Makin-Things/weather-radar-card v3.5.0-alpha2

v3.5.0-alpha2 — animation polish (smooth_overlap + trail fix)

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Animation polish on top of 3.5.0-alpha. Same fixes shipping as 3.4.0-beta2 for users on the stable channel without the new overlays.

Added

• smooth_overlap config knob (0–1) — tunable crossfade overlap when smooth_animation: true. 0 = sequential (no brightness dip; cushion held), 0.5 = 50% overlap, 1 = fully simultaneous (default; brief mid-transition dip). Fade duration auto-calibrates so the full cycle still equals frame_delay regardless of overlap. Exposed in the editor as a 0–1 slider — handy for dialling in your preferred trade-off between cushion-hold and brightness-dip.
• Editor mutual gating for animation timing — transition_time is disabled when Smooth Animation is on (the smooth path computes its own fade); smooth_overlap is disabled when Smooth Animation is off. Both fields stay visible at all times so the relationship between them is obvious; the disabled state signals which one is currently in effect.

Fixed

• Trail on first cycle after editing animation settings. Changing animation settings used to leave stale CSS-transition state on the radar layers, producing a visible trail on the first cycle after the change. setConfig now does a full teardown + reinit on any structural config change. Exception: when the user pans/zooms the live map in editor mode, the back-propagated center_latitude / center_longitude / zoom_level keys are diffed and skipped — a teardown there would interrupt the user's active interaction. Direct YAML edits to those keys still move the map (via setView), guarded against re-firing as a back-prop bounce loop.

Localization

11 language files updated for the new smooth_overlap editor strings.

Testing

Please install the prerelease via HACS (toggle "Show beta versions") or by manually copying dist/weather-radar-card.js into /config/www/community/weather-radar-card/. Issues to watch for:

• Toggle Smooth Animation on/off in the editor → no trail on the first cycle after the change.
• Pan / zoom the live map while the editor is open → editor's Lat/Long/Zoom fields update without the radar restarting.
• Edit center_latitude / zoom_level directly in YAML → map moves to the new view.
• Try a few smooth_overlap values (0, 0.5, 0.75, 1) and let us know what reads best on your basemap.

Bug reports → issues.