[FM21] Realistic Weather v1.1 *UPDATED 12/5/20 - Added AUS*

[majesticeternity]

This mod is part of the FM Expansion Packs Megapack. Check out the complete set here: Click to get all 5 Packs

Real-life annual weather data from weatherspark.com and climatestotravel.com was used to optimize current weather patterns, and create new ones. 

This file will do 2 things:

1. Help give the feeling of being in different countries. No longer does every region have a similar type of weather. For example, the Brazilian Amazon's Spring is now only 20% likely to be dry, instead of the original 60%(be prepared for delayed games!). It feels much more "tropical". The Spanish coast highly contrasts it, being most often very calm, dry, and mild. Originally, France used England's weather, and was 75% chance to be calm wind. Now, a match in France is 80% likely to be anywhere from breezy to extremely windy. Mexico will now either by dry or stormy. Swedish coast in the spring is no longer mostly 7-13 C, but can be anywhere from -7 to 21 C.

2. It will also, in some regions, increase whatever effect weather already has. Russian Siberia's winter is now TRULY cold, so if cold has ANY effect in the ME, it will be more apparent. Originally, winter in the Siberian region was mostly 0 to -7. It now is mostly -16 and below. On the other side, Mexican desert originally only reached 34 C at times. Now it can go above 43 C.

Can you battle the down-pour from Kyushu, Japan's typhoon season, the below -20 temps in Russia, the sweltering heat of Mexico, or the hot summers and monsoons in Senegal? Or do you prefer the mild, sunny Mediterranean side of Spain?

 

Germany (optimized 4, added Central Germany)
Italy (optimized 4, added Italian Riviera)
France (No original patterns, added 3 specific to France, Atlantic Coast, South, and Inland)
Spain (optimized 7 original)
Brazil (optimized 13 original Made more tropical, with much more rain(while trying to prevent waterlogged fields every day), added warmer temps with colder sections, and better wind)
Portugal (minor changes)
Holland (No original patterns, added 2 specific to Holland, Coast and Inland. Added wind, less rain, better temps)
USA (optimized 29 original, fixed inaccurate weather/assignments)
Belgium (No original patterns, added 2 specific to Belgium, Coast and Inland)
Mexico (optimized to a wider range of temps, added Baja and Baja Desert, and more extreme heat in hottest areas)
England (optimized 3 original, added English South West)
Scotland (optimized 1 original, added Scottish Highlands)
Russia (added COLD extremes for Siberia)
China (some changes)
Sweden (optimized basic temps)
Iceland (No original patterns, added 4 specific to Iceland, Northeast, Northwest, Southern, and Capital Region. Overall colder, rainier, and less windy than Norway)
Argentina (fixed 3 original climates, added 1 climate, fixed season start dates, warmer winters, extreme rain changes, more wind)
Croatia (no changes)
Japan (added "typhoons", added wind)
Switzerland (added more rain)
Turkey (fixed temperatures, added seasonal rain)
Senegal (0 original - used southern america weather, added 2 unique climates, added "monsoons", massive rainfall for Southern in mid-year, hotter & longer summers, more northern wind)

No changes needed: Ireland, Wales, N. Ireland, Norway

Update for FM21
Australia (13 distinct climates varying in all weather types, but in general, increased temperatures, added wind, and a bit more rain/typhoons in proper places)

 

 

DOWNLOAD:  DB - Realistic Weather v1.1 - majesticeternity

 

HOW TO USE:

Place in Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\editor data. Start a new save. When selecting the database(before Advanced Setup), be sure to select the checkbox to enable this file.

 

If you like this creation, and wish to support the hours of work, you can donate below:
(Please know that it will be very appreciated, as everyone in my family have lost their jobs since March)

 

 

OTHER MODS:

Derbies Overhaul

Awards Overhaul

3D Competition Balls Pack

Better Crowd Colors

Media Overhaul

Language Overhaul

Realistic Competition Colors

Edited January 30, 2021 by majesticeternity

[Tommy Hughes]

Wonderful, thank you so much!

I consider the realistic weather, injuries, derbies and rivalries, awards overhaul and competition colors absolute game-changers and worth the wait before starting my proper FM 21 save, just like I did before with FM 20.

I appreciate you taking the time to work on these great and unique improvements, and will gladly be donating soon. All the best to you and your family!

[majesticeternity]

11 minutes ago, Tommy Hughes said:

Wonderful, thank you so much!

I consider the realistic weather, injuries, derbies and rivalries, awards overhaul and competition colors absolute game-changers and worth the wait before starting my proper FM 21 save, just like I did before with FM 20.

I appreciate you taking the time to work on these great and unique improvements, and will gladly be donating soon. All the best to you and your family!

Thank you very much!

[Mark Loves Erica]

where do i put the file?

[majesticeternity]

2 minutes ago, Mark Loves Erica said:

where do i put the file?

I added the info

[Mark Loves Erica]

thank you

[CoffeeFueledCurmudgeon]

Nice work. Essential addon. Thank you. 

[right_winger]

Will it work if playing FMT or only the full fat FM?

[majesticeternity]

1 hour ago, right_winger said:

Will it work if playing FMT or only the full fat FM?

I really am not sure, but from what I googled, seems you need full  fat...

[oblongata21]

Thanks for this! Fantastic work

Im someone who works in government department for weather here in Australia, so the inaccuracies probably bother me more than most

Do you have any plans to do Australia weather? And were typhoons added for southern China? They get about 7 or 8 that make landfall each year which is more than Japan.

[majesticeternity]

9 hours ago, oblongata21 said:

Thanks for this! Fantastic work

Im someone who works in government department for weather here in Australia, so the inaccuracies probably bother me more than most

Do you have any plans to do Australia weather? And were typhoons added for southern China? They get about 7 or 8 that make landfall each year which is more than Japan.

