Big Ant have had trouble implementing rain in the past and I remember them saying at one point on a forum that they weren’t sure exactly how to implement it, that some games could get completely washed out, some games could just come to an end washed out etc. In the end it hasn’t been done due to not having a great way to counter that.
I had the following suggestions back then, but they haven’t implemented it as yet.
What could be done is limiting the amount of rain and percentage of chance that it could happen in a game. For example in limited to overs the MAXIMUM POSSIBLE AMOUNT of rain could be 20% of the overs bowled and the user could select 5, 10, 15, or 20% of the game that could be POSSIBLY affected by rain. It doesn’t mean that rain will affect the game at all, it’s just that these amounts are possible.
In test matches this could be selected from that 5% to as much as 30-35% of the possible overs/days affected. Once again this doesn’t mean this is how much rain you’ll get, it’s just the maximum POSSIBLE.
Now something similar would be done with the percentage of CHANCE of rain. You could select anything from maybe 10 percent to 70 perecent chance.
To avoid an end of match washout, they could eliminate any chance of rain from the last 20-30% of the overs/days. Rain could happen to a match anywhere else that isn’t crucial to the result.
Rain should only be able to affect a match once.
These ideas may not be entirely realistic, but in terms of being able to bring it to the game and still keep the games finishable and exciting, I think this could work.
Would be great to get some feedback from a Big Ant representative.