Sponge,

 

I'll be totally honest and say that I don't know. Possibly one of the beta testers will come along and will be able to answer.

Hi everyone,

 

I just wanted to briefly chime in here.  Both products have their merits and I believe both have trials, so this is really easy, try them both!  We have immense respect towards other developers in the community and we all need your support, even if we happen to be offering competitive products.  When we started doing wx engines back in 2002 we had no idea how things would eventually turn out, with new offerings with their own take of weather simulation just around any given corner.  It is very interesting and cool to see what everyone is doing and follow the progression.  This is one of those things where competition is nothing but positive for the community, and we all push each other to take things to the next level.  If there weren't any competition I know things would be quite different.

So please consider trying all of them and supporting all of them if you can.  ASN is the newest thing now, but eventually there will be something else, and hopefully, with your support, we can continue this progression for a long time to come.

ASN vs OpusFSX vs REX 4. for myself, its between ASN and REX4.

Damian I think you have more respect for the other developers than what the Opus guys do for you guys after reading this thread. http://www.simforums.com/Forums/how-will-you-compete_topic47935.html

Daiam, thats what I call sportsmanship. You just elevated the sim community.

Great attitude Damien

Damien, your team as well as Tim's st REX are the ones who pioneered weather for FSX, and you have always embraced the community and the competition. You have supported our community through thick and thin, and have never reduced yourselves to name calling or putting down anyone. Please never stop supporting our hobby as we need developers like you guys.

 

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I used to be an ardent Active Sky user and loved the weather engine. I also tried FSGRW which I was not that impressed by. But in all fairness it was early release so things might have been improved since then.

 

Then I discovered OpusFSX and use it ever since. One reason was the easy setup and the camera effects that made me change from AS2012 to OpusFSX.

Weather wise I would say that both engines are spot on.

Is that with fs flightplanner only?

Or with planes that use an fmc and airac database?

 

ASN's auto-plan option depends upon SimConnect's notification to it that a flight plan has been loaded into FSX. It won't see plans only loaded into specific aircraft's FMCs. But I think most of the flight planners you are likely to use provide both specific aircraft plans AND FSX plans, and can, as in the case of FPFX, install both together. The advantage of this is that you don't need to leave FSX, you can simply tell FSX to load the plan at the same time as you are planning it and loading it into  the FMC.

 

OpusFSX does actually already have the same autoload option for flight plans.

 

I use Project Magenta, with Radar Contact for ATC, and use a facility in WideClient to automatically load the plan installed into the PM CDU into FSX at the same time as it does the same with RC.

 

The author of Aivlasoft EFB has also promised to provide an auto plan load in EFB in his version 2.0, operating in the same way as ASN, receiving the notification from SimConnect. Currently I have to point it at the FSX plan.

 

So, eventually, all I need to do is get my plan into my FMC, whether manualy or from an PFPX-produced file, which I do whilst in the cockpit, and press a button to start the WideClient RC loading process, and the plan would be known by everything that needs to know it. (My aircraft's call sign also goes into the CDU, and is part of the start-up data for RC as well).

 

Regards

Pete

ASN vs REX4... let the new wx engine competition commence!

 

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Damian I think you have more respect for the other developers than what the Opus guys do for you guys after reading this thread. http://www.simforums.com/Forums/how-will-you-compete_topic47935.html

 

Hmm... Not a good look for Opus after seeing this link.  Wrong type of attitude in my books.

wlix,

 

You'll like ASN even better because once you load a flight plan in FSX, ASN will automatically load the plan into itself without you having to do anything. Or you can still manually load the plan into ASN before starting FSX. I have been using the new option and it is BEAUTIFUL!

 

No problems though just loading a flight plan in ASN but not FSX? I don't like the way default atc works so I don't load a plan.

No problems though just loading a flight plan in ASN but not FSX? I don't like the way default atc works so I don't load a plan.

 

I don't use the defaut ATC, but still load a plan into FSX so these other programs can recognise it and use it. Default ATC doesn't butt in of its own accord, you have to actually call it up to get it to deal with you, and it makes no difference whether a plan is loaded or not.

 

Pete

wlix,

 

You'll like ASN even better because once you load a flight plan in FSX, ASN will automatically load the plan into itself without you having to do anything. Or you can still manually load the plan into ASN before starting FSX. I have been using the new option and it is BEAUTIFUL!

Just one specific question:I want to continue at least with the type of colors etc I get with AS2012 now.

If I have FSX off and ASN slso off, where do I push the stuff AS2012 makes (textures?) so that those become available to FSX when I start it and run it along with ASN?

I hope I am explaining myself here...

If you are happy with the textures you currently have in FSX you don't do anything with AS2012, just leave it closed.

 

If you want to change the textures in FSX, then you push those textures in before starting FSX. Really nothing has changed in regards to the texture\environment process except you are going to close down AS 2012 and use ASN for your weather program.