http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/natural-disasters-extreme-weather.28280/-link to the original so i have been thinking on how this could be expanded... such as: Hail Storms: small particles of ice fall from the sky which can damage your player and turn into ice blocks + freeze players and animals destroy crops... Storms: these would be huge clouds that can last up to 2-4 days on a world the effects would be lightning that can strike the terrain and set things on fire it can also make tidal waves and it will be able to knock trees down, if a tree falls on a player they will be killed instantly no matter what Sand Storms: sand storms would whip up blocks of sand and throw them about... that's pretty much it and maybe small particles of sand would fly around and buffet the player Solar Flares: the flares would occur on planets close to the sun and it would disable electric powerd tools and other eletrical things Volcanoes: these would look like a mountain but the blocks would be gray and black and very hard to mine so when it erupts the lava lasts 1-2 days it also knocks over trees and burns all wooden things within a 15-39 block radius Credit to: Katzeus ShadeTheDruid Pseudoboss DeadlyLuvdisc
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I think that these are the "normal" versions of extreme weather, occurring on normal planets, like below level 90. Once you hit level 90 planets, then things go crazy, with "extreme" extreme weather volcanoes can now erupt in pyroclastic flows (a wall of fire, lava and ash rushing toward you at up to 400 MPH demolishing all but the hardest blocks and burying everything under ash and lava) blizzards can snow you in under 4-10 blocks of snow, applied evenly everywhere in the region. sandstorms can bury your entire base under newly-formed sand dunes solar flares can reach the surface, scorching anything unprotected clean of life, and leaving a haze of ionized atoms for a few minutes after it goes away. Tsunamis will reach much farther inland and can now break blocks, devastate trees, and their remains flow back out to sea creating a powerful current that can suck you away with it. Remember, these effects won't occur on planets that are designed for you to live on, they're supposed to happen on level 90-100 planets, ones that are an extreme challenge at even the highest levels, and stuff like this will assure that they are.
I like the idea of the planet working against you (After all, level 90-100 planets are haters). Just a couple of questions and a comment.. For the sandstorm/blizzard, if it happens enough on you planet (since this would all be randomly generated) would the snow blocks and sand block eventually extend outside the stratosphere? Or would they eventually melt/blow away in the next sandstorm/blizzard? I think that the sandstorm should also decrease visibility, unless your character is equipped with goggles or some other protective headwear.
Well, for blizzards, the snow blocks will melt or compress into permafrost. For sandstorms, every new sandstorm changes the sand around, destroying dunes as much as creating them. If you built your house on a dune, then it falls to rest where the sand is next, possibly slightly buried. I would love to have something like that for blizzards and sandstorms (and pyroclastic flows if you get caught in one, which probably means you're dead.) but i've heard that weather and environment will not affect visibility.
Yeah, that would be neat, and I think it would fit the style quite nicely. Maybe having the sky darken to the point where you have to use your flashlight, but the "darkenss" isn't black, it's a brownish blowing-sand animation. That would work quite nicely.
