Console Weather Bug: STILL raining through ALL placeable Objects and inside some housing

MacCait

The Console Weather Bug is a bug that first appeared on console when Morrowind was released.

How Weather Works in Housing on PC and PTS:

The Housing was cleverly designed so that when it rains or snows, this weather does not penetrate placeable items. This means that housing artists can build objects outside of an instanced house, such as in the grounds of a purchased house, and it will not rain or snow through the objects. For example, if a player wants to build a house, shed, tent, cave, as soon as items are placed, the programmed weather elements will not penetrate placed items, so that it remains dry underneath said items.

This is how it works on PC, PTS and this is also how it worked on PS4 and Xbox prior to Morrowind release.


When did the Console Weather Bug first appear and when was it reported:

This Console Weather BUG was first reported in June 2017 after Morrowind Release, it affects PS4 and Xbox.

This bug has been discussed MANY times since June 2017. Here are just some of the posts:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/350302/bug-raining-inside-houses-on-console-console-weather-bug

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/400136/rain-in-pts-vs-console

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/403211/investigation-xbox-players-does-it-rain-inside-these-houses

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/392570/it-still-rains-inside-earthear-cavern-and-other-houses-still-not-fixed-7-months-later

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/355220/rain-in-earthtear-cavern

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/380006/raining-in-my-house

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/441628/rain-in-housing

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/357448/rain-in-earthtear-cavern

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/378211/exorcised-coven-cottage-rain-glitch-bug

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4283141#Comment_4283141

Any response from ZOS?:

The following is a qoute from Gina, who wrote about the issue in June 2017: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4283141#Comment_4283141

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Obviously if a bug pops up, if it starts raining inside your house for example, that’s a problem and we will fix it. In general, though, your house should not functionally change as a result.We should have done a better job of communicating the changes and why they happened. As mentioned before, some of our internal processes were missed and we will ensure that that won't happen again in the future.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We’d like to give you an update on some specific housing issues called out in this thread, and some comments about the issues as a whole. ....

[*] Earthtear Cavern – ...We are also removing the invisible wall along the waterway that blocks access to the rest of the walkway, and fixing the bug that allows it to rain inside.

Depending on the complexity, some of them may come out sooner than others. We won’t hold up all the changes if one will take longer than the others, but the goal is to get these all fixed by Update 15 which is scheduled to launch in August.

Although some things where fixed inside houses... this one major bug has never been fixed since June 2017.

Steps to test and duplicate - Requires access to both PC and Console versions to test:

1. When it is raining in a property on PC and PTS, place any boulder or structure item and see how the rain does NOT go through the object. This is how housing was designed, and it works very well.
2. On PC and PTS , when raining, go inside any out-buildings such as the Hags cottage, Serenity falls out-building (barn), Daggerfall shed, or anywhere inside Earthtear Cavern, or any of the new properties that have any outbuildings that are NOT instanced, and notice it does NOT rain inside them.
3. Now repeat steps 1 and 2 on PS4 or Xbox consoles and notice it rains inside through ALL building materials, and rains inside any out-buildings that are not instanced, and rains INSIDE Earthtear Cavern, wherever you are

When will this be fixed?

It is now 2019, and after almost 2 years, it would be great to finally get a fix to this bug so that any housing artists can enjoy building structures without the programmed weather ignoring the items and just raining through them.

Could we get a response on this please?