Santa's wishlist for BMS
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That’s not really what I’m looking for. I want the game to generate random weather somehow. Say load a random map every 6-12 hours automatically. I think it would be cool for the wishlist.
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@Hubert3000 You have several days of weather and as time goes on it will change the weather every hour based on the real weather you downloaded.
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Yeah but I usually get really boring maps with nothing happening. And you ahve to constantly download and set weather maps which is not really what I’m looking for. More of a set and forget random weather system for wishlist.
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Ability to Sync DTC across flight members
Threat circles
Steer lines
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@Hubert3000 said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
Yeah but I usually get really boring maps with nothing happening. And you ahve to constantly download and set weather maps which is not really what I’m looking for. More of a set and forget random weather system for wishlist.
Sorry if the real weather is boring , request forwarded to god
There is a third party soft that already generates random weather maps
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Not a massive fan of that idea then. Maybe it’ll grow on you lol. I’m not sure we really need to bring god into it at this point do we?
You could have a folder with 50 different weather maps and the game picks one at random at a user specified time like say 6 hours, would be cool. No need to download and set weather maps constantly. All you would really have to do is make the game load one randomly from folder. This is just an idea if no one else likes it then fine.
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Moving on CIWS on ships working would be good.
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@Mav-jp
What’s the name of the program that can create random weather maps?Falcon-Briefing | View Briefings on your Smartphone/Tablet
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@justonce01 said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
@Mav-jp
What’s the name of the program that can create random weather maps?https://candera.github.io/weathergen/
change the “SEED”
plenty of youtube tutorials here :
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/6889/release-weathergen-a-bms-random-weather-generator
now you just need to generate like 10 maps , each of it with the day and time you want the weather to change and place them in the WeatherMapsUpdates folder
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IMHO it’s perfect target for external app, sort of weather simulator, that will generate weather maps of weather evolving per general meteorological knowledge and region specifics from given starting point (RL or otherwise).
Could be kinda cool for totally offline flying, but still I’m not sire if it’s worth to have inside of BMS, external tool should do the job just fine.Maybe it would be possible to port FlightGear weather system to ext app AFAIK it was quite detailed.
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Would it be possible to get a search index, in game, for the Tactical Reference.
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@Hubert3000 @suhkoi69 said in Santa's wishlist for BMS:
one of my wishes, as a TE creator in my squadron, would be to have some kind of weather preview in game and be able to adjust it interactively.
Indeed, hard to put in place a specific weather where we can control some data
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@Mav-jp
This is a pretty neat tool. There are some user-experience issues though.For example I have to close my eyes and keep clicking for a long time to generate a few days worth of maps. I don’t want to be spoiled by knowing precisely what weather awaits in the next 10 days. The simple forecast is enough. It would be easier if one could just specify a time period and it would create all the maps for it. It seems like the tool isn’t being supported anymore though.
I still think that having a button which would essentially do all of this internally inside of Falcon BMS would be a great addition. Just abstract everything with a simple “Random weather” button and have it create 10 days worth of weather maps. Ideally with a randomized seed each time you click it and perhaps even alter the wind and temperature fields for extra variation.
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@Hubert3000 @justonce01 Here’s a bit of the problem to your approaches, weather isn’t random, it follows patterns. Winds shift around pressure systems and fronts as do temps and cloud conditions. Also weather is not typically a surprise to a pilot. We watch it similar to business people watch stock reports, political people watch news, etc. Yes there is surprises, but not normally to the level you asking. Also the transition between systems is not random and generally predictable even if the actual values (wind speeds, cloud ceilings etc.) are not.
Weather Commander by Falcas for your general needs and F4WX for pulling down current weather are great tools… -
@Snake122
The word “random” is being used differently here. When we say “random”, we mean realistically behaving weather, but with a random starting point. The real weather tool is great, but you’re limited by the current state. As in, you don’t fancy flying in cold rain just because it’s currently early winter in the theater of your choice and the probability for it is higher.I would like to be surprised with an initial state when starting the campaign and it could realistically change from that point on, e.g.: starts out cloudy and rainy, but eventually clears up on day 5, all while transitioning within realistic rules. The tool linked up there seems to be able to do exactly that. Just that it’s kinda tedious to set up (having to run it before every campaign and create days worth of maps, which is substantial given that its resolution is hourly changes).
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@justonce01 okay, it was the “clicking with my eyes closed” part that had me confused. But yes Weather Commander to setup or saving a few F4WX maps in the season you want is good too.
And it’s not exactly what you want either since I believe it’s theater wide, but there is always “Probabilistic” weather model on the weather control page too that’s a little more random than standard.
If the Probabilistic changes happened over time in precent of theater west to east in most theaters with another setting for a time for change to happen in, it would probably do mostly what you want…
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clicking with my eyes closed
I will probably do that. I don’t want to see the exact temperature and wind strength that’s going to come up in 7 days. I guess the weather forecast can predict weather pretty accurately for such a short period of time, but it still kinda ruins my immersion knowing the exact values, even if I won’t probably remember it.
probabilistic weather
That’s what I’m currently using. The downside is that it applies to the whole theater from what I’ve read in the manual. Another downside is that it doesn’t “randomize” the values defined within each preset (fair, sunny, etc). So each “inclement weather” will always be the same.
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I think it’s a pity that you can’t generate your own weather of course in complying with physical criteria and playing with parameters without getting a preview …currently, it is always a surprise or not
I like the idea here :
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@Mav-jp said:. …request forwarded to god
Haven’t received that yet. Please forward again.
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I would like to come up with a suggestion.
Of course I know about the “spaghetti principle” and the limitations of UI modifications.
But, just imagine.
We all know the problem: we want to frag a flight and get the message “No A/C available”.What if it was possible to get a little “preview” of how many A/C are actually available per squadron, like in my photoshopped pic?
This could be useful information.
Don’t know if it’s doable, though.
