Fire does not dry wet, if raining

Ok, I found the following in components moisture.lua
 

function Moisture:GetDryingRate(moisturerate)
    -- Don't dry if it's raining
    if (moisturerate or self:GetMoistureRate()) > 0 then
        return 0
    end
    --...
end

But I think this is a wrong decision.
If we have a big fire (~fuel higher than 80% or whatever we can use to determine size of fire), it should provide drying ~0.1. So if the MoistureRate is less than 0.1, the char should dry slowly if near to fire.

Or can you explain why this should not be possible?
 

I made now a mod, here some code to show you how I imagine it should look like ~:
 

AddComponentPostInit("moisture", function(self)
    local _GetMoistureRate = self.GetMoistureRate -- max is 0.75
    self.GetMoistureRate = function(self)
        if _GetMoistureRate(self)>0 then -- only check it, if object is getting wet
            if GetModConfigData("improved drying") then
                local heaterPower = self.inst.components.temperature ~= nil and self.inst.components.temperature.externalheaterpower or 0 
                local rate = self.baseDryingRate -- normally 0
                    + heaterPower -- 0 to 150 ? -- at least 115 near a big firepit fire
                    + GLOBAL.TheWorld.state.temperature -- -90 to 90 ? 
                    - self:GetMoisture()/2 -- 0 to 50
                local dryrate = math.clamp(rate, 0, 200) -- between 0 and 200
                dryrate = dryrate / 2000 -- between 0 and .1
                return math.clamp(_GetMoistureRate(self)-dryrate,0,_GetMoistureRate(self))
            end
        end
        return _GetMoistureRate(self)
    end
end)

so the MoistureRate is now reduced up to an absolute value of 0.1 if near really hot things.
The Drying process itself is not changed, but if MoistureRate reaches 0 that way, of course drying will start.
 

Also I would like to see, that things in range of a fire takes a bit longer to get the "Wet" prefix.
I tried to find out how to mod this, but I wasn't succesfull yet =/

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/69171-wettness-of-items-and-buildings-how-to-change/

 

I would have assumed that this is because it's raining, and Klei doesn't want you to get dry while it is raining.

...which is how it works in real life.  Standing next to a fire is not going to dry your clothes while it is still raining.

that's why I only reduced it by a value up to ~ 0.06 If it rains just a little bit, you can dry near a fire.

But I think it is okay, if they leave it as it is. But I still would like to know how to mod the wetness if items and structures =/

so since this is not a bug, I think you can close it.

But use this as a suggestion
In my relaesed mod heat is able to delay wetness: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=738448215&tscn=1471541286
- The Moisture Rate of players is decreased by an small absolute value depending on the heat.
- Items and structures does not all get wet as soon as World wetness is over 35. Instead if they are near heat, the value of 35 is slightly increased, so they take a bit longer to get wet.
- Items do dry faster / get wet slower if near heat.

 

since this is my first work, it might be coded poorly, but you can do better of course.

Edited August 18, 2016 by Serpens