KCD2 Rain implementation - copied from video games from the late 90s?

[Skywalker]

Warhorse created such an immersive , beautiful RPG to then spoil it with such a garbage rain system.
Visually, it looks like trash. Implementation wise, well, it rains inside houses, caves , sometimes it stops randomly and starts randomly. just awful and immersion breaking.
To the lazy Dev (or intern) who implemented that in the game - no way you are proud of this junk.
this must have been the lowest effort copy pasted feature in KCD2. What a shame because everything else is in a completely different league.

[Esau]

I would definitely like better rain in the game. I don't think it's quite THAT bad, but one of the things I like to do is blacksmithing while it's raining and thuntering out. Maximum comfy. It would be cool if it were more realistic, and also lasted longer.

[SchleiferGSX]

Yes, the whole weather System is a Joke ,was expecting Things Like fog and heavy storms,and atm the Rain is bugged lasting 5 Seconds , stops and after 5 Seconds it Starts again

[Machiavelli]

yea i dont want rain that gives me 2fps liek cyberpunk or something

[Bukkacracy]

Its the same rain from KCD1. Its 90% a filter effect put over the camera.

[Bryan=0101]

Originally posted by Bukkacracy:

Its the same rain from KCD1. Its 90% a filter effect put over the camera.

Isn't that how all rain is done in games?

[AmesNFire]

Originally posted by Bryan=0101:

Originally posted by Bukkacracy:

Its the same rain from KCD1. Its 90% a filter effect put over the camera.

Isn't that how all rain is done in games?

Some do terrain texture stuff at the same time, and occasionally character outfit texture effects.

[Hellcat]

I hope Warhorse creates a STALKER 2 like rain system in a later update.

For all of its technical issues, STALKER 2's rain is the best rain I have ever seen in a video game. It consists of particles that drop and splatter against objects in game, including people and weapons, and even creates little streams of water that cascades down the sides of objects.

[Daddy Warbucks]

I ran in to issues with rain as well. Sneaking around banded camp and in some areas no rain, others rain. But second the blacksmiths thing. Very cozy to be hammering away as rain happens. I thin mainly cause I can not see it and the sound effects are top notch.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Bryan=0101:

Originally posted by Bukkacracy:

Its the same rain from KCD1. Its 90% a filter effect put over the camera.

Isn't that how all rain is done in games?

absolutely not. In RDR2 for example, rain and fog are particle systems.
KCD2 is really just a camera filter or some low effort implementation. I mean, you can find better rain assets on the unity asset store for like $20.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Especially since KCD2 is DX12, the weather overall could and should be more realistic, like Red Dead 2 for example. They being lazy and copy the same weather and rain effect from KCD1 which is SO terrible. The worst I've seen in pretty much any game in the last 20 years. Even the weather and rain STALKER SoC was better a game developed before 2007

The biggest issue is the constant sheen of rain as it makes night time play in the game world unplayable. Can't see nothing. In KCD1 I would have to use Nighthawk and Wtch potions to over come it and be able to see at night when raining. No adjustment to screen or GPU settings can make it any better. They need to change it, plain and simple. Sometimes I'll even walk through the woods and it'll appear to rain for like 2 minutes and then turns off again. No sound no nothing aside from the rain sheen visual overlayed on my screen for basically no reason. Doesn't appear to be a variation of rain either. It's more like an on or off scenario, terrible written and terrible visuals for it.

[makbthemf]

What have you expected from the 22-year-old engine, which wasn't properly updated for the last 10 years, which was designed for shooters? The rain on CryEngine was so sh1tty, that in Crisyses and original FarCries, it could be pouring with a 7% chance. So there were chances to beat the games and never see the rain.

[Friends with Benedicts]

Originally posted by Esau:

I would definitely like better rain in the game. I don't think it's quite THAT bad, but one of the things I like to do is blacksmithing while it's raining and thuntering out. Maximum comfy. It would be cool if it were more realistic, and also lasted longer.

It's the internet. Either you're a saint or your whole family just be cursed. There's no in betweens

[Friends with Benedicts]

Originally posted by Hellcat:

I hope Warhorse creates a STALKER 2 like rain system in a later update.

For all of its technical issues, STALKER 2's rain is the best rain I have ever seen in a video game. It consists of particles that drop and splatter against objects in game, including people and weapons, and even creates little streams of water that cascades down the sides of objects.

Wow this sounds insane

[zeanomourph]

Anyone else get the NPCs whinging about it raining when it's not?

[js1zzle]

there's definitely some annoying bugs with the rain, loading a save or sleeping/waiting while its raining seems to not help