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Winds in Minecraft!

Minecraft could have winds, and there could be a lot of additional effects because of them. For example, wind sounds, leaf and grass swaying,and sea waves, of course!...which is possible only if a certain amount of water surface area is reached.

Winds could have attributes like direction,speed/intensity,etc. When we or any entity moves opposing the direction of wind, we should get slowed down, according to the intensity of the wind, and vice versa.

Winds should have some particles with them, so that we can see the direction and intensity of them. Particles could be leaves, or dust, or flower petals, etc. More particles would mean the intensity is higher.

Winds should also affect rain and snow, making more realistic storms!

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    This would be pretty, but would also make the game a lot more taxing to run.  It could be an optional extra fancy thing, but should absolutely not be default.

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    I mentioned having a sandstorm in deserts where lots of sand has been farmed, and regenerate the sand during these storms. The player could be pushed into one direction with your idea, I like that, it would be a nice addition. It also would make working on high mountains more dangerous. There could be a new usage for the rope in these heights!

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    Perhaps including only some of these ideas would not be too taxing to run.

    Strong wind should be as rare as thunderstorms and only have one or two effects on gameplay.

    My suggestions are :
    - Arrows don't fly straight meaning skeletons don't hit you but you can't shoot them.
    - Sandstorms in deserts and mesas that have a fog-like effect.
    - Destroying leaf blocks

    You could also have low strength wind
    - Changing the direction clouds fly in.
    - Changing the direction of rain and snow.
    - Moving the smoke particles from camp fires.
    - When the wind is weak fog might form in swamps and oceans.

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    What about making more intense weather, like snow storms and hurricanes and stuff? If a weather front in real life causes danger to life, maybe that same weather could damage the player in minecraft?

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    I don't think hurricanes or any huge disasters will be in vanilla Minecraft. There should be nothing that can destroy player builds or kill their pets.

    Snowstorms and sandstorms that affect visibility and move speed are a good idea and could be as frequent as thunderstorms. Maybe they also cause new sand and snow blocks to appear?

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    Fire would only spread in the direction of the wind, but would spread twice as fast.

    Running into the wind would be slow, running with the wind much faster.

    Perhaps some biomes could have a prevailing wind, so it would always be really quick going East to West, but slow in the other direction.

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    It seems like if they are programmed right, purely decorative winds wouldn't cause lagging, as long as no plants move with it. Status effects based on direction for entities might be tricky, but would be interesting.

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    very good idea

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    it shouldnt affect movement... but you should be able to simulate wind with a fan, so that you can always have waves.

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    I really like this idea. Then you could add things like windmills that could grind up wheat or something. Or add ships with sails. I really like the idea of storms being in Minecraft like hurricanes or volcanoes or tsunamis etc etc. they wouldn’t necessarily have to destroy blocks either, that could be enabled or disabled to protect builders much like creeper explosions. I think having randomized weather events like this helps make each Minecraft day more interesting, and players who might sleep through nights to avoid mobs could still encounter “danger” without it being a monster trying to attack them.

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    Pretty cool idea.

    However, I think swaying grass and waving waters (like those found in shaders) may cause a little performance issue and they should be an optional graphics setting.

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    It would be cool if the higher it is the stronger the wind gets, and when you're at the high peaks, the wind could even blow you away, and you would have to build blocks in the direction the wind is coming from to tone it down. I love the idea of adding more danger to adventuring.

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    It effecting elytra speed would be nice

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    I like to add wind as realistic purpose (the moving leaves and grass, wind sound, waves) but for the effect of it, I'm not entirely sure ....

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    Just like in Terraria 
     
    The wind shouldn't slow the player down too much, barely
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    Não seria muito bom pois se vc fosse perseguido por um mob contra o vento sertamente ele ia conseguir alcançar vc

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    The main in-game use for wind would probably be sail power. Voting for that issue would be a good idea.

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    Wind should have no effect on gameplay. However, leave/sand/dust particles would be great. Plus maybe some plants away a bit as an animation or something?

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    Sounds great! But maybe instead it is just a ambient cartoonish pixel art particles with sounds.