noted Weather presets Add storms

[Tom P]

It's been 3 years since the weather presets released. Can we please get some storm options, would love to have a lightning storm going on. Some snow/winter presets etc. 

Yes I know you can do this with the old weather options but the clouds are just layered and ugly. Or lowering the temp so the rain is snow.

Edited August 1, 2024 by Tom P

[NineLine]

2 hours ago, Tom P said:

Or lowering the temp so the rain is snow.

This already happens. On the other things, we are currently working on fog layers once that is complete we will see what the team has in store next for weather. 

[Spartan111sqn]

A kind of draw the weather map and how it will move around the scenario would be nice.

 

I would like to see part of the map sunny and another part with a front of storm moving.

 

@NineLine would it be possible?

[Silver_Dragon]

11 hours ago, Spartan111sqn said:

A kind of draw the weather map and how it will move around the scenario would be nice.

 

I would like to see part of the map sunny and another part with a front of storm moving.

 

@NineLine would it be possible?

as the old dynamic weather?

Edited August 2, 2024 by Silver_Dragon

[Spartan111sqn]

2 hours ago, Silver_Dragon said:

as the old dynamic weather?

 

Don't know if that was really working, i mean more like in BMS the addon for weather, where you can "paint" the weather in the map and then move it with the wind around the map.

[Tom P]

15 hours ago, NineLine said:

This already happens. On the other things, we are currently working on fog layers once that is complete we will see what the team has in store next for weather. 

06:35 wouldn't that be sweet compared to a flat layer at 8k. 

https://youtu.be/sgecLNdZALE?si=X8kyus0cTUOrPgpK

[NineLine]

I know we have talked about localized weather, how or what that would look like I am unsure right now. 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Is there any news about efforts to reduce the performance impact of more complex weather patterns? Even simply flying through rain decimates the framerate especially in VR.

[Gunfreak]

1 hour ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Is there any news about efforts to reduce the performance impact of more complex weather patterns? Even simply flying through rain decimates the framerate especially in VR.

Rain is terrible, snow is horrific in VR.

[freehand]

1 hour ago, Gunfreak said:

Rain is terrible, snow is horrific in VR.

Performance or looks ?

[Gunfreak]

1 hour ago, freehand said:

Performance or looks ?

Preformance.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

2 hours ago, freehand said:

Performance or looks ?

Snow cuts the frame rate in half.

[freehand]

Thx not been in vr for a while.

[Tom P]

On 8/2/2024 at 11:18 AM, NineLine said:

I know we have talked about localized weather, how or what that would look like I am unsure right now. 

Any update?

[Tom P]

Bump

[draconus]

4 hours ago, Tom P said:

Bump

Please, don't do that.

[QuiGon]

On 8/2/2024 at 6:18 PM, NineLine said:

I know we have talked about localized weather, how or what that would look like I am unsure right now. 

Localized weather is still available in DCS when using the old deprecated dynamic weather system that is still selectable in the mission editor. It allows you to create different pressure zones resulting in localized weather.

I always thought it was the plan to restore this functionality (or a similar one) for the new weather engine eventually?
(It's a feature that ranks very high on my own personal wishlist )

Edited September 26, 2024 by QuiGon

[draconus]

2 minutes ago, QuiGon said:

Localized weather is still available in DCS when using the old deprecated dynamic weather system that is still selectable in the mission editor. It allows you to create different pressure zones resulting in localized weather.

Yes, but it uses old weather tech, which is currently not supported and can create all kinds of visual problems like moving water surface or bad cloud patterns.

[QuiGon]

13 minutes ago, draconus said:

Yes, but it uses old weather tech, which is currently not supported and can create all kinds of visual problems like moving water surface or bad cloud patterns.

That's why I said "old" and "deprecated"

[Tom P]

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[Tom P]

On 8/1/2024 at 5:58 PM, NineLine said:

This already happens. On the other things, we are currently working on fog layers once that is complete we will see what the team has in store next for weather. 

Now that we have fog layers, what does the team have next in store for weather?

[Tom P]

On 8/2/2024 at 11:18 AM, NineLine said:

I know we have talked about localized weather, how or what that would look like I am unsure right now. 

Just following up.