Hey everyone,I have been using ASX for a while now and I love it, it is great I have used it exclusively since I got it. I upgraded to SP3 to hopefully solve this problem but I am still having one nagging problem and is causing major problems especially recently. It is the dreaded drastic wind shifts.I am flying right now and in this flight from KTYS to KORD I have had huge winds usually around 80 knots, only problem is they are not staying consistent. They are changing from Headwinds to tailwinds and coming off the right side of the nose instantly switching to the left side which causes me to get knocked off course and the autopilot has to go nuts to fix it.In the biggest push the wind shift from left nose to right nose wind a few times within a few seconds and put me into a 45 degree bank and pushed me a mile off course. This causes major problems.Im sure as most of you know FSpassengersX will be coming out hopefully soon these major wind-shifts and overspeed warnings that you get as result of the major wind-shifts will really screw up your scores.I have looked around and I cant find a definite answer as to what will work to fix it, I have tried using the FSUIPC settings(I have purchased it) as well as the weather smoothing in ASX. Nothing seems to help.I would greatly appreciate any advice.

Hi,We understand your frustrations.Try with no smoothing options in ASX and weather settings Off in FSUIPC.Would you say these shifts are in level flight or no?Is this with default planes?Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Jim,At first before I just tried clicking buttons everything was off and I was still having the issues.They are definitely in level flight, it usually is only a problem while in cruise. I am using the skydecks CRJ-200 panel and it has a picture of where the wind is coming from and the speed and as soon as the plane starts to change directions drastically and bump around the wind shifts from say 270 to 320, I have noticed that I usually do not get the huge 180 degree shifts but 45-90 degree shifts is the majority of them.It is not with the default planes I am using a CRJ-200ER provided by my virtual airline. I have flown around 20 hours in this plane and these wind shifts have happened quite often.I usually do not fly default aircraft.Thanks a lot for the help.I will confirm the settings you recommended before I fly again tomorrow, just to make sure that it does or does not help.

I decided to write down some of the wind-shifts I got for a period in my flight just to see how many and what directions they shift from. Here are my notes.Also note I used the recommended settings above.270 to 170 at 45 knots instant shift196 to 172 instant shift at 46 knots170 to 288 instant shift at 43 knotsall within 2 min of each otherAfter seeing this I decided to in my cruise take a few min and just write down every shift in a few min period. 18:17 was the sim time.This was on a route from KDSM to KORD in my VA's CRJ-200ER with the skydecks panel which is where I got the headings and wind speed from.18:17215 to 290 instant shift at 42 knots288 to 320 instant shift at 42 knots236 to 251 instant shift at 46 knots256 to 175 instant shift 175 to 008 instant shift caused overspeed008 instant shift to 080080 back to 008 instantback to 080 all in a period of 20 seonds18:21170 to 240 instant shift on decent240 to 080 instant shift on decent071 to 134 instant shift120 to 209 instant209 to 310 instant18:24All of winds were ranging from 40 knots to 50 knotsI also got minor wind shifts as well gradual changes like you would normally get outside just the wind gradually changing directions.This was also not all of the wind shifts that I had but just the ones that I wrote down. It was all that I had in that time period.

Hi,Please try the same flight in a pure default plane.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

I was flying another flight when you replied from KBNA to KMCO in the same CRJ-200ER and only had 4-5 shifts, they also were not huge shifts like before. I do not have any heading numbers on the shifts.I will fly the flight again from KDSM to KORDI also should mention I am on real world weather. Should I try and find and download the same weather from earlier today so we can rule out the airplane as being an issue?

Hi,When you see this: no, use Online weather and a default plane.Thanks!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

just saw your reply right as I was about to type mine,I went ahead and flew the flight, I did half of it with the historical weather from eairler and the other half with real weather online updates.I did not have as many major wind shifts.I actualy only had 1 that had a visible effect on the aircraft. There were a few shifts(2-4) of just around 10-15 degrees but not many. I did not write them down this time.This is a major change from above.I used the default 737-800.Just speculating, could the aircraft I use have something to do with the wind shifts?

HI JimHope you're well. I've finally got a computer that is able to run FSX and ASX and XGraphics well.I logged into these support forums to report the same thing.I've been flying addon aircraft (FeelThere Embraer 190 and Level D B763 (FSX versions of both)) and been getting similar wind shifts.All the times it's in Level flight with winds aloft. I've been cruising at F380 (E190) and F370 (B763) and one minute I will have 100+ knots on the nose as I would expect on the routes I have been flying at the this time of the year, then suddenly it would swing around and give me 100+ knots on the tail, almost a 180

Hi All,Yes, some planes are more sensitive to shifts than others and that is why I try to suggest comparing results to default planes. The Level D plane has been sensitive for a long time now. The FeelThere plane is pretty new, but now 2 reports of this.One suggestion is to use the latest version of FSUIPC and really adjust the wind shifts to a value that your planes can handle. The other suggestion is to turn off winds aloft and we know that is not realistic, but has to be for those without a registered version of FSUIPC.We will keep working on this issue, but there are some factors that are out of our control in this area.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Interesting that the planes cause the sensitivity issues.With your suggestion of FSUIPC is there any specific settings that you recommend? or some place you could point me to figure out what will work best for me?

Hi,Do you have the registered version?Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

yes I do.

Hi JimThanks for that. I turned on the wind shift settings in FSUIPC without making any adjustments to what was offered and doing a flight now in the E190 with 100 knots on the nose and 106 from the right and smooth as silk.Appreciate your help as alwaysMark

Hi,OK on the Winds tab lower the MPH/min setting and Degrees/min setting.I don't have the registered version so I don't know if these are the exact words.Very good Mark!!Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/