weather report

Pumpkin · 04-22-09, 04:40 AM

Hi,

I remember reading somewhere about a weather report. Is there somewhere I can get a weather report so I know if/when the weather might change?

I can't find the post by searching. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing up?

Too much cheese before I go to bed....

Sailor Steve · 04-22-09, 01:48 PM

I don't know if it's stock or just the supermod, but RFB gives weather reports. Use the navigation station. It's on the far right. Won't give predictions, though - just the current conditions.

Stealhead · 04-22-09, 02:37 PM

Both TMO and RFB have a weather report. In TMO it is under the TBT/Binoculars tab it looks like clouds you click that button. RFB has the same thing I dont know what tab it is under though. No such thing with the stock game. And they only give current condtions and subs did not have weathermen on them anyway they could only meassure the current condtions.

04-23-09, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Both TMO and RFB have a weather report.

No such thing with the stock game.

its there along with a few other commands that work but ubisoft just never assigned keys for them so all RFB and TMO did was give you a menu icon to click on so you can actually use it.

you can do it yourself and add your own choice of menu items with jimimadrid's menumaker tool

Stealhead · 04-23-09, 02:56 AM

Well I mean you cant use it out of the box without using a basic mod or getting a supermod. I wonder if they never put it in all the way due a time constrant or if they decided that it was not really needed and just never completed it.To me if you have no command or button to do it in stock without modding then it is not there until you can do it.True the ability for it to be used is in the stock game but unless you where a member of this site or a modder youd never be able to have it.

Rockin Robbins · 04-23-09, 04:32 AM

In a submarine, weather reports are easy. Conditions are wet. It is expected to be wet until morning, followed by more wet through the end of the cruise.

04-23-09, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Well I mean you cant use it out of the box without using a basic mod or getting a supermod.

sorry if it sounded that way but i wasnt trying to imply i was correcting anything you said, i just wanted to give you guys that info in case you wanted to do your own version for a non supermod stock or a custom modded version of the game you might play

Lord Kelvin · 04-24-09, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

And they only give current condtions and subs did not have weathermen on them anyway they could only meassure the current condtions.

Well, that's only half-true. Prior to amphibious landings during the war, some submarines carried meteorologists to read and predict weather and tide activity, so that the landings would go smoothly (ie., you don't run into 40-foot waves that capsize your troop transports). I remember reading of at least one instance of this, after Guadalcanal but before the Philippines.

Rockin Robbins · 04-22-09, 02:37 PM

Ctrl-w in TMO.

SteamWake · 04-22-09, 02:54 PM

Word of warning though, the weather reports are about as accurate as those you see on TV. :rotfl:

vanjast · 04-22-09, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

.. - just the current conditions.

and a usefull report that is...

SteamWake · 04-22-09, 03:20 PM

Hell they dont even get the current conditions right...

I have a post here somewhere about the 'weatherman' reporting zero visibility and heavy sea state.

Cool now I can surface and finally charge these batteries...

BOOM ... I switch to outside cam to see a clear sky and a DD with rows of guns flashing and sinking me.

Stealhead · 04-23-09, 12:40 AM

Yeah that is true it is pretty useless nothing you cant figure by simply standing on the deck. I love the wind speed part;Wind:15 meters per second." "Damn that will blow the torpeods off!"

SteamWake: Maybe that was an accurate report if you where under water seeing as the sea is pretty heavy and from inside side a sub the visibility would be zero without a periscope.

04-22-09, 04:40 AM	#1
Pumpkin Mate Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dorset U.K. Posts: 55 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	weather report Hi, I remember reading somewhere about a weather report. Is there somewhere I can get a weather report so I know if/when the weather might change? I can't find the post by searching. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing up? Too much cheese before I go to bed.... __________________ Pumpkin

04-22-09, 01:48 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know if it's stock or just the supermod, but RFB gives weather reports. Use the navigation station. It's on the far right. Won't give predictions, though - just the current conditions. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-23-09, 04:32 AM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	In a submarine, weather reports are easy. Conditions are wet. It is expected to be wet until morning, followed by more wet through the end of the cruise. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-22-09, 02:37 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Ctrl-w in TMO. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-22-09, 02:54 PM	#10
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Word of warning though, the weather reports are about as accurate as those you see on TV. :rotfl: __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-22-09, 02:37 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Both TMO and RFB have a weather report. In TMO it is under the TBT/Binoculars tab it looks like clouds you click that button. RFB has the same thing I dont know what tab it is under though. No such thing with the stock game. And they only give current condtions and subs did not have weathermen on them anyway they could only meassure the current condtions.

04-23-09, 02:56 AM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Well I mean you cant use it out of the box without using a basic mod or getting a supermod. I wonder if they never put it in all the way due a time constrant or if they decided that it was not really needed and just never completed it.To me if you have no command or button to do it in stock without modding then it is not there until you can do it.True the ability for it to be used is in the stock game but unless you where a member of this site or a modder youd never be able to have it.

04-22-09, 03:20 PM	#12
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hell they dont even get the current conditions right... I have a post here somewhere about the 'weatherman' reporting zero visibility and heavy sea state. Cool now I can surface and finally charge these batteries... BOOM ... I switch to outside cam to see a clear sky and a DD with rows of guns flashing and sinking me. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-23-09, 12:40 AM	#13
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Yeah that is true it is pretty useless nothing you cant figure by simply standing on the deck. I love the wind speed part;Wind:15 meters per second." "Damn that will blow the torpeods off!" SteamWake: Maybe that was an accurate report if you where under water seeing as the sea is pretty heavy and from inside side a sub the visibility would be zero without a periscope.