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[Stevey]

Dawn of War II with rain on High looks good IMO.

Looks better in motion.

 

[Gestault]

(I love back-lit rain)

 

[lt519]

Most people are confusing good rain with nice looking puddles and wet atmospheres. This looks good right? *posts picture with white rain*

That Ryse one is getting closer, the rain is only visible when its really distorting back light. I posted the Mario 3D World to show that you don't see the rain, but you see the distortion it causes when it lands on a camera.

 

[Darkangel]

Why is that giving me flashbacks of this

 

[Anarion07]

Zero effect on the world, though.

http://youtu.be/KAh_89j2aDU?t=1m38s

but other than that, holy crap that's impressive

 

[digdug2k]

I don't think white lines is really that bad of an approximation. Look up photos of rain. Most of them range from nothing to white dots to white lines depending on the speed of the film being used and the size/how hard its raining (its white because the scene is being lit with white light and its a specular reflection).

 

[Robot Pants]

Call me crazy but I thought the rain in GEARS 1 was amazing.
Gta4 as well.
GTAV rain sucked big time.

 

[Anarion07]

I don't think white lines is really that bad of an approximation. Look up photos of rain. Most of them range from nothing to white dots to white lines depending on the speed of the film being used and the size/how hard its raining (its white because the scene is being lit with white light and its a specular reflection).

Basically this.
I read that rain drops fall at about 9 m/s...
so even at 60 FPS, thats a 15 cm (edit: 5,9 inches) fall in 1 frame.
You'd need a beast of a rig to get to framerates where you can see individual drops

 

[Alienous]

Example of horrible rain

It didn't even have a sound effect.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Gran Turismo 5 had amazing rain effects in the trailer but the game however....

Looks like droplets of milk

That bright overcast sky will illuminate droplets of water on glass that way, depending on the angle. I wish I had time to find a picture that shows this.

edit: sort of what I mean:

 

[gogogow]

Example of horrible rain

Can't believe GG thought that was good enough to have it included in the final game. At least make the rain transparant.
They know how to make a lot of things pretty, except rain...

 

[patientx]

Speaking of GT here have some Project Cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmTv3fceR4

They are getting better lately, with the full weather effects, it is really exciting to race in thunderstorm at dusk

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/07/23/new-project-cars-screens-rain-down-with-dynamic-effects/

 

[TopGun]

GROUND ZEROES

Very visible droplets when slow motion kicks in. No real problems with it during full speed either.

Only acceptable answer here.

 

[Kyonashi]

Some of these look nice, I guess it depends on how you implement it.

PS: SNK 4 EVA

Holy shit, I just want to sit on that yellow bench with a book and a cup of coffee.

 

[HTupolev]

I liked the rain in Infamous ss

It's alright until you notice how the raindrop puddle impacts vanish a few meters in front of the camera.

 

[UnderWaterTree]

oh man thats bad

 

[PotionBleue]

I never thought a topic about the different implementations of rain would be so interesting. Is there another topic for snow?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

I never thought a topic about the different implementations of rain would be so interesting. Is there another topic for snow?

Like cocaine?

 

[Fun Factor]

That bright overcast sky will illuminate droplets of water on glass that way, depending on the angle. I wish I had time to find a picture that shows this.

edit: sort of what I mean:

Your mean this

 

[westman]

Done right you wouldn't be able to see it. Often in movies the filmmakers will add milk to the rainwater so it shows up on camera, which is probably where the "white lines" depiction of rain in games comes from in the first place.

I've heard of that trick, but I think the result is still quite far from the 100% opaque "plastic toothpick" look you see in some games. The milk/water ratio is probably not that high, resulting in a liquid that is at least more transparent than opaque.

Also, real rain can be quite visible in the air even if it is not always so. It depends on rain quantity, drop size, lighting conditions, and whether the the background is light or dark. In daylight, you can usually see light rain against a dark background, and heavy rain against most backgrounds. Making the rain a bit more opaque than in real life means that you see it even in conditions where it would be invisible in reality, and I'm fine with that (and actually prefer it) as long as it's done in a subtle way. Among recent games, Ground Zeroes and Watch_Dogs did it well in my opinion (PS4 version if it matters). Infamous Second Son also had good rain, but as it was almost invisible in some lighting conditions, adding a little "milk" to it might have been preferable..

 

[DieH@rd]