Perk Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Three of the four Windsocks at LOWI are reading 180 degrees from the actual wind direction. I'm not sure if this is something you guys control with the object parameters or if it's a larger bug with 2020. I've noticed wrong and/or inconsistent socks at other airfields but this is the first time seeing multiple socks with different readings on the same field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtost Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 To be fair, that happens IRL too. I have seen not only one diversion from LOWI, due to more than 10kts tailwind on BOTH RWYs at the same time! EDIT: though you are most likely right, this being a sim bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri_W Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 I really doubt that it is simply a sim bug. The default airports seem to have the windsock direction right by now. Some other addon airports had the 180 degree windsock offset problem as well, but they could easily fix it. I suspect that a wrong model was used for the windsocks that indicate the wrong direction. And yes, of course in real life it can happen that adjacent windsocks point towards each other, for instance when a thermal lifts off. However, here it is consistently wrong. It really spoils the immersion. A proper windsock for a pilot is more important than a properly modeled truck on the apron. I really hope it will be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 On 8/23/2020 at 10:19 AM, Perk said: Orbx is aware of this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotjohn Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 59 minutes ago, Henri_W said: I really doubt that it is simply a sim bug. The default airports seem to have the windsock direction right by now. Some other addon airports had the 180 degree windsock offset problem as well, but they could easily fix it. I suspect that a wrong model was used for the windsocks that indicate the wrong direction. And yes, of course in real life it can happen that adjacent windsocks point towards each other, for instance when a thermal lifts off. However, here it is consistently wrong. It really spoils the immersion. A proper windsock for a pilot is more important than a properly modeled truck on the apron. I really hope it will be fixed. The windsocks only become animated as a certain distance (I believe it's 500 feet). This can be tweaked but you have to edit OneStore library files (I don't recall exactly where, but you can search MSFS forums). There's also a bug in MSFS where the windsock has to always be positioned in a certain way (e.g. at 0 degrees of rotation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri_W Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I understand the issue with the minimum distance of 500 feet (I modified this myself in the past), but this is in no way related to the 180 degree offset bug. The windsocks that are off are always 180 degrees off. Just play around with the wind direction. I expect that the model used for these windsocks uses a fixed offset of 180 degrees. This should be really easy to fix. To me it is a bit weird that fixing this seems to be so hard for a payware product, while several authors of also quite detailed freeware addons are capable of fixing it within the blink of an eye. I realize that for many this is a minor bug, but for anybody that has flown or still flies for real a windsock is a crucial indicator, much more important than all the eye candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotjohn Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 31 minutes ago, Henri_W said: I understand the issue with the minimum distance of 500 feet (I modified this myself in the past), but this is in no way related to the 180 degree offset bug. The windsocks that are off are always 180 degrees off. Just play around with the wind direction. I expect that the model used for these windsocks uses a fixed offset of 180 degrees. This should be really easy to fix. To me it is a bit weird that fixing this seems to be so hard for a payware product, while several authors of also quite detailed freeware addons are capable of fixing it within the blink of an eye. I realize that for many this is a minor bug, but for anybody that has flown or still flies for real a windsock is a crucial indicator, much more important than all the eye candy. If you have the extended animation enabled, then I agree, this should be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri_W Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I am really happy that GAYA fixed the windsock error in their beautiful Zell am See LOWZ scenery. Too bad that Orbx LOWI still has most windsocks pointing into the wind. Pretty annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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