ATAG_Ezzie
Oct-11-2014, 06:32
I'm still on my journey of discovery re the COD FMB as i build an ATAG mission/map (hopefully). Today's topic has been Weather!
Thanks to Salmo I've gotten his random weather generator going so that should mean that each time this mission is played it will be a different time of day and weather conditions. But I'd like to see what else can be done with the weather as this mission will be set in Nov which is not exactly beach weather in the UK and I'm hoping the weather will have some influence on how people will play re tactics etc. Perhaps I'm wishing for too much but that's my starting point (and I am prepared to be disappointed though - in Il-2 you could set the exact time and date and that changed sunrise/sunset times etc but i cant seem to find where i can do that in COD for instance).
So I've just discovered local weather and a quick search on the ATAG forums hasn't shed much light on this so I figured I'd post some questions.
(a) It looks like i can insert weather objects (clouds) as local weather but am wondering what happens if i insert a lot - ie is there a limit to how many of these local weather objects i insert before FPS becomes an issue?
(b) There are several things you can select - Ra, Rb, H and can check/uncheck rain (which i think isnt working?) and a check box for dynamic. I'm guessing Ra is radius? of the local weather zone and Rb might be altitude? and H might be cloud base? Does any one know for sure what they are? And dynamic - does this mean the winds selected in the weather section move these objects about?
(c) There's a bunch of different cloud types available - cumulus, overcast, flat overcast etc. Are these all OK to use on the ATAG server of do they impose an FPS hit if used too much?
(d) My properties tab for the local weather is all scrambled up and i cant seem to do anything with it. Is this the way it is for others as well?
Thats about all i have for now - any advice, answers etc much appreciated.
Tomorrow i open my C# book for dummies.....
Edit - seems i didnt do a very thorough search - http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6430&highlight=local+weather
Sorry....
Ezzie
Thanks to Salmo I've gotten his random weather generator going so that should mean that each time this mission is played it will be a different time of day and weather conditions. But I'd like to see what else can be done with the weather as this mission will be set in Nov which is not exactly beach weather in the UK and I'm hoping the weather will have some influence on how people will play re tactics etc. Perhaps I'm wishing for too much but that's my starting point (and I am prepared to be disappointed though - in Il-2 you could set the exact time and date and that changed sunrise/sunset times etc but i cant seem to find where i can do that in COD for instance).
So I've just discovered local weather and a quick search on the ATAG forums hasn't shed much light on this so I figured I'd post some questions.
(a) It looks like i can insert weather objects (clouds) as local weather but am wondering what happens if i insert a lot - ie is there a limit to how many of these local weather objects i insert before FPS becomes an issue?
(b) There are several things you can select - Ra, Rb, H and can check/uncheck rain (which i think isnt working?) and a check box for dynamic. I'm guessing Ra is radius? of the local weather zone and Rb might be altitude? and H might be cloud base? Does any one know for sure what they are? And dynamic - does this mean the winds selected in the weather section move these objects about?
(c) There's a bunch of different cloud types available - cumulus, overcast, flat overcast etc. Are these all OK to use on the ATAG server of do they impose an FPS hit if used too much?
(d) My properties tab for the local weather is all scrambled up and i cant seem to do anything with it. Is this the way it is for others as well?
Thats about all i have for now - any advice, answers etc much appreciated.
Tomorrow i open my C# book for dummies.....
Edit - seems i didnt do a very thorough search - http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6430&highlight=local+weather
Sorry....
Ezzie