{"id":1157069,"date":"2026-02-09T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=545610"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:59:00","slug":"assassins-creed-shadows-has-a-hidden-technique-for-creating-stunningly-realistic-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/assassins-creed-shadows-has-a-hidden-technique-for-creating-stunningly-realistic-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows has a hidden technique for creating stunningly realistic wind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the wind hits in Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows<\/a><\/em> the world feels alive. Leaves whip up into the air, grass dances back and forth, and Naoe\u2019s hair sways from side to side. It\u2019s a stunning effect that enriches the game\u2019s shifting seasonal and weather systems. According to a Digital Foundry interview<\/a> with a few of the game\u2019s rendering engineers, the wind isn\u2019t actually wind at all \u2014 it\u2019s invisible fluid.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right: All the realistic wind physics are actually made from a fluid simulation moving through the world. It\u2019s a common technique used in lots of games, and the math has given good effects in games as different as God of War<\/em><\/a> and Dwarf Fortress<\/a>. <\/em>So why not here, too?<\/p>\n

The Ubisoft developers call Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows\u2019<\/em> dynamic weather system Atmos, and it was created to support its seasonal theme. As Naoe\u2019s revenge story oscillates between two periods of her life, the seasons shift too. You might be trudging through thick blankets of winter snow covering the Japanese countryside for one moment, and then sprinting through verdant fields after it all melts away in the next. Eventually, you can even change the seasons on command.<\/p>\n

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