Game Climates

Game Climates


The Various Game Climates:

Each scenario has with it a particular climate associated with it. To date the particular climates are available are shown in the following list:

  • Desert1

  • Europe1

  • Europe2

  • Russia1

  • In the following sections we shall cover each of these in greater detail.


    Desert1:

    The Desert1 climate will experiance the following weather types:

    Clear Sky
    Light Overcast
    Sand Storm

    Desert1 climate has no effect on the terrain, but it can have a substantial effect on the availability and reliability of aircraft.


    Europe1:

    The Europe1 climate will experiance the following weather types:

    Clear Sky
    Light Overcast

    Europe1 climate has no effect on the terrain, but it does have a mild effect on the availability and reliability of aircraft.


    Europe2:

    The Europe2 climate will experiance the following weather types:

    Image: Description:
    Clear Sky
    Light Overcast
    Moderate Overcast
    Heavy Overcast
    Light Rain
    Snow

    Europe2 can have a mild to substantial effect on the availability and reliability of aircraft and warships.

    Europe2 climate has one effect on the terrain - allowing the switching between normal terrain to a lightly snow covered terrain.

    Whenever the ice level rises above 20 cm (or the scenario maker has set the initial ground state to have more than 20 cm) then the ground shall switch from normal to lightly covered in snow (or Snow1). When the ice level drops below 10 cm the ground shall switch from lightly snow covered to the normal state.

    These transitions occurs only at certain times. During the months of December, January and Febuary an average of about 30 cm of snow shall fall each month. This means that about mid-December the ground state should switch to Snow1. During March the snow melts so that about mid-March the ground switches back to normal.


    Russia1:

    The Russia1 climate will experiance the following weather types:

    Image: Description:
    Clear Sky
    Light Overcast
    Moderate Overcast
    Heavy Overcast
    Light Rain
    Heavy Rain
    Snow
    Blizzard

    Russia1 can have a mild to substantial effect on the availability and reliability of aircraft and warships.

    Russia1 climate has several effects on the terrain - besides normal terrains types, the ground state can represent lightly snow covered, heavily snow covered, soaked with water and turned to mud.

    Because the Russia1 climate is so complex the transitions can be a bit hard to follow, but they occur in the following way:

    During September, about 30 cm of water falls. Since there is no ice, this means that about mid-September there is a transition from the normal ground state to a wet ground state.

    During October, the weather gets colder and the water quickly freezes into about 30cm of ice. This means that early October the ground state shall switch from a wet state to a lightly snow covered state (or Snow1).

    During November, there are some heavy snow falls, resulting in an extra 40 cm of snow appearing. This means that about mid-November the ground state shall switch from Snow1 to a heavily snowed over ground state (or Snow2).

    Through December and January the weather remains cold and nothing really changes.

    During Febuary, the weather gets warmer and the ice starts to melt. About the 10th of Febuary, the level of ice has dropped enough for a transition from Snow2 to Snow1. About the 20th of Febuary, there is very little snow but a lot of water so we see a transition in the ground state from Snow1 to very wet.

    During March some good drying weather comes along and the ground begins to dry out. About the 10th of March the ground state switches from wet to normal, and in the process returning us to the ground state that we started with.

    There are some rules to the ground state transitions:

  • For ice levels greater than 20 cm the ground state will become lightly covered with snow. This transition will reverse if the ice level drops under 10 cm.

  • For ice levels greater than 50 cm the ground state will become heavily covered with snow. This transition will reverse if the ice level drops under 40 cm.

  • If the ground state is not in one in which there is a covering of snow, and the water level is greater than 20 cm, then the ground state will switch to one of very wet. This transition will reverse if the water level drops under 10 cm.

  • Because of all these ground state transitions making up the Russia1 climate, creating scenarios can be rather hard to do, but the results are well worth the effort.


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