[Release] WeatherGen - A BMS random weather generator
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Yeah, it’ll work in the sense of showing weather in lots of browsers. The problems you might run into are:
- Slow computation. Safari in particular seems to have a very slow Javascript engine, and WeatherGen does a lot of number-crunching.
- Save/load features won’t work. I’m doing something a little funky here, the technical details of which I will avoid going into, which is actually the main reason IE doesn’t work at present.
Technical enough, thanks! I primarily use a combination of Seamonkey and Chrome, so you have me covered. I find Seamonkey works better than Chrome for doing things like forum posting/text interaction than Chrome does…so I keep both handy. Really nice addition for BMS you’ve got going.
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I have pushed the button on the page that says save current but i don’t get a drop down menu to save to, the time does advance 1 hr each time the save button is pressed
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I have pushed the button on the page that says save current but i don’t get a drop down menu to save to, the time does advance 1 hr each time the save button is pressed
OK, yep, I’m seeing the same thing in Firefox now. Sorry about that! Looking into it now. It appears to be working in Chrome if that’s a workaround for you.
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Awesome work Tyrant! This will make it so much easier to create challenging weather for all our flights. You’re going to regret publishing this.
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A good application of this tool is to create weather maps for sequential missions. It also can be used to create zones of calm for use with refueling tankers and carriers which benefit from controlled winds.
Good job Ty.
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I have pushed the button on the page that says save current but i don’t get a drop down menu to save to, the time does advance 1 hr each time the save button is pressed
This is fixed now. Just refresh the page to pick up the new version. Thanks for reporting it! Please let me know if you have any more trouble.
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Great tool. Thanks Tyrant!
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Could you share which ‘language’ or development tool(s) you use to create this browser app?
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Sure. The language is Clojurescript, and the UI library is something called Hoplon. The code is all available at https://github.com/candera/weathergen.
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Been Playing around with this a bit more. Really do love all the variations this can create. So. I decided to pump up the Incliment, mess with some temps… And This storm rolled in.
Preeety Sure Weather Gen just created a Tornado… :eek:
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Been Playing around with this a bit more. Really do love all the variations this can create. So. I decided to pump up the Incliment, mess with some temps… And This storm rolled in.
Preeety Sure Weather Gen just created a Tornado… :eek:
Haha. Yes, that’s the “random” in “random weather”.
The fun part is how Falcon will suddenly jump from one weather pattern to the next when the scheduled time hits, so depending on how you have it set, you could find that little swirl sort of teleporting itself over the runway while you’re on final. I’m still in the fairly early stages of using this myself, and I’ve started to tend towards higher zoom values and lower step intervals, to make for smoother changes when Falcon changes the interval. Still, if there are going to be cells with the wind spiraling around them, it means when one goes overhead you’re going to get wind direction reversals.
Glad you’re enjoying using it. I’m enjoying making it.
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What a good job !
Easy to use, very good tutorial and very useful.
I’ll try it asap and give you my feedback. I feel it good !
Thanks for all what you do, Tyrant.
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thanx m8 added it to my hotlist.
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New release (v014).
- Added ability to select a location by name. Currently only airstrips and airbases are included.
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Video tutorial made application a breeze! Endless possibilities with weather and this is just so easy and convenient to use.
Thanks Tyrant!
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Thank you Tyrant, great app.
Tiny request, ability setting pressure in mbar values.
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Beautiful tool
Thanks a lot !
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Thank you Tyrant, great app.
Tiny request, ability setting pressure in mbar values.
Noted. Thanks!
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Thank you so much for this wonderful program. It’s simply the best.
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Awesome work Tyrant. A great tool and easy to use.
I have one question though, I am concurrently playing the new Battle for Balkans SA theatre and I have generated fmaps for day 1. Where do I copy these files to? The default weather folder contains ones I made for Korea as per the tutorial, so will these be overwritten by ones for Balkans? Can you only have one set of fmaps in play at any one time, or do these new Balkan fmaps go under the “add-on theatre Balkans” folder somewhere?
Cheers!
Dave