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2010-04-06 12:21:53 - WX RANDOM UPDATES
Ciao all my friends ;)
the disrupted wx updates schedule during the Cape2 race has been subject of many discussions in chat . Surely we are all in agreement that wx updates are one of the most important playrules of this game , as well as to the fact that no one of us can stare at the screen H24 to make sure that a new update has popped up ( or not popped up ) vastly outside the sched times ......

Kalle ....Jakob ...and all ....here is my suggestion :

instruct the server to accept wx updates that arrive within -15 and +30 minutes from schedule .....If too late , i.e. rejected , we continue with existing wx till next update .....at least we know that after a certain time we cannot expect surprises ;) ....

I would be happy to see comments , and hopefully concurrence by as many other solers as possible ;)

that's all with my contribution on the subject .....

ciao ciao all

Piero
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2010-04-06 15:13:27 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
Yeah, something needs to be done. VR uses just 2 wind updates which I do not like at all as the times favor the central Europeans significantly at the expense of those who live in the Americas and other places. The 4 updates per day here seem to be the best compromise possible for being fair to all and still leaving time for people to do things like sleep and go to work. I know we should not let sleep or work interfere with our virtual sailing, but sometimes we must. But this said, I would rather see the numerous surprises we have experience lately go away. Even if it means less than 4 updates per day.
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2010-04-06 15:13:46 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
edit: double post removed


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2010-04-06 15:14:00 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
Hello

Piero hello I agree with you and I'm still opposed to H + 15 as already for the weather to night 2am local time is already a lot here is my opinion

Good luck to everyone

Jean Pierre
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2010-04-06 15:49:03 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
hi
It's a good solution!
Good wind for Italia ma...mamaia!lol
bien à vous
kenavo
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hi


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2010-04-06 15:50:40 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
nothing!

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2010-04-07 19:22:02 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
We're working on steps to improve this!
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2010-04-07 20:58:20 - Re: WX RANDOM UPDATES
kalle said @ 2010-04-07 19:22:02:
We're working on steps to improve this!
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Excellent, and thanks for any efforts to address this issue.

Just out of curiosity, is it known why there have been unscheduled and extra updates? I am familiar with UGRIB and have never found it to implement any unscheduled updates, not that this proves it never has. I guess I don't even understand how the weather service used could even do it.

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