pauldy Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) Hello community~ :) How do i have the moon in the sky? I'm flying some night missions but i can't find the moon. Another thing, are the daylights in lock on always long? 1900 hours, the sun is still up. I can only get darkness from 2300 hours to early mornings Edited October 28, 2008 by pauldy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Case Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 I'm talking from memory here, so forgive me if I'm off by a couple of days. It will be a full moon on day 1 in the Lock On calendar, which corresponds to June 21st or 22nd in our regular calendar. Hence, on day 1, the moon will rise at sunset, and set at sunrise. On day 7, the moon will be at last quarter, and will rise around midnight and set around noon. About 7 days later, on day 14 or 15, it will be new moon and it won't be visible. Again 7 or 8 days later, day 21 or 22, it will be in first quarter, and will rise at noon, reach its highest point in the sky around sunset and set around midnight. These are ballpark figures assuming a 29 day period between recurrent phases of the moon (full moon to full moon). The altitude of the moon will depend on calender day. In real life on the Northern hemisphere, the winter full moon will be much higher in the sky than the summer full moon. I think LockOn models this as well. Check the full moon in the summer (around day 1) and in the winter (around day 183). Also, check TekaTeka's realistic moon mod. Should be at lockonfiles.com. There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
pauldy Posted October 28, 2008 Author Posted October 28, 2008 (edited) Yah, i downloaded tekaX2 moon mod and the Sun mod. Anyway i'll try those out. The moon mod claims to make eclipses possible.. wonder when can i make it occur. :) Ok, it is based on Real world calendar tried Day 1, the Full moon is there. I've checked some moon calendars, the full moon in June of this year occured in June 21st. Now i've counted from June 21 2008 up to our current month when i typed this which is October. We had a full moon last Oct. 15. Based on my counting, it's around Day 118. I set the day in 118 at 0100 hours. Alas~ no moon in sight :(. Edited October 28, 2008 by pauldy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Brit_Radar_Dude Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Place your aircraft in the air eg 4,000metres over a flat piece of the map, eg middle of the Crimea. Set time to 0200 hours and set the day to 1, look for the Moon. Then try day 2, day 3 day 4 etc etc. If you still cannot see the Moon then I think there is something wrong with your Lockon installation. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum....
pauldy Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 (edited) I uninstalled Teka teka's moon mod, the moon came back in a sense. but.. Tried day 118, that would be around oct 15 2008. the full moon is there. Tried day 109, that would be oct. 6 it's still full moon when it's supposed to be first quarter. Tried other days, 175, 130, etc.. Still a Full moon~ Lastly, tried Day 1, No Moon in sight~~~~~~ Seems that everytime i install this game, there's always a problem~~ Guess Lock On hates me~~ oh well :noexpression: Edited October 29, 2008 by pauldy [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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