Since this is about weather engines: What's are the options for people without money other than FSRealWX?

Since this is about weather engines: What's are the options for people without money other than FSRealWX?

 

I can't think of anything else that is truly freeware, but you could try OpenClouds which is a monthly fee thing but you can buy a 30 day chunk for like 3 bucks. That's a fairly good weather engine focused on pure simplicity and it loads/injects weather extremely fast, but not a lot of bells or whistles.

Start writing reviews about weather engines. :smile:

I can't think of anything else that is truly freeware, but you could try OpenClouds which is a monthly fee thing but you can buy a 30 day chunk for like 3 bucks. That's a fairly good weather engine focused on pure simplicity and it loads/injects weather extremely fast, but not a lot of bells or whistles.

 

That's 36 bucks a year... after year after year... Better advice would to simply buy a payware weather addon, I think. ^_^

I just bought another year subscription for 6 euros. OpenClouds at least doesn't lock FSX. I just had another lockup thanks to a warning by FSGW about the connection between FSX and FSGW. This is really starting to ###### me off. So for now I'm back with openclouds.

Having tried the demo, I certainly will be sticking with Opus. As  it is a one stop shop for me. Support is second to none, I get detailed weather reports,  TAF and upper grib reports. No "S" turns with the NGX. Some have reported that with this FGRW weather engine, so that is a no go for me.

Having tried the demo, I certainly will be sticking with Opus. As  it is a one stop shop for me. Support is second to none, I get detailed weather reports,  TAF and upper grib reports. No "S" turns with the NGX. Some have reported that with this FGRW weather engine, so that is a no go for me.

 

Julian old friend .... you disappoint me!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: (and before anyone jumps on me ..... that's kiwi humour!)

 

I will add that I have not experienced an "S" turn with the NGX to date, but there again, my time on FSX is perhaps only once or twice a week due to a very healthy and lively 8 year old taking most of my spare time. (Have sent you a PM)

 

Interestingly, it is a little sad to recognise that earlier weather programmes such as REX or AS20013 really have fallen by the wayside somewhat, which in itself shows that we have a thriving and competitive add-on market.

 

Cheers Dave B

Julian old friend .... you disappoint me!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: (and before anyone jumps on me ..... that's kiwi humour!)

 

I will add that I have not experienced an "S" turn with the NGX to date, but there again, my time on FSX is perhaps only once or twice a week due to a very healthy and lively 8 year old taking most of my spare time. (Have sent you a PM)

 

Interestingly, it is a little sad to recognise that earlier weather programmes such as REX or AS20013 really have fallen by the wayside somewhat, which in itself shows that we have a thriving and competitive add-on market.

 

Cheers Dave B

Cheers Dave

I fly everyday in PMDG with FSGRW, no S turns here and never seen clouds popping.  

This is a quick video I made of how REX worked the San Francisco/Bay Area ... it's actually pretty good weather depiction, certainly not a "perfect" marine layer, but was enjoyable to fly ... no On/Off clouds this time around, hmmm - must have got lucky. 

 

http://youtu.be/3wNJnwVt3E0

 

Please excuse my flying, first time out in the Dash 8 without reading the manual so "winged" it, surprised I got it started ... just a quickie with no destination.

 

 

 

 

Sorry if I caught you with any friendly fire.

 

Your not  the only  one  lol  read your post on another  thread in reply  to opus   thread  about ( avsim  rubbish)  which looks like has  been removed,  was  a good post  by you

 

 

I just had another lockup thanks to a warning by FSGW about the connection between FSX and FSGW.

 

I think that it is the other way around, actually. Something caused FSX to crash and once that happens the link to FSGRW is broken and FSGRW advises the user of that. Whether FSGRW may have caused the FSX crash or not is subject to debate. A number of other add-ons that use SimConnect, etc., flash similar warnings after FSX crashes.

I can't think of anything else that is truly freeware, but you could try OpenClouds which is a monthly fee thing but you can buy a 30 day chunk for like 3 bucks. That's a fairly good weather engine focused on pure simplicity and it loads/injects weather extremely fast, but not a lot of bells or whistles.

 

I've used it back in the day when it was freeware and had a different name, but no...anything involving money isn't an option.

So nobody else gets the fog/haze popping I've experienced in the registered version of FSGRW? I've experienced that flying in several different areas. FSGRW is the first weather engine I've owned, so I have nothing else to compare it to other than the default.

Don't know your situation and why you say anything involving money isn't an option but with this said I highly suggest you save up the money to get yourself one of the latest weather engines because it really adds a lot to the overall experience flying in FSX.

 

So...next time your buddies ask you to join them for a night out disappoint them by staying home and use the money you saved on a good weather engine ;-)

 

I'm using FS Global Real Weather and I wouldn't want to fly without it!

So nobody else gets the fog/haze popping I've experienced in the registered version of FSGRW? I've experienced that flying in several different areas. FSGRW is the first weather engine I've owned, so I have nothing else to compare it to other than the default.

I haven't seen any fog/haze popping but maybe it has to do with where you're flying and of course the current weather conditions.

 

Have you asked about your issue over at FSGRW's official support forum? If not I think you might get quicker help over there and in my experience Bernd (the developer) or someone else involved in the product usually responds very quick.