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Using the dynamic weather panel, you can create a weather system (areas of different
atmospheric pressures), which will result in dynamic wind and cloud generation in the
mission.
SEASON. The top of the window consist of the Season section and allows you to set
the season the mission will take place in, and the sea level air temperature (in Celsius).
The left side drop down menu allows you to select from the four seasons: Summer,
Winter, Spring, and Fall. The primary effect of changing the season will be to change
how the terrain looks in the simulation. Additionally, many ground vehicles will have
matching camouflage for the set season.
The right side field allows you to set the sea level temperature of the mission. The value
can be changed by either using the left and right arrows or manually typing the value
into the field. Note that air temperature will affect aircraft performance.
DYNAMIC WEATHER. Settings of the dynamic weather system parameters.
BARIC SYSTEM. Selection between cyclone (low pressure systems),
anticyclone (high pressure systems) or none.
SYSTEMS QUANTITY. Quantity of baric systems on the map.
PRESSURE DEVIATION. Pressure deviation in the center of the selected
pressure system from ISA International Standard Atmosphere, in Pascals.
GENERATE. Generate a randomized weather system using the set parameters.
Clouds and winds are generated on the entire map dynamically in the mission according
to the type, locations and pressure deviations of the pressure systems. Wind conditions
evolve during the mission according to the changes in the pressures and locations of the
pressure systems.
TURBULENCE. You may set air turbulence at 0.1 m/s increments at ground level.
Turbulence will then decrease as altitude increases.
Fog Setting. The fog setting controls:
FOG ENABLE. Set fog on or off.
VISIBILITY. Visibility in meters of objects obscured by fog.
THICKNESS. Use the scroll bar or left and right arrows to set how thick the fog
layer will be. A 0 (zero) setting denotes sea level. For example, setting a value
of 50 would place a uniform fog layer in the simulation world from 0 to 50
meters from sea level.
Weather Templates. Rather than require you to create weather conditions each time
you create a mission, the editor provides you the means to load saved weather
templates and even modify them.
At the bottom of the window are the OK and CANCEL buttons. Press the OK button to
save weather changes to the mission and close the window, or press the CANCEL button
to close the window without saving any weather changes. You can also cancel the
window by pressing the yellow X in the top right corner of the window.
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