Author Topic: Wind (Read 852 times)

Wingnutt · « **on:** February 28, 2008, 05:51:54 PM »

not alot.. nothing crazy..

perhaps 5mph at sea level gradually increasing to 20mph at 10,000 and constant above that.. granted thats not realistic, but neither is 0 wind like we have now.

would add to the immersion IMO..

would take every bit of a few minutes to add considering the game already fully supports multiple wind layers.

ridley1 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2008, 06:38:42 PM »

wholeheartily agree.

E6B will give us the wind data we need for landing/takeoff.

uberslet · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:02:39 PM »

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Originally posted by ridley1
wholeheartily agree.

E6B will give us the wind data we need for landing/takeoff.

how would it affect landing/takeoff? i r the uber noob at physics

Motherland · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:07:02 PM »

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Originally posted by uberslet
how would it affect landing/takeoff? i r the uber noob at physics

Theres wind blowing across your aircraft... how would it not affect takeoff?

AirFlyer · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:18:11 PM »

I agree, but only if we can get a way to see the E6B wind data before take off so we can pick the proper runway or line up a carrier against the wind.

Spikes · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:24:43 PM »

My aim sucks already...

Bronk · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:33:53 PM »

Would give an advantage to one side or the other.

ridley1 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:38:57 PM »

Wind effects.....
When you're aloft and in a fight...nothings going to change....everything is being blown by the wind...all trajectories are affected *relative to the ground*

In flight, a tail wind will increase your ground speed, a headwind will diminish it.
Crosswinds will blow you off course.

Takeoff and landing...these are supposed to be INTO the wind. So...say that a plane needs an air speed of 100 mph to take off.

In no wind, that means a ground speed of 100.

30 mph wind, means a 70 mph ground speed to get off. Less time on runway....Up faster.

So, a better chance of bombers getting up over those damn hills at the end of the base.

Bronk · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:46:22 PM »

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Originally posted by ridley1

So, a better chance of bombers getting up over those damn hills at the end of the base.

Now think about a flying into a 30 mph head wind to target.
While your enemy has a 30 mph tail wind.

Motherland · « **Reply #9 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:46:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Bronk
Would give an advantage to one side or the other.

One side would be traveling faster and the other getting off the ground more easily.

Bronk · « **Reply #10 on:** February 28, 2008, 07:48:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Motherland
One side would be traveling faster and the other getting off the ground more easily.

While the 3rd side fights a crosswind.

Big no to wind.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2008, 08:14:18 PM »

AH1 usd to model wind, it really didn't change anything other than having to compensate when dropping bombs from altitude.

ack-ack

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2008, 08:14:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Bronk
Would give an advantage to one side or the other.

Hmph, in that case remove the sun.
being a knight we fly into it almost constantly.

Maby every side gets a chance to be blinded at some time in the day, make the wind shift in a clockwise or counter clockwise rotation.

That way someone always has the wind in there face, to there back, or pushing them to the side, depending*.

Might even be fun, i miss Ah1's wind, nothing like fighting to keep your plane on course because the winds blowing you around, makes things feal much more realistic.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2008, 08:47:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
AH1 usd to model wind, it really didn't change anything other than having to compensate when dropping bombs from altitude.

ack-ack

I see you never dropped troops, only to watch them land a ways from the town.

Wingnutt · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2008, 09:06:25 PM »

It would add to the immersion of the game IMO..

and its a big pill to swallow that it would in any way upset the "balance"

I mean.. look at the big picture..

at virtually any given moment during the game..

all countries have different amounts of pilots, of different skill levels, different amounts of bases, with 3 countries who is fighting who is jumbled all up.. rooks and bish may be ganging knights, or vice versa or any combination of the 3.

plus a myriad of other variables..

after all that.. you think a little breeze is gonna change anything?