What is the weather in game?

[zPhoenix]

We have hot/normal/cold weather outfits, and some vague idea that some areas (StDenis, Lagras, the desert west) must be hot and that if you see snow it must be cold, with the rest probably normal... but how can you actually tell what kind of weather a location has?  Is there an indicator on screen that I missed?

[kcole4001]

10 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

We have hot/normal/cold weather outfits, and some vague idea that some areas (StDenis, Lagras, the desert west) must be hot and that if you see snow it must be cold, with the rest probably normal... but how can you actually tell what kind of weather a location has?  Is there an indicator on screen that I missed?

You got it right.

Marsh (basically most of LeMoyne except around Rhodes) and desert are hot, snowy areas are cold, everything else is moderate.

 

There's no way to tell that you are starting to suffer from the weather until your health core starts flashing red with either a sun or a snowflake.

Gold cores from meats,tonics, special camp stews plus Harriet's Hardy Tonics will keep you from feeling the effects until they wear off.

A decent cold weather outfit is cheaper, of course.

Edited December 20, 2020 by kcole4001
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[StyxTx]

2 hours ago, zPhoenix said:

We have hot/normal/cold weather outfits, and some vague idea that some areas (StDenis, Lagras, the desert west) must be hot and that if you see snow it must be cold, with the rest probably normal... but how can you actually tell what kind of weather a location has?  Is there an indicator on screen that I missed?

If you push down on the Dpad it gives you the temp. I don't know what the keyboard equivalent is.

 

Also, you don't need an outfit for "average" temps except for cosmetic reasons. Hot outfits are good down to 32 degrees and cold are good up to 70 or 75. I normally just wear hot outfits till I get to freezing temps unlike NPCs who walk around in short sleeves in freezing weather.

Edited December 20, 2020 by StyxTx

[kcole4001]

54 minutes ago, StyxTx said:

If you push down on the Dpad it gives you the temp. I don't know what the keyboard equivalent is.

 

Also, you don't need an outfit for "average" temps except for cosmetic reasons. Hot outfits are good down to 32 degrees and cold are good up to 70 or 75. I normally just wear hot outfits till I get to freezing temps unlike NPCs who walk around in short sleeves in freezing weather.

I forgot about that!

It's ALT on PC, shows the location, time, and temp, plus your money,gold and role tokens.

The one big thing missing from that display is your XP and how far you are along to the next level, which only comes up with the weapon/item wheel menu.

[Krommer]

15 hours ago, StyxTx said:

Hot outfits are good down to 32 degrees and cold are good up to 70 or 75.

 

Unless it is a daily to use one of Harriet's Hardy tonics when too "hot or cold."

 

Then I'm way up north of Colter, with it saying 3 degrees, but I stay "fair" in the hottest outfit (meaning for hot weather) there is or just the nightgown or something.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Krommer

[zPhoenix]

I finally found it.  It is not Alt, it is a double-tap of Alt
 not the most intuitive but it gives you bottime of day (important for collectors) and temperature (important to choose the clothes).

[Dark Spark]

An 'average' temp outfit is not all that useful. There are three temperature conditions: Cold; Average; and Hot...

 

A hot weather outfit will be comfortable at Average and Hot. A cold weather outfit is comfortable at Average and Cold.

 

An average weather outfit? Only comfortable at Average. It is not enough protection for Cold; and is too warm for Hot.

[AmyStone]

On 12/20/2020 at 3:13 AM, zPhoenix said:

We have hot/normal/cold weather outfits, and some vague idea that some areas (StDenis, Lagras, the desert west) must be hot and that if you see snow it must be cold, with the rest probably normal... but how can you actually tell what kind of weather a location has?  Is there an indicator on screen that I missed?

 

It tells you what the temperature is in the top status bar. That's all you need to worry about in terms of outfits. And you can see when it's raining and how windy it is.

[StyxTx]

10 hours ago, zPhoenix said:

I finally found it.  It is not Alt, it is a double-tap of Alt
 not the most intuitive but it gives you bottime of day (important for collectors) and temperature (important to choose the clothes).

There is someplace in settings where you can change the keys to what you want. Under controls I think?

 

Also, I may be wrong but I think there is a setting you can set for that to be on screen all the time.

Edited December 21, 2020 by StyxTx

[zPhoenix]

44 minutes ago, StyxTx said:

There is someplace in settings where you can change the keys to what you want. Under controls I think?

 

Also, I may be wrong but I think there is a setting you can set for that to be on screen all the time.

 

I looked in the settings/keybind multiple times, never found either of those.  I also googled many times and it was mainly by accident that I finally found how to turn that on with double-Alt.  Now I use it all the time.

[AmyStone]

13 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

 

I looked in the settings/keybind multiple times, never found either of those.  I also googled many times and it was mainly by accident that I finally found how to turn that on with double-Alt.  Now I use it all the time.

 

It's quite easy to manage your outfits though without really having to think about it too much. I have a cold outfit for when I go into the snow (and for other places at Christmas), a rain outfit (that's not really needed and is just for roleplay) and other outfits for just about anything else. You might want to wear something light in the desert and Lagras but that's about it.

