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raymond6751
04-04-07, 09:12 AM
Here's an idea that I don't think I've seen yet. Has anyone, can anyone, mimic the actual weather conditions based on date?
Egan
04-04-07, 12:04 PM
Whilst the mission editor now offers greater flexibility in controlling what sort of conditions you will face during single missions i don't think this is possible during the campaign due to the way it works. Although I'm sure someone will create a weather program like they did for SH3 it will probably still be tied to a randomness within different seasons rather than anything actually historical.
Kweli
04-04-07, 02:34 PM
The real question is.... Was the actual weather document/recorded during WW2?
MadMike
04-04-07, 04:05 PM
Something needs to be done with the weather and waves in SH4. I have clear skies and massive waves coming over the deck... :hmm:

Yours, Mike
Egan
04-04-07, 04:10 PM
Something needs to be done with the weather and waves in SH4. I have clear skies and massive waves coming over the deck... :hmm:

Yours, Mike

That sounds pretty realistic to me - strong winds don't always mean heavy cloud and rain.
Sailor Steve
04-04-07, 04:32 PM
I saw it myself: the bow (of my destroyer) dips under the wave; the forward turret hits the water; the spray drenches us off-duty sailors standing on the signal bridge. As the bow comes up the ship shakes like a dog trying to dry itself off, then we do it again. No storm, no clouds, just a long rolling very heavy swell.

Waves are made by water being pushed by the wind, combined with underwater current action. With a lot of open sea you get a lot of swells; usually not that bad, but it's never calm.
raymond6751
04-04-07, 05:48 PM
:yep: They have modelled historic events/actions into the campaign. There must/should be a way to set the historic weather for that area.

Since weather is crucial to any naval activity--this should have been an automatic item thought of by the dev team.
MadMike
04-04-07, 08:30 PM
One can always review war patrol reports (available online) for weather conditions. I have about two dozen of them, but I'm not about to review them for actual weather conditions.
I'll have to d/l a mod for weather reporting, I've yet to have calm seas since I've bought the game.

Yours, Mike
Egan
04-05-07, 05:32 PM
:yep: They have modelled historic events/actions into the campaign. There must/should be a way to set the historic weather for that area.

Since weather is crucial to any naval activity--this should have been an automatic item thought of by the dev team.

Not without a substantial rewrite of the weather engine and possibly the campaign one as well, I'm afraid.

I'm happy enough with random weather I think. It adds an unknown factor to the game that gives as extra challenge.