>> No objections but an idea: how about adding a little randomness to the >> cloud cover and visibility? > > Good idea, but I'm not surely exactly how to go about it while retaining > some element of determinism. I'm worried about multi-computer systems, > or two users at the same airport in the MP environment. It would be nice > if they have as similar an environment from the same METAR as possible. > > One option might be to use a seed based on the METAR timestamp, but > that makes this time-dependant. > > An alternative might be to use the airport code in the METAR, but then we'll > get some airports that never get really clear CAVOK conditions.
You are right, randomness doesnt seem to be a good idea. Just another w-i-p thought: determin the cloud coverage from pressure and temperature/dewpoint. Low pressure and warm temperature result in more clouds than high pressure and very cold temperatures. Having 1030hPa at -10degC will most likely have clear skies and 1020hPa at +25degC is probably a nice SCT060 CU sailplane day. Torsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
