Weather and ATC Update Status

[jwflowersii]

Can anyone give the status of a new weather engine and ATC? I feel like these are very important features that somewhat kill the immersion for me. Any update on progress or timelines would be greatly appreciated.

 

John

[Turner]

Agreed! Weather makes the environment much more interesting. I find the MP servers quite boring due to the invariably clear skies, no wind environment.

[Leadnap]

+1

 

Just wish I could do more local weather variation - Sunny in Sochi, snowing in Tblisi. The "theater wide" weather seems bland from someone who lives in an area with radical weather changes (two days ago it was snowing 15 minutes from my house, was clear skies over me.

[Hekktor]

You know that mission designers already could implement dynamic weather systems into their missions? There is always room for improvement especially on such a complex topic, but just clear blue skies and standard atmosphere? This is not, what ED already is delivering.

ATC is something different, imho.. :)

But one can already do alot of fun stuff with the existing weather tool in the mission editor!

[jwflowersii]

You know that mission designers already could implement dynamic weather systems into their missions? There is always room for improvement especially on such a complex topic, but just clear blue skies and standard atmosphere? This is not, what ED already is delivering.

ATC is something different, imho.. :)

But one can already do alot of fun stuff with the existing weather tool in the mission editor!

 

I would prefer more cloud variability, different layers of clouds, changing weather over time with fronts, and gold standard real world weather.

[OttoPus]

+1

[beppe_goodoldrebel]

Autogenerated ATIS for every airport would be great.

[QuiGon]

YeaH, especially the ATC system is absolutly badly needed as the current ATC system is absolute garbage, especially compared to another modern jet combat flight sim that does that very well!

 

Just wish I could do more local weather variation - Sunny in Sochi, snowing in Tblisi. The "theater wide" weather seems bland from someone who lives in an area with radical weather changes (two days ago it was snowing 15 minutes from my house, was clear skies over me.

That's already possible with the dynamic weather feature, although it's pretty awkward to use.

Edited December 5, 2018 by QuiGon

[Vfa-81 Fix]

The Dynamic weather is missing a critical feature though - the weather report/ forecast.

[Weasel]

Regarding ATC, the last status was that it will first be updated for the carriers and then after for airfields. But there was no time estimation. I assume next year we can expect an improved ATC

[falcon_120]

I remember that many months ago Wags stated they were working on an ATC overhaul. I guess that everything got stopped or delayed some months due to the hornet EA. I expect changes for 2019.

 

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[libory]

They really need to work on those ugly clouds... Many times are very distracting and fake! I know it is not easy but IL2 now are doing a much better job IMO.

[AG-51_Razor]

I don't know, maybe I have lower expectations or maybe it's just the difference between our gaming rigs but I don't have any complaints with the looks or shape of the clouds in the game now. I just wish we could have more control over where they are in terms of altitude, such as in layers and in where they are over the map. As has been stated above by several posters, the ability of the mission builder to determine the weather all over the map would be awesome!:thumbup: