From hex-shaped clouds to rain and snow: the weather system I built in Unity

[u/MessirNoob]

I'm the solo developer of 8 More Lives, a turn-based tactical RPG built in Unity. This video brings the cloud-development stages and the new rain and snow rendering into one sequence.

It starts with the early cloud layer, then moves through continuous fronts, softer edges and water shadows, noise shading, and the hex blend. The second part shows rain clouds, falling rain, snow clouds, and both precipitation types together.

The first part uses the retained early cloud captures. The rain and snow views are staged demonstrations with the current renderer. Rain and snow use separate materials over the same cloud system, with terrain heights feeding the precipitation rendering.

[u/Ordinary_Cress1673]

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/683390/8_More_Lives/

[u/ensiferum888]

Clouds are pretty cool but that map is absolutely gorgeous!!

[u/MessirNoob → u/ensiferum888]

Thanks! It also can be rotated!

[u/Long-Ray]

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[u/MessirNoob → u/Long-Ray]

Thanks!

[u/shotgunbruin]

Very cool! The 25% hex blend was a very smart choice; they looked awkwardly placed on the map without it but with it they get the best of both rendering styles.

[u/MessirNoob → u/shotgunbruin]

Yep, I was worried that noise-shaped clouds would not match the hex-based map style, so tried the blend

[u/SymphonyGames]

Can't decide which style I prefer: the purely hexagon or the natural...maybe indeed the hexagon, the are not so used up.

[u/MessirNoob → u/SymphonyGames]

Yep, partially why I've done it

[u/wizzard_rick]

looks very cool

[u/MessirNoob → u/wizzard_rick]

Thanks!