September 28, 20169 yr I think the best part is that when you have NOAA, SMP, RWC and VS, you never have to fiddle with weather settings ect. again - load up your flight and weather is just there instantly. So while the initial work to set it all up is scaring some, once it's all running, it's completely hassle free. Wholeheartedly agree. I might go as far as saying that the weather issue in X-Plane has been finally solved with this combination. I know you can always get better clouds or cloud coverage but as far as weather depiction goes this is it for me. I won't be searching anymore for a "weather" solution. Thanks for VS.
September 28, 20169 yr BTW, everybody...I hope all my HELP! requests in installing this great .lua script does not throw you off from trying it yourself. It turns out, that it is quite easy to follow the set up...what you need to do...and honestly can be all installed from all sources, within a half-hour or less...and that's with reading, and then doing. What problem I had...but was not apparent...was that because XPX:50 is a 64 bit program, it will want to access a 64 bit program code like Python, in 64 bit. So...you need to download and install the 64 bit version of Python. If you do that first, then you will NOT have any problems in using, and enjoying Ventura Sky 1.2. That's very important. I had installed Python 32 bit...and so when I fired up XP 10:50..and then went to my Plug-In drop down menus, Python did not show up...so therefore, nothing was in play for Ventura Sky...no NOAA plug-in, nothing. THAT'S why I had all my 'problems'. So...just wanted to post that you will avoid all the hassle I had...by installing the Python 64 bit version. Welcome to Ventura Sky 1.2: Happy trails....
September 28, 20169 yr Author Nice shots! In the last one however it's obvious why I recommend to turn SMP cloud shadows off for now - they get projected on the haze, while they should be below it (i.e affected by it). Sundog knows about this, hopefully there will be a solution soon. I've got everything set up. I'm just wondering, do I have to use the Ventura Sky colours or is it possible to use a SMP set? You may use any sky color set, however the Ventura Sky atmospheric effects have been calibrated to match the Ventura Sky sky colors, so it's highly recommended to use them! - Currently giving X-Plane 12.10 a spin on Shadow PC. 10 years with X-Plane now, since 10.20
September 28, 20169 yr Dug around at python.org and downloaded the 64bit version and lo and behold now it works! Thanks Ses! Richard 7950x3d | 32Gb 6000mHz RAM | 8Tb NVme | RTX 4090 | MSFS | P3D | XP12
September 28, 20169 yr Nice shots! In the last one however it's obvious why I recommend to turn SMP cloud shadows off for now - they get projected on the haze, while they should be below it (i.e affected by it). Sundog knows about this, hopefully there will be a solution soon. You may use any sky color set, however the Ventura Sky atmospheric effects have been calibrated to match the Ventura Sky sky colors, so it's highly recommended to use them! Oh..ok..I'll do that for now Dug around at python.org and downloaded the 64bit version and lo and behold now it works! Thanks Ses! Yeppers...I had to dig for it, too, lol. Glad it's working for you now! Great, ain't it?
September 29, 20169 yr I am going to test it out tonight! Havent had the time yet.. :/ Richard 7950x3d | 32Gb 6000mHz RAM | 8Tb NVme | RTX 4090 | MSFS | P3D | XP12
September 30, 20169 yr I am going to test it out tonight! Havent had the time yet.. :/ So, what's your verdict? Gives a very realistic bent to the view, IMO. Front's sky colors are great.
September 30, 20169 yr Only problem with XP, IMO, are still the graphics for cumulus and nimbus type clouds, as well as Tcu and Cb... Not VS fault, but not even SMP does miracles in this area unfortunately, and when we compare to the other platform then we get even less enthusiastic about it - let's hope for news with XP11.... I'm almost sure that's going to make part of their focus... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
September 30, 20169 yr So, what's your verdict? Gives a very realistic bent to the view, IMO. Front's sky colors are great. Sadly, I still haven't had the time to really test it. Boy do those two year olds take up all the spare time.. Richard 7950x3d | 32Gb 6000mHz RAM | 8Tb NVme | RTX 4090 | MSFS | P3D | XP12
October 1, 20169 yr Hello, First I would like to thank you for this great script and work. It is really great enhancement to Xplane visuals. Second, when flying, after few minutes, I get red message on my screen saying : lua stopped ! I tried to reload the script, then I get a green message on screen saying something like "attempt to compare number with NIL" In dev console, I have somes lines such as : FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_clouds"does not exist. FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_visibility"does not exist. FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/weather/visibility"does not exist. FlyWithLua error: Can't execute LUA Chunk. The chunk who failed is : DO_EVERY_FRAME_CHUNK Ressources/Plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/Ventura_sky_v.1.2.lua:264:attempt to compare number with NIL but I also have the line : all scripts loaded successfully.... I wonder what I did wrong? Best regards, Pierre
October 1, 20169 yr Commercial Member Hello, First I would like to thank you for this great script and work. It is really great enhancement to Xplane visuals. Second, when flying, after few minutes, I get red message on my screen saying : lua stopped ! I tried to reload the script, then I get a green message on screen saying something like "attempt to compare number with NIL" In dev console, I have somes lines such as : FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_clouds"does not exist. FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_visibility"does not exist. FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/weather/visibility"does not exist. FlyWithLua error: Can't execute LUA Chunk. The chunk who failed is : DO_EVERY_FRAME_CHUNK Ressources/Plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/Ventura_sky_v.1.2.lua:264:attempt to compare number with NIL but I also have the line : all scripts loaded successfully.... I wonder what I did wrong? Best regards, Pierre You are probably using an old NOAA version. Make sure to use v2.3. Mario Donick .:. vFlyteAir
October 1, 20169 yr Thanks! I installed the whole NOAA package yesterday using win net installer so I think I am up to date with NOAA but will check anyway. Pierre
October 1, 20169 yr Commercial Member I installed the whole NOAA package yesterday using win net installer so I think I am up to date with NOAA but will check anyway My assumption is based on the missing datarefs: FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_clouds"does not exist. FlyWithLua error : The dataref "xjpc/xpnoaaweather/config/override_visibility"does not exist. These have been added in NOAA 2.3, so VS can override NOAA and users do not need to edit NOAA scripts anymore (as in the early betas). Mario Donick .:. vFlyteAir
October 1, 20169 yr Thank you very much Mario! You were completely right. For unknown reason, NOAA Wx was not up to date. I did the update manually and everything is well. Happy flights, Pierre
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.