Rain Setting

[Sara]

Hi guys. Having never driven a truck in Europe (or even a car), I wondered if I could get some suggestions as to where to set the slider for Rain Probability in the game settings. As it is a simulator I thought I would get an idea of how it could be to drive in Europe in varying rain conditions, in day and night time. I have a couple of rain mods (Realistic Rain and Cold Rain), which I rarely use so maybe they could help.

[Ryu]

The slider is actually a 2-in-1 adjustment. It not only affects the probability but also the intensity. The further to the right, the more often it will rain and the more likely that the rain will be more severe when it does.

[Sandhill]

And like anywhere in the world, you might vary the "correct" setting depending on where you are...it rains mostly in some places and not so much in others

[Oz Gaming]

Looks like you live in the UK. So I've heard it rains there most of the time.

[morgoth13]

One tick up from the minimum is what I always use. I wish it could go down much farther without turning it off because it still rains nearly every day. It usually pours too, fairly rare to have only a light rain.

I suppose it's been a long time since I've touched it, maybe I should try turning it up and see again how much difference it really makes.

[Sara]

Originally posted by Oz Gaming:

Looks like you live in the UK. So I've heard it rains there most of the time.

That's where I was originally from but I've lived in Australia most of my life. It can get a bit dry here.

I'll try to increase the slider in small increments. I'll know it's plenty when I have to get my surf board off the roof rack.

[Sara]

Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:

The slider is actually a 2-in-1 adjustment....

Thank you for the info, Ryu. Something else I didn't know.

[MagnusA]

It looks like there are also "rain probabilities" built-in into the map, e.g. per country or so. Not sure of course.

I have my rain slider almost all the way to the left, only 1 tick from the minimum, so I seldom have rain in my profiles. but when it does rain, I am almost always in the UK or northern France. Go figure...

[Sandhill]

Originally posted by MagnusA:

It looks like there are also "rain probabilities" built-in into the map, e.g. per country or so. Not sure of course.

I have my rain slider almost all the way to the left, only 1 tick from the minimum, so I seldom have rain in my profiles. but when it does rain, I am almost always in the UK or northern France. Go figure...

Interesting question, I have had my assumptions (opposite of yours, always assumed there was no local change of probability), but must admit I have never even tried to test it.

[MagnusA]

Originally posted by Sandhill:

Originally posted by MagnusA:

It looks like there are also "rain probabilities" built-in into the map, e.g. per country or so. Not sure of course.

I have my rain slider almost all the way to the left, only 1 tick from the minimum, so I seldom have rain in my profiles. but when it does rain, I am almost always in the UK or northern France. Go figure...

Interesting question, I have had my assumptions (opposite of yours, always assumed there was no local change of probability), but must admit I have never even tried to test it.

Maybe someone who knows how to look into the game files will find something? It might of course be completely uniform randomness across the map, but since when the game gives rain, it often gives it in the one region that is famous for its IRL "bad weather"...

That said, it does rain in other parts of the map, and I usually have nice weather in UK and the other side of the English Channel.

I have not tested it systematically nor looked into the game files, only noticed that behavior during play.

[Spikee1975]

I'm adjusting the rain settings on the fly depending where I am in Europe. Less rain probability in the south, more in the North. Just as I feel like.

[Ryu]

There are climate files in the game to delineate "base line" conditions. I haven't pried into the map files to see when/how these def files are referenced.

[Spikee1975]

Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:

There are climate files in the game to delineate "base line" conditions. I haven't pried into the map files to see when/how these def files are referenced.

The climate is referenced by your position on the world map.

[MirkoC407]

Originally posted by Sandhill:

And like anywhere in the world, you might vary the "correct" setting depending on where you are...it rains mostly in some places and not so much in others

To quote my friend from there: "Half the year in Hamburg we have $#!% weather. The other half it's just raining!"