Snow partially at low altitudes at 19°C in LOWI

[ArchBlizzard278]

@thecoronadian

If at least they came out and said, we’ve looked into it, we can’t change the snow map resolution due to X Y or Z, I dunno, maybe cost, maybe xbox memory limitation, maybe something else, but as a workaround we’ve added a toggle to turn snow accumulation of in live weather. Or we’ve turned it off automatically if temps around above 2C. Or something.

It wouldn’t be great, but it’s just silence, or even worse they promise us an update and then it’s silence.

I was about to say exactly the same thing. This issue is a great example of the “strategic silence” we get from developers and MS on certain topics:

@ArchBlizzard278

I think the point about potential delays from SeedyL is fair, but the fact is strategic silence on uncomfortable issues is the way MS has chosen to deal with many topics.

If there’s some contract issue with Meteoblue that stops this problem from being fixed, or if it isn’t worth fully fixing until 2024, or if there’s a deeper, complicated technical problem that we simply have no initial solution for, can we just admit that?

Here is how the issue was communicated in the September 2023 Dev Q&A:

@Jummivana

We’ve identified an issue here that requires attention. We’ve carefully examined feedback and data, revealing a specific problem. It appears that there has been a change in units within the data at some point in time. As a result, there’s a discrepancy in how we represent snow. When there’s no snow, it should correctly indicate zero snow. However, when snow is present, it seems that we’ve been displaying ten times more snow than intended due to this unit change. We’re actively working on rectifying this issue, and our team is confident that this adjustment will address the majority of the snow coverage issues users have encountered.

What would be great to know is if the team thinks this issue should have solved the underlying core issue, as the SU14 Beta testing shows that most of the issue remains. That became obvious to testers within hours - was this reflected in Asobo’s testing, which almost certainly would have picked this up? If not, why not? It doesn’t make sense.