Edited December 21, 2020 by AmyStone

[zPhoenix]

7 minutes ago, AmyStone said:

 

It's quite easy to manage your outfits though without really having to think about it too much. I have a cold outfit for when I go into the snow (and for other places at Christmas), a rain outfit (that's not really needed and is just for roleplay) and other outfits for just about anything else. You might want to wear something light in the desert and Lagras but that's about it.

 

That was my plan originally, and I have the 3 outfits on my horse.  But I kept messing it up, with my health and stamina draining worse than when I had just the initial ragged outfit.   I think there are more hot places than those.  Now that I use Alt-Alt to check the temps I no longer have that issue.

[4eyedcoupe]

I keep mainly 3 outfits on my horse.  1 normal that is pretty much whatever I feel like wearing.  I can travel the majority of the map except Colter and be fine.  I keep a "cool" outfit(normal w/slightly warm coat) for nights and early mornings for around northern areas like Big Valley and Grizzlies.  Basically, if I can see my breath, I put on the "cool" outfit.  Then there is my "cold" outfit that only gets used in the snowy parts of the map.  Hopefully it will get a lot of use over the next two weeks.

[kcole4001]

11 hours ago, zPhoenix said:

I finally found it.  It is not Alt, it is a double-tap of Alt
 not the most intuitive but it gives you bottime of day (important for collectors) and temperature (important to choose the clothes).

Do you usually have a bounty?

 

If you run around with a bounty, the amount will appear in red and it will show first, then cycle to the normal information.

 

For me it's just one tap of the left ALT key that brings it up, if the second tap cycles through the bounty display I never knew that, I've always waited for it to change, that's the reason I always pay it off at my lockbox ASAP, so I don't have to wait for it when I check that display.

 

Good to know we can cycle through it!

[zPhoenix]

6 minutes ago, kcole4001 said:

Do you usually have a bounty?

 

If you run around with a bounty, the amount will appear in red and it will show first, then cycle to the normal information.

 

For me it's just one tap of the left ALT key that brings it up, if the second tap cycles through the bounty display I never knew that, I've always waited for it to change, that's the reason I always pay it off at my lockbox ASAP, so I don't have to wait for it when I check that display.

 

Good to know we can cycle through it!

 

Nope, I always pay my bounties quickly and when I play solo I usually do it in defensive mode as I don't want to waste time dealing with people disrupting my collecting, hunting, etc.  No time for BS.

[AmyStone]

17 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

 

That was my plan originally, and I have the 3 outfits on my horse.  But I kept messing it up, with my health and stamina draining worse than when I had just the initial ragged outfit.   I think there are more hot places than those. 

 

Apart from the obvious hot and cold places it's not worth worry about. The drain is so small that you won't notice. It's honestly not worth putting any more thought and effort into something that makes so little difference.

[zPhoenix]

8 minutes ago, AmyStone said:

 

Apart from the obvious hot and cold places it's not worth worry about. The drain is so small that you won't notice. It's honestly not worth putting any more thought and effort into something that makes so little difference.

 

The only reason I started this thread is because the drain was noticeable and it was becoming a nuisance to have to keep eating my "carry" seasoned meat rations.

 

I think it is not a big deal *if* your normal outfit is for summer, like the initial one.

 

But... I really like the look of my "normal weather" outfit so I use it most of the time unless the weather requires something warmer or colder.  And until yesterday I still had the bedroll at camp (I just upgraded to the top tent) and that meant that I would not recover health/stamina as fast, making any drains more noticeable.

Edited December 21, 2020 by zPhoenix

[kcole4001]

4 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

 

The only reason I started this thread is because the drain was noticeable and it was becoming a nuisance to have to keep eating my "carry" seasoned meat rations.

 

I think it is not a big deal *if* your normal outfit is for summer, like the initial one.

 

But... I really like the look of my "normal weather" outfit so I use it most of the time unless the weather requires something warmer or colder.

In the past sometimes there was a bug where the drain was extremely annoyingly fast and it didn't matter where you went once it had started.

I had to switch sessions to get rid of it because I was going through provisions like nobody's business and my character was getting the weight gain warning as well as almost dying from the health depletion.

 

Many of the old bugs have returned recently, maybe that's the issue?

[AmyStone]

5 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

The only reason I started this thread is because the drain was noticeable and it was becoming a nuisance to have to keep eating my "carry" seasoned meat rations.

 

Sometimes the game glitches and tells you that you are overheating even when you're in the snow wearing minimal clothing. You can get a lot of health drain then and the only way to fix it is to restart the game.

[Buddy Hightower]

1 hour ago, kcole4001 said:

Do you usually have a bounty?

 

If you run around with a bounty, the amount will appear in red and it will show first, then cycle to the normal information.

 

For me it's just one tap of the left ALT key that brings it up, if the second tap cycles through the bounty display I never knew that, I've always waited for it to change, that's the reason I always pay it off at my lockbox ASAP, so I don't have to wait for it when I check that display.

