Marc, You are calling the "lightning_strike" function directly
in "rainthatshit". This is causing a lightning strike every frame that
"ObservationConditions == ocGood".

The way it is set up, the clouds with the "lightning_cloud" action call that
function if the variable "lightning_on" is equal to 1, and a random number
( 0 to 1), is larger than the "lightning_freq" variable.


1. Change rainthatshit so that it just changes the "lightning_on" flag instead
of using it to call the "lightning_strike" function;

Code:

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action rainthatshit
{	
  my.skill1 = 4000;   // Range to scan for rain...	
  while(1)
   {
     if (vec_dist(my.x, player.x) < my.skill1)
      {
        if (ObservationConditions == ocAverage)			
         {
           rainit();
           OpSound(on);	
         }
        if (ObservationConditions == ocGood)
         {		
           rainit();
           OpSound(on);
           lightning_on = 1;    // turn lightning on
         }
        else{ lightning_on = 0;} // turn lightning off
      }
     else
      {
        OpSound(off);
      }
     wait(1);
   }
}

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2. Attach the "lightning_cloud" action to several clouds or entities in the
sky, the lightning will emit from these clouds origin.

3. Change the variable "lightning_freq = 0.985" to a higher or lower number
to change how often the lightning strikes. (Higher = less)

That ought to fix it. Hope it helps anyway.