[2022] Atomic Bunker hatches that leak rain

One developer worked on twitch stuff. The other 59 are working on bugs in a20, and developing a21.

That's a pretty small bug too, that likely won't even be looked into until Beta. It's not game breaking like a lot of the other things they are currently working on.

Rain doesn't even do anything practically speaking. At least the Twitch stuff is adding functionality to the game that can potentially be hooked into later for more interesting gameplay, including for those not using Twitch.

Also, if you have e.g. a roof of 1/2 blocks, it's an extra calculation to consider whether the block is rotated (or the hatch is opened) in a way that would block the rain or not. In other words, there's a real possibility that more accurate rain would be one of those superfluous new features you deactivate for a better frame rate.

If they're going to bother accounting for block shape & rotation, it would be much more impactful for it to affect, say, structural integrity.

Originally posted by Philthy:

Originally posted by Crater Creator: Rain doesn't even do anything practically speaking. At least the Twitch stuff is adding functionality to the game that can potentially be hooked into later for more interesting gameplay, including for those not using Twitch.

Also, if you have e.g. a roof of 1/2 blocks, it's an extra calculation to consider whether the block is rotated (or the hatch is opened) in a way that would block the rain or not. In other words, there's a real possibility that more accurate rain would be one of those superfluous new features you deactivate for a better frame rate.

If they're going to bother accounting for block shape & rotation, it would be much more impactful for it to affect, say, structural integrity.

what? it freaking rains 5 times a day. first thing i do when i play is turn off the rain bc its so annoying. and ofc it impacts gameplay. it reduces your already sparse stamina. not to speak about immersion when you INSIDE a building but still get wet just by looking at the rain.
also, there have been countless complains about the weather pattern, even from streamers. but what do TFP do? they nerf the fun out of the game by forcing players to constantly change their gameplay. they clearly have no clue what they are doing. this game will be in early acces for another 10 years

What are you talking about? The description for wetness is "You are wet which will make you colder. This may or may not be a good thing."

This is backed up by the code, posted below if you're interested. The only effect is on your temperature. Being wet inside hasn't affected my game once in A20.

Yes, it rains too much in my opinion. Yes, it'd be nice for immersion if rain was computed accurately for different shapes & rotations without impacting performance. But impacting gamplay? It's a total non-issue.

Originally posted by Philthy:

Originally posted by Crater Creator:
What are you talking about? The description for wetness is "You are wet which will make you colder. This may or may not be a good thing."

This is backed up by the code, posted below if you're interested. The only effect is on your temperature. Being wet inside hasn't affected my game once in A20.

Yes, it rains too much in my opinion. Yes, it'd be nice for immersion if rain was computed accurately for different shapes & rotations without impacting performance. But impacting gamplay? It's a total non-issue.

right. and what happens when you are cold? ok, it doesnt affect stamina, but it affects your health since you have to eat more. but it defenetly has an impact on gameplay.
but hey, maybe you could insert more useless code information in your next reply...

If someone’s going to make a claim like rain = stamina loss, I reserve the right to cite the code as evidence when refuting that claim.

Take it from someone who doesn’t disable the rain. Practically speaking it’s a non-issue. Rain indoors has never been the determining factor on whether my character loses health or not. I would have to go out of my way to get freezing, and then go out of my way to not do anything about it. Your hypothetical scenario is like a stretch, on top of a stretch. Frankly, the gameplay impacts of all weather survival have been greatly neutered.

I would rather the programmers work on, say, bandits before they work on when an umbrella icon, which I can safely ignore, appears.

To be clear, your feedback is as valid as anyone’s, as far as I’m concerned. And we agree on how the game would ideally be. But if you think this should be high priority, you’re alone in that view.

Originally posted by goatfish: does rain travel through glass blocks? i use a mod for blocks and i like to make skylights but the rain travels through it. just wondering if that was normal or if it is something to do with the mod

I think it’s a property that’s set in the block definition. So since you’re modding anyway you could make it stop rain in blocks.xml, unless I’m remembering wrong.