Is active radar OK with DirectX9c ?

[Guest Nephron10]

SirI have suddenly lost the weather readings on both ActivRadarand RealityXP Wx500, I have reinstalled, rebuilt FS9.cfg,inactivated the latest add ons etc etc...(The RealityXP gauge gives ground echoes but no weather returns)All to no availI do not know when this started (been flying mainly airlinerslately) but I know that I upgraded DirectX to 9c a couple of days agoCould that be it ?If not...Help !Best RegardsErik F

[Damian Clark 1,255]

Hi Erik,Since you have ground echos on the XP gauge I am assuming the graphics are working ok.. something else might be wrong. But it may be worth a shot going back in DirectX to see if it helps.Please keep us updated!

[Guest Nephron10]

>Hi Erik,>>Since you have ground echos on the XP gauge I am assuming the>graphics are working ok.. something else might be wrong. But>it may be worth a shot going back in DirectX to see if it>helps.>>Please keep us updated!>SirThank you for your answer :)Perhaps a stupid question but:How do I go back in DirectX without reinstalling Windows ?Anybody else using DirectX 9.0Cwith these products ?Best RegardsErik F

[Guest Nephron10]

Got a reply in RXP forums and anotheruser is running DX9.0C as well as AS2004.5 and Wx500 with no problems.Please help !I have now messed around with just about anything that I can think about.Best RegardsErik F

[JSkorna 137]

You would need a system restore point before you installed Dx9C.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

[Guest Nephron10]

SirI get more feedback from other usersand this does not seem like a DirectX issue.Neither of the weather radars "see" the weatherLook here (weather theme: "Gray and rainy"):Active radar reports:No windWrong visibilityWrong altimeter settingWrong temperatureWrong ceilingAnd fails to see the precipitationCould you please point me to the locationthat Active radar uses to get these dataI suspect that this is where the problem is.Best RegardsEF

[Guest Nephron10]

I am sorry to bother again, but this is the weather section from FS9.cfg:[Weather]WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1MinGustTime=10MaxGustTime=500MinGustRampSpeed=1MaxGustRampSpeed=200MinVarTime=5MaxVarTime=50MinVarRampSpeed=10MaxVarRampSpeed=75TurbulenceScale=1.000000DefaultVisibility=0DynWx_MedianDewPointSpread=10.000000DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMedianDewPoint=0.000500DynWx_MaxDewPointSpread=50.000000DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMaxDewPoint=0.000125DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMinDewPoint=0.100000DynWx_DryTempLapsePer1000Meters=9.000000DynWx_ProbCloudFormForDryTempLapse=0.000500DynWx_MoistTempLapsePer1000Meters=3.300000DynWx_ProbCloudFormForMoistTempLapse=0.040000DynWx_MaxProbCloudChangePerMinute=0.040000DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelMild=0.500000DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelNormal=1.000000DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelHigh=3.000000DynWx_MultiplierForDynamicWeatherLevelExtreme=10.000000DynWx_TempChangePercentageForOvercastClouds=0.750000DynWx_TempChangePercentageForMinDewPoint=0.700000DynWx_MaxTempChangePerMinute=0.060000WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.comWeatherServerPort=80WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0DynamicWeather=2LOADWEATHER=1MAX_UNLIMITED_VIS=193121CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=83D_CLOUD_PERCENT=100DETAILED_CLOUDS=1CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8DownloadWindsAloft=0DisableTurbulence=0CloudsImpostorRingRadius=8000.000000Does it look OK ?Best RegardsEF

[JSkorna 137]

Dynamic weather must be set to zero.What version of FSUIPC are you using?Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

[Guest Nephron10]

Thank you for your continuing support.I use FSUIPC 3.41I have a thought...Just before I discovered this issue I had a period with FS2002(Flying around in PIC 767, PSS 747 and 777), I then used ActiveSky wxRE (1.91), when going back to FS9 the scenery files wererebuilt during startup. Could this have anything to do with this ?Also I wonder, which files do Active radar use to "see" the weather ?(I have now been through all FS9 CD

[Guest Nephron10]

SirOne more thing...Is Active radar is some way related to DirectPlay ?I

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Nothing with DirectPlay.AR reads the wx-export.met file in your AS2004 folder.Nothing with scenery files.I suggest a complete uninstall and re-install of AS2004.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

[Guest Nephron10]

Thank you for your continuing help.Did that - no goAlso uninstalled Active Sky wxRE 1.91.I am about to give up, this is simply taking too much "real life" time.If you or anybody else can think of something, I

[Guest Nephron10]

Gentlemen, I found it ! :)I had messed up my backups of the Weather.dll, and the file thatcaused it all was the "fs9-9999fix-91" This is a fix for the metric METAR bug aka "fog bug" in FS9 and it contains a modified Weather.dllThis was the first file i tried to replace, but I must have messed up my backups.Really embarrassing *:-* Well, that was that, thanks again for all help.Best Weather RegardsErik F

[JSkorna 137]

OK, glad you got it!Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg