Dust Storm Effects and Heat Hazard - Update June 2025

Two Different Versions of Dust Storm Effects & Heat Hazard: A Dusty Dude Immersion Mod

This is a punishing early game heat effect on the player during certain times of day. My original mod applies a heat effect on the player during the afternoons resulting in the slow loss of health over time. The new optional file is more like the new Dune Awakening MMO where the sun being out = active effect across the entire day, and so the new optional file applies the original health degen in the morning AND the evening, but the afternoon is especially punishing! Read below how to mitigate this effect, which obviously includes adventuring outside at other times instead of during the day.

This mod is weather independent. I suggest True Storms with my Desert-Like Weather Chances patch to ensure it "makes immersive sense".

Desert mods like Dustbowl and now Desperados Overhaul or the Badlands series of mods really make me wish for a hot dang afternoon! You can keep the nuclear winter. I also wanted more from the dust storms that can occur in vanilla or through the truly amazing vanilla redo of dust storms by True Storms. This mod does not change or alter weather in any way or hook into weather mods*.

Inspired by environmental hazard mods that provide a constant effect like radiation or similar effects to the player, as the mod author for DS&H, I would like to also thank the mod author behind Tumbleweed Tunes for many hours of listening to the Dusty Dude.

Check out my other Dusty Dude Abides mods. Support for my mods are primarily in their respective listing.

What Are The Effects?

'Heat': Slow health drain during the entire afternoon in the original mod, or also in the morning AND evening with the Dune version.

I didn't want to hook into complicated mechanics like dehydration or similar in the event players had preferred survival-esque mods installed and working for them. I also didn't want yet more added custom scripts from any place other than vanilla. However, I needed some way to simulate the extraordinary heat I wanted from my game so this mod will slowly drain health over time when outside in the afternoon (00. 15 health drain constantly). It is quite easy to counter by eating, drinking or using health items like Stimpaks. Remember, immersive but not brushing your teeth level immersive.

Dust Storm Effects: Reduces carry capacity and prevents sprinting.

This was my way of simulating buffeting winds tearing at you from many directions, the inability to see properly, that sort of thing. In some modes this may mean not being able to run either. In my own immersive way I just hunker down (crouch) and wait it out behind some object as someo