July 27, 20196 yr I've been having a bit of a rennaissance with FSX:SE on a rig built for portable use on the road...my home rig is full-up P3Dv4 on a 55" monitor, high-end controls etc, but I have been experimenting with my old trusty FSX stuff on the portable machine. When I moved to P3D, I was still using Active Sky Next, and I now use Active Sky 2016 for P3Dv4 as my go-to weather engine. I never used AS2016 in FSX, and right now I have ASN back up and running, and frankly i don't see a lot of difference between it and my ASP4 setup in P3D. Does anyone have any observations as to what AS2016 brings to the table in FSX that would justify an upgrade from ASN? Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
July 27, 20196 yr Moderator 5 hours ago, w6kd said: Does anyone have any observations as to what AS2016 brings to the table in FSX that would justify an upgrade from ASN? Regards I remember when AS2016 came out Damien put up a comparison chart that listed the differences between the two. I think the main thing with AS16 was that it was designed to work with ASCA and provided some fixes and updates to improve other weather features. I don’t remember exactly all the differences but it was enough for me to pay the upgrade cost and go to AS16. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
July 27, 20196 yr I have ASN and do not yet have AS16. A few hints are in the product page: https://hifisimtech.com/as16/#buynow What I remember the most when it was first released is that clouds in higher latitudes are no longer vertically stretched. I will probably get it if REX's Weather Force is still not any better than ASN's weather depiction. Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors
August 2, 20196 yr On 7/27/2019 at 8:01 AM, w6kd said: I've been having a bit of a rennaissance with FSX:SE on a rig built for portable use on the road...my home rig is full-up P3Dv4 on a 55" monitor, high-end controls etc, but I have been experimenting with my old trusty FSX stuff on the portable machine... I'm in the opposite situation, a long-time user of ASN and FSX on my desktop machine, but with P3Dv4 and ActiveSky for P3Dv4 on my laptop (I just had no luck getting P3D to run properly on my desktop machine (Win 7) but it runs fine on my Win10 laptop). I too considered upgrading from ASN to AS2016 for FSX but since I don't use ASCA it didn't seem worthwhile. I've been 100% happy with ASN and see very little difference between it and AS for P3Dv4 in use. David, CYXE
August 19, 20196 yr I might consider moving from ASN to AS16 for FSX if there were an upgrade discount, but I can't find one and with such small differences it just doesn't seem worth it. Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Elite X ICE | RTX 5080 | 32GB DDR5 | Win 11 Pro | Acer Predator UltraWide 3440x1440 (G-Sync)
August 19, 20196 yr Hifi doesn’t seem to sell ASN on there site no more, but available on steam. Does ASN have Xgauge ? Luke Pype
August 19, 20196 yr you probably find that asn isn't supported no more I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
August 19, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, MaDDogz said: Hifi doesn’t seem to sell ASN on there site no more, but available on steam. Does ASN have Xgauge ? Yes it does. 🙂 3 hours ago, pete_auau said: you probably find that asn isn't supported no more Right, but there is enough older support to get ASN up and running with FSX and FSX:SE. I am still able to use ASN even though HiFi is no longer updating it. I would recommend first time AS users to just get AS16. Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors
August 22, 20196 yr On 8/19/2019 at 1:16 AM, pete_auau said: you probably find that asn isn't supported no more Well I got suppprt from Hifi with configuring ASN about a year ago and AS2016 was already out. I might add that the support was first rate. My impression is that it's still supported as it's still the AS version that's sold on Steam. Edited August 22, 20196 yr by Kronovan
August 22, 20196 yr 7 hours ago, Kronovan said: Well I got suppprt from Hifi with configuring ASN about a year ago and AS2016 was already out. I might add that the support was first rate. My impression is that it's still supported as it's still the AS version that's sold on Steam. yea that's good, but why would anyone buy asn which is really outdated Edited August 22, 20196 yr by pete_auau I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
August 23, 20196 yr 5 hours ago, pete_auau said: yea that's good, but why would anyone buy asn which is really outdated Well based upon some of the comments in this post, it doesn't sound so outdated. Main reason is price of course; I bought my ASN at a 60% discount in a Steam sale for about $12 CDN, whereas AS2016 would cost me around $44 CDN. I'm sure AS2016 has some worthwhile improvements, but ASN is such a major improvement over the stock weather in FSX I find myself content with it. With what I saved I was able to also buy Accu-Feel and HD Airport Graphics in that same sale all for less than the price of a single AS2016 purchase.
August 23, 20196 yr 11 hours ago, pete_auau said: yea that's good, but why would anyone buy asn which is really outdated Since ASN is available on Steam, many people (especially those not old enough to get a job) have funds in their Steam Wallet (from gift cards, rewards, and so on). They can use those funds if they do not yet have money or a bank card. Sim: Prepar3D 5.2 (main) and Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), CH Eclipse Yoke, Thrustmaster Airbus TCA Side Stick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Saitek Cessna trim wheel, TrackIR 5, SPAD.neXt running 3 Saitek Logitech panels, ButtKicker Gamer 2, Razer Naga Chroma gaming mouse System: Intel i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10 GHz, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 4200 MHz, ASRock Z490M Pro4, 2TB Intel NVMe SSD 660p, 3 monitors
September 25, 20196 yr I use ASN still too with REX cloud textures, works great for me!! Thanks Tom My Youtube Videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/tf51d
September 25, 20196 yr I use ASN with Rex textures on 2 rigs;- win7 FSX, and, win10 ;- P3D both work fine. Over the last couple of years I have had to contact HiFi with activation issues, and have always received prompt satisfactory support.
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