Asobo's silence on the weather mess

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

It seems that the weather is fixed now for Asobo, no comment on the low clouds and the visibility issues.

Let's not stop reporting and asking them to fix it.

It's clear in Dubai right now, but I found a webcam in LOWI, pretty much documenting the above. METAR reports visibility 9999.

[hansb57 493]

It's 11 o'clock in France, Probably now having croissants and coffee.

 

 

[MarcG 2,978]

Asobo don't do the communication, Microsoft so, therein lies the problem.

[JBDB-MD80 1,473]

12 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Asobo don't do the communication, Microsoft so, therein lies the problem.

As of this post it is currently 2:25 am in Seattle Washington.

[March Hare 720]

MarcG is correct. Silence means nothing in relation to what Asobo are or are not doing. It's up to MS to issue communication.

Having said this, I'm sure someone did post a link, in another thread, to an acknowledgement on the official forum of weather issues and a fix currently being worked on. I know I saw it.

[intheshadow 29]

1 minute ago, March Hare said:

MarcG is correct. Silence means nothing in relation to what Asobo are or are not doing. It's up to MS to issue communication.

Having said this, I'm sure someone did post a link, in another thread, to an acknowledgement on the official forum of weather issues and a fix currently being worked on. I know I saw it.

I’ve got that response from their support desk.

 

problem is that what they exactly mean by “currently working on it”.

i mean they work for dx12 for 1 year+…

weather issue can be fixed by SU8 or 9.. and not hotfix by looks of it.

there is a rumor however on official forum that hotfix is due until tuesday.

[Dominique_K 10,149]

36 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Asobo don't do the communication, Microsoft so, therein lies the problem.

And this is the Thanksgiving long week-end. Not an excuse but an explanation. Remember what Art Buchwald wrote long ago

And so, on the fourth Thursday in November, American families sit down at a large table brimming with tasty dishes and, for the only time during the year, eat better than the French do.

Let them have a quiet digestion.

For those who don’t know it, this is Buchwald’ s hilarious column of 1952 explaining TG to the French.

https://www.parisweekender.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving/

 

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Dominique_K

[March Hare 720]

37 minutes ago, intheshadow said:

I’ve got that response from their support desk.

 

problem is that what they exactly mean by “currently working on it”.

i mean they work for dx12 for 1 year+…

weather issue can be fixed by SU8 or 9.. and not hotfix by looks of it.

there is a rumor however on official forum that hotfix is due until tuesday.

Well, there you go. I knew I'd seen it somewhere. They are working on it. It means what it means. It will be fixed when it can be, such is the way of development, and it will be released in the manner and at the time when Microsoft, the publisher, decides. Nothing more to be said, other than wait.

Not sure that they have been working on DX12 for that long -- on the PC side. They were working on the Xbox build initially, which is DX12, then switched to working on the PC implementation more recently, it would seem. Although, that's neither here nor there in relation to any current bug investigation and fixing. Completely different scenarios.

[MarcG 2,978]

1 hour ago, jbdbow1970 said:

As of this post it is currently 2:25 am in Seattle Washington.

And!? I was merely stating Asobo don't do the communication, I made no reference to needing communication at that specific time.

[Mark1616 47]

The problem with this weather "upgrade" is that it is so bad the only fix for now is to roll-back whatever changes they've made in SU7.

[MarcG 2,978]

1 hour ago, Dominique_K said:

And this is the Thanksgiving long week-end. Not an excuse but an explanation. Remember what Art Buchwald wrote long ago

And so, on the fourth Thursday in November, American families sit down at a large table brimming with tasty dishes and, for the only time during the year, eat better than the French do.

Let them have a quiet digestion.

For those who don’t know it, this is Buchwald’ s hilarious column of 1952 explaining TG to the French.

https://www.parisweekender.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving/

 

 

Which is the issue as they had plenty of time beforehand to issue an update, instead they all go off on a jolly holiday knowing full well some of their customers are upset with their lack of communication...!

There are no excuses, it's poor, period.

[OlliePen 88]

"Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia." - Wikipedia

I don't see France in that list.

Some friends are calling this latest iteration "Smog Simulator." 😐

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by OlliePen

[Dominique_K 10,149]

14 minutes ago, OlliePen said:

"Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia." - Wikipedia

I don't see France in that list.

Some friends are calling this latest iteration "Smog Simulator." 😐

 

We sure don’t celebrate TG  in France but as said above the communication is made by MS which the owner and distributor of the sim not by Asobo. 

 

[OlliePen 88]

12 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

We sure don’t celebrate TG  in France but as said above the communication is made by MS which the owner and distributor of the sim not by Asobo. 

 

Truth ^ . Perhaps someone might have released a little blurb or something saying, "We know there are problems, and we're working to fix them."

I flew into KBFL 30R last night and didn't see the rabbit until 3 miles from the threshold. The haze/smog/bull dink looked more like Beijing than Bakersfield.

[JRBarrett 3,071]

5 minutes ago, OlliePen said:

Truth ^ . Perhaps someone might have released a little blurb or something saying, "We know there are problems, and we're working to fix them."

I flew into KBFL 30R last night and didn't see the rabbit until 3 miles from the threshold. The haze/smog/bull dink looked more like Beijing than Bakersfield.

KBFL is probably not the best example to pick to illustrate the problem.  Looking at the METARS for Bakersfield for the last 24 hours at aviationweather.gov, every hourly report has “HZ” (haze) in the METAR, with visibility ranging between 4 and 5 miles. No METAR was any higher than 5 miles. This is one airport where the conditions you describe would have actually been appropriate. 5SM visibility (or less) is officially considered “marginal VFR”

That’s not to say that the new system is not inappropriately placing much denser haze than it should be based on current METARS in many locations. The problem seems to be worse in western parts of the US than in the east, and there is the additional problem of cloud bases being placed too low, which exacerbates the problem.