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| Weather type | Description | Caused by | Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haze | Obscuration Light atmospheric dust | ||
| Dust | Obscuration Denser, often abrasive, atmospheric dust | Hover: 5% speed penalty VTOL: 10% speed penalty | |
| MistImpairs visibility | Obscuration Light fog reducing visibility to 1 – 3km | Visibility reduced, but still above 1km, at low altitudes. | |
| Fog | Obscuration Dense fog reducing visibility to 0.1 – 1km. | Significantly impairs visibility to less than 1km, sometimes down to lower than 180m, at low and medium altitudes. Hover: 5% speed penalty VTOL: 5% speed penalty | |
| Drizzle | Precipitation Water droplets below 0.5mm diameter, almost mist-like. | St, Sc str op | VTOL: 1% speed penalty |
| Rain | Precipitation Water droplets above 0.5mm diameter. | As, Ns, Ac flo, Ac cas, Cu con, Cb Ice from Ci or Cs may trigger rain formation in lower clouds. | VTOL: 5% speed penalty Wheeled: 5% speed penalty Halt-tracks: 2% speed penalty Burn duration reduced by 25% |
| Lightning | Electrical discharge between earth and clouds (fork lightning), or between or within clouds (sheet lightning). | Cb, Ac flo, Ac cas | Inflicts thermal damage if it hits a building, VTOL or hovercraft. Inflicts EMP damage if it hits any other propulsion type. Sensor range reduced by 10% Disables minimap for 3 seconds if it hits HQ. |
| Snow | Precipitation Clusters of ice crystals. | As, Ns, Sc str op, Cb | Burn damage reduced by 25% VTOL: 2% penalty Wheeled: 10% penalty Half-tracks: 2% penalty |
| Blizzard | Precipitation Dense snowfall often with gusty winds. Significantly reduces visibility. | As, Ns, Sc str op, Cb | ROF reduced by 10% Burn duration reduced by 10% Burn damage reduced by 25% |
| Hailstone | Precipitation Solid lumps of ice. | Cb, Ac flo, Ac cas | Burn damage reduced by 10% |
Other types of precipitation not implemented (and do not intend to implement):
- Diamond dust – minute ice crystals that only occur under very cold and frigid conditions.
- Freezing rain – rain tat freezes on impact to create a shiny glaze.
- Ice pellets – clear ice, below 5mm (frozen raindrops)
- Sleet – melting snowflakes or a mixture of snow and rain
- Small hail – snow pellets with a thin ice coating
- Snow grains – opaque, flattened ice grains below 1mm diameter
- Snow pellets – opaque ice grains between 2 – 5mm