Will rain be dynamic as well? : V

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:14 pm

Alright, so we have heard a lot about snow being dynamic, and it's extremely cool. Thing is, snow never did bother me in previous games, what bothered me the most was the rain falling down through rooftops... dare I say, it didn't look so good...

Anyway, I've been wondering about the rain in-game.

A septim for your thought?

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:04 pm

Probably like snow reacts to objects except it slips on objects surface.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:18 pm

Most games these days have that so its rather standard for a game that has rain/weather. I dont think its been confirmed though.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:59 pm

I should hope so, this should be standard. While we're at it, can we detach the rain mesh from the player camera? Running forward and seeing the rain come with you ain't my jam.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:49 am

Ugh if anything the snow bothered me a lot in Oblivion. It gives me slight motion sickness when I pay attention to it because it moves with the player. Even Bloodmoon's snow was way better.

But on topic, the rain falling through surfaces was kind of an eyesore in Oblivion so I hope they did fix it. Haven't heard anything about it though.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:51 pm

If rain is in, I would love puddles and rain to well... fall on the surface on stuff. And not disappear through the ground.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:00 pm

notice in the trailer that snow's not necessarily drops, it floats. (Though there was this part where there was this snow-storm where it actually dropped)
Wonder if they've been working on the rain as well, and if so, how come they didn't confirm anything about it by now?

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:49 pm

Is rain confirmed?

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:51 pm

nope... but no question about it, 99% it's in.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:54 pm

nope... but no question about it, 99% it's in.

It should be yeah. It rains up north too...
And there is temperate climate. And often overcast as we have seen. That means it should/could also be rain.

I would want rain to be like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHoSMFSksFg

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:29 pm

looks good, though I'd expect more from a game with dynamic weather settings and different kind of storms like Skyrim.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:51 pm

procuderal water and snow..

GO.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:52 pm

I dont see why they wouldnt have rain too in the southern area. I mean, it cant snow everywhere, especially not in that fall forest...that would just look stupid.

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:13 am

hopefully skyrims storms are something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6seDq_u4lU

overall the weather should look similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjghIhfxqM

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:21 am

and i hope the NPC AI can recognize shelters and run for them when rain starts to fall

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:18 am

indeed, it looks nice. I just hope that rough storms makes it harder for you to move forward.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:46 pm

and i hope the NPC AI can recognize shelters and run for them when rain starts to fall

The Wticher had this in 2006, we should be able to do it in 2011

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:52 pm

The Wticher had this in 2006, we should be able to do it in 2011

sure hope so. Gothic2 had climbing NPCs and NPC scheds that werent in later Beth games so...

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:17 pm

The Wticher had this in 2006, we should be able to do it in 2011

Oblivion didn't have it in 2006.

I was very disappointed.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:49 am

It's really not that big of a deal xD but would be great seeing a few NPCs running away into their houses from a rain storm.

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:09 am

I love a good rainstorm, IRL and in games. That Red Dead clip was pretty close to what I'm hoping for. Rainy days in Oblivion (despite the flaws in rain animation) were the perfect atmosphere for some Dark Brotherhood missions.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:00 pm

I would love different audio sounds when it rains as well. Like when it rains in a town, and the rain is hitting iron buckets or different metal object it makes a hollow kinda sound. And making the rain flow in little streams down the street would bring a tear to my eye :clap:

» Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:08 am

it was in vampire bloodlines which was a bug riddled bugtacular bugfest of unfinishedness. that game was in 2005 so if its not in skyrim that would just be ........wow........really pathetic. in case anyone misunderstands i play bloodlines every year and it never leaves my harddrive except for reinstalls for new mods. its one of the best games ever WITH the unofficial patch.

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:54 am

Has rain been confirmed?

» Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:03 am

WTF! obviously rain is on, there's no need for confirmation, there is no reason to take out rain, since it was nothing, it didn't affected the player in anyway, it just made the world more alive, there IS NO reason to take it out, so yea, it is in.. what a stupid question..