Per town weather

[Expresso]

Hello,

It would be nice to have a weather system which applies various effects on a per town basis.

The weather system would be quite simple, It would simply keep track of a weather state, which would be randomly generated each month (or whatever).

Each weather state could have various effects:

• Sun shines: More passengers.
• Cloudy: Normal day.
• Fog: All vehicles reduce their maximum speed by 50%. Random road accidents, which means that a certain road piece becomes unusable for a certain while.
• Rain: All ground vehicles reduce their maximum speed by 25%. Less passengers.
• Snow: All ground vehicles reduce their maximum speed by 75% (ouch). A lot less passengers. Accidents happen.
• Sleet: All ground vehicles reduce their maximum speed by 80% (double ouch). Train service impossible. Lots of accidents.

For those climates where snow above a certain height is present, rain doesn't fly. This will add a whole new dimension to the game. The weather actually starts affecting you're transport network. Perhaps some of the values I mentioned could be changed by settings?

Thoughts?

[Redirect Left]

It's a neat idea, although would be highly confusing / irritating for new players I suspect. Would definitely need to be an on/off setting.

The main issue I guess is sprites. You'd need extra sprites for all the objects, or at least objects that need to have different displays for each weather.

[Wahazar]

Maybe just add some global events similar to recession?

[odisseus]

Most players are annoyed enough by the breakdowns that currently exist in the game, and these are disabled on most public servers. Your suggestion basically introduces still more breakdowns, so I don't see how it can gain any support.

On the other hand, eye-candy weather effects might prove more popular — if you find the artist who will draw them.