July 29, 201213 yr RW Weather is not the strongest feature in FSX... Now that I have FSX Gold installed I would really like to get a nice weather depiction, not that much from the grpahical view but more from the meteorlogical POV. What would you recommend: FSMeteo v9 or ActiveSky2012? I know about another one, even working with Prepar3d, but can't recall it's name ... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 29, 201213 yr Hello As2012 without a doubt FSMeteo is old, I have v8 and I would guess v9 it is exactly the same but with an updated installer to accommodate P3d. The author did the same thing when FSX came out V8 for FSX which was identical to V7 With As2012 which is in constant development you are also getting some very nice textures. AS2012 also auto generates thermals,wake turbulance ect, how well I am not qualified to comment but as a glider pilot yourself these may be of interest. For me though the killer feature that no other realtime weather program has at this time is Historical weather. For me this means that when I come home from work in the evening but would like to fly in daylight in the sim I can set up the sim for the daytime hour I want then select the Historical feature and request the metars for that time to be loaded and played back from that point. No more flying with nightime temperatures with the sim set to daytime
July 29, 201213 yr Author As2012 without a doubt Thx maddog :-) I made part of the beta team for AS during a couple of years, until 2007... It's certainly a great program - I didn't know/recall the thermal generation !!!! That looks interesting, although I also registered CumulusX! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 30, 201213 yr Commercial Member For me though the killer feature that no other realtime weather program has at this time is Historical weather. For me this means that when I come home from work in the evening but would like to fly in daylight in the sim I can set up the sim for the daytime hour I want then select the Historical feature and request the metars for that time to be loaded and played back from that point. No more flying with nightime temperatures with the sim set to daytime Which is now changing in REX Essential Service Pack 1 ;) Tim FuchsManaging PartnerREX SIMULATIONS website: www.rexsimulations.comsupport: www.rexaxis.com
July 30, 201213 yr Which is now changing in REX Essential Service Pack 1 ;) Hello I am looking forward to historical weather being added to REX, for my uses it is a necessity. As a REX customer I am glad you have added this feature, thank you.
July 30, 201213 yr Hello Jose There you go, even more choices, while you wait for more opinions on which payware weather engine to go for check out FsRealWX lite for a freeware option http://www.hanse-coders.net/
July 30, 201213 yr Hello Jose There you go, even more choices, while you wait for more opinions on which payware weather engine to go for check out FsRealWX lite for a freeware option http://www.hanse-coders.net/ Was going to recommend this myself. I use AS 2012 but if you're just looking for a weather injection engine and don't want to cough up cash for REXE or AS2012 FSRealWX is the best option out there by far.. ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING / i9-9900k @ 4.7 all cores w/ NOCTUA NH-D15S / 2080ti / 32GB G.Skill 3200 RIPJAWS / 1TB Evo SSD / 500GB Evo SSD / 2x 3TB HDD / CORSAIR CRYSTAL 570X / IPSG 850W 80+ PLATINUM / Dual 4k Monitors
July 30, 201213 yr Hello Jose There you go, even more choices, while you wait for more opinions on which payware weather engine to go for check out FsRealWX lite for a freeware option http://www.hanse-coders.net/ Yes FsRealWX is very good and highly recommended ! With kind regards, Bart S.
July 30, 201213 yr FS Meteo and FSrealWX will inject current weather conditions into the sim, and they will do this reliably as you fly, but they will use existing default FSX textures. If you want a better looking FS flight environment, you'll need something that replaces the default FSX textures with its own (which you can then configure and reconfigure to your hearts content), as well as injecting up to date real time or historical weather into FSX, with live weather refreshes as you fly. If its the latter, then go for REXE or ASE. Mr Fabio Lagattolla"It's better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, than flying but wishing you were on the ground!"
July 30, 201213 yr Author Well, thank you guys for your posts - they were all very important! Last week I did come across the "hanse-coders" proposal when I was considering Prepar3d and trying to find out if I could use AS2012 with it, FSmeteo, etc... Later I decided to go for FSX, but meantime I had lost the link to that project. I will give it a try, and since I really don't mind not having great textures (otherwise I would certainly invest in REX too) I think it'll do just fine... I really look forward for smooth transition between weather stations, just as I have in ELITE v8 even if the graphics are so basic there... Again, a BIG thx to you all! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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