[SUGGESTION] Planetary Weather

[StarfireIX]

Hey guys,

So far, the Horizons DLC is amazing (though it needs more SRV varieties), but I have an idea/suggestion that everyone would also like to see... Weather. Currently, I am aware that ED does not have the mechanics to create such environment (yet), but it would really make exploration even more EPIC. As an example, here is what I'd like to see when entering environmental planets:

[video=youtube_share;8EtnyKXacF0]https://youtu.be/8EtnyKXacF0[/video]


Any thoughts and/or comments are appreciated.

 

[X-Terminator]

The ship should shake like they did on that Kickstarter game Infinity: Battlescape
N.B. no loading screens and all in 1 Instance.
[video=youtube;dp8RTHR0HWQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8RTHR0HWQ[/video]

 

[Tinman]

Weather is something the devs and in particular David are very excited about. They even showed of some examples of very early prototype tech during the Kickstarter.

(4:15)
[video=youtube_share;iTBvpd3_Vqk]https://youtu.be/iTBvpd3_Vqk?t=4m15s[/video]

They have also show some early tech how they simulate weather patterns on gas giants:

[video=youtube;BCQXXNCawF4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQXXNCawF4[/video]

It's not gonna happen this Season though...maybe sometime next season, but it's not going to be the "main feature" of season 3, that's probably ship interiors and the ability to get out of the pilot seat.

 

[StarfireIX]

Weather is something the devs and in particular David are very excited about. They even showed of some examples of very early prototype tech during the Kickstarter.

(4:15)
https://youtu.be/iTBvpd3_Vqk?t=4m15s

They have also show some early tech how they simulate weather patterns on gas giants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQXXNCawF4

It's not gonna happen this Season though...maybe sometime next season, but it's not going to be the "main feature" of season 3, that's probably ship interiors and the ability to get out of the pilot seat.

Damn, those cloud samples on the first video are beautiful enough for testing. Just imagine that, with sensor warnings going off, rain droplets on your canopy, and dangerous lightning all around. If the developers are seeing this thread, then congrats on your effort to improve the experience of exploring (and possibly surface mining, too).