d3v1n96 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It is rather silly having a desert that gets rain on an almost daily basis for 1/4 of the year does it not? I mean the poor cacti have no idea what to do with all of this extra hydration. Is there a way you could block off precipitation to just this biome and fix the issue? Or is it all a part of Maxwell's crazy messed up world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum124 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 It is rather silly having a desert that gets rain on an almost daily basis for 1/4 of the year does it not? I mean the poor cacti have no idea what to do with all of this extra hydration. Is there a way you could block off precipitation to just this biome and fix the issue? Or is it all a part of Maxwell's crazy messed up world? rain can actually happen a lot in deserts, it just doesnt do much because of all the sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3v1n96 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 rain can actually happen a lot in deserts, it just doesnt do much because of all the sandPrecipitation isn't an event that cannot occur in a desert, I know that. But it doesn't rain daily in the desert, maybe a few times a year, decade or even century in some extreme cases. The point is precipitation is still very rare in deserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum124 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Precipitation isn't an event that cannot occur in a desert, I know that. But it doesn't rain daily in the desert, maybe a few times a year, decade or even century in some extreme cases. The point is precipitation is still very rare in deserts. Depends on the desert- considering the desert in dont starve seems more like a steppe where it can rain just as much as anywhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3v1n96 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Depends on the desert- considering the desert in dont starve seems more like a steppe where it can rain just as much as anywhere elsesteppes aren't true deserts silly, but lets stop arguing about biomes, it is hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangstamonkey214 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Do deserts get covered in snow during winter like other biomes or can you go to deserts during winter to stay warm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum124 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 steppes aren't true deserts silly, but lets stop arguing about biomes, it is hopeless. I never said they were true deserts, its just a sub type that tends to have forests and even grasslands near them, like the ones in dont starve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3v1n96 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Do deserts get covered in snow during winter like other biomes or can you go to deserts during winter to stay warm?They do get cold and snow covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 The defining characteristic of a desert is a low annual precipitation. Rain/snow literally defines what a desert is, so a desert that has just as much rain as the rest of the world is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penassa Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 while from a common sense point of view having the deserts remain dry would make sense. but it would break the main mechanic of the seasons, because people would would move to deserts to avoid rain/snow. avoiding things completely is not the point of the game. hence why you get get hot and rained upon in caves too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boar Head Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'd have to say I disagree. One, that would provide a very easy way to avoid the difficulties of seasons. Two, if there is one thing that destroys my immersion in games is being able to take a step into an area and have it be freezing cold and taking a step out and being in a hot desert. That would just destroy all the atmosphere and immersion the game has got going for it thanks to all the new seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanBlue Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'd have to say I disagree. One, that would provide a very easy way to avoid the difficulties of seasons. Two, if there is one thing that destroys my immersion in games is being able to take a step into an area and have it be freezing cold and taking a step out and being in a hot desert. That would just destroy all the atmosphere and immersion the game has got going for it thanks to all the new seasons.A thing that could happen is biomes slowly changing so there's not a forest next to a savanna all of a sudden.Savanna could lead to desert, Plains to forest etc. Rain would be heavier in forests, plains and swamps than in savannas and deserts. Also deserts and savanna could have more/heavier heatwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3v1n96 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'd have to say I disagree. One, that would provide a very easy way to avoid the difficulties of seasons. Two, if there is one thing that destroys my immersion in games is being able to take a step into an area and have it be freezing cold and taking a step out and being in a hot desert. That would just destroy all the atmosphere and immersion the game has got going for it thanks to all the new seasons.Temperature change was something I was/am totally good with because there are circumpolar deserts which are quite cold, the precipitation was all that I had an issue with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeetle Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Considering the devs already pointed out that they intentionally made caves hotter/wetter so you couldn't avoid a season altogether, I'm pretty sure they'll use that same reasoning for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestarver Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 what if you get overheated in desert not getting wet WAIT if it is a little rocky desert like mongolian gobi it might get little tricky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarvedPigs Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 by now you would understand dont starve logic doesnt make sense like how your dreams can make a sword in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatGreevil7 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 A thing that could happen is biomes slowly changing so there's not a forest next to a savanna all of a sudden.Savanna could lead to desert, Plains to forest etc. Rain would be heavier in forests, plains and swamps than in savannas and deserts. Also deserts and savanna could have more/heavier heatwaves.from what I've seen this does kind of happen. the only tree areas near the deserts are small forests or ones that build up to a dense forest. much of the time i've been seeing the autumn leaf biome near a desert. the one world I am currently immersed in has just this, forest to savannah to desert with a patch here and there of small grass to patches of forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanBlue Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 from what I've seen this does kind of happen. the only tree areas near the deserts are small forests or ones that build up to a dense forest. much of the time i've been seeing the autumn leaf biome near a desert. the one world I am currently immersed in has just this, forest to savannah to desert with a patch here and there of small grass to patches of forest. Well, my world has a desert with a small chunk of a 'autumn' biome and a plain right next to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatGreevil7 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Random is random, sometimes it works with us others times it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartz118 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 rain can actually happen a lot in deserts, it just doesnt do much because of all the sandNo, rain doesn't happen in deserts because all the precipitation is usually deposited in nearby mountains or other areas. In the real world, Antarctica is considered a "desert" because it rarely snows or rains there, any snow that is in the air is kicked up by winds. Sand has nothing to do with why it doesn't rain, in fact, the reason there is sand is BECAUSE it doesn't rain. No water means the earth dries up and becomes brittle and sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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