Pickup Mission: Timer to launch is not real time (extremely fast)

[Chilli]

I will check to see if a film will record the events in real time.  I don't currently have screen capture other than filmviewer so I am not certain it will.   At least I will try.  Possibly this is the best description that I could offer HTC.  I will get back with it later.   

I appreciate all the responses and offers to help, but the main reason to post is that gathering folks to join a mission is already and monumental task.  Not knowing when your mission will launch (in realtime) just makes you look unorganized and unable to manage such a task.  No one wants to wait around 10 to 15 minutes for something that is bound to fail before it gets wheels up.  So, yes I knew enough to push the launch time far ahead of the current time in the editor.  Even then, I expected to have 2 more minutes to get all instructions out and more pilots in before it launched.

[NatCigg]

just watch the clock in the tower.

there is only one time.

ah2, iirc, had time skip at night, and maybe blocks of the day, i never figured it quite out.  time did move so a minute was a minute, and gaps were made up with clock jumps.

possibly why missions could not be run beyond full daylight, because of AH2 time shift at night.

AH3 clock winds around like monday night sleep.

 

[Chilli]

HOW DOES ONE WATCH THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER IF: 

• Player is in flight / vehicle waiting to end sortie to join
• Player is away from keyboard, expecting a launch at a precise time
• Clock hands do not move in precision manner (looks like 5 to 1 ratio)
• Player doesn't want to go stare crazy watching ticking hands.

Filmviewer experiment did not work.  Clock hands do not show in the viewer at all. 

It did expose another planner bug when loading a saved mission with multiple flights, all flights do not save the proper airfield after editing. 

I do understand the differences between AH2 and AH3 timer and possibly the necessary connection to a 24 hour clock due to the constellations and duration of darkness.

ONLY an accurate predictable launch time in realtime values will help the planner or mission joiners.  If that can't be done, it would be just as well (maybe preferable) to insert a slider and remove timer # values.

[hitech]

This is not a bug time multiple is currently 3, AHIII works exactly like AH2 except the time multiple may be different.

HiTech

[hitech]

HOW DOES ONE WATCH THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER IF: 

• Player is in flight / vehicle waiting to end sortie to join
• Player is away from keyboard, expecting a launch at a precise time
• Clock hands do not move in precision manner (looks like 5 to 1 ratio)
• Player doesn't want to go stare crazy watching ticking hands.

1. All planes have clocks.
2. Learn a little math a multiply by 3.
3. Clock hands are precises.
4 See a shrink.

HiTech

[Chilli]

1. All planes have clocks.
2. Learn a little math a multiply by 3.
3. Clock hands are precises.
4 See a shrink.

HiTech

Removed snappy response (interpretation of number 4 maybe hit home a bit harder than it should) but really my reaction is the same

[DubiousKB]

This is not a bug time multiple is currently 3, AHIII works exactly like AH2 except the time multiple may be different.

HiTech

Nice to know. Did we need to go down to the vault and feed the dragon to gain access to this information? 

LOL 

It's NOT a bug, it's a feature. And we're lucky to have it eh HTC?

[hitech]

Nice to know. Did we need to go down to the vault and feed the dragon to gain access to this information? 

LOL 

It's NOT a bug, it's a feature. And we're lucky to have it eh HTC?

No you could have found it the same way I did, look at clock, time 1 min of game time which was 20 secs.

I.E. 3 multiple.



HiTech

[ImADot]

Low on the priority list, but maybe have an option in the .time command or have the tower clock show current speed multiplier. If it's important enough to someone, they could ask for it in the wish list forum.

[thndregg]

Yep. Definitely using my own stopwatch. 

[SlipKnt]

Clock is 3:1

Set for 30 minutes out and announce launch in 10 minutes...