Environmental conditions

[tonibamestre]

Hey devs,now that you are still on time,what do you tell me about implement real downloadable weather? The same way AS does with FS,actual sky conditions could be implemented optionally.So,depending upon the wind speed and direction,to slave sea surface to that.Of course,most of the known underwater currents must be taken into consideration also.
I think that an engine able to manage that items would add a lot of realism to the SH serie from now on, what your opinnion is?

[BulSoldier]

Actual weather updates will be usable only if you are playing in 1 tc . I dont see how this will work with tc of 128 , 256 or more.

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by BulSoldier

Actual weather updates will be usable only if you are playing in 1 tc . I dont see how this will work with tc of 128 , 256 or more.

The same way normal weather updates do. Weather data is not correct to the minute or even hour, more often than not it's around every 4-6 hours. This time scale would be perfectly usable in a game with TC. All that is needed is for the game to create a transition period between vast changes in weather type.

[GreyOctober]

So what youre saying is that even if your campaign date is December, the system would still download the weather for, lets say, August?
Since there are no weather stations out at sea, Activesky draws some averages from the data gathered from stations located in proximity, and thats why weather depictions in the middle of the Atlantic range from innacurate to totally fictive. That might be fine for a flightsim, but a waste of resources for a subsim.

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by GreyOctober

*snip*.....That might be fine for a flightsim, but a waste of resources for a subsim.

Totally agree. As long as weather patterns or events are improved in SH5 then I'm happy.

I was only demonstrating to BulSoldier that the system is workable for a game with TC multiples ala FlightSim 2000 onwards.

[dcb]

I'd be happy enough with just a realistic (I mean credible) weather system, which would take into account seasonal changes. Of course, snow and icebergs would be a MUST, for those freezing Arctic patrols in winter.