Default Weather Settings for Cities Not in Weather File?

Charlie Hough · 01-13-2015, 05:23 PM

The weather.txt file, which contains weather for many sizable cities, is missing weather data for many thousands of others.

So, if there is no entry in the weather file for a given city, what does OOTP use for weather settings? Does it use weather from the nearest city based on the latitude and longitude? What does it do for a city that does not have a latitude or longitude entry?

I need an answer to both questions because I've created a fictional nation and a sizable number of cities, but I would rather not bother with creating the latitudes, longitudes, and weather settings for each one. If I could set a default or perhaps create an alternate weather file with a limited number of entries designed to match several types of locations among my fictional cities, then that would require much less work.

But I want to make sure that I understand any default behavior by the game before proceeding.

PSUColonel · 01-13-2015, 07:49 PM

I think there is a default set of temps it goes to....which is not really realistic...I have had to go through and edit many, many ballparks. Have fun!!! But seriously OOTP needs get a much larger database, and then read off of the "exact city", rather than the ballpark.

Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)

klavier · 01-13-2015, 08:53 PM

Cities without an entry in the weather file use the the values of whatever the last entry in the file is (Madrid if you haven't edited the file)

01-13-2015, 05:23 PM	#1
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,625	Default Weather Settings for Cities Not in Weather File? The weather.txt file, which contains weather for many sizable cities, is missing weather data for many thousands of others. So, if there is no entry in the weather file for a given city, what does OOTP use for weather settings? Does it use weather from the nearest city based on the latitude and longitude? What does it do for a city that does not have a latitude or longitude entry? I need an answer to both questions because I've created a fictional nation and a sizable number of cities, but I would rather not bother with creating the latitudes, longitudes, and weather settings for each one. If I could set a default or perhaps create an alternate weather file with a limited number of entries designed to match several types of locations among my fictional cities, then that would require much less work. But I want to make sure that I understand any default behavior by the game before proceeding.

01-13-2015, 07:49 PM	#2
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,988 Blog Entries: 37	I think there is a default set of temps it goes to....which is not really realistic...I have had to go through and edit many, many ballparks. Have fun!!! But seriously OOTP needs get a much larger database, and then read off of the "exact city", rather than the ballpark. Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)

01-13-2015, 08:53 PM	#3
klavier Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FL Posts: 396	Cities without an entry in the weather file use the the values of whatever the last entry in the file is (Madrid if you haven't edited the file)