 

Good to know we can cycle through it!

 

1 hour ago, zPhoenix said:

 

Nope, I always pay my bounties quickly and when I play solo I usually do it in defensive mode as I don't want to waste time dealing with people disrupting my collecting, hunting, etc.  No time for BS.

 

Wait, you guys actually pay off your bounties?

[DentureDynamite]

1 hour ago, AmyStone said:

 

It's quite easy to manage your outfits though without really having to think about it too much. I have a cold outfit for when I go into the snow (and for other places at Christmas), a rain outfit (that's not really needed and is just for roleplay) and other outfits for just about anything else. You might want to wear something light in the desert and Lagras but that's about it.

I've never changed outfits no matter where I go (both my PC and PS4 chars have similar outfits like the image below); for me it would be way too annoying, as I frequently use Fast Travel to zip around the map doing dailies.

 

My health tanks faster up in Colter of course, but I've never noticed a "too hot" scenario while in Tumbleweed, etc.

 

[IamCourtney]

I always carry one cold outfit, one average and five hot ones visually suitable for different climates and locations. It's 95% about RP and a love of custom outfit creation tbh. I wish they'd let us modify our outfits on the go without it saving the changes permanently, it'd be nice to able to roll up your sleeves or take your jacket/vest off without needing whole separate outfits. 

[StyxTx]

1 hour ago, IamCourtney said:

I always carry one cold outfit, one average and five hot ones visually suitable for different climates and locations. It's 95% about RP and a love of custom outfit creation tbh. I wish they'd let us modify our outfits on the go without it saving the changes permanently, it'd be nice to able to roll up your sleeves or take your jacket/vest off without needing whole separate outfits. 

A lot of people like the clothes. If you look at my wardrobe IRL it consists of 2 pairs of jeans and 15 tee shirts. Pretty much all I've worn my whole life so makes it obvious clothes were never a thing of mine. 

 

In the game I just have 3 off the rack outfits. Too lazy to customize them.

5 hours ago, zPhoenix said:

 

I looked in the settings/keybind multiple times, never found either of those.  I also googled many times and it was mainly by accident that I finally found how to turn that on with double-Alt.  Now I use it all the time.

The permanent on screen thing is not keybind. I think it's in the general settings if it does exist.

Edited December 21, 2020 by StyxTx

[zPhoenix]

14 minutes ago, StyxTx said:

The permanent on screen thing is not keybind. I think it's in the general settings if it does exist.

I just went through all of the settings, I don't think the "permanent on screen" exists.  It should.

[StyxTx]

24 minutes ago, zPhoenix said:

I just went through all of the settings, I don't think the "permanent on screen" exists.  It should.

There are a number of screen display options that give you a choice of dynamic and off. I really don't know how many have an ON option. Maybe in the camera settings? They are somewhere.

 

I just checked. It's under Display...HUD but the only 2 options are dynamic and off.

Edited December 21, 2020 by StyxTx

[IamCourtney]

38 minutes ago, StyxTx said:

A lot of people like the clothes. If you look at my wardrobe IRL it consists of 2 pairs of jeans and 15 tee shirts. Pretty much all I've worn my whole life so makes it obvious clothes were never a thing of mine. 

 

In the game I just have 3 off the rack outfits. Too lazy to customize them.

Haha, I'm the exact same way in real life. I buy a new pair of jeans and a bag or two of plain tshirts at Costco every few years, most days I just change from my grubby work clothes right into some old well worn-in pajamas after showering.

 

But yet I still find fashion fascinating as a non-particpant observer. Get me in a game with outfit customization and I can spend hours tinkering with looks. The main reason I usually play female avatars is for the more varied clothing choices they tend to get.

[kcole4001]

58 minutes ago, IamCourtney said:

Haha, I'm the exact same way in real life. I buy a new pair of jeans and a bag or two of plain tshirts at Costco every few years, most days I just change from my grubby work clothes right into some old well worn-in pajamas after showering.

 

But yet I still find fashion fascinating as a non-particpant observer. Get me in a game with outfit customization and I can spend hours tinkering with looks. The main reason I usually play female avatars is for the more varied clothing choices they tend to get.

Same here.

My 1st GTA character is male, he's got like maybe 3 outfits, and I almost never changed them.

2nd character is female and it's all about the clothes and cars.

In RDO it's clothes and guns, a few nice horses as well, but I'm not overboard about them.

  Not even sure why! 

[StyxTx]

1 hour ago, IamCourtney said:

Haha, I'm the exact same way in real life. I buy a new pair of jeans and a bag or two of plain tshirts at Costco every few years, most days I just change from my grubby work clothes right into some old well worn-in pajamas after showering.

 

But yet I still find fashion fascinating as a non-particpant observer. Get me in a game with outfit customization and I can spend hours tinkering with looks. The main reason I usually play female avatars is for the more varied clothing choices they tend to get.

Customizing outfits. That requires actually thinking and putting thoughts into action. Two things I try to avoid like a plague. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by StyxTx