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on the Briefing tool window. To remove a briefing image, press either the red or blue X
buttons.
In the START field, you may edit the start time of the mission in hour : minutes :
seconds / day format. Note that the mission start time will be used as the default
starting time for all groups placed on the map. You can change a group's starting time
using the group properties panels (described in detail further). Also note, the calendar
starts with June 1st as day 0. For example, to set the mission date to July 1, set the day
value to 30. To set the mission date to November 1, set the day value to 153. The
default starting time for all missions is 12:00:00/0 (12:00 pm, June 1st). Changing the
starting time and date will affect the position and motion of the sun, moon and stars to
correspond to the time of day and year set.
Note: If you wish to adjust the darkness of night missions, you can adjust
the mission start date to a date when the moon is less visible.
The three text boxes that comprise the lower portion of the window allow you to enter a
general mission briefing and individual briefings for Red and Blue sides (handy for
multiplayer missions). Enter text in the SITUATION box and this text will appear in the
SITUATION field when the mission briefing is displayed. Enter text in the RED TASK and
BLUE TASK boxes to have unique text for each side that will be displayed in the
OBJECTIVE field of each mission briefing.
Weather Tool
The weather tool panel provides two options for setting the weather for the mission:
Standard weather and Dynamic weather.
1. Standard weather. Standard static weather formed by user settings.
2. Dynamic weather. Weather formed by differences in the atmospheric pressure
and dynamically changing during the mission.
Standard weather
The weather panel is divided into six functional sections: Season, Clouds and
Atmosphere, Wind, Turbulence, Fog, and Weather Templates.
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