Concerning weather

Post » Tue May 17, 2011 11:02 am

So I did use the search engine, but I was unable to find any specific and hard facts about weather. While I am asking of what kind of weather well see (I know there's some snow but will it ever be snowing), such as snow and clouds and such.
The main thing I was hoping for was rain, especially considering there is now some vegetation it feels natural if there was any raining, but I always felt that rain in Oblivion just kicked the immersion into overdrive and really got me into the game.
So what im really asking is, what kind of weather will we be having, and WILL THERE BE RAIN??
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Katie Pollard
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:39 pm

I don't believe there will be any weather akin to Oblivion, but it will look less depressing than F3 did in the skies.
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Amy Siebenhaar
 
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 11:21 am

I do recall something about the weather but I think all that was mentioned was that some areas would be noticably windier than others
with regards to dust being kicked up

Other than that though there won't be anything such as rain
just some blue skies to lighten the mood
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 2:29 am

I love when dust kicked up in Fallout 3, it made me feel like I was in the Wild West, and now with us being IN the West. I can't wait for dust storms and the like :celebration:
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 6:20 am

"AG: Obviously the game-world is different in that it's not a grey hue, it's sunny California; blue skies... is there a weather system, or is it just a day/night system?

Tess: Let's see, weather... well there are areas where it's extra windy and you'll see a lot of dirt and sand in the air, that kind of stuff, but we don't have rain or anything like that. "



That was from an interview between AusGamers and Tess Treadwell(a FONV producer) https://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2949452
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:34 am

Doubtful there will be rain. As I have stated in the last 15 threads asking about weather, the rain patterns in Las Vegas are not conducive to rain in the game. When it does rain there, it is mostly 15 or 20 minute showers/storms. With the game clock they way that it is, to be real, it would be a brief spurt of water then go away. The game engine can only be set to make it rain for large periods of the day (Oblivion would rain for 12 game hours, then switch to something else, or rain again) Not sure if the period of time can be altered, but given the way rain works, it still would not be right in the game. The rain we be over about the time you noticed it raining.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 8:29 am

Doubtful there will be rain. As I have stated in the last 15 threads asking about weather, the rain patterns in Las Vegas are not conducive to rain in the game. When it does rain there, it is mostly 15 or 20 minute showers/storms. With the game clock they way that it is, to be real, it would be a brief spurt of water then go away. The game engine can only be set to make it rain for large periods of the day (Oblivion would rain for 12 game hours, then switch to something else, or rain again) Not sure if the period of time can be altered, but given the way rain works, it still would not be right in the game. The rain we be over about the time you noticed it raining.


Last time I was in Vegas it rained all weekend. So you could have it rain for 10-20 times a year game time. But I really don't care if it rains in the game. Fix all the bugs before add something as insignificant. But if they were to add precipitation I would like to see some snow. A friend of mine was in Vegas and his flight was delayed due to a light dusting (way less then an inch). He said that everyone in Vegas was freaking out because it never snows there. I think this would be interesting if once in 300 ours of game play it snows and all the NPC's just start running around going crazy. Perhaps a super mutant doing snow angels.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 5:44 am

I do recall something about the weather but I think all that was mentioned was that some areas would be noticably windier than others
with regards to dust being kicked up

Other than that though there won't be anything such as rain
just some blue skies to lighten the mood


Sounds alright.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 1:37 pm

No weather, only snow in Jacobstown.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 10:48 am

There is wind. There is no rain.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:55 am

probaly not if there was rain it would be radiated
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 12:37 pm

I do recall something about the weather but I think all that was mentioned was that some areas would be noticably windier than others
with regards to dust being kicked up

Other than that though there won't be anything such as rain
just some blue skies to lighten the mood

I live in Vegas, and it does in fact rain. I wouldn't be surprised to see if rain made an appearance.
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Post » Tue May 17, 2011 4:13 pm

As has been said in this thread, it is confirmed:

NO RAIN

:confirmed.

Areas will have different weather, i.e. snow in some areas, dust clouds and wind in others, but there will be no rain. Producer Tess Treadwell confirmed it in an interview, look above for the link.
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