Snow Melting Near Heat Sources

[CaptKaspar]

I suggest that snow near sources of heat such as campfires, woodstoves, etc should melt.

 

X tiles distance from the heat source could melt snow depending on the intensity of the heat.  ex) a fire with a tree branch in it may only melt a tile where as a fire with 3 logs in it could melt 5-6 tiles.

 

This could also give a character a visual indication of how close to the fire they need to be to get the benefits of its heat.

 

On a similar note, snow on pavement/concrete should melt faster than grass/dirt. Even without roads being salted in the apoc, roads and other paved surfaces will melt snow faster than other surfaces up to a depth of about 6 inches or so because sunlight can still penetrate that deeply into snow and reflect heat. All of us who live in snowy environments have seen this happen.

[NagashUD]

Also a good idea !

[Zorak]

Good idea but one of those things to make after 1.0.

[Magic Mark]

This is a good idea I can definitely see being a thing.

 

Fires do create heat, after all.

[winterpyre]

this would also really help to show how close to a fire you need to be to get any warmth from it  and general spacing between fires

[King Kitteh]

Currently snow is just a tile feature, but as an extension: Do you think starting a fire on snow should be made harder? Or would that to be too gamey and annoying?

[CaptKaspar]

On May 10, 2016 at 5:36 AM, King Kitteh said:

Currently snow is just a tile feature, but as an extension: Do you think starting a fire on snow should be made harder? Or would that to be too gamey and annoying?

 

As long as you have to use a campfire kit then I'm personally fine with starting a fire on snow tiles. I assume the placing of the campfire kit accounts for preparing the surface.