Stupid question: do the clouds move or they are static?

[Youtch]

The other day i was flying MP and people where using clouds as rendez vous points, which surprised me and ends up making me thinking if the clouds do move or not.

 

My last missions in MP i was under the impression they do not move or if they move they don t move a lot.

 

So here comes the question: Are the clouds static or do they actually move in some correlation to the wind.

 

I love the cloud and possibilities of play they give. I just wonder if it makes sense to use them as reference points, especially these with very distinc shapes.

[LukeFF]

They've moved with the wind since ROF.

[Youtch]

I am not sure what ROF is, but thanks.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Indeed they have.

 

I have a mission with scattered rain showers, and it's interesting to sit on the field and watch the clouds and showers pass over.

 

ROF is "Rise Of Flight", the WW1 sim that is the progenitor of the Great Battles Series.

Edited September 4, 2022 by BlitzPig_EL

[Youtch]

Thanks.

 

I need to explore more and spend some more time on the ground.

 

Do they all move at the same speed and in the same direction, regardless of height?

 

[BMA_FlyingShark]

9 minutes ago, Youtch said:

I am not sure what ROF is, but thanks.

Rise Of Flint, the spiritual predecessor of the Great Battles series, Jason lead the team there for years until they started with this series.

Many of the devs of RoF are now in the GB team:

 

https://riseofflight.com/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Flight:_The_First_Great_Air_War

 

Have a nice day.

 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

7 minutes ago, Youtch said:

Thanks.

 

I need to explore more and spend some more time on the ground.

 

Do they all move at the same speed and in the same direction, regardless of height?

 

AFAIK, they move with the wind at that particular cloud layer's height. At least, I *think* I recall seeing two cloud layers move at a slightly different speed/direction. 

 

Of course, this all depends on the mission. If the mission author set a wind speed of 0, the clouds will be static.

[Livai]

Clouds don't move and are called Rubber-Band Clouds what rub each other creating static electricity...............

[Skycat1969]

Digital airplanes are electric vehicles so the static electricity is necessary to keep them flying.

[jollyjack]

1 hour ago, Youtch said:

Do they all move at the same speed and in the same direction, regardless of height?

 

Fly a lil' higher with your K4 (mission attached), and you'll see the top and underneath cloud move with different speeds and direction.

Bf109K4 and cloud tester.zip