0.90 Kerbal Weather Systems! Alpha 0.5.3 WIP! (Jan 2)

[silverfox8124]

Looks like this will be fun. You can cobble together a wind direction/strength thing with a KAS rope, some Firespitter air brakes and an IR free rotator, a wing in place of the air brakes would also work I guess but the higher drag on the airbrakes made me use them. I present the mk1 weather station

http://imgur.com/a/rXcxi

Omg, that is quite amazing I must say. Very creative on your part, I'd love to see more iterations when they come up, but thing is, the wind shows up backwards on your arrow, this is probably caused by the shape the airbrakes make when you open them and how wind doesn't like going inside that little cavern you make under the brakes, it'd much rather prefer to go over the brakes than under them. Try having the brakes on the front of the arrow instead, see how that works out.

Edited October 10, 2014 by silverfox8124
Tiredness.

[silverfox8124]

Update!: the coordinate system that kerbin uses isnt matching as it should be, im working on getting the wind to work as it should, but for now please bare with it while i get a patch ready. ~SilverFox8124

[xxjetterxx]

The automatic weather does not seem to work, is this on purpose/is it not implemented yet?

[silverfox8124]

@xxjetterxx: Sadly, no, the automatic wind feature was a thing, but since the code overhaul of 0.0.2, I've removed it's functionality for now. I will add it back again when I have reliable data and formulas to work off of.

[silverfox8124]

Update!: GUI is finally coming along, after 2 days of straight GUI work, I've finally got something better looking and set the basis for other weather controls for the future! Eeee! Can't wait to pump it out to all of you! <3

[silverfox8124]

Update! Kerbal Weather Systems Alpha 0.0.3.5 is out! Enjoy the new GUI!

[kiwiak]

@kiwiak: I'm not sure what you mean exactly, windsocks have already been mentioned, and if you look on my GUI, it explicitly tells you the direction of the wind.

I was thinking about something more intuitive.

Maybe some marker on navball? To allow player to easily put ship in proper position to counter wind force. By the way, have you thought about some scansat integration? Weather maps, things like that.

This woul make landings on Duna or Eve much more interesting, pilot woudl have to consier weather in his landing zone, or even predict weather if you plan to implement some dynamicly changing weather.

Edited October 11, 2014 by kiwiak

[kujuman]

very cool! I'm gonna keep an eye on this

[silverfox8124]

@kiwiak: I have not spoken to the creator of scansat for mod support, probably won't for a while. And as for the navball, I dont think that'll happen anytime soon, or perhaps at all. And even without scansat, pilots still have to factor in wind conditions.

[kujuman]

And as for the navball, I dont think that'll happen anytime soon, or perhaps at all.

Is this because of time constraints or because it's unnecessary/out of scope?

As an additional way of conveying weather info to the player is a voice/text display like Automated Weather Observing Stations in the real world. Not a request, just something to be aware of. Avoids visual clutter.

[silverfox8124]

#kujuman: I do have plans for weather stations being able to give reports and such other data, I also have plans for weather satellites.

[Spacepetscompany]

Do you plan to add your own stock toolbar button in the future? By the way, your plugin is awesome, keep up the good work! I've been waiting on a mod like this for a long time

[silverfox8124]

@Spacepetscompany: Yes, Having Toolbar compatibility would be awesome.

[Kolago]

This is amassing! This screams out for new weather science experiments and for weather related launch restrictions! Range is RED because of weather restrictions....

Edited October 12, 2014 by Kolago

[pxi]

Looks to be another indispensable mod.

[silverfox8124]

@kolago: Weather science and alerts ARE planned and WILL happen in due time.

[illectro]

getting permission errors trying to download this.

[Spacepetscompany]

Same thing... Permission errors.

[silverfox8124]

@all of you: I'm looking into this, as I can download the mod just fine, even when seeing the page as if I wasn't logged in.

[silverfox8124]

@Everyone, mod link is now fixed, you can now download the mod from Kerbal Stuff.

[Boomerang]

Cool idea. I've given up trying to play with FAR/NEAR, but it's cool that someone's working on this sort of project.

[silverfox8124]

@boomerang, Sorry to hear you've given those mods up, I'd love to have this work with stock, but it's a mod that requires FAR, You wouldn't be seeing this mod without FAR essentially.

[silverfox8124]

Update!: Wind directions have been implemented to be scientifically accurate: "Northerly" winds, for example, are winds that come from the north, and head south.

Edited October 14, 2014 by silverfox8124

[CalculusWarrior]

Very neat mod! This may finally motivate me to install FAR...

[Moesly_Armlis]

From my early experiances with KSP I was wondering why no weather systems or jet streams, not even a mod. Keep up the great work. Needed to break wind since 0.23. Its not good to hold it in for so long. Also an idea for quasi random weather, use all solar, planet and moon positions relative to the weather centre. The Kerabl Almanac predicts a long gusty fall followed by harsh winter storms.