Battlefield 1 Dynamic Weather

[Timelord]

@Blackburn

I don’t think it was during alpha game play but I think DICE said this will be in the game, probably a replacement for levolution?

Replacement for levolution??? There is talk of taking it out?

[Blackburn]

I did find something, it was during the E3 2016 demo, during the live stream (live gameplay) and Gamespot goes more into detail, you can read it here
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/battlefield-1-how-weather-and-destruction-change-t/1100-6441020/

Just thinking out loud, don’t know if Battlefield 1 will have no levolution or not

[Timelord]

This is pretty interesting.

Battlefield 1’s dynamic weather lends unpredictability to its setting–even when I thought I had the map figured out, and the key sight lines covered, and the right choke points defended, I wasn’t ready for the massive wall of vapor that rolled over the landscape. Suddenly, my sniper rifle was useless: the enemy team took the chance to cross the field, climb the hill, and rush the church with trench shotguns and bayonets ready. They took the control point and held out for the remainder of the skirmish.

Similar to what we were talking about with the fog.

This is not Levolutioon right? Levolution, is the “big moment”?

The demo’s destructive environments added another layer of flexibility to multiplayer matches. Buildings crumbled and new sight lines replaced them. Brick walls shattered like glass as tanks drove through them. Artillery strikes created craters useful for cover as I sprinted back across that same field in a vain attempt to retake the church. The map I began on was a far cry from the one I left behind, and I could see the ruins we created, and used to our advantage, as the timer ticked to zero.

[Sawtooth75]

@Timelord_

This is pretty interesting.

Similar to what we were talking about with the fog.

This is not Levolutioon right? Levolution, is the “big moment”?

The demo’s destructive environments added another layer of flexibility to multiplayer matches. Buildings crumbled and new sight lines replaced them. Brick walls shattered like glass as tanks drove through them. Artillery strikes created craters useful for cover as I sprinted back across that same field in a vain attempt to retake the church. The map I began on was a far cry from the one I left behind, and I could see the ruins we created, and used to our advantage, as the timer ticked to zero.

I think what he means is that he thought he figured out the good spots on the map in clear weather. But when a new round started with rain, those same spots didn’t work anymore because of the bad visibility due to the rain. I had the same experience but not due to changing weather during a round.

[Timelord]

@Sawtooth75

I think what he means is that he thought he figured out the good spots on the map in clear weather. But when a new round started with rain, those same spots didn’t work anymore because of the bad visibility due to the rain. I had the same experience but not due to changing weather during a round.

That is amazing if you ask me. Forces the campers to move around!

[joemike]

@Sawtooth75

What I remember from the Closed Alpha weather system is the following:
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[]The were 3 different weather types:
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[]Sunny with partial clouds (Clouds didn’t move)
[]Rainy with partial clear areas (Some areas the sun came through the clouds and it was dry in those areas, again those were fixed area’s, clouds and rain didn’t move)
[]Foggy, where not all area’s were completely fogged up, some were less dense than others. If you went up a hill you could get above the fog, same with the windmills. From the air the ground was not visible, so Air-to-ground combat was non existent.
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[]I never experienced the weather changing…not once…the only thing that changed was that in some area’s the weather was a little different than other areas, but those area’s didn’t move.
[]The weather type is set at the beginning of the round and like I said before, I never experienced that it changed afterwards.

[*]Fog is my least favourite weather type for Conquest since Air-to-ground combat is nearly non-existent and as such the team that focusses on capturing flags wins by far.
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I do think the weather system will be more dynamic in the final game, but I don’t know to what extent. I don’t know if it will alternate through all different weather types, or that one weather type will be set and they might change the parameters of that weather type during the round. We have seen on several BF4 maps that they can definitely change the weather during a game (Paracel Storm & Oman just to name a few) So I wouldn’t be surprised if it will be a common feature on all maps. But again, I haven’t seen it in the Closed Alpha yet. I would also love to see a day night cycle as well.

I remember while playing the alpha that the game started in foggy weather then minutes later it changed to sunny, so the weather does change I know this for a fact and from watching other people play it too. The weather IS dynamic. there will be different maps with different weather condition like sand storm in the desert or blizzard in snow these are not confirmed but will probably be in the full game.

[Timelord]

@joemike

I remember while playing the alpha that the game started in foggy weather then minutes later it changed to sunny, so the weather does change I know this for a fact and from watching other people play it too. The weather IS dynamic. there will be different maps with different weather condition like sand storm in the desert or blizzard in snow these are not confirmed but will probably be in the full game.

OK good. Because that is exactly how I thought it worked from watching the various videos that came out after the alpha

[Blackburn]

Less campers there will be with the dynamic weather system, this is awesome

[Timelord]

@Blackburn

Less campers there will be with the dynamic weather system, this is awesome

Anything we can do to get rid f campers is ok in my book. But on the other side of that, they are so much fun to knife when they dont know you are coming for them

[Blackburn]

Yes true, it’s part of the game, I also did some camping, but now I usually camp only to counter snipe, snipers, the buggers are usually 500 meters (or more) from me, good thing for them I am bad at long distance sniping, haha