Wind over deck

[pacastro]

Not sure if this is only a Supercarrier thing, haven't tested on other ships.

 

The thing is I placed a windsock on the Supercarrier deck (don't ask why...just because I can), and there is a strange behavior for where the windsock moves. If I set the weather windspeed to 0 knots, the windsock fly's correctly against the wind from the moving ship (25 knots in this case) and pointing to the back of the ship.

 

Then I tried setting a tail wind of 5 knots and the windsock points forward as if the tail wind was greater than the 25 knots of the ship:

 

 

 

When I set a side wind of 5 knots (90 degree to carrier heading) the windsock is completely sideways to the carrier heading.. should be pointing backwards with a small component to the side because of the 25 knots carrier speed.

 

So it seems that the windsock is detecting the weather wind and not the carrier induced wind, unless there is no weather wind.

Edited May 24, 2020 by pacastro

[mattag08]

I don't think the windsock is a physics object. It just points in the direction of the winds as set in ME.

[Nealius]

Direction and Strength of ME wind. I suppose it's not coded to show effects when linked to a moving unit.