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the dry season has come
« on: July 31, 2014, 05:40:35 am »
I just saw a new announcement right before autumn. I've never seen this in 0.34 before. I'm guessing this means no rain, which can only be good.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2014, 06:01:17 am »
It probably also means water evaporates, so good luck there.

EDIT: Although if it's right before autumn, it is probably short.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2014, 06:14:09 am »
It's something that happens depending on the local climate (i.e. your embark location), and it's been in the game since version 0.27.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2014, 10:12:08 am »
I had no idea it's been around that long. guess I've been going to the wrong biomes then. All the murky pools have evaporated, though I managed to save a few of them by build floors on top of them.

The wet season came back in spring, so I guess I can expect rain now.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2014, 07:44:13 pm »
AFAIK,  that happens when you are in a biome too hot to actually get a winter. Similar to the message 'summer has arrived on the calendar' for regions that are hot all the time anyways.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2014, 10:54:18 am »
this was new. I couldn't grow any plump helmets in the dry season. When I checked my farm plots, all the plants are marked in red. This could be a challenge in the future.
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2014, 11:32:50 am »
That should be this bug 7747 probably.  Was it late winter, when this happened?
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Re: the dry season has come
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2014, 06:33:38 am »
yes.
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