Regressing....it's 2025 and we STILL can't save a startup model
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Why, after all this time, is it still not possible to set the default forecast model that the app opens with? ie ECMWF is useless where I live, and even when the widget is set to something else the app opens with ECMWF. This was fixed at one time...sort of. I remember being able to set the widget to a model and the app would open in the same model when launching via the widget. Now that's broken again.
This is ridiculous (in my opinion). Can someone please explain why this is so hard...especially when so many have been asking for it for years and paying for premium while waiting? Why can't we have an option in the app to open on a particular model just like we have for all the other settings, locations, layers, etc.
While we're at it, why are different models available in the widget that are not in the app and vice versa ie why can I select HRDPS in the app but not in the widget, and why can I select several different models in the widget but not the app eg NEMS, ACCESS, UKV, AROME, etc. This makes absolutely no sense.
After all this time and all the users who have paid for premium for years, this app still feels like a beta that is constantly in flux. Even today I experienced a bug where the ECMWF forecast would simply not switch to hourly even though all the other models were showing hourly no problem. Eventually it corrected itself.
Sorry to rant so hard but I've been on board with Windy for years and I'm still complaining about things that seem like pretty basic and rudimentary, and seeing inconsistent and unexplainable bugs. I can't be the only one.
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@hulakai said in Regressing....it's 2025 and we STILL can't save a startup model:
Why, after all this time, is it still not possible to set the default forecast model that the app opens with? ie ECMWF is useless where I live, and even when the widget is set to something else the app opens with ECMWF. This was fixed at one time...sort of. I remember being able to set the widget to a model and the app would open in the same model when launching via the widget. Now that's broken again.
This is ridiculous (in my opinion). Can someone please explain why this is so hard...especially when so many have been asking for it for years and paying for premium while waiting? Why can't we have an option in the app to open on a particular model just like we have for all the other settings, locations, layers, etc.
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Sorry to rant so hard but I've been on board with Windy for years and I'm still complaining about things that seem like pretty basic and rudimentary, and seeing inconsistent and unexplainable bugs. I can't be the only one.
Thanks for asking this again! That's my main pain point using Windy, too. I cannot imagine how other people are really using Windy on a daily basis. Or are they all just using ECMWF forecasts?! That at least could explain a lot of the bug reports regarding unprecise weather forecasts here in the community ;-) The known "workarounds" are not really working for a simple daily usage.
Currently I have to use the multimodel view to get another forecast model that ECMWF but that's far away from comfortable or user friendly. Maybe Windy hast to pay for each query which is not ECMWF and therefore they want us to avoid using other forecast models...? I have to idea.
This seems to be the most wanted (and most basic) feature requested but sadly there is no road map for this. Apart from this missing feature I'm quite happy with Windy but I'm not using the app.
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@theraser glad it's not just me....and yet no response from the Devs which is especially frustrating when you consider that the app DID open with the same model that the widget was using at one point not that long ago but now it's broken again.
If this is a licensing or data access fee issue then they could just say that and at least we would know the reason and wouldn't feel like we're ignored.
...but if that's the reason why are we paying for premium service if that money isn't being spent on delivering the features we need. I would pay more if that were the reason but I doubt it is, and frankly I'm not sure I'm going to continue paying for an app that I have to change the settings on literally every time I open it.
Anyone else out there frustrated by this? Is everyone indeed using ECMWF?
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I'm not experiencing this problem. Unless I've entirely misunderstood the OP.🙄
On my Samsung S21 Ultra if I have the table widget set to Arome and tap the widget to open the app, the app opens correctly in Arome + set location, layer and time step. Also works with ICON.✅
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@verminal @hulakai @theraser
Interesting. I just noticed this wasn't working for me either.What version of Windy are you running @verminal ?
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S23 FE. Windy v44.0.4When I have the widget set to any model in my Windy Detail Widget it will always open with ECMWF as the model. Mine used to open with the model I had selected to display in the Widget.
I agree with more customization. Users to should be able to save a setting to the cloud - open this model, this layer, this location always. Mobile widget can override this model selection setting but only when opening via the widget? hmm.
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@Wheats
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@verminal
weird, maybe I'll get updated one day too lol. Nothing in the play store on my end.
