Weather Plug-In Can't Add Cities

[blanchad]

Oh my, did I search for an answer..... For a Canadian city (Gatineau, Qc) there is another parameter that gets created in config.xml.

Just before the plugin started working while experimenting with various cities, the <AreaCodes> parameter appeared with a code for Montreal, Qc. I went back to msnbc.com to find out the code for my city and put it in, et voilà!!!!!

Looks like for international cities, you need the following two entries with the codes respective to your city:
<SpecialZipCodes>3032128</SpecialZipCodes> (is this for Cananada?)
<AreaCodes>CAXX0158</AreaCodes> (for Gatineau, Qc)



<WeatherPlugin>
<SpecialZipCodes>3032128</SpecialZipCodes>
<ShowCurrentConditionsAsTaskImage>True</ShowCurrentConditionsAsTaskImage>
<Celsius>True</Celsius>
<PanelShowWeatherStatus>True</PanelShowWeatherStatus>
<AutoUpdateRate>90</AutoUpdateRate>
<DecimalPlaces>0</DecimalPlaces>
<LoadDataOnStartup>True</LoadDataOnStartup>
<DownloadRadarMapOnly>False</DownloadRadarMapOnly>
<Language>English</Language>
<AreaCodes>CAXX0158</AreaCodes>
</WeatherPlugin>

Enjoy!

[MixMan]

Go to the plugin page. I have uploaded Weather Icon Packages that looks good.

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Plugin/Weather

[skybound]

Works for me too - adding cities in South Africa.

Thanks for the great work.

[johnsonx42]

A quick note:

I had a similar problem as ViperDragon - a US zipcode I had setup initially worked, but then later wouldn't, just hung on 'downloading forecast'. Somehow I discovered I must have accidentally hit the pause button on the remote during a previous session - that toggles the way the plugin treats the zipcode. Hitting pause again immediately cleared the problem.

[MiJaMu]

would anybody happen to have the config for Cork, Ireland or county clare? I'm going there in a couple of weeks and would like to add it to my GBPVR.

msnbc.com keeps forcing me back to the states so i can't get to the codes.
thanks
~MiJa

[Snooze]

Would anyone have an idea what Jeff changed in the source code on the weather plugin web page to make this work? It would be nice to do what he did to fix it plus add this change to HelperFunction.cs

const int MAX_MAP_COUNT = 72;
const int MAX_FRAME_COUNT = 72;

and create a new dll to make it a very much appreciated plugin.