GWX-Weather Modeling?

hocking · 12-20-06, 05:47 PM

I just finished up a partrol off of the eastern shore of Britain in December, 1939-January, 1940 in a IIA. The seas turned rough on my way across the North Sea from Kiel, and I ran into heavy rain as I got closer to Britain. Well, it rained, rained, rained, and rained some more, very hard, for about 4 or 5 days straight if not longer. It simply would not stop raining at all. I finally just left thinking that this war is surely over by now because no land would be able to have heavy rain like that for over five straight days non-stop and still exist (not be flooded away).

Is this accurate weather modeling? Is their something wrong with my GWX install, because I am almost certain I have read that the new weather modeling in GWX is really good and was supposed to alter the weather you experience in the game often. I basically saw heavy seas in the North Sea, and Heavy Rain off the coast of Britain for about a month. Very boring. I would rather just have hard coded weather where I can just tell it what weather I want so I can flip a coin to choose to make it a little more beleivable.

Any other experiences with this?

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-20-06, 06:04 PM

Excessive bad weather is a stock SH3 trait... not a GWX bug.

hocking · 12-20-06, 07:18 PM

I knew that from before, but I thought I had read somewhere that GWX fixed the weather or something like that. I guess I was a little confused.

You are definitely right. I have always had this same problem with the weather well before your mod came out. I was not at all trying to blame your mod for the excessive bad weather. I guess we will just have to deal with it and hope they fix the weather in SH4.

Thanks.

Kpt. Lehmann · 12-20-06, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hocking

I knew that from before, but I thought I had read somewhere that GWX fixed the weather or something like that. I guess I was a little confused.

You are definitely right. I have always had this same problem with the weather well before your mod came out. I was not at all trying to blame your mod for the excessive bad weather. I guess we will just have to deal with it and hope they fix the weather in SH4.

Thanks.

We did accelerate the rate of changes in the weather... but its propensity towards bad weather is still there.

That being said, it still does exhibit seasonal patterns... ie: the weather is more consistently bad in the winter than the summer.

Some things we are just still stuck with.

Pants · 12-20-06, 07:35 PM

i must be one of the lucky ones, only had bad weather for a few hours.:hmm:

Paajtor · 12-20-06, 07:56 PM

I love bad weather....makes my job so much easier!

I just had a hard time, setting up an attack on a large convoy, June '42...weather was awefully good (screenies taken well before convoy was sighted):

This calmness is just so depressing, LOL.
Raising your attack-scope safely is a matter of millimeters, so it seems.
No Sir, give me a stormy N-Atlantic any day!

12-20-06, 05:47 PM	#1
hocking Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 154 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	GWX-Weather Modeling? I just finished up a partrol off of the eastern shore of Britain in December, 1939-January, 1940 in a IIA. The seas turned rough on my way across the North Sea from Kiel, and I ran into heavy rain as I got closer to Britain. Well, it rained, rained, rained, and rained some more, very hard, for about 4 or 5 days straight if not longer. It simply would not stop raining at all. I finally just left thinking that this war is surely over by now because no land would be able to have heavy rain like that for over five straight days non-stop and still exist (not be flooded away). Is this accurate weather modeling? Is their something wrong with my GWX install, because I am almost certain I have read that the new weather modeling in GWX is really good and was supposed to alter the weather you experience in the game often. I basically saw heavy seas in the North Sea, and Heavy Rain off the coast of Britain for about a month. Very boring. I would rather just have hard coded weather where I can just tell it what weather I want so I can flip a coin to choose to make it a little more beleivable. Any other experiences with this?

12-20-06, 06:04 PM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,995 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Excessive bad weather is a stock SH3 trait... not a GWX bug. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

12-20-06, 07:35 PM	#5
Pants Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Atlantic Posts: 849 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	i must be one of the lucky ones, only had bad weather for a few hours.:hmm: __________________ Ex GWX Dev Team member and proud GWX user

12-20-06, 07:56 PM	#6
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	I love bad weather....makes my job so much easier! I just had a hard time, setting up an attack on a large convoy, June '42...weather was awefully good (screenies taken well before convoy was sighted): This calmness is just so depressing, LOL. Raising your attack-scope safely is a matter of millimeters, so it seems. No Sir, give me a stormy N-Atlantic any day! __________________ Last edited by Paajtor; 12-20-06 at 08:08 PM.

12-20-06, 07:18 PM	#3
hocking Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 154 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	I knew that from before, but I thought I had read somewhere that GWX fixed the weather or something like that. I guess I was a little confused. You are definitely right. I have always had this same problem with the weather well before your mod came out. I was not at all trying to blame your mod for the excessive bad weather. I guess we will just have to deal with it and hope they fix the weather in SH4. Thanks.