22 Days of Rain & Fog

[Myxale]

Originally Posted by Morts

22 days ? pff
i did a 60 day patrol and i had bad weather in 57 days
soo....you just be happy with its only 22 days (so far):p

AMEN to that Morts.

I made a W@W trip to the south atlantic with my IXB and it was weather from hell!
I spent the most of the trip submerged. It was the longest W@W patrol ever!


But I'm sure there Kaleuns who had it worser!:rotfl:

[Hartmann]

it´s because stock weather values are set to low variation.

i change these values and i rarely have more than 3 /4 days of good or bad weather

also, remember that reload a savegame put the counter to 0

[U-Dog]

One reason I like the type IX is that it has the range to head south after I finish my assigned grid. i like to follow the convoy routes down off the coast of Spain and towards Gibralter. Weather gets better and lone ships even give me a chance to use the deck gun. Go South young man! Go South!

[Lanzfeld]

Originally Posted by Hartmann

it´s because stock weather values are set to low variation.

i change these values and i rarely have more than 3 /4 days of good or bad weather

also, remember that reload a savegame put the counter to 0

Please post your changes! I need to break this cycle!

[Hartmann]

There is a program SHweather , which allow weather randomization and other things..

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103202

but i did the changes manually.


these are the stock values of the campaign RND SCR LND layers

[Mission]
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=0
CloudsRand=0
Precip=0
PrecipRand=0
WindHeading=0
WindSpeed=5.000000
WindRand=0
WeatherRndInterval=5
SeaType=0
(You start in calm weather always)


This is the convoy academy attack weather,and i use it, curiosly almost every single mission has different weather setup and values, so you can try other if you want .


[Mission]
Fog=0
FogRand=0
Clouds=1
CloudsRand=1
Precip=0
PrecipRand=0
WindHeading=95
WindSpeed=2.000000
WindRand=1
WeatherRndInterval=2
SeaType=0



Some more information about what is every thing

*Fog=0 (0,1,2,3)
FogRand=0
*Clouds=1 (0,1,2)
CloudsRand=1
*Precip=0 (0,1,2)
PrecipRand=0
*WindHeading=95 (o to 360º)
*WindSpeed=2.000000 (0 to 15.000000 knts)
WindRand=1
WeatherRndInterval=2 (in hours, minimum 2 to 96 h)
SeaType=0

values in ( ) are different options for every thing , for example , clouds 0,1,2
none, partial, heavy

cloudsrand= no changes 0
small changes 1
heavy changes 2

precipRand = no changes 0
small changes 1
heavy changes 2

fogrand = no changes 0
small changes 1
heavy changes 2

winrand= no changes 0
small changes 1
heavy changes 2

[Lanzfeld]

This doesnt make sense though. If you put "FogRand=0" then you will never get a fog change???

So what you are saying is that you copy the Academy convoy weather settings to those three files before you start a patrol? Could you please give a more detailed account of how you do this and the effect?

[Hartmann]

more detailed info about this

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=FogRand

other settings from CB, perhaps better

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...+randomization

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=FogRand

[Lanzfeld]

Hartmann,

Thank you for the info.

You suggest I change the RND, SCR, and LND files but CB's link says just change the RND file.

Do I change the one or all three?

Thanks