We all know now how to circumvent the LW bug by entering with Clear Skies and calling LW within the sim. It works most of the time but is not entirely satisfying. These are the User Interface improvements I'd very much welcome : 

- The LW settings table which is greyed out, should recapitulate  the weather parameters. When there is no ATIS or windsock, there is no way to know anything except the atmospheric pressure with the B key and the wind direction/strength if you fly with a Garmin.  

- The LW should be editable. For instance, the MFS weather engine is far too generous with lightnings when there is some stormy condition. Flying in SE Asia and Oceania these days is a lightning fest even when there are two or three farts of a cloud. To switch off the lightning parameter would be very nice.

- Ability to save the LW, the save icon is greyed out

- Ability to select the weather over the last 24 h.  LW is only local time. If t is night where I want to fly and I push the slider to daylight I still have the night weather  Not very satisfactory for a sim which is proud to simulate air dynamics over relief including slopes.  

-  There should a table listing the forecasted weather along the route to select the most favorable wind layers for instance

 Have you found workarounds  to mitigate these deficiencies ?  Do you see anything else ? I listed here UI issues, weather accuracy is an entirely other topic. Lets stick to the UI

Do you think it worthwhile to zendesk them or create a thread over there ? 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 20215 yr by Dominique_K

Create a thread over there, if you send it to Zendesk they'll only reply with "change resolution scale to 80" and then it'll get lost in the void!

Edited March 27, 20215 yr by MarcG

On 3/27/2021 at 10:00 AM, MarcG said:

Create a thread over there, if you send it to Zendesk they'll only reply with "change resolution scale to 80" and then it'll get lost in the void!

I did it and was closed the same day . It is not an issue but a wish and one should make one request  per thread 😱. Another day maybe. Or not.

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Edited March 29, 20215 yr by Dominique_K

On 3/27/2021 at 12:52 PM, Dominique_K said:

 

We all know now how to circumvent the LW bug by entering with Clear Skies and calling LW within the sim. It works most of the time but is not entirely satisfying.

Wasn't the live weather bug fixed? 

As far as I can see, the weather corresponds to what reported on the world map. Or are you referring to a different bug?

I am referring to the fact that selecting LW from the planning menu (world map) doesn't work most of the time. I, as many, have to enter the sim with a preset and then only can call the LW which usually comes all right but without any indication.