A historical farm-wide condition system whose surviving route effects are now disclosed by the Civic Forecast Board for Dispatch.

Farming weather

Farming weather was an earlier farm-wide condition system in Rodent Farm. Its name remains part of the game's historical vocabulary, while route conditions are now presented through the Civic Forecast Board for an individual Dispatch.

Status
Historical farm system.
Current counterpart
Forecast conditions for an accepted Dispatch.
Route effects
Disclosed goods and travel-time changes fixed at acceptance.

Forecast conditions

Forecast wording describes a route's goods and travel-time effect before it begins. A River condition, for example, can call for 10% more goods in exchange for 10% faster travel; Breezy conditions apply the same trade to Aerial Dispatch. The stated condition remains with that dispatch after acceptance.

Color, rain, sound, haptics, and animation can accompany a Forecast, but its text provides the route information. The same wording remains available in low-power and neutral presentations.

Legacy name

Older Weather labels now direct players to the Forecast Board. The current Dispatch system keeps weather as route context rather than a settlement-wide state.

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