Editing Cities

[easy mac]

Obviously, Arlie is working on an editor, probably as I type. However, I'm planning on starting this now. I am doing a 1-AA mod, but want to update all the teams to real cities, make it more fun. Anyway, I've run into some walls in trying to figure out all the headers. I'll list my thoughts, and they can be confirmed and amended. [FONT=Courier New]ID = ID # CityName = Name State = State Abbr = Abbreviation Population = Population (any max or mins?) SquareMiles = Square Miles (any max or mins?) GrowthRate = Growth Rate (any max or mins?) CityPrestige = City Presitge (any max or mins?) AUGmt = Aug mean temp SEPmt = Sep mean temp OCTmt = Oct mean temp NOVmt = Nov mean temp DECmt = Dec mean temp JANmt = Jan mean temp AUGstd = Aug temp dev (high's and lows?) SEPstd = Sep temp dev (high's and lows?) OCTstd = Oct temp dev (high's and lows?) NOVstd = Nov temp dev (high's and lows?) DECstd = Dec temp dev (high's and lows?) Janstd = Jan temp dev (high's and lows?) AUGCLR = Aug clear days (Is this a percent?) AUGPC = Aug partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) AUGCLD = August cloudy days (Is this a percent?) SEPCLR = SEP clear days (Is this a percent?) SEPPC = Sep partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) SEPCLD = Sep cloudy days (Is this a percent?) OCTCLR = Oct clear days (Is this a percent?) OCTPC = Oct partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) OCTCLD = Oct cloudy days (Is this a percent?) NOVCLR = Nov clear days (Is this a percent?) NOVPC = Nov partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) NOVCLD = Nov cloudy days (Is this a percent?) DECCLR = Dec clear days (Is this a percent?) DECPC = Dec partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) DECCLD = Dec cloudy days (Is this a percent?) JANCLR = Jan clear days (Is this a percent?) JANPC = Jan partly cloudy days (Is this a percent?) JANCLD = Jan cloudy days (Is this a percent?) AUGrp = Aug rain percent of days (Is this a percent?) SEPrp = Sep rain percent of days (Is this a percent?) OCTrp = Oct rain percent of days (Is this a percent?) NOVrp = Nov rain pecent of days (Is this a percent?) DECrp = Dec rain percent of days (Is this a percent?) JANrp = Jan rain percent of days (Is this a percent?) AUGrt = Aug rain total SEPrt = Sep rain total OCTrt = Oct rain total NOVrt = Nov rain total DECrt = Dec rain total JANrt = Jan rain total AUGsnt = Aug snow total SEPsnt = Sep snow total OCTsnt = Oct snow total NOVsnt = Nov snow total DECsnt = Dec snow total JANsnt = Jan snow total AUGhum = Aug humidity? SEPhum = Sep humidity? OCThum = Oct humidity? NOVhum = Nov humidity? DEChum = Dec humidity? JANhum = Jan humidity? AUGwd = Aug wind direction? SEPwd = Sep wind direction? OCTwd = Oct wind direction? NOVwd = Nov wind direction? DECwd = Dec wind direction? JANwd = Jan wind direction? AUGws = Aug wind speed? SEPws = Sep wind speed? OCTws = Oct wind speed? NOVws = Nov wind speed? DECws = Dec wind speed? JANws = JAN wind speed?[/FONT] I ask these questions mainly because I want to know some things. If hum = humidity, why does it seem like it goes in the wrong direction. Most places are listed as more humid in january than August? What would wind direction mean if thats right? Is rp the percent of the month it rains? Do the sky cloudy days have to add up to 100? Is std the devation from high to low based on the average (so if the high is 75, mean 65 and low 55, is it about 10)? What would be a good prestige? I don't plan on adding many cities, but there are some missing 1-aa cities that I would like to add. I'm sure it will be easier once an editor is released, but I thought I'd start now. Also, when an editor is added, could you add a feature where you just pick another city from a list and have it add all the info from that city, then we can just tweak it a little? I'm sure if I added like Sumter, SC, I could just import the stuff from Columbia and edit stuff like city size and what not for it, while leaving the temperature stuff mostly alone. Thanks in advance.

