Weather

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Weather is a local natural phenomena in the world of Minecraft, that is based on it's different biomes. Main Page includes some weather from the base game, but most weather and their mechanics have been revamped or added.

In Main Page default worlds the weather is heavily dependent on the current season.

Wind

BTA! features a dynamic wind system that affects cloud direction, falling leaves, and flags.

Default Weather

Below is a list of all the different weather events you can encounter in a default BTA!, across all seasons.

Clear

The default state of your world, sun is shining.

Rain

Rain is one of the most common weather types, water droplets fall from the sky, irrigating crops.

During a rainstorm, each tick has a 1⁄300 chance to catch a fish, reducing the average time between catches from 346 ticks to 207 ticks, a 40% decrease.

Thunderstorm

A rare variant of normal rain, that has a chance of lightning strikes.

Most common during summers.

Aurora Borealis

Shimmering lights that can occasionally be seen in the night sky in cold biomes.

Generated via Perlin noise.

Physically generates at approximately y=400 on Extended Default, can be flown into in Creative.

Special Weather

Blood Rain

Rains upwards.

History

{{History|Minecraft Alpha 1.2.0|snap=?|Removed Winter mode, and replaced it with [[Biome|biomes.}}

History
October 22, 2009
		Showcased rain.
		Rain is now shown to be thinner.
?
		Rain was introduced purely for cosmetic purposes. The mechanics were simple, testing only if there is a block above to shelter the rain.
Minecraft Classic 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST
		"F5" now toggles rain.
Minecraft Classic 0.29_01
		Rain can now be toggled only in Creative mode.
Minecraft Invdev 20100218
		"F5" no longer toggles rain.
Minecraft Alpha 1.0.4
		Added Winter mode. While generating a world, there is a 25% chance to get a snowy world, where snow falls continuously. This feature was eventually removed with the introduction of biomes.
Minecraft Beta 1.5
		Added the ability for lightning strikes to charge creepers and transform pigs into zombie pigmen.
Minecraft Beta 1.5_01
		Fixed a bug where rain fell through certain blocks like glass, stairs and slabs.
Minecraft Beta 1.6
Test Build 3
	Fixed a bug where the rain seemed to freeze when climbing down ladders until you reached the bottom or changed direction, possibly indicating that you climbed at same speed as the rain fell.
	Fixed a bug where rain and snow fell underwater.
Minecraft Beta 1.7.6
Pre-1
	Added fog.
	Improved weather system.
Better than Adventure! 1.7.6.2
		Reduced rain volume.
Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0
Pre-1
	Added blood rain.
	Added wind.
	Added aurora borealis.

Trivia

• Rain and snow still falls above the clouds. Notch's explanation is that the gray above the clouds during a storm is “another layer of clouds” and the origin of the rain.[1]

• Rain and snow actually fall one block into the void (Layer -1). This can be seen in Creative Mode by floating in the Void. Note that no particles are emitted from the rain, due to the absence of a block below it for it to fall on.

• Lightning does not have an image file associated with it. Thus, it is coded directly into the game engine, allowing for dynamic, realistic lightning.

References

1. https://twitter.com/notch/status/130230769347067905 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy882ILYJMM