Variable Season Lengths

[antinomian]

I think it would be interesting if the seasons/temperature did not change at the same time every year, but varied randomly by a small amount. This would make some years harder/easier as you might have an unusually short growing season and long winter, or vice versa. There could also be variable rainfall by year to simulate droughts.

[Maelstrom]

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I concur!  Tyron might even implement those kinds of mechanics once the game has it's major features implemented.

[Teh Pizza Lady]

12 hours ago, antinomian said:

I think it would be interesting if the seasons/temperature did not change at the same time every year, but varied randomly by a small amount. This would make some years harder/easier as you might have an unusually short growing season and long winter, or vice versa. There could also be variable rainfall by year to simulate droughts.

given how much RNG is already in the game I don't think it would be a big deal to have a season start/end vary by a few days. Bearing in mind that the standard month length is...10 days by default?

[Maelstrom]

default month is 9 days.   Best to make it a percentage so that other lengths are affected appropriately.   A 2 day variation on 9day months is a lot heavier than a 2 day variation on a 30 day month.  However, 25% will affect both equally.

[LadyWYT]

I dunno, maybe instead of changing when seasons start/stop, just tweak how the daily temperatures work. The template we have now could just be the average expected for that region, but the actual daily high/low temp could vary by a couple of degrees. Overall, it doesn't affect too much, but it does make early/late plantings a lot more dicey depending on what you plant, since there's no guarantee you won't have one last night of freezing temperatures in late spring, or an early killing frost in fall. Likewise, it's possible to have a day or two of record highs during the summer, that messes with the heat-sensitive crops.