I'm flying out of St. Louis today.National Weather Radar shows large storms to NE.I tuned on Active Radar, and there they were.Then.....a few minutes later....no returns!I'm continueing to fly toward them. See clould buildups and lightning nearby.Still no radar returns. Have "refreshed" weather several times. Weather appears accurate.Any suggestions?Glenn D. Willmot

Global writes on or off in AS?Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Global Writes OFF as per your previous instructions on another matter.Moved to Lafayette, Louisian where they are having a Thunderstorm according to US Radar and AS weather (very accurate, today). Still no luck.Will try global write ON and let you know.Glenn D. Willmot

No difference with Global Writes in the "on" position.Turning back "off" and awaiting reply.I have turned AR and AS off and turned them back on with no luck either.It's raining on my parade......but not on radar!Glenn Willmot

Shut down AR/AS/FS and restarted all.Went to Lafayette, Louisiana again as it is raining.Still no luck with any radar returns. Something appears to be "bad" wrong.//AS2004 configuration file[General]WindowPosX = 5160WindowPosY = 5310DefaultWeatherFolder = C:GamesFS2004ModulesActiveSky2004SuppressionCeiling = 10000SurfaceWindLimit = 10CloudLayerLimit = 10LocalSuppressionRange = 50MinimumVisibility = MaximumVisibility = IncreasedWake = FalseDisableWindsAloft = FalseForceDestinationWeatherZone = FalsePreventIcing = FalseOnlineUpdates = TrueExtendedDestinationWindsForce = FalseGlobalWrites = FalseVoicePlayback = TrueLocalSuppression = FalseStartupSound = FalseUseProxyServer = FalseFogLayerGeneration = TrueUpdateSuppression = FalseOvercastEnhancement = TrueRouteWindSmoothing = TrueLimitSurfaceWinds = FalseLimitCloudLayers = FalseAutoGlobalWriteToggle = FalseCCWindsFix = FalseDisableUpperLayerGeneration = FalseVisibilitySmoothing = TrueDisableMessages = FalseAutoTimeZoneDetection = TrueUpdateInterval = 10VATSIMData = FalseZuluConversion = -5TAFProcessing = FalseEnforceVisibilityLimits = FalseWakeTurb = TrueStartPaused = TrueUseSystemTime = TrueDisableCAVOKClouds = FalseProxyAddress = NONEAloftSource 0AloftStationEPRange 1000AloftStationInfluence 150AloftStormWindsEnable 1AloftUpdateInterval 120CloudDepth 3500CloudTransitionEnable 1CloudTransitionSpeed 2CycloneCDOWidth 20CycloneCentralPressure 900.00CycloneEnable 0CycloneEyeRadius 10CycloneEyeWallWidth 10CycloneLatitude 33.60CycloneLongitude -90.44CycloneMaxWinds 100CycloneOuterBandWidth 100CycloneOverridesLocal 0CycloneRainBandWidth 150DebugEnable 0DestinationLockEnable 0DestinationLockRange 50DestinationLockStation NONEFogEnable 1FogLimit 1000FogType cirrusGustsEnable 1HTTPTimeoutSeconds 20HotkeyVkCode 123IFieldMethodEnable 1IcingEnable 0Language English.csvLowVisEnable 1METFileCreationEnable 0METFileUpdateRate 10MainWindowPosition 100,100MiniWindowPosition 3,68ProxyEnable 0ProxyPort 80ProxyServer noneRadarDimension 64RadarEnable 1RadarRenderingMethod 0RadarUseMasking 1StormEnable 1StormIcingEnable 1StormTurbulenceEnable 1StormWindSheerEnable 1SurfaceSource 1SurfaceStationEPRange 400SurfaceStationInfluence 2SurfaceStationInfluenceThreshold

On the AR tracking screen is your present location showing up?Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Present location showing up.Posting accurate weather as per ActiveSky.Posting accurate cloud formations as per ActiveSky.It looks like it's communicating with FSUIP. I have quadruple-checked to make sure that I turned "on" the radar display.I'm going to turn up FS2K4 and head off to Louisiana again. It appears that the whole state is under rain, so I"ll get back to you to see if "magic" appearrs.Glenn D. Willmot

Just started FS2004, ActiveSky - Location: Lafayette, LouisianaWeather reported same as National Weather Service (Thunderstorm in progress) and displayed accurately.Fired up Active Radar......Nada.....Nyet.....No Way, Jose.....Not a Thing displayed for 200 miles in any direction.What's wrong with this pitcha?Active Radar reports accurate location, weather, and clouds. Still no green/yellow/red thingies!Glenn D. Willmot

This one's got me stumped! Right now the only thing I can suggest is a re-install. Besides AS and AR do you have any other software running?Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

OK...will try reinstall later today.I have Norton Anti-virus running and Sysgate Personal Firewall running along with FS2004 and AS/AR, of course.They've never been a problem before. As I said, everything was fine, and then the radar returns "vanished" while on the same flight. They never returned on ANY flight after that.When in doubt, punt........I'll let you know if delete/reinstall does the trick.Thanks for the time you spent looking at the problem.Glenn D. Willmot

I deleted AS/AR an reinstalled once more. I did find some "remnant" references to WeatherCenter 2 in the registry and deleted.Fired up FS2004 and went to Jacksonville, Florida where they had rain to the NW. Fired up AS/AR, and there it was in all of its glory. I flew in/out of the cells for about an hour and a half with NO problems.I then created a flight out of Minneapolis, Minnesota which was experiencing rain with heavy cells in the area. AS/AR responded with very accurate portrayal of surface conditions/cloud layers/upper layer winds......BUT.....no returns on the radar! I waited for about 20 minutes to see if they'd show up....but no luck.I became so frustrated, I shut everything down and went to bed. I'll try it again tonight.I've been very impressed with the latest version of AS for FS2004. It's never burped once with on-line downloading. Quick to respond and very accurate. AR is accurating reporting location/weather, but it's driving me crazy with no returns.I'm very sure I've removed all traces of WeatherCenter 2 and the "older" ActiveSky...but I'll check once more. Im using the latest version of FSUIP (freeware), but I'll download and reload once more. After that....I'm going to harm something!Glenn D. Willmot

Hi everyone,I normally fly throughout Europe and the excellent weather from AS has its perfect reflect on the Radar, always flying with Flight Plans loaded in AS and in ther Radar.But, funnily enough, each time I try my Radar in GUAM (it normally always rain there!!! I can have:1. weather pour, low visibility, pouring down with rain2. ASky reporting accordingly and correctly3. NO RESPONSE on the RADAR....!I have never had this in other location. However, as said before, my flights concentrate on Western Europe.Kindest regardsrc

Good News : It appears that the problem isn't just "YOU" (or us)Bad News : I'm getting convinced more and more (especially after searching this forum for "Active Radar") that there is some sort of "bug" that's still there.Glenn Willmot

rc and Glen,Next time this happens, go to the tracking screen in AR and see if your present location contains any precipitation entry.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Hi all,I had the same experience flying toward a line of storms that appeared in central Massachusetts on the National Weather Service radar, but nothing on the AS2004 radar. Thanks Jim for your suggestion to check the tracking screen.Bruce