Wholeheartedly agree. For one thing the clouds seem too low, but if they have to be that low I'd much rather them be chopped through by the structures in their way - maybe some really basic physics implementation in there might make thempart around buildings and reform after passing them, or something.
Actually I do not think Minecraft clouds are too low. Considering clouds dont typically soar over mountains to begin with in real life, some buildings are even tall enough to not even be above the altitude of some buildings. Clouds in real life are actually relatively low and it doesnt take that much time to reach them.
If you think about the concept of mountain weather, it makes a lot more sense between the interaction of clouds and tall structures. Large formations such as mountains block the path in which clouds can go through so instead of moving around the mountain because of the constant air flow in one direction, clouds build up at the mountain and form enough pressure to be 'blown' backwards usually causing storms. This is why places like Seattle are known to get rained on so much. It is because there are large mountains practically surrounding the city with the weather currents having nowhere else to push the clouds.
Honestly what is suggested here is VERY basic to what we know about weather in real life and it doesn't account for the potential of a player made basin to capture the clouds from flowing. What do you do then if some user decides to stop clouds from moving? I can't see much way of making clouds any better with out making them hyper realistic, and honestly Minecraft isn't all about that.
If there is anything that could be added to make clouds better in the game, that would be actually having layers of clouds instead of the one layer we currently have. A whole entire cloud and weather system would be insanely hard to implement, but it can be done, but for the most part, I'm not going to support this suggestion because I just don't believe there is much need for change.
1. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
2. More importantly, having them clip through and enter player creations is just awkward.
This obviously won't create unbalance as it is just a visual/aesthetic change.
If you guys still like the clouds clipping through blocks, then there will be an option in the video settings menu that will let you configure this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
Actually I do not think Minecraft clouds are too low. Considering clouds dont typically soar over mountains to begin with in real life, some buildings are even tall enough to not even be above the altitude of some buildings. Clouds in real life are actually relatively low and it doesnt take that much time to reach them.
If you think about the concept of mountain weather, it makes a lot more sense between the interaction of clouds and tall structures. Large formations such as mountains block the path in which clouds can go through so instead of moving around the mountain because of the constant air flow in one direction, clouds build up at the mountain and form enough pressure to be 'blown' backwards usually causing storms. This is why places like Seattle are known to get rained on so much. It is because there are large mountains practically surrounding the city with the weather currents having nowhere else to push the clouds.
Honestly what is suggested here is VERY basic to what we know about weather in real life and it doesn't account for the potential of a player made basin to capture the clouds from flowing. What do you do then if some user decides to stop clouds from moving? I can't see much way of making clouds any better with out making them hyper realistic, and honestly Minecraft isn't all about that.
If there is anything that could be added to make clouds better in the game, that would be actually having layers of clouds instead of the one layer we currently have. A whole entire cloud and weather system would be insanely hard to implement, but it can be done, but for the most part, I'm not going to support this suggestion because I just don't believe there is much need for change.