[REQ] Advanced Weather

[Nemesite]

Now i know some people will say it's not lore and all that jazz but i've been thinking why aren't there any electrical storms. A dry dusty, windy environment would create massive amounts of static electricity that would produce storms, not rain, just lightning. Also where are the dust storms? Said hostile environment is a breeding ground for nasty weather.

So i ask if it is possible for someone to make these weather environments and perhaps have it so that you can get stuck by lightning and it will kill you, or the wind can pick you up and throw you to the ground maybe even cripple you. Or the dust make V.A.T.S useless because you still can't hit what you can't see.

[ZIoKo]

You are not the only one who thought of this, there are already some threads here about the weather and atmosphere, this thread should also be moved to the request forums.

 

And yes, i also think the standart weather is way to bland and everything, a nice dynamic weather system would be one hell of a project to undertake, but it could be worth the trouble.

[Zilod]

was thinking to include something like this too in my overhaul mod

 

nothing "excessive" just some lightning, fog and maybe "sandstorms" (well if they are possible)

but first have to finish other stuff and to figure out how weather works :P anyway will put in todo list

[Skree000]

sandstorm effects shouldnt be too hard, getting them to look right would be the only challenge.

 

They already have those particle emitters/volumes that make it look like dust sweeping up in the wind, its just a matter of creating similar ones that are on a much much larger scale.

[mogbert]

There is a mod called FWO or something that is supposed to be really good weather effects. Still in beta, but he is almost done I think.

[Hattix]

FWO doesn't do anything "advanced" (hey, I made it!) in that it doesn't add precipitation or lightning or anything like that but it's certainly extendable to do so should any other mod arise which does

 

"In beta" doesn't mean FWO will cause any problems, just that sometimes it may look a bit crazy.

 

You're right that I'm about to take the beta tag off. Beta 14 (we're on 13 at the moment) will probably be the last beta before 1.0, assuming no further problems arise.

[cj577]

Now i know some people will say it's not lore and all that jazz but i've been thinking why aren't there any electrical storms. A dry dusty, windy environment would create massive amounts of static electricity that would produce storms, not rain, just lightning. Also where are the dust storms? Said hostile environment is a breeding ground for nasty weather.

So i ask if it is possible for someone to make these weather environments and perhaps have it so that you can get stuck by lightning and it will kill you, or the wind can pick you up and throw you to the ground maybe even cripple you. Or the dust make V.A.T.S useless because you still can't hit what you can't see.

 

Actually if anyone has read the Deathlands and or Outlanders series there post nuke , very similiar in many ways to Fallout and there they have acid rains duststorms red clouds all day clear skies etc. :thumbsup: