I turned my AccuFeel off during the flight to see what was causing all the ruckus. I didn't notice any difference except for the absence of the wind sound. What additional did AccuFeel do, and what are your turbulence settings? Thanks.

On top of the already overwhelming positive reports please allow me to add my thoughts to them.

I have had all ActiveSky versions since version 6. I have REX Essentials + OD, I have Opus.

Nothing, absolutely NOTHING comes close to the experience I had last night after installing and firing up ASN!

First of all the interface: It just can't get any easier and attractive than that.

Secondly speed: it's basically instantly ready to feed FSX with weather.

Third the weather itself. I flew circuits around a dozen or so airfields all around the world going after pretty much every type of weather I could think of. Everywhere the result was stunning! Super (and I mean SUPER) smooth transitions for wind clouds and temperature. Reduced visibility was of a kind I've never experienced in FSX. Can't begin to describe it.

Overcast was truly overcast. Thick and solid.

Lastly performance; I hardly noticed any fps impact. If there is any, it's very little on my average system.

 

Concluding: ActiveSky Next is by far the best weather generator I have ever had.

 

For information; I'm using FEX textures.

 

On the HIFI website it says that all updates are cumulative meaning I can install over my existing copy of AS2012, does that include ASN or should I be safe and uninstall AS2012 then do a clean install of ASN.

Anyone playing with the weather radar? It has some tricks up its sleeve, including TCAD. I'm testing the fps on small GA planes before trying it on more complex planes.

On the HIFI website it says that all updates are cumulative meaning I can install over my existing copy of AS2012, does that include ASN or should I be safe and uninstall AS2012 then do a clean install of ASN.

You may leave AS2012 installed if you wish, you can even install textures from it if you want.

I have to say in the 20 min flight I was doing before FSX crashed on me was flat out incredible. I actually got about a 6 FPS increase using ASN than I did with the REX engine so that was actually a pleasant surprise. 

At first I wasn't even sure if ASN had loaded correctly because on the ASN main screen before I went to full view it just said IDLE so I thought maybe it wasn't working or something. Anyway I took off from KMDW and while there were not many clouds right away that soon changed as I began my climb. The other thing that was instantly noticeable was there was turbulence. The PMDG was having a bit of trouble keeping on the flight path. I mean it obviously still was on the flight path but I haven't seen the yoke move like that since I began using FSX. The turbulence really increased when I was out over the lake. It was awesome seeing the wings flex on the 737 in the turbulence. Now I am also using accufeel so I don't know how much was ASN and how much was accufeel in regards to the turbulence but whatever it was looked awesome. 

 

The weather on the radar matched what I was seeing out the window which was awesome. You can clearly see different cloud layers which was cool. 

 

Is it normal for the ASN main screen to say IDLE? Does that ever change? 

On the HIFI website it says that all updates are cumulative meaning I can install over my existing copy of AS2012, does that include ASN or should I be safe and uninstall AS2012 then do a clean install of ASN

Since you undoubtedly bought the upgrade, I'd wait to uninstall AS2012, until ASN is up and running, because it will probably look for it to insure you qualify for the upgrade.

On the HIFI website it says that all updates are cumulative meaning I can install over my existing copy of AS2012, does that include ASN or should I be safe and uninstall AS2012 then do a clean install of ASN.

ASN is not an update to AS2012. It installs separately.

I installed it next to AS2012 and don't have any problems with it. Will uninstall AS2012 though since I no longer have use for it now with ASN.

Is it normal for the ASN main screen to say IDLE? Does that ever change? 

Yes, it only is active when it's downloading. Idle means current weather is already depicted. It's much faster then the previous AS versions

I trying the demo but stuck with this error "ASN cannot control ambient weather parameters correctly" I reinstalled FSUIPC to the latest from Dowson no matter if it's FSX or P3DV2.

Anyone solve the puzzle of this error.

Thank's

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

 

 

 

I trying the demo but stuck with this error "ASN cannot control ambient weather parameters correctly" I reinstalled FSUIPC to the latest from Dowson no matter if it's FSX or P3DV2.

Anyone solve the puzzle of this error.

Thank's

 

 

Best thing would be to ask for support at Hifi's forum

Since you undoubtedly bought the upgrade, I'd wait to uninstall AS2012, until ASN is up and running, because it will probably look for it to insure you qualify for the upgrade.

No previous version of AS needs to be installed to install the upgrade edition of ASN you just need to enter the key for the old eligible product when prompted. The ASN installer knows the difference between an upgrade key and a full priced key, if you enter an upgrade key it will then ask you for the eligible product key afterwards to confirm you really do own a previous AS product.

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

What are you talking about? The HDE sky textures for FSX are just replacement textures, same as REX, FEX or any other sky texture replacement. How would this change your shaders? That would be like saying dont use REX sky colors because they change your shaders.

 

In fact I, along with many others have been using the FSX version for years with no problems. Obviously you cant put the FS9 version since they aren't compatible.

 

Please enlighten us on how the HDEv2 sky textures screw up your shaders since no one else using them has reported this, including me. Even if it did screw them up you just flush the shader cache and let them rebuild, but this shouldnt happen when changing a sky set.

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

What are you talking about? The HDE sky textures for FSX are just replacement textures, same as REX, FEX or any other sky texture replacement. How would this change your shaders? That would be like saying dont use REX sky colors because they change your shaders.

 

In fact I, along with many others have been using the FSX version for years with no problems. Obviously you cant put the FS9 version since they aren't compatible.

 

Please enlighten us on how the HDEv2 sky textures screw up your shaders since no one else using them has reported this, including me. Even if it did screw them up you just flush the shader cache and let them rebuild, but this shouldnt happen when changing a sky set.

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

What are you talking about? The HDE sky textures for FSX are just replacement textures, same as REX, FEX or any other sky texture replacement. How would this change your shaders? That would be like saying dont use REX sky colors because they change your shaders.

 

In fact I, along with many others have been using the FSX version for years with no problems. Obviously you cant put the FS9 version since they aren't compatible.

 

Please enlighten us on how the HDEv2 sky textures screw up your shaders since no one else using them has reported this, including me. Even if it did screw them up you just flush the shader cache and let them rebuild, but this shouldnt happen when changing a sky set.

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

What are you talking about? The HDE sky textures for FSX are just replacement textures, same as REX, FEX or any other sky texture replacement. How would this change your shaders? That would be like saying dont use REX sky colors because they change your shaders.

 

In fact I, along with many others have been using the FSX version for years with no problems. Obviously you cant put the FS9 version since they aren't compatible.

 

Please enlighten us on how the HDEv2 sky textures screw up your shaders since no one else using them has reported this, including me. Even if it did screw them up you just flush the shader cache and let them rebuild, but this shouldnt happen when changing a sky set.

 

 

What are you talking about?

 

Uhhhhh, yes, you are right, sorry!

 

I've mistaken this with some other package (unfortunately I do not know the name!)

Ok, disregard ...

 

I'm very sorry for the confusion :blush:

As I see the link to the HDE clouds, there's also above the link to HDE skycolors.

 

DO NOT use HDE skycolors!

As nice as they do look (I tried them myself), they change shaders. And messing with shaders is the last thing you do want. That doesn't only affect ASN, but all other weatherengines, too. You'll get scary side effects like cloud patterns etc.

 

Don't say, I haven't warned you!

 

What are you talking about? The HDE sky textures for FSX are just replacement textures, same as REX, FEX or any other sky texture replacement. How would this change your shaders? That would be like saying dont use REX sky colors because they change your shaders.

 

In fact I, along with many others have been using the FSX version for years with no problems. Obviously you cant put the FS9 version since they aren't compatible.

 

Please enlighten us on how the HDEv2 sky textures screw up your shaders since no one else using them has reported this, including me. Even if it did screw them up you just flush the shader cache and let them rebuild, but this shouldnt happen when changing a sky set.