Changelog of NWeather - Advanced Weather & Skybox addon for Gmod

🚀 Added
🔧 New public API for custom HUDs
Several API functions have been added to enable developers to retrieve real-time weather data and integrate it into their own custom HUDs:

NWeather_GetSeason() -- Returns the season ID, its name (in English) and a Material representing the season icon.
NWeather_GetWeather() -- Returns the current weather ID, its name, and the corresponding weather icon.
NWeather_GetMoonphase() -- Returns the current moon phase ID and name.
NWeather_GetTime() -- Returns the current time in numerical form + the time formatted for display (e.g. “08:01 AM”).
NWeather_GetDate() -- Returns a text string with the complete date (e.g. “27, January 2025”).
NWeather_GetTemperature() -- Returns the current temperature in °C in raw, formatted form (ex: -3, “-3°C”).
NWeather_API (console command) -- Displays all above API returns in console for debugging or quick integration.

📚 Documentation update
A section detailing the operation of each API function has been added to the official documentation.

Lines 34 to 40 of the script wiki deal specifically with the use of these functions, the values returned and their integration into a custom HUD. You can use the API keyword to quickly display the relevant lines.

🚀 Added
3 new options added: The first new option allows you to disable NWeather's soundscape. Sometimes you may prefer to have your own soundscape.

✅ New option: Delete native soundscape and light entities (Reset the settings to show them: Blue button top right / Reset NWeather Setting)
Added an option to automatically delete soundscape (trigger_soundscape, env_soundscape, etc.) and light (light, light_spot, light_dynamic, light_environment) entities present on maps.

🎯 Objective:
Optimize server performance by reducing the number of active entities and unnecessary logic.
Avoid visual and sound conflicts with the addon's custom dynamic systems (client-side soundscape and dynamic weather/light via NWeather).
Improve visual and sound consistency by removing static map effects that contradict the dynamic effects generated by the addon.
This option can be deactivated at any time according to the needs of the map or the administrators.

🧱 Improved
Handles temperature differences when under shelter.

✔️ Patch
Removed snow display inside buildings.
Fixed the glare of the sun appearing through the ground at night with Gmod default post processing.
Fixed a Lua error related to the calendar menu, which was causing problems in 64-bit versions.
Corrected a Lua error that could occur when manually adding custom textures to the client file.

⚡ Optimization
Improved moon rendering at night for more realistic visuals.
Optimized weather calculations to further reduce client-side CPU usage.
Optimization of visual effects (FX), notably by preventing snow from appearing in off-map areas, thus lightening the load on the GPU.

⚡ Optimization
Optimization of the map's dynamic brightness system.

✔️ Patch
[norda_nweather] ...cl_norda_nweather.lua:2079: Tried to use a NULL entity!
[norda_nweather] ...cl_norda_nweather.lua:1379: Tried to use a NULL entity!
GetBrushSurfaces - [C]:-1

Initial version