Update 8: Truesky (1.2.19365.0) Now Live

[anden145 2,285]

30 minutes ago, Chock said:

Nah, this ain't FSX, the finished product will be dumping the work onto the GPU, in the pic below, FSW was fluctuating between 25 and 50 frames per second and remaining smooth, and my GPU is cr*ppy and old too and the CPU is even older.

Just below the ball turret in this pic, you can see a new cloud beginning to form in the distance...

Impressive! What works in FSW? ChasePlane? What aircrafts - if any?

[Pilot53 544]

Very cool.  This is the most exciting news I have heard regarding FSW so far.  Truesky has the capability to eclipse any weather addon out for fsx p3d or xplane in terms of realism and graphics, and what is flight simulation wqithout good weather simulation?  FSW you have my attention.

[flyforever 267]

This is why it's a good idea to support them( think of it as donationware), rather than dismissing them so quickly...

It has a long way to go, but so far, they are trying hard. And for $25....!

tony

[lorenzog89 96]

The SDK is in development.

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

The TrueSky  addition was enough to make me purchase  FSW. I'm going to shelve XP11 temporarily and use FSW as my GA simulator  for a few weeks to get a better feeling for its capabilities  and quirks.

[anden145 2,285]

4 minutes ago, jabloomf1230 said:

The TrueSky  addition was enough to make me purchase  FSW. I'm going to shelve XP11 temporarily and use FSW as my GA simulator  for a few weeks to get a better feeling for its capabilities  and quirks.

I am seriously considering it as well... 

Now all we need is an airliner, a weather engine (or real weather) and flight planner, and I'm good to go! 

[switch686 50]

25 minutes ago, jabloomf1230 said:

The TrueSky  addition was enough to make me purchase  FSW. I'm going to shelve XP11 temporarily and use FSW as my GA simulator  for a few weeks to get a better feeling for its capabilities  and quirks.

It still has it's bugs and many of those have been reported on different forums so many times. The best forum to report a bug is the Dovetail forum as they are on there everyday. Still, it is well worth the price of admission. I think the goal is to build and finish the house before anyone moves in.

I like to fly old school so the GPS bugs don't bother me so much. They are weeding them out as they can.

[fs4fun 366]

All that work under the covers to modernize the sim's core is starting to show and pay off. Congrats DTG!

So frustrating that I'm stuck at work making a living instead of being at home playing with the new weather. I think I feed a cold coming on... cough cough. 

 

[jcomm 5,919]

One doubt I have ...

is real world weather being fetched into FSW and depicted through that new engine ?

 

[Longranger 148]

5 minutes ago, jcomm said:

 

is real world weather being fetched into FSW and depicted through that new engine ?

At a later time probably. Then we will see what they can do.. But at the moment you select a weather scheme or modify an existing one and this weather is valid for the whole flight. So I would say it is a step in the right direction but it is a bit early to declare a doomsday for Hifi. Its main advantage is that it is part of the main program itself.compared to ASN, Sky Maxx Pro and so on.

[Chock 17,769]

Wanna see something really cool? Get in the Piper Cub and choose 'Fogged in' weather, then take off and keep climbing, you'll break through the clouds at around 10-12,000 feet, keep on climbing and check it out, it's like being in another world and is very reminiscent of when you do that in real life in an aeroplane. Well worth the effort to get the Cub up there and look around.

[fs4fun 366]

The snow effects look really good too, just from watching the video on twitch.

Stephen mentioned that you might also be able to observe God rays.

 

[FlyBaby 659]

Great job, DTG!

This no hassle flight sim adds to the special "complete" feel with every update. Buy it...load it...fly it.

 

[flyforever 267]

let's not forget that as more features are added as standard, the price is even less.

[AndyUK 26]

Anyone else noticed that the somewhat over bright, bleached out, look to the world outside has returned when Advanced Weather is selected?