your Poser4 directory (make sure "use folders" is checked). 
If you experience any difficulties you need to copy the files manually in the destinated directories. 
To do that properly see the item list of the zip-archieve below. 

Some Usage-Tips:

In General:
You should leave the transparency settings of the effect-props (material1) as they are but you can try different settings of the ambient colour and/or object colours (I recommend in conjunction with white "whatever" effects) to create your own styled effects.
Change direction of an effect: Set Rotate(x) from 90° to -90°- Note if you do that it is possible depending on the document (visuable) mode that you will loose the visual control of the plate on which the effect is applied. 
Just change the document mode to pure wire frame mode and you can see and pose the plate again.
I recommend to create your scenery first then to pose and scale the effects by using only some bright lights (to be able to render the scene quickly and to be able to check the right position of the effects) and at last you should pose your light and change the light settings to your preffered ones.   
Note: For your final render you should make sure that you turned off "shadow throwing" of the plate-props.

Rain-Effects:
There are two kinds of rain:
-thin-rain (rain 1&2 in your prop-library)
-raindrop-props (used in one picture-example)
Using thin-rain it is possible (dependend on your light and background settings) that you are not able to see the rain in your rendered picture in your intended way. 
Then you can use fog to make the rain indirectly visible or you can just use the raindrop-props (the raindrops are visible undependend of the light and background settings)

The fog-props can be used horizontally and vertically. You can create a more volumetric fog-look by using several fog-props. All you have to do is to place the fog-props behind each other. 

Hint: Try different combinations of the delivered props for example to create your own weather-effects (use snow-prop1 and 3 to create strong snowing and a more 3D-look of yor scene). If you need assistance feel free to write me an email.

Included in the zip archieve you will find the following files:
- readme. txt - the file you already read, which contains the install instructions for the zip-archieve and the list of items in the zip-archieve as well as usage-tips 
- licence. txt - the licence for items purchased through the marketplace at Renderosity  
- complete filelist in alphabetical order with the destinated directories:

\Runtime\
license.txt
readme.txt

\Runtime\Textures\Weather-Control\
cloud1.jpg
cloud2.jpg
cloud3.jpg
fog1.jpg
fog2.jpg
fog3.jpg
fog4.jpg
meteorx1.jpg
rain1.jpg
rain2.jpg
rainbow1.jpg
rainbow2.jpg
rainbow3.jpg
raindrops1.jpg
raindrops2.jpg
snow1.jpg
snow2.jpg
snow3.jpg
special.jpg
white-bluex1.jpg
white-lightx1.jpg
white-lightx2.jpg

\Runtime\Libraries\props\Weather-Control\
cloud1.png
cloud1.pp2
cloud1.rsr
cloud2.png
cloud2.pp2
cloud2.rsr
cloud3.png
cloud3.pp2
cloud3.rsr
fog1.png
fog1.pp2
fog1.rsr
fog2.png
fog2.pp2
fog2.rsr
fog3.png
fog3.pp2
fog3.rsr
fog4.png
fog4.pp2
fog4.rsr
meteorx1.png
meteorx1.pp2
meteorx1.rsr
rain1.png
rain1.pp2
rain1.rsr
rain2.png
rain2.pp2
rain2.rsr
rainbow1.png
rainbow1.pp2
rainbow1.rsr
rainbow2.png
rainbow2.pp2
rainbow2.rsr
rainbow3.png
rainbow3.pp2
rainbow3.rsr
raindrops1.png
raindrops1.pp2
raindrops1.rsr
raindrops2.png
raindrops2.pp2
raindrops2.rsr
snow1.png
snow1.pp2
snow1.rsr
snow2.png
snow2.pp2
snow2.rsr
snow3.png
snow3.pp2
snow3.rsr
special.png
special.pp2
special.rsr
white-bluex1.png
white-bluex1.pp2
white-bluex1.rsr
white-lightx1.png
white-lightx1.pp2
white-lightx1.rsr
white-lightx2.png
white-lightx2.pp2
white-lightx2.rsr

\Runtime\Geometries\Weather-Control\
plate.obj

For any product feadback or further questions please contact: ingo99@cityweb.de 

I hope you will have a lot of fun with my new product 

Best wishes 

Ingo