January 11, 20197 yr I currently own REX texture direct and soft clouds, and I am looking for recommendations to replace the default weather generation engine in P3D. Additionally, compatibility with FSX without having to buy separate software would be great, but is not required. Additionally, since I already own REX texture direct, I have no use for any software's texture addons and would prefer a product that doesn't have them so I am not paying for something I already have. What recommendations do you all have?
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January 11, 20197 yr Sound like you just want the weather engine, I use FS Global Real Weather with REX textures and have been really happy with it. It works for all versions of P3D, FSX and X-Plane. Great weather engine and does a really good job depicting current weather conditions.
January 11, 20197 yr FSXWX is free and there isn't a myriad of settings to go through, works very well for me and seems accurate. I'm sure some of the paid engines have additional features (like the radar in ASP4) and wake turbulence simulation, but I don't really need those. ckyliu, proud supporter of ViaIntercity.com. i5 12400F, 32GB, RTX4070, more in "About me" on my profile.
January 11, 20197 yr 9 hours ago, w6kd said: ActiveSky for P3Dv4 (aka ASP4). There is only one WX engine (tried them all) that works local fine for more than a decade... André
January 11, 20197 yr I agree with Andre, I have tried at least three others and AS is by far the finest. A truly superb weather engine that is also supported with great ongoing support. Nice guys too! HowardMSI Mag B650 Tomahawk MB, Ryzen7-7800X3D CPU@5ghz, Arctic AIO II 360 cooler, Nvidia RTX4090 GPU, 32gb DDR5@6000Mhz, SSD/2Tb+SSD/500Gb+OS, Corsair 1000W PSU, LG Ultragear 48"4K, MFG Crosswinds, TQ6 Throttle, Fulcrum One YokeMy FlightSim YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@skyhigh776
January 11, 20197 yr In addition to the great weather accuracy in AS, this feature was a big selling point for me: Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
January 11, 20197 yr I'm very happy with ActiveSky P3D4. In networked Config. Worth every cents. Edited January 11, 20197 yr by Alberto Zanot
January 11, 20197 yr I use ActiveSky + ActiveClouds + REX SoftClouds. Turns out real pretty: Zoom! by Buffy Foster, on Flickr My PC: I7-7700K 4.9 Ghz (OC), ASUS MAXIMUS IX HERO, 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM, EVGA GTX 1080Ti, EVGA 850 G3 Gold power supply, C:=1TB WD Black D:=1TB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro, Windows 10 Pro, Prepar3D v4, AFS2, Tons of Orbx 🙂 https://www.flickr.com/photos/buffy-foster/ || https://buffyfostersblog.wordpress.com/
January 11, 20197 yr I own both FSGRW and ASP4, but I stopped using FSGRW in favor of ActiveSky. My main argument was: If I need to pause my simulation in mid flight then simulator time pauses too, of course. ActiveSky respects this and does not continue to inject weather. FSGRW, however continues to download and inject weather while the sim is paused. For example, when you left your simulator pausing let's say at 1800Z and you returned 2 hours later to resume the simulator the sim time would still be at 1800Z but your weather would be from 2000Z! - At least this was the state of the software when I switched to ActiveSky in mid 2017. While I found in general that FSGRW was not a bad program, this trait was too annoying for me to keep using it at the end. Best Regards Frank Frank Hoehn I7-6700K, Asus Z170-A, 32GB DDR4, GeForce GTX 1070, Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (P3D), WD Blue 4TB, Win10 Pro 1803, P3Dv4.4
January 13, 20197 yr Author Thank you all for your responses! Active Sky seems to have won by a land slide.
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