DCS Weather - Real time weather in your DCS World

[EntropySG]

hi, when I enter an airport code (for example: UGTB) It asks if I want to dl the weather, then nothing happens. No weather is loaded and no METAR is generated

[chromium]

hi, when I enter an airport code (for example: UGTB) It asks if I want to dl the weather, then nothing happens. No weather is loaded and no METAR is generated

 

I just tried now with UGTB and it works. Do you have other mods installed? It is the stable version? Connection working I suppose. I'll prepare a debug log version if it's not so that I can understand what happen.

[EntropySG]

Hi no other mods, latest stable version. When I enter any nonsense into the airport code field, it still asks whether it should download the weather, but nothing happens also no error message. I use JSGM and the required files directly go into the mission editor directory of the main install so Im not sure what Im doing wrong :P

[chromium]

Hi no other mods, latest stable version. When I enter any nonsense into the airport code field, it still asks whether it should download the weather, but nothing happens also no error message. I use JSGM and the required files directly go into the mission editor directory of the main install so Im not sure what Im doing wrong :P

 

There is a small hope... I reproduced the issue inserting the icao code like this:

 

"UGKO"

 

istead of

 

UGKO

 

I didn't expect that possibile issue cause page 5 of the manual there is the examples with only letters included in the box (the manual isn't in this test zip but it's in any other previous download version)

So please retry inserting only the letters, no other symbols. That is my last hope.

Edited July 24, 2016 by chromium

[EntropySG]

Mmh strange. I did not put in any ""

Only the 4 letters

[chromium]

Mmh strange. I did not put in any ""

Only the 4 letters

 

Sad :(.

 

The only thing I can do is try to add some safety check about the 4 letters being a text string whitout special characters etc etc.

 

Did you also used uppercase letters?

[EntropySG]

That is really strange, now it works?! I just updated DCS on another PC and there it works flawlessly?!

Will try to find out what the problem was on the other computers

[chromium]

ok, so... if you please can describe the difference between the two PCs maybe I could get a clue of what is happening. One of the thing I was thinking is about PC & DCS language settings: mine is english.

[chromium]

Internal testing near completion. Unable to replicate this strange issue... i'm going to release tomorrow or Wednesday.

[Goztreh]

Chromium, FYI my DCS installation is in english.

 

Goz.

[Schwarzfeld]

Just a heads up, DAWS weather now works in DCS 2.0 Alpha *AND* 1.5.4, I just tested it and did a happy dance at my desk LoL

[chromium]

Good :). Updsting site link before tomorrow.

 

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[VTJS17_Fire]

Thanks, will try it.

[chromium]

Site link updated (See first post) :)

Edited July 31, 2016 by chromium

[Goztreh]

Will try on 2.0.3 OA. Keep you updated.

 

Goz.

[VTJS17_Fire]

Hi chromium,

 

we tested it yesterday in DCS 2.0.3 OA at Nellis and it worked like a charme. Does this mod also control the height of the contrails? Are they driven by QNH?

 

Thanks in advance.

[chromium]

Honestly Don't know, it only modify the weather parameters that you see on the mission editor :)

 

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[gospadin]

Hi chromium,

 

we tested it yesterday in DCS 2.0.3 OA at Nellis and it worked like a charme. Does this mod also control the height of the contrails? Are they driven by QNH?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Those should be a function of humidity and temperature.

[Goztreh]

Worked in OA 2.0.3

No problem.

 

Goz.

[EntropySG]

chromium I really could not figure out what the problem was and why it didnt work in the first place for me. It works like a charm, and we use your mod all the time, thank you so much for that!!!

[chromium]

thanks you all for using the mod :)

[VTJS17_Fire]

Looking forward to the point, where this mod also will work with the dynamic weather.

[whartsell]

Just tried this with OA 2.0.3 with the DAWS_ICAO:KLSV:DAWS_ICAO tag. According to the logs its loading. The weather report shows it as loaded but the METAR line in the briefing isnt there

[chromium]

Just tried this with OA 2.0.3 with the DAWS_ICAO:KLSV:DAWS_ICAO tag. According to the logs its loading. The weather report shows it as loaded but the METAR line in the briefing isnt there

 

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.

Edited August 12, 2016 by chromium

[chromium]

Looking forward to the point, where this mod also will work with the dynamic weather.

 

As said I'm looking forward too for someone who has the knowledge and a free data access that I don't have. At the moment the probability to reach that point is null.