Aarnoman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 With the addition of many cloud presets with 2.7, one difficulty in use exist, particularly if further presets are added in the future: Most names (and images thereof) are fairly nondescript, i.e. "Scattered 1-7", "Broken 1-8", with an image that does not neccesarily represent the multiple layers accurately. I propose that METAR information is added to each preset icon. For example, Scattered 1 would have the additional descriptive text of "SCT 14/17 FEW 27/29 BKN 40" This tells us the preset has 3 layers: Scattered between 14000-17000 feet (covers 25-50% of sky surface). Few between 27000-29000 feet (covers 0-25% of sky surface). Broken at 40000 feet (covers 50-75% of sky surface). This would allow mission editors to be able to quickly glance at presets and identify those most likely appropriate for the mission. I would envisage the presets in the mission editor looking as follows (proof of concept): A full spreadsheet of all presets has been created by Sidekick, which looks as follows (reproduced as image with permission): Link to his video on clouds, which sparked this idea: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada_Moose Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 If you hover the mouse pointer over the icon, the METAR shows up as a tooltip. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarnoman Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Canada_Moose said: If you hover the mouse pointer over the icon, the METAR shows up as a tooltip. Well colour me silly I did not realize this was the case. I think it would be nice having it displayed in the mission editor icons regardless, as it allows easier comparison between presets at a glance. Edited April 20, 2021 by Aarnoman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 i like this. also it disappears after a few seconds which is annoying 1 Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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