Daylight Cycle Addon: Custom time-of-day progression with configurable phase duration weights (Dawn, Day, Dusk, Night) and smooth lighting transitions.
Smooth Shadow Interpolation: (useInternalDaylightTime) option for seamless internal time tracking, preventing abrupt shadow and sun movement snaps during cycle progression.
Expanded Thunder Audio: Introduced 3 new unique thunder sound effects to significantly enrich the atmospheric audio variety during storms.
Sub-Mode Effects Toggle: Option to enable extra visual effects across active sub-modes.
Configurable Asset Counts: (cloudSpritePath and thunderSoundPath) now support specifying variation and file counts directly within the path string using a colon separator (e.g., "gfx/dcs/:7" and "dcs/:3").
Performance & Limits Optimization: Lowered default cloud and fog limits, reduced fog spawn rate from 10 to 2 clouds per cycle, added full cloud cleanup on round start, and restricted lightning branch segments to a maximum of 5 to prevent client freezing and performance drops on multiplayer servers.
SHUFFLE Mode Fix: Resolved an issue where refilling the mode bag could select the active mode twice in a row by decoupling duplicate checks from (allowClearFirst).

Expanded Cloud Sprites: Introduced a full third set of 7 unique cloud sprites to significantly enrich the visual diversity of the cloud system.
Cloud Sub-Modes: Introduced a sub-mode mechanic allowing custom color variations for clouds to enhance atmospheric diversity.
Dynamic Shadow Stretching: Config option (enableShadowStretch) to provide optional stretch and rotation effects based on sun height (sv_daylighttime).
Dynamic Cloud Mirroring: Config option (enableCloudMirroring) to randomly mirror cloud and shadow sprites horizontally, instantly doubling visual variety without extra texture assets.
Initial State Selection Control: Config option (allowClearFirst) to prevent the "CLEAR" state from being picked as an initial or first mode in a shuffle cycle.
Expanded Per Map Customization: Upgraded MAP_CLOUD_POOLS beyond basic cloud mode lists, allowing you to dynamically override ANY parameter in CONFIG (such as sprite sets or wind power limits) for specific maps using a lightweight loop without bloating the codebase.
Tile Frame Filtering System: Expanded and upgraded restricted area interactions into a complete filtering system with config options (restrictedTileFrames blacklist, allowedTileFrames whitelist, checkEnvRooms, and allowFreeDrift toggle) to precisely control cloud/fog spawning boundaries, drift behavior, and fade logic based on specific tile frame IDs and room entities.

Expanded Cloud Sprites: Introduced a full second set of 7 unique cloud sprites to significantly enrich the visual diversity of the cloud system.
Cloud Sprite Variations & Randomization: Config options (cloudPrefixType, randomizePrefixOnModeChange) to control initial sprite prefixes ("1", "2", or "1+2") and automatically randomize them upon mode switches (OFF, STRICT, or FULL), adding more visual variety.
Restricted Areas & Room Interaction Mechanics: Config options (restrictedFadeMode, restrictedFadeSpeed, restrictedMarginTiles) to manage indoor and restricted area interactions, enabling smooth opacity fade transitions, custom speeds, and precise tile margins from walls, map borders, and rooms with modes like "OFF", "SHADOW", and "FULL".
Cloud Merging: Config options (enableCloudMerging, cloudMergeDistance, cloudMergeGrowthFactor) to dynamically absorb nearby clouds, making storm clouds stronger, letting prey smoothly dissolve via alpha-fade, and scaling up predators smoothly within existing cloudScale limits.

Visual Controls: Config options (shadowOffsetDistance, cloudOpacity, cloudScale, shadowOpacity) for complete control over cloud sizes, shadow/cloud projection, and transparency.
Dynamic Cloud Variants: Configurable spawn chances (darkChance, passiveChance) in (CLOUDY) and (STORM) modes to dynamically mix variations.
Scale Configuration Support: Dedicated configuration support for independent size limits (normal, storm, fog) via (cloudScale) to easily tweak existing scaling rules without touching core code.
Experimental Feature: Config option (useImageShadow) to leverage the native imageshadow() function (supports only sv_daylighttime 225).
Config Reorganization: Fully restructured the (CONFIG) layout for easier setup and cleaner script maintenance.
Cloud Velocity & Movement: Fixed wind velocity drift and reversed movement bugs for oversized storm clouds by capping scale ratios and normalizing wind vectors.

Map-Bound Cloud Pools: Added map-bound cloud pools (MAP_CLOUD_POOLS) with a global master toggle (useMapPools) and automatic fallbacks to global defaults, allowing unique cloud mode configurations per map.
Flexible Mode Shuffling: Switch logic options via (shuffleModes) featuring sequential progression (LINEAR), a non-repeating bag system (SHUFFLE), or unpredictable pure random (RANDOM).
First Loop Guarantee: Configurable initial sequence (firstLoopLinear) to enforce a strict linear cycle starting at mode index 1 on boot before handoff to your primary rotation mode.
Core Mechanics Refinement: Optimized cloud fade calculations to reduce CPU load, fixed cold-start mode probabilities, and eliminated instant lightning strikes on map boot if (STORM) is the initial mode.

Shadows-Only Mode: Config option (renderOnlyShadows) to render ground shadows exclusively, hiding cloud sprites while preserving atmospheric dynamics.
Storm Palette Variance: Configurable storm tinting with custom chances for classic dark, purple, and indigo-blue clouds.
Smooth Wind Transitions: Wind direction and speed now transition smoothly and naturally during mode changes.