Environmental Conditions

I've been playing kag for over a year now, many big changes were made ever since beta was out. A very great game indeed, keep up the good work.

Now on to said environmental conditions.

What it is: It's basically a weather feature for the game. It doesn't necessarily have to be rain, tornadoes or anything like that, but rather clouds (sprite + sounds). I think it'll make the game look a bit refreshing.

How it'll work: Basically these clouds will move from left to right (could be set to one direction, doesn't really mater, as long as it's moving ), depending on the wind's direction. It'll also play a wind sound at random intervals, make the game sound more natural and just relaxing.

Let me know what you guys think of it! :)

EDIT: Like 8x said, the implementation of the weather (clouds) feature shouldn't add lag at all, it'll just be a png file moving. Of course, the option to enable/disable said feature should exist just in case there's a wooden computer worst than mine.

 

Maybe even have the clouds in the foreground so that you can bomb jump up and take cover behind them as you slam down onto the enemy?
This could also be used a tactical advantage if it worked like that!

Not to mention ballista bolts and arrows could be hidden at the top of the map !

EDIT: Been thinking about this, I wonder how you could mod in rain thats not server side but local.

 

It just sounds like another thing that will add lag. I'm all for anything that could make the game look cooler as long as it doesn't come at the cost of lag.

 

Talking about talking about clouds, why did they get removed? Also the other backgrounds' positions are always too low for me, you can hardly see them on most maps, guess my monitors too small?

 

I'm really all in for this idea, I think KAG needs a relaxing weather system or something like that. Mainly I just think it'll freshen KAG up a bit

 

Forgot about this, there's already a mod with falling snow (if it still works):
https://forum.kag2d.com/threads/king-arthurs-cold-the-winter-texturepack.16906/

 

That's not a feature which is going to happen in vanilla.
I have modded a fairly light-weight weather script (even with rain) some time ago but really, that's a feature you are likely to see only on RP servers.
So it's not that much of a deal but I heavily doubt the devs will consider it a thing to be done.

 

alright just let me get home and dig the mod out

 

An armageddon style meteor shower counts as weather right? :D

Introducing game mode where every 10 min the map is obliterated by keg sized impacts

*evil laugh*

 

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I feel like KAG needs more of a sexifying side. May that be rain, snow, hail, sleet, fog or clouds. Maybe more grass or different trees. Something to make it look more appealing. And maybe this has been suggested before but grass and bush regrowth.