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FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« on: March 18, 2008, 09:57:05 AM »
Gentlemen,

Here is the weather update for frame 2. Weather should be considerably better in frame 2 than frame 1. In frame 1 basically you were fighting in a storm from (everything grey). Frame 2 is what might pass a good weather day in the Aleutians.

Visibility is 9 miles (frame 1 was 8 miles).
Clouds still at 15K - 16K
Winds up at 15K and above are now at 40 mph.

Here is a screen shot of how the arena should look for you all on Friday.

FRAME 2 - WEATHER SCREEN SHOT



FRAME 1 - WEATHER SCREEN SHOT




Now in regards to visibility. 1760 yards is equal to a mile.

Icon visibility is short, that is 3000 yards (1.7 miles). The MA norm for icon range is 6000 yards (3.41 miles), which we don't use in FSO (we accidentally had it set to normal icon range (6K) in frame 1.

So dots should appear to you at 9 miles (15840 yards) and icons at 1.7 miles (3000 yards).

Btw the max visibility setting is 17 miles (29920). The default setting for terrains is 14 miles (24640).

So the weather and the more more steel blue color the sky should still give you a sense of the setting and keep the altitude down since finding ships should be harder and level bomb will be hard from anything but low to mid alt.

This ends your FSO weather update.



« Last Edit: March 18, 2008, 10:00:31 AM by ghostdancer »
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Re: FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 10:27:11 AM »
I'm not seeing any weather screen shots for either frame.
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Re: FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 10:33:28 AM »
Really?

Hmm, they are over on the CM terrain board. I wonder if it is blocking you guys but not me even when logged out.

Okay give me a second.

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Re: FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 10:45:27 AM »
Alright I have moved the images over to my website and linking to them from over there. Can you see them now?

FRAME 2 WEATHER SCREEN SHOT





FRAME 1 WEATHER SCREEN SHOT

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Re: FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2008, 11:14:49 AM »
Yeah I can see them now, thanx
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Re: FSO: 1000 Miles (Aleutians) - Weather Frame 2
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 03:23:15 PM »
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