S3 Series

If your recording for me or for Weis, things you need to do.

ctrl h to get rid of the HUD

/.hideradiomessages to get rid of radio bar

also click the small arrow at the bottom right of you screen to get rid of the menu bar.

This only applies if you are using Fraps or other recording device. ACMCAM recordings can be cleaned up post processing.

Where do you want the sun? Warbirds has real positioning of astronomical bodies so we have some latitude in positioning it on the horizon. I am willing to work that out for you and script it so it happens automatically. Some clouds for effect might be nice as well

Thanks Dawger, It doesn't really matter as with acmcam recordings, time of day and cloud cover can be adjusted post processing.

I just played with it in the arena for the event

June 22 at 19:00 hours puts the sun low on the horizon behind the aircraft coming down the final.

December 22 at 16:20 puts it right on the water 90 degrees off the runway heading but its pretty dark that low.

Dawger....are the commands you (and Jabo) use to set date and time something we can do offline?

If so, I would appreciate it if you could post the commands and variables for our use.

I don't think they work offline.

.offtime <HH> <MM> <RATE> seems to work OFFLINE to set the time except the rate doesn't make the earth rotate as it should

ONLINE (If you have arena privileges) .gamedate <MM> <DD> <YY> sets the date. I use this in historical events although no one really cares but it does position the Sun, Moon, and Stars correctly for the date.

ONLINE .time <HH> <MM> <RATE> sets the current time

I always set the rate to zero and use a script to advance the sun through the sky. This is to avoid a long night period. I don't know if the rate actually still works online. It used to a long time ago but at some point it was shut off in the code. I doubt it has been restored since it doesn't work with .offtime.

I use offtime command offline. Best evening sun is 19 30 00, best morning sun is 04 22 00. Unfortunately the sun does not gently set, it jumps. So at 19 30 00 the sun would be at position angle 3 above the horizon, its next position is below the horizon. I have never gotten the sun to set on water.