Rain and good weather in the MMORPG fractured

The MMORPG Fractured immerses players in a dynamic universe. Among other developments, this universe is subject to climatic hazards and the weather has direct effects on the characters. The Dynamimt studio has just deployed a new update on fractured test servers and in particular unlocks a global warming / cooling system - while waiting for the next addition of the weather system.

• Ambient temperature and body temperature
• and a weather system

Ambient temperature and body temperature

Concretely, each area of the game universe is subject to a basic temperature determined by the environment environment and which can fluctuate upwards as well as down depending on the time of day and night (temperature temperature (temperature Increases at noon, drops in the middle of the night) and depending on the weather (sunny or cloudy, even rainy or snowy).

This room temperature has direct effects on the character: each character breed has a specific tolerance threshold for heat and cold, and depending on the room temperature, a comfort gauge linked to the character's body temperature may Flower between 0 and 100 "warming" or "cooling".

To prevent the character from having an extreme temperature effects, you will have to prepare . The equipment, for example, can grant protections or increase discomfort: mammoth wool clothing, for example, grants +20 protection against cold, but also increases the warming of +15 in case of high heat; Sun metal armor protects from +10 against heat, but has no effect on excessive cold and it will be the opposite with moon metal; While spider silk, for example, improves 10 points both protection against warming and cooling. Players will also be able to count on potions to balance their body heat, even on spells. A fire ball spell, for example, can quickly and drastically increase the body heat of the target and will therefore be able to warm it up in case of hypothermia (the body heat will then slowly rebass if the ambient temperature is lower than the character threshold of the character ).

and a weather system

In a future patch, the developer also intends to deploy the fractured weather system. Each zone will then be subject to a climatic cycle : clouds will be able to form in the area (more or less frequently depending on the environment), densify and obscure the sun, until it begins To rain, that the cloud "empties" then disappears before reforming later in a new cycle.

This climate will influence the room temperature of each area and will be able to give rise to showers, thunderstorms (with or without lightning), snow or even storms. Again, players will have to be ready to avoid unfortunate consequences. Later, the developer envisages other delightful weather effects such as acid rain, fire storms or meteor falls.

For the record, Fractivated is currently the subject of a beta-test. A commercial outing is scheduled before the end of the year.