August 8, 201411 yr Hi! I recently made the switch to FSX and was horrified by its real-world weather. It wasn't even accurate! I started to poke around with Active Sky, trying to figure out which one to purchase. I want to keep as low budget as possible. All I really need from a weather program is real-world weather. If anyone knows any good ones, please let me know!
August 8, 201411 yr Active Sky Next is in my opinion the only contender for the moment, there are others, like Opus and FSGRW, I have them both, but ASN is the best, hands down. Cheers,
August 8, 201411 yr Author Active Sky Next is in my opinion the only contender for the moment, there are others, like Opus and FSGRW, I have them both, but ASN is the best, hands down. Cheers, Okay, thanks! My only other concern is performance. As of now, I can run the PMDG 737NGX at 1080p around 25 fps. Is ASN a frame killer?
August 8, 201411 yr I find that ASN has hardly any impact on frame rates, I think its more of what textures you decide to use with it that will affect your frames My youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/Dkentflyer
August 8, 201411 yr I'm on an old rig, using 512 textures and 5 cloud layers. With reasonable settings in FSX I have no issues. I don't get 60fps in bad weather but I get 16-24fps with no stutters, good enough for me. As always, a balanced setup is the one and only magic trick with FSX. Start low and increase as long as you keep the smoothness you want.
August 8, 201411 yr I can also recommend ASN but if you're on a tight budget go for the totally free "FSRealWXLite" (google it). Excellent little freeware weather engine. Hope this helps Adam Chillblast Core i5 14600KF Liquid Cooled RTX 4070 SUPER 32GB RAM. Internet: 1 Gig Fibre. HoneyComb Throttle & Flight System. UK PPL since 2006 current on PA-28, C-152, C172, Decathlon, C-42 based at EGHP.
August 8, 201411 yr Author I can also recommend ASN but if you're on a tight budget go for the totally free "FSRealWXLite" (google it). Excellent little freeware weather engine. Hope this helps I definitely plan to eventually get ASN, but until then, you just saved my wallet and FS experience! Thank you so much!
August 8, 201411 yr Asn for sure. It's just a really really easy program to use. And has no impact of fps And use rex4 for the cloud textures Greg Smith
August 8, 201411 yr I have tried them all and agree ASN with REX textures for unsurpassed realism and textures. Both have a great forum following to tweak the settings.
August 9, 201411 yr I'm on an old rig, using 512 textures and 5 cloud layers. With reasonable settings in FSX I have no issues. I don't get 60fps in bad weather but I get 16-24fps with no stutters, good enough for me. As always, a balanced setup is the one and only magic trick with FSX. Start low and increase as long as you keep the smoothness you want. I have the exact same experience with using AS2012. Keeping the texture size to 512 still looks nice, but has the least impact on frame rates and smoothness. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
August 9, 201411 yr Yup, I think 512 looks better, the higher res cloud textures gives me a cartoonish look with sharper edges. By the way, I'm on a GTX680 with a Dell U3011 30" screen.
August 9, 201411 yr I have stuck with the default textures as i think they are pretty good My youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/c/Dkentflyer
August 9, 201411 yr I have used them all, and for accuracy and ease of use, this FREE one beats them all.... http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/main-instructions.php Jay
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