Weather mods & workarounds

Nedlam · 02-06-09, 10:13 PM

I just noticed something tonight. I've been plagued with poor weather the past few patrols that stinks of stock SHIII weather. I'm running the latest, greatest NYGM which was rather dishartening because I have played a few previous patrols with it and the weather almost felt real.

My Campaign files (all of them) look like this:

[Mission]
Title=
MissionType=0
MissionDataType=1
Year=1938
Month=1
Day=1
Hour=12
Minute=0
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=1
CloudsRand=1
Precip=0
PrecipRand=1
WindHeading=59
WindSpeed=8
WindRand=1
WeatherRndInterval=11

The pristine NYGM Campaign files look like this:

[Mission]
Title=
MissionType=0
MissionDataType=1
Year=1938
Month=1
Day=1
Hour=12
Minute=0
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=0
CloudsRand=0
Precip=0
PrecipRand=0
WindHeading=0
WindSpeed=5.000000
WindRand=0
WeatherRndInterval=5

I hate to blame programs because the creators tend sometimes get a little upset. The only think I can think of is I ran the SH3Weather which announces it changes the RND, LND and SCR files. Might it change more that the wind speed, direction and cloud cover?

I like SH3Weather I do. Give the choice though I'll take vanilla weather upon starting a patrol over weeks of fog, high winds and rain.

Piggy · 02-06-09, 10:54 PM

Aye, weather in SH3 is frustrating....

Edit: sorry for a long story, but I cant help myself..

Just last night I was on patrol, got a convoy report that was about 100km away from me, weather at this time was 4m wind speed, visibilty unlimited (well 16km)... plotted my course and hit compression.

About an hour into my intercept (not real time of course) I decided to head to the bridge as the sun was about to set and I was heading right into it (very pretty), weather was still the same but I hit 32X compression to speed up the sunset and then it just switched, heavy rain, high winds. What was odd about it was I was still looking at orange sky, it was raining cats & dogs. Behind me I couldnt see much past the stern but in front it was great visibilty despite the heavy rain.

Of course as soon as I swtiched stations and went back to the bridge is was as expected... I could barely see the bow....

I tell you thats really frustrating, I was so close yet I may as well have been a world away...

Dont know what to suggest, Ive used the weather fix mod in GWX2.1 but havent tried it in 3.0.

I thought GWX3 had a revised weather thing going? Well so far it seems to be okay, no endless 2 weeks storms but they do still last quite a while. The biggest porblem I have isnt the rain but the wave heights... which only seem to drop after Im out of eels

Sorry for the novel...

harzfeld · 02-07-09, 02:20 AM

does anyone know how to get rid of rain out of game files? I mean no rain ever. maybe a mod that would load thru jsme?

02-06-09, 10:13 PM	#1
Nedlam Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 222 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I just noticed something tonight. I've been plagued with poor weather the past few patrols that stinks of stock SHIII weather. I'm running the latest, greatest NYGM which was rather dishartening because I have played a few previous patrols with it and the weather almost felt real. My Campaign files (all of them) look like this: [Mission] Title= MissionType=0 MissionDataType=1 Year=1938 Month=1 Day=1 Hour=12 Minute=0 Fog=0 FogRand=0 Clouds=1 CloudsRand=1 Precip=0 PrecipRand=1 WindHeading=59 WindSpeed=8 WindRand=1 WeatherRndInterval=11 The pristine NYGM Campaign files look like this: [Mission] Title= MissionType=0 MissionDataType=1 Year=1938 Month=1 Day=1 Hour=12 Minute=0 Fog=0 FogRand=0 Clouds=0 CloudsRand=0 Precip=0 PrecipRand=0 WindHeading=0 WindSpeed=5.000000 WindRand=0 WeatherRndInterval=5 I hate to blame programs because the creators tend sometimes get a little upset. The only think I can think of is I ran the SH3Weather which announces it changes the RND, LND and SCR files. Might it change more that the wind speed, direction and cloud cover? I like SH3Weather I do. Give the choice though I'll take vanilla weather upon starting a patrol over weeks of fog, high winds and rain. __________________ You can never put too much water on a nuclear reactor...

02-06-09, 10:54 PM	#2
Piggy Ensign Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 234 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	Aye, weather in SH3 is frustrating.... Edit: sorry for a long story, but I cant help myself.. Just last night I was on patrol, got a convoy report that was about 100km away from me, weather at this time was 4m wind speed, visibilty unlimited (well 16km)... plotted my course and hit compression. About an hour into my intercept (not real time of course) I decided to head to the bridge as the sun was about to set and I was heading right into it (very pretty), weather was still the same but I hit 32X compression to speed up the sunset and then it just switched, heavy rain, high winds. What was odd about it was I was still looking at orange sky, it was raining cats & dogs. Behind me I couldnt see much past the stern but in front it was great visibilty despite the heavy rain. Of course as soon as I swtiched stations and went back to the bridge is was as expected... I could barely see the bow.... I tell you thats really frustrating, I was so close yet I may as well have been a world away... Dont know what to suggest, Ive used the weather fix mod in GWX2.1 but havent tried it in 3.0. I thought GWX3 had a revised weather thing going? Well so far it seems to be okay, no endless 2 weeks storms but they do still last quite a while. The biggest porblem I have isnt the rain but the wave heights... which only seem to drop after Im out of eels Sorry for the novel...

02-07-09, 02:20 AM	#3
harzfeld Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 135 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	does anyone know how to get rid of rain out of game files? I mean no rain ever. maybe a mod that would load thru jsme?