Proposition : Weather and/or seasons

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by bahaika, August 11, 2013.

  1. bahaika

    bahaika New Member

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    Hi,

    I was thinking about a cool feature which could be a weather supports with clouds, thunders, storms, winds (and why not Windmill to produce energy ?) etc...
    And a second thing could be the season supports : winter, spring, summer and fall which could be sync to the planetary movement around it star.
    During the winter, the north and south pole could be frozen (if there is water) to block boats but let land units pass over.
    During the summer, the melt of the pole make the sea level to increase etc....

    I'm not talking about a full support for seasons etc... But a rudimentary support (with an option to activate it, or not, on a battle) could be great.

    I hope you'll understand me, English isn't my mother language :)

    See you later in game. ;)
  2. evroke

    evroke New Member

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    I do agree with bahaika. I think this feature is a good idea.
    The addition of windmill to produce energy is also a good proposition.

    Implement these features will greatly increase the tactical posibilities in game.


    see you later in game ;)
  3. neptunio

    neptunio Active Member

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    I for one would love it if dynamic clouds showed up on the earth planet when you zoomed out. That would be amazing!
  4. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    I only want the clouds, nothing else.
  5. KNight

    KNight Post Master General

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    Clouds and Weather have come up before, Neutrino hasn't been all that excited about it, in particular clouds have the problem of blocking the things you need to see.

    Mike
  6. fouquet

    fouquet Active Member

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    simply make clouds 10% opacity with a hard cap at 25% in overlap.

    i would love for fully dynamic atmosphere sims but i have a feeling that it wont make it into this release. maybe number two will delve into that more complex type of sim.
  7. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    If clouds block strat icons, something somewhere went horribly wrong.
    Last edited: August 12, 2013
  8. idsuram1

    idsuram1 New Member

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    i agree, a simple cloud/fog/combination on the edge of the planet would add a lot to the polish.
  9. bobucles

    bobucles Post Master General

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    Weather effects go under "eye candy". Perhaps they can be used to help clarify the fog of war.
  10. SleepWarz

    SleepWarz Active Member

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    I wouldn't hate having to scroll into a planet with a super dense atmosphere to see whats going on. Just as long as that planet type isnt predominant.
  11. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    It's not just strat icons - but terrain as well.

    It may be doable - but it'd be easy to screw things up.
  12. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    you.... ah...... the words fail me....

    please re-read what you quoted I think you may have missed something.

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