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Batta

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... the dry season has come?
« on: May 05, 2010, 05:08:38 pm »
Right before autumn rolled in on the calendar, I got the following message: "The dry season has come."


I wasn't aware such a thing existed. Also it started to rain again afterwords. Not sure if that's supposed to happen, so I figured I'd ask about that. Is it supposed to rain in dry seasons?

EDIT: Forgot to actually, y'know, ask the question.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2010, 05:17:04 pm by Batta »
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tieme

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Re: ... the dry season has come?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 07:24:08 pm »
I don't think it's necessarily prohibited, you likely just won't get as much rain.
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Re: ... the dry season has come?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 11:49:44 pm »
You tend to get this message in hotter biomes, yeah there's not a lot of rain and sources of water will start to evaporate quickly.
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Re: ... the dry season has come?
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 02:09:33 am »
I have also seen the rainy season come.

In biomes with not much temperature variation it says "winter / summer has come on the calendar" to clue you that the temperature didn't change like you'd expect in temperate zones.
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Ilmoran

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Re: ... the dry season has come?
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 08:02:37 am »
I've also seen two different messages for season changes, depending on biome.

In a warm/hot Biome, I get things like "Winter has come on the calendar".

In a temperate Biome, I get "Winter is upon you".  And then my brook freezes.

I think it's kinda cool that the first message essentially says "It's technically winter, but it's still hot as <insert your choice of colorful descriptor here>!"
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