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The [[Advanced weather]]<ref>see also: [[Weather#Advanced_Weather|Weather#Advanced Weather]]</ref> has the option to automatically generate thermals along with the convective clouds<ref>The [[Weather#Advanced_configuration|Wiki entry]] has advanced details on configuration options</ref>. For this, the checkbox ''generate thermals'' has to be selected. The sliders in ''Convective conditions'' in the Advanced Settings'' dialog modifies the behaviour of the thermals: for 'low convection' it will generate thermals with a large radius and only modest lift, for 'rough day' it will generate strong lift in narrow thermals. To add realism, move the ''Turbolence'' slider in the ''stronger'' direction, but this will make finding and using the thermals harder. | The [[Advanced weather]]<ref>see also: [[Weather#Advanced_Weather|Weather#Advanced Weather]]</ref> has the option to automatically generate thermals along with the convective clouds<ref>The [[Weather#Advanced_configuration|Wiki entry]] has advanced details on configuration options</ref>. For this, the checkbox ''generate thermals'' has to be selected. The sliders in ''Convective conditions'' in the Advanced Settings'' dialog modifies the behaviour of the thermals: for 'low convection' it will generate thermals with a large radius and only modest lift, for 'rough day' it will generate strong lift in narrow thermals. To add realism, move the ''Turbolence'' slider in the ''stronger'' direction, but this will make finding and using the thermals harder. | ||
If you want it easy, dial turbulence to zero and the convective slider | If you want it easy, dial turbulence to zero and the convective slider somewhere in the middle - very broad thermals are too weak to carry most gliders, but strong narrow thermals are really hard to find and fly, so you want them somewhat broad for starters.<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=386168#p386168</ref> | ||
'''The convective cloud system generates rather realistic results:''' | '''The convective cloud system generates rather realistic results:''' | ||
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Advanced Weather has a working model for wave lift, but so far no way of automatically detecting the conditions which lead to a lee wave, thus in order to use it, some Nasal coding is required. | Advanced Weather has a working model for wave lift, but so far no way of automatically detecting the conditions which lead to a lee wave, thus in order to use it, some Nasal coding is required. | ||
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