One small addition would be to pick a random time along with weather conditions as opposed to UTC all the time.
Of course I could just put in any time I like, but the whole point is the choice being made for me lol.
Yea, I agree, I felt the same. I put it on the list.
Display More...I'm now wondering about better integration - how hard would it be to get PJ to write the conditions directly into main.mcf so they're ready before you launch FS2?
...<[float64][visibility][0.415914326906204]>
<[tmsettings_wind][wind][]
<[float64][strength][0.504552125930786]>
<[float64][direction_in_degree][261.821612119675]>
<[float64][turbulence][0.174997881054878]>
<[float64][thermal_activity][0.743172764778137]>
>
<[tmsettings_clouds][clouds][]
<[float64][cumulus_density][0.268179297447205]>
<[float64][cumulus_height][0.272736132144928]>
<[float64][cumulus_mediocris_density][0.15]>
<[float64][cumulus_mediocris_height][0.6]>
<[float64][cirrus_height][0.663636028766632]>
<[float64][cirrus_density][0.406822592020035]>
Also is there a way to make journal edits save to the normal autosave location so that when PJ is launched they open by default? I've just written some notes in the journal about my last flight but unless I remember to load them next time I might do a flight and get out of sync with them.
This looks pretty interesting. TBH I have no idea how hard it is to do it in java. But I'll give it a try for sure when I make a new upgrade, this would be a cool QoL addition. I hope there is no coypright or other problem to alter original FS2 files. So far I found it nice to not interfere at all. But preparing the weather manually gets boring rather quick.
Regarding the autosave, I made it only after flights and not all the time to have a better safety net of old files incase the current game gets somehow corrupted. But autosaving after writing in the journal is probably not a problem, because it doesn't happen automatically all the time. I added it to my list.
When I opened PJ it placed me at Wanachen LSPV. That doesn't seem to be in FS2 or any DLC?
I could have made it with fsCloudPort, but instead closed the app and relaunched to find I was at KSEZ which fortunately is in the sim.
Any way I've done my first flight now and I'm a fan. Two thoughts:
1) Wouldn't it be great if it was web based - all scores online, user community input of new ideas even
2) Also great if FS2 had an "import" button that would pull all conditions info from the app (or a URL)
You're right, Wangen-Lachen airport is not in FS2. Ooops, my bad.
I initially took all the Switzerland airports from the list in this thread, thats also when the whole project started:
Switzerland DLC - Airport ID - Sorted by City Name
I found out a lot later that it isn't 100% the same airports as the Switzerland DLC and corrected a few, but I guess I have overlooked Wangen-Lachen, probably because by then it already sounded really familiar after all the testing. I'll take it out of the game in the next update, so this doesn't happen to other people. An easy workaround would be to just take a bus to another airport until then.
I wasn't really aware about the existence of fscloudport when I started. Maybe there should be a way for people to freely add their own airports at some point. The mission generator should be robust enough to handle it. The scorekeeping would need some overhaul though.
I can't explain why your location suddenly changed to KSEZ though. It must be a coincidence that of all airports it happened with the one that is not in FS2. Nevertheless a location change like this shouldn't happen at all, except when the airport database changes. It might be a bug though. Are you sure you have loaded the right savegame?
BTW the online web or multiplayer port is not gonna happen, I'm afraid. I have no clue about that stuff and rather little motivation to learn it from scratch. I have had enough with java for now, I guess :). The other problem is that it is extremely easy to cheat scores. In terms of validity, a forum thread where people just post their score would probably archieve the same thing. To make a actual meaningful ranking of it it would require lots of work and probably a completely different approach. And i must admit I even like it a little bit that it is offline and single player. It somewhat feels like playing in the 80s. When computer games were for lonely nerds and maybe their friends who came over, and nobody else knew about it.