Any way to see rain drops?

[ΛƘ 420]

I haven't seen yet a single rainy planet, or a rain drop. It must be because of the engine but is there a way around this? A mod or whatnot?

Thanks!

[Prescient Stones]

On my low end system, I've seen rain streaks and vapor, on 1st person cam view you get water droplets on one's visor. In the settings, one can adjust the environmental effects displayed.

Noticed that I noticed actual light snow yesterday.

[UncreativelyNamed]

How old is the save you're playing? You have to make two hyperspace jumps before you'll see any storms on any planet, even if it's an extreme weather planet. Storms should start to happen in the third system that you warp to, and if you go back to earlier systems, they'll then have storms, too.

That said, toxic and marshy planets usually have constant rain, which you'll have before making those jumps, but you won't have storms.

[ΛƘ 420]

Have you seen them in third person? I'll check my graphics settings, thanks

[ΛƘ 420]

Originally posted by UncreativelyNamed:

How old is the save you're playing? You have to make two hyperspace jumps before you'll see any storms on any planet, even if it's an extreme weather planet. Storms should start to happen in the third system that you warp to, and if you go back to earlier systems, they'll then have storms, too.

That said, toxic and marshy planets usually have constant rain, which you'll have before making those jumps, but you won't have storms.

I've made several jumps. Had an old save from when it first came out, but deleted it to start a new one.
Maybe it's because I should start Atlas' quest? I'm still avoiding it.

[Prescient Stones]

Yes in 3rd person.

[UncreativelyNamed]

Originally posted by RetroRebel:

Originally posted by UncreativelyNamed:

How old is the save you're playing? You have to make two hyperspace jumps before you'll see any storms on any planet, even if it's an extreme weather planet. Storms should start to happen in the third system that you warp to, and if you go back to earlier systems, they'll then have storms, too.

That said, toxic and marshy planets usually have constant rain, which you'll have before making those jumps, but you won't have storms.

I've made several jumps. Had an old save from when it first came out, but deleted it to start a new one.
Maybe it's because I should start Atlas' quest? I'm still avoiding it.

No, you should have weather on planets so long as you've made two hyperspace jumps in the save in question. But, not every planet has weather and some only very occasionally have weather, so depending on how long you generally spend on planets, you might not see it.

[ΛƘ 420]

Originally posted by Prescient Stones:

Yes in 3rd person.

Do you play on high? Or ehanced?

[Prescient Stones]

Enhanced

[Dirak2012]

To be fair, rain doesn't really look like rain most of the time.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I think a lot of that depends on your rig and game settings. I can see rain drops on some planets during wet weather but they are not photo realistic by any means. No beading up and rolling off leaves or stuff like that.

The game really avoids moving water because it takes so much processing power. Back in t he very early days of the game, the water bodies were a lot more realistic, but they traded that in for a lot thicker plants/rocks with acceptable but not great water dynamics.

I like this shot because it shows the better water physics and the sparse amount of vegetation and rocks on the land. Plus, it is a pretty shot.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1540252831

[Jaggid Edje]

The game has rain, it's a bit odd that you have yet to see any. I've seen planets where it practically never stops raining. Typically Marsh biome planets.

I also use a mod that replaces the textures for rain drops (and snow), so that it looks better. I'ts part of the Dud's Sky - Colors[www.nexusmods.com] mod package. The rain and snow textures are worth using even if you don't want the rest of what the mod offers (it's entirely modular).

Edit: It also just occured to me that (I think) the way the game renders rain is that it's just a small area effect immidiately around the player. So if you use a camera mod that moves the camera farther out in 3rd person, you may not see the rain at all.
A lot of games use that technique for weather effects, because it gives the appearance of rain without needing to render more than a small area of it.

[Prescient Stones]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Edit: It also just occurred to me that (I think) the way the game renders rain is that it's just a small area effect immediately around the player. So if you use a camera mod that moves the camera farther out in 3rd person, you may not see the rain at all.
A lot of games use that technique for weather effects, because it gives the appearance of rain without needing to render more than a small area of it.

This is odd, I have gone into photo mode and there is the aura of particle effects around me in a bubble.
When I zoom out and extinguish the Cloud/Fog; there still exists that sphere surrounding my avatar.

>^^I did the edits^^< how many time have I left the "r" in your missing?>

[ΛƘ 420]

Originally posted by UncreativelyNamed:

Originally posted by RetroRebel:

I've made several jumps. Had an old save from when it first came out, but deleted it to start a new one.
Maybe it's because I should start Atlas' quest? I'm still avoiding it.

No, you should have weather on planets so long as you've made two hyperspace jumps in the save in question. But, not every planet has weather and some only very occasionally have weather, so depending on how long you generally spend on planets, you might not see it.

I'll keep an eye out perhaps I haven't landed on the right planet yet.

[Prescient Stones]

Take on a mission at the SS, or do a few missions from The Nexus on the Space Anomaly, They'll send you into the abyss.