
Post by
zezo | 2017-10-22 | 20:12:56
The wind changes every 3 hours only for the wind display - I'm not sure how to implement a good control knob for 10-minute increments.
The info at the black dot popups is exact down to +/- 10 minutes. Also, the "Now" switch is interpolated between the 3-hour data.
There are 4 possible sources of error:
1) Most obvious - you don't have the "pro sails" box checked if you have them in the game or vice versa.
2) The router works in 10-minute steps, so if the weather changes rapidly those 5 or 7 minutes may be visible.
3) VR does some kind of interpolation between the old and new forecast for the first data point. I use the old data for 1.5 hours and then the new data. Again, this is visible if the new GFS model is quite different, but the usual difference is at most 2-3 degrees.
4) Or it should probably be #1 The foils are not implemented server-side, so your boat speed on screen is not the same as the speed at which the server moves the boat. Can also be seen if you check your boat from another boat's point of view. I'm trying to stay as close as possible to the server-side view, even at the price of players complaining of speed differences between the router and the game.