Hi as a follow up for the last weather-scenario update, I have now implemented variable winds for the boundary layer.
You now have to fly your aircraft carefully, if you find something like 28015G35KT 250V300 in your METAR. Check it out with fgfs --metar="KSFO 280920Z 36005G15KT 310V040 9999 SCT030 14/07 Q1020" start up at KSFO 28R, zoom in to the windsock at your 11 o'clock position and watch it dance. No tricks or fancy animations here, it moves due to wind changes! Short functional description: Once the METAR controller has finished it's wind interpolation toward the latest METAR and if there is variable winds defined in the METAR, the wind is modulated by a (still somewhat simple) function within the given parameters. The modulated wind direction and speed is applied to the boundary layer of the atmosphere and directly affects the aircraft and scenery, like wind socks or particles (smoke, precipitation etc.). When no gusts or variable winds are defined in the METAR, the air is smooth as before. Enjoy your approaches Torsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
