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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: moot on February 12, 2008, 01:49:04 PM

Title: Snow
Post by: moot on February 12, 2008, 01:49:04 PM
It'd be nice to have some snow.  If not the whole map (considering most skins we have would look out of place), then at least the mountain tops, or something...
Title: Snow
Post by: ZetaNine on February 12, 2008, 02:16:24 PM
I dig it.

do we even have rain?
Title: Snow
Post by: moot on February 12, 2008, 02:26:50 PM
We used to have thick and dark stormcloud fronts, with no visibility except from point blank range inside the top clouds, and reduced light under the clouds.

I don't know if it was complaining (as night got), or bugs (I could often see far dots from within the clouds), but it's a shame to not have them anymore, as it is with night and a variety of terrain tiles.

Hopefuly HTC can do something about it... It may be time consuming, but at least it's not (as far as I can tell) a brain splitting issue like strat balancing or how to model new planes, or how to develop CT are.
Title: Snow
Post by: ZetaNine on February 12, 2008, 02:43:28 PM
yeah...it def. would be cool...and if it is an issue with some...perhaps it could be in it's own dedicated zone.
Title: Snow
Post by: WWM on February 12, 2008, 04:38:28 PM
I flew in a special events arena that was winter landscape once.  It is pretty neat and a very nice change.  I asked about the map but was told it was SE only:(
Title: Snow
Post by: whiteman on February 12, 2008, 05:09:49 PM
AVA has the winter Rhine map right now. SNOW!
Title: Snow
Post by: FrodeMk3 on February 12, 2008, 06:16:10 PM
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Originally posted by moot
We used to have thick and dark stormcloud fronts, with no visibility except from point blank range inside the top clouds, and reduced light under the clouds.

I don't know if it was complaining (as night got), or bugs (I could often see far dots from within the clouds), but it's a shame to not have them anymore, as it is with night and a variety of terrain tiles.

Hopefuly HTC can do something about it... It may be time consuming, but at least it's not (as far as I can tell) a brain splitting issue like strat balancing or how to model new planes, or how to develop CT are.


M00t, I think that there was an issue of it drawing down framerates, but I could be mistaken.
Title: Snow
Post by: Denholm on February 12, 2008, 06:43:30 PM
That's probably it Frode, I made a map with these thick clouds and every-one's frame rate went from 30+ to 5 FPS.
Title: Snow
Post by: moot on February 12, 2008, 07:54:38 PM
Well dang.. I never had that much of a hit when I ran into them in the MA.
Title: Snow
Post by: Spikes on February 12, 2008, 08:26:03 PM
I only get 10 FPS when flying around, imaging this...:eek:
Title: Snow
Post by: thndregg on February 12, 2008, 11:10:17 PM
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Originally posted by ZetaNine
I dig it.


By all means.(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1128342/2/istockphoto_1128342_snow_shovel.jpg)
Title: Snow
Post by: SEraider on February 14, 2008, 06:42:37 PM
Odd to have mountains that are 15k-20k, yet no snow.
Title: Snow
Post by: Denholm on February 15, 2008, 09:13:03 AM
We have snow tiles, but by no means are they white.
Title: Snow
Post by: derkojote23 on February 15, 2008, 03:31:33 PM
Id ask for weather but I could just see how that would ef****t the game,, LOL imagin a rainy day low over cast and thus no viable Air opps lol Game cansled on the count of rain :rofl   Well accept for GVs we would Love it. lol
 But I diegress, Yes Snow and Desert and some other typs of ground would be nice so we could make use of all thies fancy skins we have.
Title: Snow
Post by: RTHolmes on February 15, 2008, 03:34:29 PM
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Originally posted by derkojote23
Snow and Desert and some other typs of ground would be nice so we could make use of all thies fancy skins we have.
:aok
Title: Snow
Post by: Castedo on February 15, 2008, 04:01:03 PM
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Originally posted by derkojote23
Id ask for weather but I could just see how that would ef****t the game,, LOL imagin a rainy day low over cast and thus no viable Air opps lol Game cansled on the count of rain :rofl   Well accept for GVs we would Love it. lol
 But I diegress, Yes Snow and Desert and some other typs of ground would be nice so we could make use of all thies fancy skins we have.


It could rain only in TT.
Title: Snow
Post by: Airscrew on February 15, 2008, 04:03:32 PM
I think there was a Finland map used in the old CT/AvA, its been awhile for me, but it has snow and I think low cloud.

In AH1 the weather fronts were huge, and it was possible to launch a bombing mission and find it covered in clouds when you got to your target.  You would have to drop down to 10k to break through the clouds to find your targets, and then you where pretty much dead meat after that...