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Why don't we have clouds on other planets besides microTech yet?

TL;DRClouds take significant time and the system is still changing, so they plan to roll out more planet-specific clouds iteratively rather than generic ones, avoiding rework.

Sebastian SchroederPrincipal Technical Environment Artist, Planet Content Team

It is a decent amount of time investment to make clouds, especially since we're so early in the process. We don't have all the knowledge and all the tools we need or want to get whatever specific visual target. So we do have to spend a fair amount of time to develop those and figure out what we need to do to get the visuals we want. And then the system is still very much subject to change and will change dramatically over time. So we don't want to spend too much time making things that are going to have to be reworked a lot of times. So we're definitely working on rolling out more clouds to more planets. As long as the system is so much in development, we're not going to just do them for all of them. We're not going to do generic ones for all of them. We want them to feel different and portray the planet in a way that makes sense for the planet and just enhances the atmosphere or the vibe of the planet, if you know what I mean. So that's pretty much the thing. We want to do each planet justice and not just have something generic everywhere. But to do that, we need to spend our time on it and not throw away all the work we do. So it's an iterative process that takes a bit of time, if that makes sense.

Star Citizen Live›Planet Content Team Q&A·
Published on this date.11 Feb 2022