chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) EDIT: DAWS Weather standalone is not supported anymore. You can download DAWS Package with automatic weather update feature here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3229846&postcount=1 Edited July 26, 2018 by chromium update 6 Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sUrge0n Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 WoW that is awesome. Nice job!! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]- I5 3570K @4.2ghz | ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe | Intel® Thermal Solution RTS2011LC | G.Skill Ares 8GB DDR3-1866 CL9 | MSI N760 2GD5/OC ITX| 2x Corsair CSSD-F60GBGT-BK | Western Digital WD10EALX 1TB | HOTAS Warthog | TrackIR 5 | Win 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooze Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I installed this mod using JSGME, selected Kobuleti and hit the load button. I got the first window asking if I wanted to download the weather and clicked OK but nothing happened after that. any suggestions? How long should I expect to wait living in the USA? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) It's instantaneus usually, you should see modified parameters in the static weather setting. If nothing happen, that could be an error. I'll look at it asap. EDIT: just performed full sweep of all the airports. Apart of those can't retrieve the metar string (it's an issue of the online service I'm linking with, can't be corrected :(), I found strange issues with Gudauta, Kobuleti, Soganlung, Vaziani & Beslan. It's strange cause I don't have this issue in the previous code. I'll fix it asap. Edited July 4, 2015 by chromium Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooze Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) It's instantaneus usually, you should see modified parameters in the static weather setting. If nothing happen, that could be an error. I'll look at it asap. It seems to be working for Kutaisi and Batumi but when I try to use it for missions starting at Kobuleti nothing happens so maybe it's just a bug with that airfield. Thanks for offering this and I'll be looking forward to using it considering it does not use dynamic weather which has been a real frame rate killer for me in the past. By the way, I'll be checking HERE to see how well it works. :music_whistling: Edited July 4, 2015 by Blooze [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceviper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Worked first time for me...downloaded the metar data and loaded it. First flight out of Sukhumi....a pea souper at ground level. Very nice addon which should probably be included in main program features. Well done and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 The site its this one, Blooze :): http://www.aviationweather.gov/ Anyway, I found the issue, it seems that sometimes they found the ICAO code but can't provide the complete metar string to be parsed. That lead to a successful first data filter followed by errors due to lack of sufficient information. I'll fix the download link asap. The previous post report the airports that today are not working due to the explained issue. PS: if someone could suggest a better site to download metar string, I will be happy to try to modify the metar parsing code I'm using (which is the great Tuomas Jormola metar library) Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Fixed, now it will give the same error message from any airport where the metar string can't be parsed. Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooze Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 The site its this one, Blooze :): http://www.aviationweather.gov/ Anyway, I found the issue, it seems that sometimes they found the ICAO code but can't provide the complete metar string to be parsed. That lead to a successful first data filter followed by errors due to lack of sufficient information. I'll fix the download link asap. The previous post report the airports that today are not working due to the explained issue. PS: if someone could suggest a better site to download metar string, I will be happy to try to modify the metar parsing code I'm using (which is the great Tuomas Jormola metar library) Thanks for the link and I'll be watching for an updated version. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) thanks to your feedback I was able to find this issue and I'm investigating further about site issues. I should be able to update the link to a rev 3 when further controls has been completed :) Edited July 4, 2015 by chromium Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blooze Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Question, will this mod update weather in real time as a mission progresses or will the weather become static after the mission has begun and remain the same throughout the mission and constant with the entire Georgian map? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Download link has been updated to rev.3. Fixes: - filter airports where ICAO data are incomplete - check wind direction span I tried multiple times a full sweep of the airports, and all of them give either a working result or a metar non accessible answer. Anyway, I tried many possibile metar strings, but obviously I can't try the infinite ;). Your support will be invaluable in this process :) Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Question, will this mod update weather in real time as a mission progresses or will the weather become static after the mission has begun and remain the same throughout the mission and constant with the entire Georgian map? This mod doesn't change the static weather system, it simply parse the metar string data and apply it to the mission editor. Therefore, no, it won't update the weather during the mission, it will only download and apply the current observed weather when you press the button, and constant in the entire map as now. I'm looking forward for upgrades in the DCS weather engine: I will upgrade the mod to any kind of features that are going to be implemented by ED. If future engine will allow multiple weather in multiple place... you won't need to choose the airport ;) Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 very nice thing! is it possible to optional load the date/time as well? it wouldnt be worth the workload maybe, as those two things are done fast anyway, but i'm courious ;) regards, RR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceviper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 After trying it for a while there seems to be fog at every airport even though on local webcam views there is none. Poor ground visibility which is not accurate could be a limitation of weather engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevyn Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Damn, clever bro, I going to give this a test today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) is it possible to optional load the date/time as well? I think it would be possibile, i.e. it will already change the season accordingly to the sim date. I choose to do not update the date for mission design reason, but if most of you think that it could be an improvement more then a limitation, I will integrate it in a future update :) After trying it for a while there seems to be fog at every airport even though on local webcam views there is none. I'll check this asap: it should enable fog only if it's reported in the metar. If not, that could be a bug. I'm sorry that I didn' found those thing during my test .:huh: EDIT: confirmed but it's strange cause fog is still disabled. I'll post a workaround asap. (will still be rev.3) Thank you all for the feedbacks. Edited July 4, 2015 by chromium Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 The fog issue should be fixed: same download link. Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backy 51 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Very nice mod guys! A great time saver for mission builders! Thank you! I don't need no stinkin' GPS! (except for PGMs :D) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Excellent addition, thanks guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceviper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Confirmed fog issue fixed. A few observations so far...spring always loaded..not really an issue but interferes with terrain mods a bit. Still dont get weather from some airports..seems random. Crosswinds act funny...restarted the same mission with same weather to have my nose blown to the opposite side of the runway. But all in all a wonderful mod which adds beauty and realism to our game. ED should look at this seriously. Thanks a bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviators Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 ED should look at this seriously. +1 L'importante non è stabilire se uno ha paura o meno, è saper convivere con la propria paura e non farsi condizionare dalla stessa. Ecco, il coraggio è questo, altrimenti non è più coraggio ma incoscienza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Confirmed fog issue fixed. copy A few observations so far...spring always loaded..not really an issue but interferes with terrain mods a bit. For a different purpose I had build a wheater model based upon kutaisi 2012 weather data. Part of the model was the season separation, so the season will change to summer... soon, can't remember the calendar exact day :music_whistling:. Do you (all) think that could be better if season remain untouched? Still dont get weather from some airports..seems random. Well, I believe that all depends from the metar string transmission from the real airport to the site service. Usually Georgian airport are often served, so as Sochi or Anapa. Instead, I rarely found service from some russian airport.. i.e., Novorossysk can't transmit metar such often, cause... https://www.google.it/maps/place/Novorossijsk,+Territorio+di+Krasnodar,+Russia/@44.67016,37.7752149,1317m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x40ee03bb38a719df:0x628956e1835d7aa3 Crosswinds act funny...restarted the same mission with same weather to have my nose blown to the opposite side of the runway. As previously said, this mod won't interfere in any way with DCS current standard weather system. So, that could be due to high turbolence.. or something else :) Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbak Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 For some reason its not changing anything with me. It appears in the Mission Editor but when I indicate that I want to download weather, it doesn't do anything. I have rev 3. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]WIN 10, i7 10700, 32GB DDR4, RTX 2080 Super, Crucial 1TB SSD, Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD, TM Warthog with 10cm extension, TIR5, MFG Crosswind Pedals, Wheelstand Pro, LG 40" 4K TV, Razer Black Widow Ultimate KB[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 please report me the airport. Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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