89/126/90weather
It is a cool night.
The sky is clear.
The air is as silent as the sand.
89/126/90look
You can't see a thing; sand swirls about you!
Ok does that make sense to anyone else? I feel like the only one trapped in a storm and the weather command isn't helping me much.
It's a probably very well-known bug. Just treat it as being too dark to see anything, with no sand in the air.
Yeah, the game seems to have only one dark-but-not-so-dark-you-can't-walk-in-a-straight-line-dark message. It just means that because there aren't any moons out you can't see (but you're probably in a location with virtual light sources such as personal torches or lamps).
I've been in that situation before (which im sure -many-many- have been in too) and you cant really treat it as being dark when you whip out a torch and get the same thing. Id also like to know the reason behind that, because Ive had to stop for hours for dawn to come because of these so-called sandy nights.
Omen
Well, if the weather command says the air is clear then a torch will let you see just fine. If there is an actual sandstorm, though, torches won't help you.
Quote from: "nameless"89/126/90weather
It is a cool night.
The sky is clear.
The air is as silent as the sand.
89/126/90look
You can't see a thing; sand swirls about you!
Ok does that make sense to anyone else? I feel like the only one trapped in a storm and the weather command isn't helping me much.
The only part of that is the echo itself. There shouldn't be a "sand swirls about you" at the end of the sentence, it should just read "You can't see a thing."
No moon, no artificial light sources, no electricity = you ain't gonna see shit.
Light a torch or a glow crystal, and you should be just fine.
I know that works... for darkness. But when I typed in the weather command, it says the night is calm! Not there's a frickin sand storm. Even though clearly I was in a sand storm and no a torch didn't work.
Some terrain is difficult to see in even when the weather is calm.
Yeah, I think people are confusing this issue a bit.
What he is attempting to point out (I think) is that the weather command says the air is clear, but a torch WILL NOT help you to see. I just treat it as 'fairly calm, but enough of a breeze to stir up the sand - or, treat it as though a storm just passed, and the dirt is still 'filtering down' from above, hampering your vision... sort of like the zalanthian version of a mild snowstorm :)
I've had this happen to me as well, pretty much just have to sit and wait it out, a torch or glow crystal isn't going to help ya much :)
- Prae
Actually, I think in this case a torch would work. Please try that next time. The problem is the darkness is yielding the wrong message, not the weather command.
-- X