Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-76.118.57.9-20180816214121

In the Lord of the Rings mod it said that from the beacon-hill Nardol you can see all the way to the Halifiring on a clear night. Sadly with minecrafts current chunk loading areas you can not see a fraction of that far. In the book you can see the mountains of Mordor from Minas Tirith and look and see Osgiliath along the river. From the towers of Barad-Dur and Cirith Ungol you could see Mount doom in eruption clearly. Due to the amount of terrain that a computer would have to load I'm not sure if this would be possible but here is my idea.

In the day time on perfectly clear days you could see major land formations miles away from where you are. As you get higher you can see further away land formations. On days with more clouds below the clouds you could still see ahead but with a much more limited range with clouds acting like a cover above the landscape eventually ending in a mist. From above the clouds you would see a bed of clouds stretching on and on. On very cloudy and rainy days your view from below the clouds would be even more limited and foggy but from above the clouds you could still see the blanket of clouds stretching on and on. Major mountains and tall structures that exceeded the cloud limit could be seen rising up from the patchwork of clouds.

At night from below the clouds you can only see the regular amount of land but major sources of light can be seen from a distance. On cloudy nights you can only see closer sources of light and on rainy and foggy nights you can barely see anything ahead of the regular area. From above the clouds you can see a darker patchwork of clouds with any high land formation or structure that produces a good amount of light being seen above the clouds.

In certain biomes for example Mirkwood below the trees it would have the foggy mirky regular minecraft effect but above the trees you can see far into the distance without any mirky effects. In biomes with dense cloud cover like Mordor it would just be like a cloudy day effect but the clouds are all dark and red. The further away from the person a structure is it will be shown at a lower resolution so standing on a beacon-hill of Gondor the stone in front of you will be seen in full detail but the fire from a nearby beacon-hill could be only a very small clump of light.

If this can possibly be added it would make the world look much better and more realistic but it is unlikely that this would be added anytime soon as it would be extremely difficult to code if it is possible. If it is possible however it would be a worthwhile addition to the Lord of the Rings Mod. 