has anything really changed just recently?
define recently?
for me, that's in the past like year
and yeah, it is part of the skybox, just went and tried it
just looked at sky_slate_storm
and it looks like this is what makes the falling stuff happen
$Rain::dropTexture Add-Ons/Sky_Slate_Storm/rain.png
$Rain::splashTexture Add-Ons/Sky_Slate_Storm/water_splash.png
$Rain::dropSize 0.75
$Rain::splashSize 0.2
$Rain::splashMS 250
$Rain::useTrueBillboards 0
$Rain::minSpeed 1.5
$Rain::maxSpeed 2
$Rain::minMass 0.75
$Rain::maxMass 0.85
$Rain::maxTurbulence 0.1
$Rain::turbulenceSpeed 0.2
$Rain::rotateWithCamVel 1
$Rain::useTurbulence 0
$Rain::numDrops 1800
$Rain::boxWidth 80
$Rain::boxHeight 50
$Rain::doCollision 1
