MovingBlocks/Terasology — Issue #97: Skysphere: Special effects
Author: Cervator
Created: 2012-02-03 15:59:35+00:00
State: open
Labels: Architecture, Art, Contributor-friendly

So this one is one of the rare times where I'll let a personal indulgence slip in - I finally started playing Skyrim and those northern lights... dang ;-)

I wonder how much work it would be for us to allow special events to appear in the sky, such as northern lights (maybe only in cold biomes?), meteor showers, eclipses, etc? Maybe somebody could find out!

They should of course eventually be rare within the game, not constant. Could be a hook here to allow events in the world to be impacted by Skysphere state - such as primitive beasts flipping out during a meteor shower, or a particular race reacting dramatically to an eclipse / full moon / odd temporary discoloration of a celestial