Atmosphere Control

I am an experienced developer, but very new to LSL and Second Life in general. I looked through the API for this but I am coming up empty.

I would like to know what LSL functions if any can control the avatar's perception of weather or any aspects of the atmosphere. I.e can I change the local view of the sky to red? in the API, I saw some get functions to retrive the current global state of say wind, but I am looking to set it locally. Any guidance or direction would be appreciated.

Can't be done. In a few weeks you might be able to control the sky, but I don't think from script, it will be in the client UI.

I this on purpoase for security reasons or is there a potential enhancment later for these types of hooks?

With the new sky coming out, I can see a POTENTIAL to send a sky state to an avatar, which I assume they would have to allow permission. Whether or not it will ever be an option is only somehting the LL developers can answer for you, the idea may not have even struck them at this point.

I was hoping a moderator might read this thread and comment. I can think of some very cool things that can be done with visual effects that will make the client side view much more realistic. Think about objects that can be shared among friends to view a common and controlled reality. For example, lets recreate wood stock, down to the rain. This is just my imagination running wild, but isnt that what this is all about?

Well, the only real moderator left is Strife Onizuka and, while he is quite the scripting guru, he is not a Linden, and would have precious little to add over and above what anyone else is saying here. Lindens rarely, if at all, read the forums anymore, let alone respond.

I let my imagination go wild on a lot of things, too; then, I get a good dose of reality that SL is woefully inadequate to emulate even the tiniest fraction of it when I get ready to try and implement it.

Most likely, what you are looking for will be found in another virtual world before it can be found in SL.