A mod for better raindrops? : III

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:21 pm

Is there a mod that makes the raindrops look better, and make them stick out more. Half the time when it's raining I cannot even see the rain drops. And I've tried messing with the ini. And I haven't gotten the results I've been looking for. Help?

Thanks.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:25 pm

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=7470

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:10 pm

Wow, I guess I could have easily found that, but thanks it's exactly what I was looking for.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:24 am

Realistically speaking, rain is actually pretty hard to see. Just saying.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:16 pm

Realistically speaking, rain is actually pretty hard to see. Just saying.

You sir, are not from England. Or Washington state. Or Ireland. Or you'd know real rain makes it hard to see just about anything else.

» Sat May 14, 2011 12:15 am

Realistically speaking, rain is actually pretty hard to see. Just saying.

Realistically speaking, rain is actually pretty hard not to see, you should eat some carrot.

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:50 pm

In my experience, rain is much more obvious from the wet ground than from the raindrops themselves. Arcania had a pretty nice looking 'wetness' shader applied on the ground and all nearby objects when it was raining. I wonder if something like that could be possible to code into the MCP or MGE.

» Sat May 14, 2011 12:29 am

Trust me, in temperate, island climates (like Vvardenfell) one does not need to look at the ground to know it's raining:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6669057.stm

(although the idea of a 'wetness' shader is a good one)

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:21 pm

Realistically speaking, rain is actually pretty hard to see. Just saying.

You must not live near where I live, or you have bad eyesight, because rain is very easy to see.

In my experience, rain is much more obvious from the wet ground than from the raindrops themselves. Arcania had a pretty nice looking 'wetness' shader applied on the ground and all nearby objects when it was raining. I wonder if something like that could be possible to code into the MCP or MGE.

That would be amazing.

» Sat May 14, 2011 12:34 am

Caveat emptor: HedgeHog 12's 'Better Rain' mod will cause screen darkening with MGE distantland active when using any of the 'Raindrop' meshes with extended texture mapping effects like bump, detail, gloss, etc. However, any of the _x.4 versions should work ok.

» Sat May 14, 2011 12:19 am

Caveat emptor: HedgeHog 12's 'Better Rain' mod will cause screen darkening with MGE distantland active when using any of the 'Raindrop' meshes with extended texture mapping effects like bump, detail, gloss, etc. However, any of the _x.4 versions should work ok.

Thanks, that explains it

I like the x.4 versions anyway, less FPS intensive.

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:22 pm

Why not some better http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6827 to go with that better rain.

» Fri May 13, 2011 12:14 pm

Caveat emptor: HedgeHog 12's 'Better Rain' mod will cause screen darkening with MGE distantland active when using any of the 'Raindrop' meshes with extended texture mapping effects like bump, detail, gloss, etc. However, any of the _x.4 versions should work ok.

Oh my, how odd. I was just wondering why my screen got so black and dark. I've tried to figure it out and got irritated, so I quit. Decided to do something else and there you go, answering it for me. Although I read the readme, I forgot that detail. Thank you.

» Sat May 14, 2011 12:22 am

Why not some better http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6827 to go with that better rain.

Already have em :goodjob:

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:56 pm

Thanks ...I didn't have either of these...they'll go well with http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1164235-wollis-weather-mod/ since it tweaks the weather for regions and increases the chance of rain (and snow) in the appropiate regions. :goodjob:

» Fri May 13, 2011 3:44 pm

Already have em :goodjob:

Thanks ...I didn't have either of these...they'll go well with http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1164235-wollis-weather-mod/ since it tweaks the weather for regions and increases the chance of rain (and snow) in the appropiate regions. :goodjob:

Both things I like to hear

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:56 pm

Doesn't Vurt have very good weather adjustments too?

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:39 pm

Trust me, in temperate, island climates (like Vvardenfell) one does not need to look at the ground to know it's raining:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6669057.stm

(although the idea of a 'wetness' shader is a good one)

That photo shows exactly what I'm talking about. The individual rain drops don't pop out at all, they manifest more as a kind of fog. And if you look up against sky, they're impossible to see.