I believe I did add the typhoons in China. Although, I had to keep in mind, that if I raised the rain too much, there would be way too many waterlogged pitches and you'd never get to play!

I haven't looked into Australia...I'll PM you.

[Arvid04]

Many thanks. In FM20 I was bothered by the constant rain in Germany.

Germany is not Old England after all.

[majesticeternity]

1 hour ago, Arvid04 said:

Many thanks. In FM20 I was bothered by the constant rain in Germany.

Germany is not Old England after all.

Hopefully I made it better. Let me know!

[wazzaflow10]

@majesticeternity Just found your mod pack - this is fantastic immersion!

[majesticeternity]

58 minutes ago, wazzaflow10 said:

@majesticeternity Just found your mod pack - this is fantastic immersion!

Thanks!

[Wolf_pd]

Is the Japanese typhoon reason for postponement or does it mess with the ball in game? Just curious

[majesticeternity]

1 hour ago, Wolf_pd said:

Is the Japanese typhoon reason for postponement or does it mess with the ball in game? Just curious

It would be added in the form of "downpour" at a rate much more often than anywhere else in the world without typhoons. So you would have games played in the rain, or waterlogged pitches, from what I remember.

[oblongata21]

As per you DM, the Australian weather database is so far off.....its actually borderline ridiculous

If there is typhoon prone area, I would simply add 10-15% on top off what the normal downpour rating is

[FrazT]

Does this mod completely over-ride the existing weather modules or simply add to the existing ones?

[majesticeternity]

5 hours ago, FrazT said:

Does this mod completely over-ride the existing weather modules or simply add to the existing ones?

Not sure exactly what you mean... but for the existing ones, it changes them from being region-based to city-based for fine-tuning. And the weather pattern for each season has been compared to real life data, and edited for it to match, as best I know how. So I believe it completely overrides them.
For example, In the Australia weather mentioned above, Port Hedland area was marked as 100% dry for all seasons. When in reality, this feb 2020 got 100mm. In January, average temps are 31.5C, average lows and highs are 26C and 37C, and record low 23.6C, high 44C. Original database was set to 15% 16-21C, 65% 22-28C, and 20% 29-34C. Almost any % for 16-21C is wrong, and They gave zero chance of hitting 35C, let alone 44C. Wind speed in dB is set to calm 100%, yet real life data shows low of 28 kmh, high 83kmh, and avg 40kmh. 

if that gives you an idea what this file does?

[pow4h]

Cool addon.

What about Poland?

 

[majesticeternity]

4 hours ago, pow4h said:

Cool addon.

What about Poland?

 

The weather there seems to be mainly correct, so I haven't changed anything. If you notice anything, let me know.

[Bryna robson]

Fantastic collection of mods, props.

[spiros91]

All of your work should be added to steam. They are downloaded automatically for us! Please do upload them ! ! !

[majesticeternity]

5 hours ago, spiros91 said:

All of your work should be added to steam. They are downloaded automatically for us! Please do upload them ! ! !

I will, but right now steam updating is broken for fm21. So you wouldn’t get any updates. 

 

[spiros91]

On 06/12/2020 at 17:47, majesticeternity said:

I will, but right now steam updating is broken for fm21. So you wouldn’t get any updates. 

 

You mean automatic updates or all updates, even manual ones?

[majesticeternity]

6 minutes ago, spiros91 said:

You mean automatic updates or all updates, even manual ones?

automatic. so every time have to find each of the new ones and subscribe to them and unsubscribe to the old ones...

[spiros91]

1 hour ago, majesticeternity said:

automatic. so every time have to find each of the new ones and subscribe to them and unsubscribe to the old ones...

Oh, I see.

[D3BU9]

I think I can make a program to process with historical reanalyze data from ECMWF or NASA / NOAA, to calculate every weather component base on game region. It may be more accurate.

Just thinking 

[majesticeternity]

5 hours ago, D3BU9 said:

I think I can make a program to process with historical reanalyze data from ECMWF or NASA / NOAA, to calculate every weather component base on game region. It may be more accurate.

Just thinking 

Woah!

[Kleyo]

Do you plan make more countries or you finish this for FM 2021?

Maybe somebody have any information how weather influence to match engine?

[majesticeternity]

5 hours ago, Kleyo said:

Do you plan make more countries or you finish this for FM 2021?

Maybe somebody have any information how weather influence to match engine?

I don’t have any plans, just if someone has requests.

It’s very hard to have actual info on how weather effects the match engine, but supposedly it did have some effects on ball physics, player tiredness, and injury chance. How much that is for FM21, I don’t think anyone knows?

 

[TheThirdMan]

Some time ago I did a test on how rain and snow affected the EPL in FM19.  I set up three tests, one where it rained every game, one where it snowed every game, and a third where it never rained or snowed.  After ten seasons...there was absolutely no effect on the gameplay.  There were no significant differences in red cards, yellow cards, goals scored, assists made, passing percentage, or injuries, whether it rained, it snowed, or it was dry.

Sorry to say but at least in FM19 it looked like rain or snow had only cosmetic effect on the game.

Edited March 1, 2021 by TheThirdMan

[majesticeternity]

3 hours ago, TheThirdMan said:

Some time ago I did a test on how rain and snow affected the EPL in FM19.  I set up three tests, one where it rained every game, one where it snowed every game, and a third where it never rained or snowed.  After ten seasons...there was absolutely no effect on the gameplay.  There were no significant differences in red cards, yellow cards, goals scored, assists made, passing percentage, or injuries, whether it rained, it snowed, or it was dry.

Sorry to say but at least in FM19 it looked like rain or snow had only cosmetic effect on the game.

Yea I think that’s unfortunately been the case for the last several FMs.

thanks for the testing and info!