WEATHER
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Ok. Didn’t that. 10nm seems to be too close of spacing for weather IMO. But since I now know that, I might set up something a little bit better. Thanks Mav-Jp!
10mn (minutes) not 10nm(miles). BMS weather is awesome. However, weather it is not local. It changes on time not location. A TE can be created so that the weather is clear on t/o, cloudy at the target and clear on landing. This gives the illusion that the jet in flying in and out of bad weather on the mission. The 10mn change works ok.
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10mn (minutes) not 10nm(miles). BMS weather is awesome. However, weather it is not local. It changes on time not location. A TE can be created so that the weather is clear on t/o, cloudy at the target and clear on landing. This gives the illusion that the jet in flying in and out of bad weather on the mission. The 10mn change works ok.
Again my bad. Still, it would be nice to have an auto weather system built into bms instead of having to adjust for change on the fly.
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it already has that. it’s tricky to set the first weather change. the campaign clock needs to be used.
what would be cool is weather maps, imo. maybe google r/l real time weather option. -
Again my bad. Still, it would be nice to have an auto weather system built into bms instead of having to adjust for change on the fly.
You dont have to set it on the fly , you can schedule it and then this is automatic
Use deterministic weather
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You dont have to set it on the fly , you can schedule it and then this is automatic
Use deterministic weather
Ok, maybe I am not explaining myself properly. I guess what I am trying to say is that I want the weather to simply evolve. I have to set up when their will be poor weather or good weather. I know when it’s coming and have control over it. Have the weather simply “surprise” me so to speak. I could look at the flight plan and see what kind of weather the current conditions are. Setting the weather (using guided slots to set up for poor weather at time intervals) leaves me with the fact that I know the weather will be poor at a certain time/place. I want to see that weather change dynamically (and I do not know what the change is until I look at my flight plan before TO). That way, I can adjust weapons and tactics to suite my flight per conditions, as I would have no fore knowledge of the condition until it is close to TO time. Hope I am making sense here.
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Ok, maybe I am not explaining myself properly. I guess what I am trying to say is that I want the weather to simply evolve. I have to set up when their will be poor weather or good weather. I know when it’s coming and have control over it. Have the weather simply “surprise” me so to speak. I could look at the flight plan and see what kind of weather the current conditions are. Setting the weather (using guided slots to set up for poor weather at time intervals) leaves me with the fact that I know the weather will be poor at a certain time/place. I want to see that weather change dynamically (and I do not know what the change is until I look at my flight plan before TO). That way, I can adjust weapons and tactics to suite my flight per conditions, as I would have no fore knowledge of the condition until it is close to TO time. Hope I am making sense here.
then you can use probabilistic with a very small time delay between the dice is rolled, like every 15 minutes
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then you can use probabilistic with a very small time delay between the dice is rolled, like every 15 minutes
Ok, might try that then. Just want weather to simply evolve over time. That way, I have to look at the weather condition every time before a flight.
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Ok, might try that then. Just want weather to simply evolve over time. That way, I have to look at the weather condition every time before a flight.
and BY THE WAY , knowing the weather you will have minute by minute and at the place you will be at this time is what we call weather prediction.
I mean in REAL YOU KNOW what weather you will have during your mission
if you want a weather model that “surprises” you, this is not realistic flight….so using deterministic model setting times mimics the real thing actually
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Ok, might try that then. Just want weather to simply evolve over time. That way, I have to look at the weather condition every time before a flight.
i dont inderstand, using determinitic weather, you will have weather evolve over time and your will look at the time of change as weather pridiction. It seems it fits perfectly what you seek
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and BY THE WAY , knowing the weather you will have minute by minute and at the place you will be at this time is what we call weather prediction.
I mean in REAL YOU KNOW what weather you will have during your mission
if you want a weather model that “surprises” you, this is not realistic flight….so using deterministic model setting times mimics the real thing actually
Well, yes, but has your local weather man ever been wrong? Boy, mine here certainly have! :lol:
What I am saying is that YES, the military has meteorologists working on forcasts. But they can still be wrong. And, as I said, it would force you to look at weather forcasts before a flight. That is realistic by the way. Does a pilot know what the weather will be like in 2 or 3 days from now? He/she might have an idea, but weather is dynamic by nature. Especially along coastal areas. So, that is what I am getting at.
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Well, yes, but has your local weather man ever been wrong? Boy, mine here certainly have! :lol:
What I am saying is that YES, the military has meteorologists working on forcasts. But they can still be wrong. And, as I said, it would force you to look at weather forcasts before a flight. That is realistic by the way.
