Weather System: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:50, 19 February 2019

Weather is a game mechanic that affects temperature. The only types of weather currently are snow, rain and lightning, though more may be added in the future.

Weather Types

Each weather type will have a different effect in gameplay. Currently, they have no effect other than visually.

Blizzard

Heavy snowfalls. May decrease temperature in the future.

Light Snow

Default weather; light snow, no effect on gameplay.

Rain

Rainfall effect. May decrease temperature in the future.

Monitoring

The current weather and future forecast will be viewable when using a Control Room.

Trivia

Weather was originally planned and worked on during the development of Subnautica such as rain for example, however it was scrapped after alterations to the skybox.

Gallery

BZ SurfaceFogScattering 01

A sped up view showing various states of weather
BZ NewClouds 01
BZ NewClouds 02

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+'''Weather''' is a game mechanic that affects temperature. The only types of weather currently are snow, rain and lightning, though more may be added in the future.
-'''Weather''' is a game mechanic that will be implemented in ''[[Subnautica: Below Zero (Game)|Below Zero]]''. Snow, rain and lightning will feature as weather types<ref>https://trello.com/c/L9lxCTdF/200-screen-space-snow-accumulation-and-wetness-when-it-rains</ref><ref>https://trello.com/c/Qo2qySmb/364-lightning-rock-slide-fx-on-the-blocked-path-back-from-the-precursor</ref>. Other types of weather have yet to be confirmed.
 ==Weather Types==
+Each weather type will have a different effect in gameplay. Currently, they have no effect other than visually.
-Several different weather types will be present in gameplay.<ref>https://favro.com/organization/35200a08dbbad85b26102638/0d9378db42299691bb14c708?card=Unk-1756</ref>
-===Mild===
+===Blizzard===
+Heavy snowfalls. May decrease [[temperature]] in the future.
-Light snow or rain
-===Heavy===
+===Light Snow===
+Default weather; light snow, no effect on gameplay.
-Blizzard/Low visibility conditions
-===Extreme===
+===Rain===
+Rainfall effect. May decrease [[temperature]] in the future.
-Hail, Lighting, Tornadoes
 ==Monitoring==
-The current weather and future forecast can be viewed using a [[Control Room]].
+The current weather and future forecast will be viewable when using a [[Control Room]].
 == Trivia ==
-*Weather was originally planned and worked on during the development of [https://subnautica.wikia.com/wiki/Subnautica Subnautica] such as rain for example, however it was scrapped after alterations to the skybox.
+*Weather was originally planned and worked on during the development of [[w:c:subnautica|Subnautica]] such as rain for example, however it was scrapped after alterations to the skybox.
 ==Gallery==
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 BZ NewClouds 02
 </gallery>
-== References ==
-<references />
 [[Category:Mechanics]]