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Uhm, I'm on holiday but if I remember correctly you won't have the metar line in the briefing for the multiplayer server feature, maybe I will have to add this info to the manual. That feature is almost to be used for servers who rolls mission every "n" hours, automatically, so that the mission will be constantly have updated weather conditions at every mission launch.

 

For any normal server using my suggestion is to use the ME standard workflow, so:

1. enter the ME

2. open the mission

3. go to weather panel

4. download updated weather

5. save the mission

 

that workflow will always have METAR line in the general briefing (unless not available).

 

EDIT:

the reason for not having that feature is that I don't have a way to remove the previous metar so that if I add the metar code at any load, it will be added instead of overwrited... but to be honest I thought a working way to get that right now, and to remove the "tag line" also. I will evaluate if it's a good addition or too complex when I come back from holiday.

 

Ok. It would be really useful to have the metar there as there is no reliable in-game way of getting the info, specifically QNH.

 

With regards to how to handle the metar, one suggestion is to save the original description to a temp (table or file) then when you reload just replace the description with the saved original and the metar concatenated. That way you dont need to worry about a search and replace. If your code is is in source control, i can clone it and if i have time make the changes and submit a pull request. No guarantees as im on Paternity Leave with a 2week old baby and can get quite busy

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Ok. It would be really useful to have the metar there as there is no reliable in-game way of getting the info, specifically QNH.

 

With regards to how to handle the metar, one suggestion is to save the original description to a temp (table or file) then when you reload just replace the description with the saved original and the metar concatenated. That way you dont need to worry about a search and replace. If your code is is in source control, i can clone it and if i have time make the changes and submit a pull request. No guarantees as im on Paternity Leave with a 2week old baby and can get quite busy

 

It's a good idea. I don't know what you mean with source control, but if you want you can modify the code inside the mod and send me the file by PM or mail :)

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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It's a good idea. I don't know what you mean with source control, but if you want you can modify the code inside the mod and send me the file by PM or mail :)

 

He was suggesting that if you had a publicly-readable version of your code on github, he could clone it and offer a patch/pull request.

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He was suggesting that if you had a publicly-readable version of your code on github, he could clone it and offer a patch/pull request.

 

I will evaluate this option in the future, don't have time now to study a bit github.. as I'm not a programmer, I'm not that much into those services. In the meantime anyone could modify the code looking into the files and post it here, or send by PM, or anything else he want :)

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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ok. I have a fix in place for this (only a few lines of code) but have found another issue. you hook into mul_create_server.lua for the multiplayer server startup. Your code gets run here as expected, however when the server rolls to a new map it does not call this module as it does not re-enter mul_create_server.lua therefore the metars will not update. Im not sure if this is what you intended as most people who do server map reloads on a time interval do so by killing DCS and restarting.

DAWS_Weather_mul.lua

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No it was and should reload at any server reloads. I will check your file in the coming days :)

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Hi. I'm getting this error as of the previous stable release (still happens in today's push for me) when I try to enter the mission editor:

 

00026.545 ALERT   LUACOMMON: Error: GUI Error: [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:2108: attempt to call field 'updateSeason' (a nil value)
GUI debug.traceback: stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'updateSeason'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:2108: in function 'create_new_mission'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/MainMenu.lua"]:121: in function 'func'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_wait_screen.lua"]:59: in function 'updater'
[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:64: in function <[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:40>

 

If I remove your mod, everything works fine.

 

Any suggestions?

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Hi. I'm getting this error as of the previous stable release (still happens in today's push for me) when I try to enter the mission editor:

 

00026.545 ALERT   LUACOMMON: Error: GUI Error: [string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:2108: attempt to call field 'updateSeason' (a nil value)
GUI debug.traceback: stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'updateSeason'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_mission.lua"]:2108: in function 'create_new_mission'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/MainMenu.lua"]:121: in function 'func'
[string "./MissionEditor/modules/me_wait_screen.lua"]:59: in function 'updater'
[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:64: in function <[string "./Scripts/UpdateManager.lua"]:40>

 

If I remove your mod, everything works fine.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Did a check: can't reproduce here and it's working fine. Also DAWS_Weather do not change me_mission.lua.

 

So I need to know exactly:

- built version

- any other mod installed

I also need the dcs.log file.

 

Let see if we can find something.

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Are there multiple versions of DAWS Weather? I don't see any version indicated, but am wondering if I have an older version somehow.

 

There are multiple release. I usually update this thread when a release is out. You could simply re-download the mod from AMVI site to be sure :)

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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I re-downloaded and it now works.

 

Would be nice to have some kind of version history so I can tell whether or not i'm running the latest, without having to actually re-download and diff the mods.

 

thx

--gos

 

To be honest the version is included in the dcs.log file. In the original file is not suitable for the moment due to the site structure. Once possibile I will update mod name with the version.

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Dear Chromium, with the new 1.5.5. stable release, just FYI, I just found that when I have the weather mod enabled via JSGME, I cant host a server. As soon as I click on 'start server' the screen goes black. Music is still playing, but only way to exit is via ctrl alt del.

 

If I disable the weather mod, it works just fine.

 

easy workaround for now seems to be to enable your mod, set the weather, then disable the mod and host the mission.

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Known issue Will be fixed before Monday if everything goes as expected

 

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Thanks for the report :)

 

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Known issue Will be fixed before Monday if everything goes as expected

 

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While Save Mission has been updated whitout issue, it seems that weather will require more time to get the update working.

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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While Save Mission has been updated whitout issue, it seems that weather will require more time to get the update working.

 

New beta version for 1.5.5 stable has been released, check first post for the new download link.

No issue reported in internal testing but It's up to you know to let me know if something goes wrong :).

 

KNOWN ISSUE:

small graphical misalignment in the weather panel menù.

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Not tested, but probably yes

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Not tested, but probably yes

 

Tried it on 2.0 and the weather panel does not come up in the ME for me. As in the -whole- weather panel is missing... Guessing there's a little bit of code difference from 2.0 and 1.5. Sucks, great addition to the game. Keep up the good work!

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The 1.5.4 version was working correctly. But I believe that 2.0.3 Will be updated to the new code also, so maybe It's better to wait.

 

I Will think if it could be the case to add the 1.5.4 version attached... But many People doesn't read even the basic instruction so I won't leave here & there more than a single version to avoid confusion.

 

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The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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Perfect

 

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Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC

 

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.

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I have a similar issue as SageOT, where at the bottom of the weather panel where I would put in the airport ICAO is not visible. I can just barely make out the top of the txt box, and if you click on it just right, you can input the ICAO and download the weather, but it isn't easily usable anymore(we run a remote server). Thank you for the product.

 

Respectfully,

 

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