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Auto weather simulation overrides script commands during mission
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Description

Obs:
If various weather effects are set to auto in the intel dialogue, it is impossible to manually control weather during the mission by using script commands. The commands do work, but the weather is updated very frequently by the auto weather system (about once a second!).

Affected:
setRain
setWindStr
setGusts
setOvercast

Not affected:
setWaves
setFog (old simple fog)

Exp:
Weather changes during the mission made by script commands should be effective. Auto weather simulation should not occur so frequently so as to make the weather script commands ineffective.

Details

Legacy ID
3163143923
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Other
Additional Information

Tested in dev build 1.21.124754

Suggested improvements:
Automatic weather simulation could stop the first time the weather is controlled by script command.
Or automatic weather updates and changes could occur over a longer time span, so that manual changes are still effective, and weather returns to auto value over a reasonable time span.

Event Timeline

ceeeb edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)May 31 2014, 4:25 AM
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ceeeb set Category to Other.
ceeeb set Reproducibility to Always.
ceeeb set Severity to None.
ceeeb set Resolution to Open.
ceeeb set Legacy ID to 3163143923.May 7 2016, 6:41 PM

Isn't that kind of the point of auto weather simulation though?

If you were scripting the simulation instead then surely you'd simply turn off the auto simulation.

ceeeb added a comment.May 31 2014, 2:15 PM

A mission designer may want a specific weather effect at some point during a mission, but may not want to manage all weather effects up to that point. Think of cutscenes with large changes in time (eg: later that day...)

Ah, great point. Voted up!

Lucky44 added a subscriber: Lucky44.May 7 2016, 6:41 PM

From my tests, the quick reverting back to what the wind was before script executing happens not only with Automatic settings but also when all weather is set to manual as well.

ceeeb added a comment.Aug 21 2016, 2:12 AM

In dev build 1.65.138014, setOvercast and setRain work again.
setWindStr and setGusts do not work.