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by Etcher
Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:09 am
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS
Replies: 6
Views: 49163

Re: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS

At least here in the US a lot of this discussion depends on if the airport is reporting the weather using an AWOS/ASOS or automated system or an ATIS which can be digital or in most cases is recorded by the tower personnel. For instance Nellis in RL is a recorded ATIS or a real person talking versu...
by Etcher
Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:57 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS
Replies: 6
Views: 49163

Re: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS

I have updated the test results again. This time, the DCS weather is shown as well. For example: DCSWeather(altimeter=747, turbulence=0.0, temperature=32, wind_ground_speed=0, wind_ground_dir=0, wind_2000_speed=5, wind_2000_dir=20, wind_8000_speed=10, wind_8000_dir=328, precipitation_code=0, cloud_d...
by Etcher
Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:50 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS
Replies: 6
Views: 49163

Re: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS

I've implemented all the remarks from Reaper's feedback and replaced the text file in-place with the latest test results.
by Etcher
Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:25 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS
Replies: 6
Views: 49163

Re: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS

@Reaper That's exactly what I was hoping for, thanks a bunch ! - The complete date is not mentioned, just the time the METAR was made / valid from Date/time is the date the METAR was made at, written in a "readable" for the TTS engine. What format do you think would be better? - Cloud base...
by Etcher
Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:49 am
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: ESST, METARs and weather in DCS
Replies: 6
Views: 49163

ESST, METARs and weather in DCS

Hey guys ! As some of you may know already, I'm guilty for the Discord bot that's been pestering people about for the last few weeks. It's been a project of mine for a little while, the ultimate goal being able to remotely manage a DCS server on a computer somewhere in the cloud. It's far from finis...
by Etcher
Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:14 pm
Forum: Meet the FNG
Topic: Hi from Belgium!
Replies: 0
Views: 8004

Hi from Belgium!

Hi everyone ! I'm Boris, c/s etcher, 33, from Belgium (UTC+1), and I usually speak French. My apologies in advance for all the mishaps I'm going to make in English =) Here's a quick introduction about myself and how I ended up here, although I do hope we'll meet soon. I work in the military, I fly m...