Crosswind carrier operations

[Noctrach]

Hey, I'm noticing in part 2 of the campaign that the carrier is consistently set to sail at a 30+ degree angle to the wind.

This leads to a significant crosswind component over the deck, especially considering the wind speed in most missions is 10+ kts, making launch and recovery unrealistically difficult. Considering the realism-first nature of the rest of the campaign and the consistency of the offset, I'm assuming it was not done to add an (unrealistic) level of extra challenge to the missions and is instead a bug in the setup.

[Reflected]

10 hours ago, Noctrach said:

Hey, I'm noticing in part 2 of the campaign that the carrier is consistently set to sail at a 30+ degree angle to the wind.

This leads to a significant crosswind component over the deck, especially considering the wind speed in most missions is 10+ kts, making launch and recovery unrealistically difficult. Considering the realism-first nature of the rest of the campaign and the consistency of the offset, I'm assuming it was not done to add an (unrealistic) level of extra challenge to the missions and is instead a bug in the setup.

It’s something most missions don’t get right: it’s not the wind that matters but the wind over deck. The wind is just one component. If you jump into the LSO station you’ll see that the wind over deck blows precisely down the angle.