weather on rtw...

**hoom** · 03-24-2005, 10:45

I thought the weather in 1.2 is much improved?
Though it also includes ahistorical fossil fuel horizon haze...

**The Stranger** · 03-24-2005, 13:29

yeah the rain and snow are improved and you see it very good but the sky is almost always the same.

**Divine Wind** · 03-24-2005, 14:53

Overall i think the weather system adopted by Rome is generally pretty good, especially the regional variations. What i miss however (mainly from Shogun) is the extreme heavy fog weather effects. I remember a battle where i only had one unit of warrior monks hidden in a treeline, while a whole army of Takeda troops marched around in circles looking for my single unit

In the end they did find my small unit but alas, the timer ran out! Saved by the bell so to speak!

Ahhh those were the days.

**Vlad Tzepes** · 03-25-2005, 20:34

Originally Posted by Divine Wind

Overall i think the weather system adopted by Rome is generally pretty good, especially the regional variations. What i miss however (mainly from Shogun) is the extreme heavy fog weather effects.

Absolutely agree - weather was spectacular in STW, got kind of dull in MTW (though winter fights still were a treat) and is completely dull in RTW. Maybe it has something to do with all the animations that have to run smoothly on the battlefield, dunno, (not a tekkie by any means) but it's a big loss... atmosphere just isn't the same anymore.

In 1.2 I got some rain in N Europe and some sandstorms in the East. The rain was simply some lines popping in and out on the desktop. Sandstorms were some blur rotating in close-up.

Seemed to be there just to block your view, not to make the game more tense.

**Red Harvest** · 03-25-2005, 20:48

CA had stated on more than one occassion that the old weather effects just were not possible with the new engine. Storms and the like were impressive back in STW/MTW.

**phred** · 03-25-2005, 20:50

I've had some good fog in a couple of battles, but that was using the RTR mod. It's very dense, looks great and burns off about halfway through the battle.