chromium Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 DAWS Weather is great but I'd really like something like it built into the Mission Editor/Generator. DAWS Weather is built into the mission editor (not mission generator). What do you mean? Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ 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.
chromium Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 And a way to enter historical METAR data as I don't always want the current weather in i.e. IRL August Batumi night temperatures, etc. when creating a day time mission in the ME at night. this is also possible with DAWS Weather. For that option, anyway, you need to use serverside multiplayer setup (do not download the weather from the weather panel in the ME but force is by the use of the code into the briefing panel. Instead of ICAO insert the entire metar code... see instruction if interested). Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ 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.
Ramsay Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) DAWS Weather is built into the mission editor (not mission generator). What do you mean? I'd like to see DAWS Weather (or something similar) as a 'standard' feature in the ME, rather than a 3rd party mod or did I miss it's addition :unsure: I'm not trying to put you out of work, but I am :smilewink: EDIT: this is also possible with DAWS Weather. I wasn't aware of that function, so have be using 'best guess' values for historic METAR data. I'll definitely look at the server side options and see what I've missed Edited August 2, 2016 by Ramsay i9 9900K @4.8GHz, 64GB DDR4, RTX4070 12GB, 1+2TB NVMe, 6+4TB HD, 4+1TB SSD, Winwing Orion 2 F-15EX Throttle + F-16EX Stick, TPR Pedals, TIR5, Win 11 Pro x64, Odyssey G93SC 5120X1440
chromium Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 I'd like to see DAWS Weather (or something similar) as a 'standard' feature in the ME, rather than a 3rd party mod or did I miss it's addition :unsure: I'm not trying to put you out of work, but I am :smilewink: It's a mod, I'm listed as "3rd party" only in the forum but I'm a normal user. My honest opinion? If I prentend to be an ED team, I won't integrate DAWS Weather as it is: I could see literally tons of criticism cause it's based on static weather system rather than dynamic one. I think that if in a future I will figure out a strong and reliable way to convert a series of METAR code into a dynamic weather setup, they will be interested. Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ 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.
Zimmerdylan Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) From my experience with other sims touting this feature. It's never accurate, and it is just another factor to deal with. I think that the weather for DCS is great the way that it is. It could be snowing on the equator as far as I'm concerned but it doesn't matter in DCS. Since no one here (or very few anyway) is able to fly in their home area, the weather thing seems pointless really. The weather in the NTTR map seldom changes. The Nevada desert stays pretty much exactly the same for 300 days of the year. Just seems like a lot of extra effort for a very small return in benefit. Edited August 2, 2016 by Zimmerdylan
Ramsay Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 The Nevada desert stays pretty much exactly the same for 300 days of the year. Just seem like a lot of extra effort for a very small return in benefit. Georgia isn't Nevada. The number of missions starting at 12:00 on the 1st July with zero wind and no variation in temperatures is disappointing to say the least. The difference in a 7 a.m. flight in February and 7 a.m. flight in July is markedly different with perhaps high crosswinds or fog or thunderstorms plus freezing conditions and low light. It becomes a challenge to fly, never mind fight. And the exact same missions become very different. For training, every day, a sunny day, is nice but I try to get away from that environment as soon as possible, in part for the realism but also in part for the variation. i9 9900K @4.8GHz, 64GB DDR4, RTX4070 12GB, 1+2TB NVMe, 6+4TB HD, 4+1TB SSD, Winwing Orion 2 F-15EX Throttle + F-16EX Stick, TPR Pedals, TIR5, Win 11 Pro x64, Odyssey G93SC 5120X1440
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