With probabilistic model, you wont have a prediction.
With deterministic model, you can.
By the way, meteorologists in your local news predicts weather sometimes for a whole week. In the duration of a flight (even up to a day), with up to date observations, predictions are quite solid. Plus I’m inclined to say your local news only display a basic forecast sent by a national weather office. Aeronautics or navy “weather men” are a bit more qualified and are supported by dedicated agencies.
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I mean in REAL YOU KNOW what weather you will have during your mission
This is right.
The ultimate would be a real time weather updated periodicay allowing us to use real weather forecast. (no JP it is not a request, just a remark lol)
What “we have” is already super great for F4 world!
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+1
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I knew a guy ( we always know a guy like that, they are genereic morons) who came in at the airport for flying. Walks in, instructor watches him with a weird face expression but doesn’t say anything. The guy goes trough all his pre-flight preparations, documentation, he even goes as far as going on the computer and checking the local METAR and TAF ( i guess he did it for finger gymnastic with the mouse).
Then he comes up to the front desk where his instructor is waiting and says " i am ready to fly, are you?".
Instructor says " did you check the weather ?"
Generic guy says : " Yes, i watched the weather channel and they say it is going to be a sunny day"
Instructor " aha, well i guess you are going solo, and in case you hit that thunderstorm in the training area don’t botter calling, i’ll be at the beach"
… I never ever thrust TV weather BS forecast, not adapted for flying at all.
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I knew a guy ( we always know a guy like that, they are genereic morons) who came in at the airport for flying. Walks in, instructor watches him with a weird face expression but doesn’t say anything. The guy goes trough all his pre-flight preparations, documentation, he even goes as far as going on the computer and checking the local METAR and TAF ( i guess he did it for finger gymnastic with the mouse).
Then he comes up to the front desk where his instructor is waiting and says " i am ready to fly, are you?".
Instructor says " did you check the weather ?"
Generic guy says : " Yes, i watched the weather channel and they say it is going to be a sunny day"
Instructor " aha, well i guess you are going solo, and in case you hit that thunderstorm in the training area don’t botter calling, i’ll be at the beach"
… I never ever thrust TV weather BS forecast, not adapted for flying at all.
Yep,
That was my point so to speak. Using deterministic weather you will set and know what will happen say in an hour or two flying over a certain area. Like Dee Jay said, using a real time weather update would be great. Makes you look at the current and near future weather conditions for your flight route. Problemistic weather changes too slowly IMO. Maybe that is what I was getting at. Especially around coastal areas. Cells can pop up in a few hours. Wind/turbulence can be a bit unpredictable. Flying through dense cells have a bit of turbulence as well. So, it is not a “wish” list really. Just some observations for possible improvement in the future. Is the weather in bms good? Yep, I believe it is modeled well, but could have a few improvements to it. Don’t know if that can be done. Just saying.
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Thanks for that! But, I am waiting on the next update before I deal with any mods. Once the next release is out, we all need to do a little testing to see if things like Nuno’s “Clouds Mod” will work. So patients right now is key. I am having fun with my current bms version as of now. So we will have to wait and see what the next chapter of bms will be.
This Mod won’t pork anything, its just dds files and a guide for you to enter the weather settings manually, just make a copy of your weather folder before applying mod.
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This Mod won’t pork anything, its just dds files and a guide for you to enter the weather settings manually, just make a copy of your weather folder before applying mod.
Do you know this for sure? Arty, who btw has produced some brilliant theater mods himself and is close to working with the devs, stated that there would be some adjustments that needed to be made when the next version of bms comes out. I will still hold my breath before modding anything. Besides, porked modds in the past have left me rather skeptical as of late.
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You don’t need to apply the new cloud textures, you can just view the weather settings and set them manually, it’s ok, it’s not a game breaker.
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You don’t need to apply the new cloud textures, you can just view the weather settings and set them manually, it’s ok, it’s not a game breaker.
With the current version, yes. I understand, but the new version of bms was what I was talking about. May give this a test. Thanks.
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Is the weather in deterministic mode really slowly transforming between say from overcast to fair?
Because I setup the weather(deterministic) to change between every 20 minutes interval.
My observation is that I had overcast and suddenly the overcast was gone and I had fair weather.
No lighter overcast noticed and an instant change from overcast layer to fair clouds.
Please your opinions of what you experience using the deterministic mode.Cheers Obi1