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Problem with SimConnect_WeatherSetObservation

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Ferb

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Hey,

I'm having some issues with setting weather via simconnect and was hoping someone could help.

The problem is with SimConnect_WeatherSetObservation.

According to the sdk documentation the time value is seconds. But for me it acts like minutes. If I us a value of 0 the weather changes immediately. If I use anything greater than 0 it takes minutes to change. Is it just me or is that parameter really minutes?

My other issue is with setting global weather. The sdk help file also says to use GLOB as the station to set global weather. But that does not work unless I first use SimConnect_WeatherSetModeGlobal. Then I have to use GLOB as the station. Again is it me ?

And my last weather question. Once I set the weather mode to global how do I change it back so I can set it per station again?

thanks,
Steve
 
Ferb said:
According to the sdk documentation the time value is seconds. But for me it acts like minutes. If I us a value of 0 the weather changes immediately. If I use anything greater than 0 it takes minutes to change. Is it just me or is that parameter really minutes?
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No, it is supposed to be seconds, but I think the "morphing" (blending) is then subject to the weather change rate on top of your delay. Try using the SimConnect_WeatherSetDynamicUpdateRate call to reduce that. I normally set that to zero.

My other issue is with setting global weather. The sdk help file also says to use GLOB as the station to set global weather. But that does not work unless I first use SimConnect_WeatherSetModeGlobal.
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It will be working, but, as in FS9, "GLOB" weather is only applied as the default for stations which are not already populated with their own local weather. In FS9 there was no "global weather mode" so the only way to set global weather was to first clear all the weather then set GLOB. That works is FSX too -- you can clear all weather by setting the clear weather theme.

Global weather set that way soon becomes "localised" and then you are in the same position as before -- GLOB only changes any stations not yet localised. That was the way, and the pain, in FS9 -- constant clearing before setting, or only using local weather settings. FSX does fix that by providing the Global Mode, so you do really need to use that mode if you want simple global weather control.

And my last weather question. Once I set the weather mode to global how do I change it back so I can set it per station again?
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Did you not see the other weather modes you can set? You'll want "Custom". There's a function for each possible mode. However, I suspect that FSX is switching to Custom mode as soon as you set weather for a specific station other than GLOB in any case.

Regards

Pete
 
Pete Dowson said:
It will be working, but, as in FS9, "GLOB" weather is only applied as the default for stations which are not already populated with their own local weather.
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Thanks, that was the concept I was missing. I didn't get that from reading the documentation.
 
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