hundreds of players wanted new hills in the past (yeah, me too) but I was really hoping for weather/graphics update.
Suggestion maybe looks kinda weird but I'm very disappointed of current weather options available in the game.
1. Snowfall
Snowfall in deluxe ski jump 4 looks like this (100% snow)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/XvTwVysV/Zrzut-ekranu-5712.png)
Maybe that isn't so bad at all and looks ok, but let's look at snowfall in real life (Bischofshofen 05.01.22)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/Y0X0C5t1/Zrzut-ekranu-5713.png)
As you can see, the difference is visible. Not only on inrun (btw it looks great but is it possible to make it in game?). Snowfall in dsj looks... poor.
Okay, so let's set January 9, 16:00, 100% snow & fog 9.0.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/8kbtbtyM/obraz-2022-09-01-232402646.png)
Now real competition from January 9, 2022, 16:00:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/NFPXz92q/Zrzut-ekranu-5715.png)
Much better. Even with cloudy weather 16:00 in dsj means sunset. We can make effect from screen when we would set fog on 17.0, but... still, that doesn't look pretty good.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/t4dT1nRq/Zrzut-ekranu-5717.png)
And finally, in my opinion snow texture should be changed. Now it looks like vertical, veeery stretched line.
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
2. Rain???
For some reason, we can't set rain in winter conditions. But why? On January 29, 2022 there was rainfall in Willingen, but deluxe ski jump for some reason offers rainfall only in summer... And why the texture of rain looks like gray snow? It isn't realistic. I think we should be able to set rain and snow together, nowadays that's common weather in January-March period.
3. Sunsets
Let's set day to March 5th, 18:00, and clouds 50.0.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/vBRLMSzq/obraz-2022-09-01-234625159.png)
And now Oslo 05.03.2022, ~18:00:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/HkQhfXdC/obraz-2022-09-01-234517487.png)
Okay, that's not as bad. So, how it looks like from inrun perspective? (18:15)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/cLSBVzFF/obraz-2022-09-01-234928524.png)
Now IRL:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/sxTTV41M/obraz-2022-09-01-234853887.png)
And what? We can't have colorful sky, we have something... I don't know how to say that. It looks like fog mixed with clouds and sun together. The sky should be more "blue" and clouds should have real functions. Sorry, but currently it looks bad.
4. Fog
Okay, last one. In my opinion fog should be improved - let's look at fog 100, Vikersund on February 14th.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/k5Dscb1C/obraz-2022-09-01-235742117.png)
Darkness... but why? Now, Prevc's 250m jump:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/gkN3T062/obraz-2022-09-01-235924990.png)
Fog is totally normal, like during the daytime. But what about... making fog more difficult?
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/hGSWPptr/obraz-2022-09-02-000357583.png)
Screen was taken from Kimmo Yliriesto's jump from Oslo, 2002-03-17. Now let's test 100% fog in dsj.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/T3c29yyt/Zrzut-ekranu-5727.png)
BRUH. Of course I know that fog like in Oslo could be annoying during record huntings or online game, but here I suggest button "Weather on/off" - that would be the best solution and everyone would be happy. If you would like to jump with extremely difficult conditions, start world cup. If you would like to jump in default weather conditions, turn weather off. Of course without influence on weather. Finally (it's more controversial) I would like to set weather conditions for every single competition in my world cup calendar. For example, other settings for Oslo (100% fog, 20% rain), other for Zakopane (100% snow) etc.
Jussi, I hope you will read this and think more about my suggestions. Everything is possible!
Greetings