If you wanna test it you should load the same metar, in all 3 different programs and see what they show.. There is some youtube video somewhere of it. While REX & AS is pretty much the same, opus shows the weather very differently.

 

I missed this at the time. The last sentence must have been added in an edit.

 

I saw that video too. AS and Opus show the same weather, while REX is the one that's different, except in one case where the cloud textures make it look like they swapped the REX and AS2012 labels... that particular AS2012 video looked exactly like the other two REX videos.

 

I suspect the newest REX will show the same weather as the other two programs now.

 

It's just that to really get a feel for the differences, you'll have to do a lot more than simply going to an airport, looking at the METAR and then loading each product to see if they did a good job.

 

What you really need to do is set up a flight of a couple of hours with the same historical weather data to see how the weather looks over the entire flight. You also need to do the same fight with different weather options set in the various programs. You'll probably have to do the Opus flight first, as the historical weather options there are currently limited.

 

Hook

Within OpusFSX you can currently see the winds/temps at your destination and up to four alternates but they must be within 300 miles. If they are not or you need more waypoints then you can use AS or some other package to plan your fuel etc before turning off AS and using OpusFSX.

 

Oki, thanks for taking time explaining, you guys are the best. I have a tight flight schedule and stick to my current setup for the time being. I am a proud ownder of Opus and I will follow you cloesly.

 

I own Topcat I will oc get the PFPX so please exhaust all opportunities there... Hint hint

 

Say hi to Stephen,

 

Regards,

Morten

Ok thanks Morten, catch up with us again in the near future.

 

Cheers

Cheryl

i have switched back to as2012 after having alot troubels in the latest versions (also beta) with wind speed changing, ´which was giving me more then once an overspeed warning. at the moment as2012 sp2 beta works like a charm

 

i am flying only the pmdg 737ngx

Unfortunately I have similar problems. The wind direction changes in smaller steps but quite rapidly while the speed remains constant. Especially the NGX doesn't like that at all and the result is an overspeed almost everytime.

I switched from ASE to Opus. I really like the result, but the lack of real turbulence and the wind shifting make me think about switching to AS2012 SP2.

We do have real turbulence so I don't understand what you mean. Certain FSX systems will be liable to wind shifts in certain situations but that is the penalty for having live dynamic weather as opposed to less realistic global weather.

 

We don't suffer from wind shifts on any of our in-house systems but we don't run any additional addons, just. FSX and OpusFSX.

to be honest

who is buying a weather engine to fly with the default planes? I dont think there are much out there.

 

if i had know this before i would not have bought your software. your weather looks nice, yes - but it does not make any fun with the pmdg 737ngx

 

hifisim did a great job to support these aircrafts

to be honest

who is buying a weather engine to fly with the default planes? I dont think there are much out there.

 

* Hook raises his hand.

 

And when I bought ASX in February 2008, it was to fly with default aircraft as well. I didn't get my first payware aircraft until the Carenado C337 Skymaster in September 2011.

 

I know, I'm one of 14 people who don't own the 737 NGX. We're a small minority, but an important one.

 

Hook

 

 

I know, I'm one of 14 people who don't own the 737 NGX. We're a small minority, but an important one.

 

 

of course you are! sorry, i did not want to offend you

We use various aircraft sims such as the PMDG 737NGX and have plenty of fun with realistic turbulent effects and realistic detailed weather. When I mentioned addons I was referring to installing multiple packages that hog FSX and burden simconnect.

 

We offer a 30 day money back guarantee in addition to the demo so you can see how OpusFSX performs on your system. It performs very well on the majority of systems and we have a very small number of refunds.

your weather looks nice, yes - but it does not make any fun with the pmdg 737ngx

I'm two betas behind the current one and I do not have any issues with the NGX. I do, however, need to sometimes update the weather manually a couple of times as it seems that Opus dozes off and misses an update or two :lazy:

No biggie though if that is the price for TRUE winds aloft rather than global ones. I do also admit to using AS2012 for my waypoint wind (and subsequent fuel adjustments) planning and textures but the more I use Opus the more comfortable I get with it. And those turbulence and motion effects really do add to the immersion factor of the latest hi fidelity add-ons.

I really like the dynamic weather of Opus a lot! I had some really nice CAT IIb/III approaches in Scandinavia lately. The overcast situation created by Opus is just brilliant as well. A few legs were flown with the Coolsky MD82 and while the shifts still occurred, the A/P and A/T had no problem with handling the situation. But the NGX is really sensitive and the overspeeds seem to happen on nearly every single flight. I had no overspeed in the NGX with ASE running on my networked laptop and with FSX on my old machine (which was much much slower compared to my new rig) at all.

The new turbulence effect in Opus don´t cause NGX´s wingflex to occur. ASE shook the whole airframe through and through... ;-)

And as the newest screenshots of AS 2012 SP2 really look promising, I consider giving AS 2012 a try.

I appreciate the effort and support put into Opus, and I clearly won´t go for a refund. But since the NGX is the addon I fly most of the time, I´d like to have a more stable wind situation.

sorry, i did not want to offend you

 

I'm a lot harder to offend than that!

 

Seems like a lot of people are using Opus with the NGX, so there should be a way to make it work.

 

Hook

I'm two betas behind the current one and I do not have any issues with the NGX. I do, however, need to sometimes update the weather manually a couple of times as it seems that Opus dozes off and misses an update or two :lazy:

No biggie though if that is the price for TRUE winds aloft rather than global ones. I do also admit to using AS2012 for my waypoint wind (and subsequent fuel adjustments) planning and textures but the more I use Opus the more comfortable I get with it. And those turbulence and motion effects really do add to the immersion factor of the latest hi fidelity add-ons.

 

with the older versions without wind aloft data i did not have the problem, but since then i had not have a single flight without erratic speedchanges, sometimes it goes up from 250knots to over 330 knots - i dont like this behavier.

 

i will not get a refund and i am pretty sure i will try the program again as it groth but for the moment i stick to as2012 - i had not a single overspeed or erratic turns problem since i got their weather engine. with the latest opus versions it happens all the time...

I do, however, need to sometimes update the weather manually a couple of times as it seems that Opus dozes off and misses an update or two

 

Hi Tony

 

OpusFSX should not miss a weather update unless you have disabled weather updates in the add-on menu or ticked the Disable Update on Approach option (in Weather Download Options dialog) and specified a height and time period. The weather report window displays the last update time. Can you remember what height were you at when this happened?

 

Cheers

Cheryl