[Senator]

What I did in my NAIA, was insert a line, copy the city closest to the city I was making, so you get all the weather stuff, which is probably going to be the same in a 20-50 mile radius and then add the city name, abb, city size, and prestige. Example: Tabor - Hillsboro, Kansas. Copied the Wichita, Kansas weather info, inserted a new line, and then changed the name and stuff, and the Tabor team now had the info.

[dp68]

Yes it is common to have higher relative humidities in the winter than in the summer. Relative Humidity does not measure moisture. It measure the relationship between the moisture in the air vs. the air temperature. The colder the air temperature, the higher the relative humidity. Dew point measures moisture, relative humidity does not.

[ThrowTheBall]

Hey, weve got Bill Nigh on the boards. Thats awesome.

[Scott Vibert]

Here is the breakdown for the Weather Data: AUGmt = Aug mean High Temperature SEPmt = Sep mean High Temperature OCTmt = Oct mean High Temperature NOVmt = Nov mean High Temperature DECmt = Dec mean High Temperature JANmt = Jan mean High Temperature AUGstd = Aug temp dev (I forget exactly which data I used to calculate it, but it is a deviation probably related to the records and means) SEPstd = Sep temp dev OCTstd = Oct temp dev NOVstd = Nov temp dev DECstd = Dec temp dev Janstd = Jan temp dev AUGCLR = This is a limit for the percent of Clear Days, the game generates a number between 0 and 100 if it is less then the number in the database then it's clear. AUGPC = See Clear Day description, roughly speaking it would be the average percent of clear days + average percent of partially cloudy days. AUGCLD = See Clear and Partly Cloudy descriptions, in most case this will be 100 (meaning any number between the AUGPC and AUGCLD limits will give cloudy weather) SEPCLR = SEP clear days SEPPC = Sep partly cloudy days SEPCLD = Sep cloudy days OCTCLR = Oct clear days OCTPC = Oct partly cloudy days OCTCLD = Oct cloudy days NOVCLR = Nov clear days NOVPC = Nov partly cloudy days NOVCLD = Nov cloudy days DECCLR = Dec clear days DECPC = Dec partly cloudy days DECCLD = Dec cloudy days JANCLR = Jan clear days JANPC = Jan partly cloudy days JANCLD = Jan cloudy days AUGrp = Aug rain percent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) SEPrp = Sep rain percent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) OCTrp = Oct rain percent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) NOVrp = Nov rain pecent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) DECrp = Dec rain percent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) JANrp = Jan rain percent of days (EXPRESSED as decimal so it's average days with precipitation / # of days in month) AUGrt = Aug rain total SEPrt = Sep rain total OCTrt = Oct rain total NOVrt = Nov rain total DECrt = Dec rain total JANrt = Jan rain total AUGsnt = Aug snow total SEPsnt = Sep snow total OCTsnt = Oct snow total NOVsnt = Nov snow total DECsnt = Dec snow total JANsnt = Jan snow total AUGhum = Aug humidity SEPhum = Sep humidity OCThum = Oct humidity NOVhum = Nov humidity DEChum = Dec humidity JANhum = Jan humidity AUGwd = Aug wind direction (expressed with 0 = North and going clockwise around a compass (90 = East; 180 = South; 270 = West) SEPwd = Sep wind direction OCTwd = Oct wind direction NOVwd = Nov wind direction DECwd = Dec wind direction JANwd = Jan wind direction AUGws = Aug wind speed SEPws = Sep wind speed OCTws = Oct wind speed NOVws = Nov wind speed DECws = Dec wind speed JANws = JAN wind speed Hope this helps.