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[Reader 2,009]

6 minutes ago, Sesquashtoo said:

How to you llik ASN for P3Dv5?  Does it work with TrueSky?

Unfortunately, although it works well in P3D v4, for some reason, it just disappears if I try to start it for P3D v5.

[netshadoe 144]

13 minutes ago, Tomaz Drnovsek said:

What exactly is there in P3D v4.5 HF3 so the new AS can work and is not in HF2?

Do those new clouds hit performance in v4.5 more than the old AS?

AS uses “hooks” to target parts of the P3D exe to be able to do what it does since the P3D SDK Is not fully complete, so ActiveSky programmers have to go in the back door to manipulate the weather engine.

That is a high level overview on what AS does...I’m not a programmer, so don’t ask me details!  😀

Whenever P3D is updated by LM, the exe changes, as do the hook addresses, and ActiveSky and any other program that uses dlls to manipulate the program have to be updated.  That’s the price of a program (P3D) that is updated unlike the old FSX.

Edited May 8, 2020 by netshadoe

[Reader 2,009]

However, I have not updated to "HF3" from "HF2" and yet ASP3D is working in it.

Ironically, I have updated P3D v5 to "HF1" and it does not work, however, as it closes as soon as I click on "V5", it seems unlikely that it has time to even look and see what version anything might be.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Reader

[netshadoe 144]

2 minutes ago, Reader said:

However, I have not updated to "HF3" from "HF2" and yet ASP3D is working in it.

Things may still work, doesn’t mean everything is working correctly.

things that the SDK controls may work fine, the “hooks”  may not all work

Edited May 8, 2020 by netshadoe

[Reader 2,009]

Possibly not, though the "hook" argument seems not to be the case. Previous P3D updates have resulted in a message along the lines of "Active Sky cannot work with this version". However I would prefer it to work in P3D v5, I already have Active Sky for P3D v4 and do not need two.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Reader

[CFIJose 5,485]

2 minutes ago, Reader said:

However, I have not updated to "HF3" from "HF2" and yet ASP3D is working in it.

Thanks for confirming, but I will go ahead an update just the client. All my important add-ons have been updated so there should not be any harm.

BTW, I think we need a P3D v5 forum. There are too many threads intertwined causing confusion. Plus, I'm seeing more threads on v5 and v4.5 threads are getting lost.

Maybe a P3D legacy & P3D v5 forum. Bob, please make this happen.

[chapstick 2,757]

5 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Thanks for confirming, but I will go ahead an update just the client. All my important add-ons have been updated so there should not be any harm.

BTW, I think we need a P3D v5 forum. There are too many threads intertwined causing confusion. Plus, I'm seeing more threads on v5 and v4.5 threads are getting lost.

Maybe a P3D legacy & P3D v5 forum. Bob, please make this happen.

Please don't make AVSIM even more tedious to navigate. 

[JRBarrett 3,049]

1 minute ago, netshadoe said:

Things may still work, doesn’t mean everything is working correctly.

things that the SDK controls may work fine, the “hooks”  may not all work

Cloud injection would probably work. I know the hooks are used for winds aloft, so even though ASPD3 might be creating clouds and (perhaps) surface METAR in P3D 4.5HF2, you might find that upper winds and possibly temperatures are not being injected. 

[B777ER 2,484]

3 hours ago, Reader said:

It would appear to work well in "HF2"

They said HF3 is needed for v4.5 didn't they? 

[Tomaz Drnovsek 440]

What about performance in v4.5 in comparison to the old AS?

[Reader 2,009]

Just now, B777ER said:

They said HF3 is needed for v4.5 didn't they? 

Yes. It was just an aside, not a recommendation. As before, I already have Active Sky for P3D v4 and oddly, that does not work in P3D v5.

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1 minute ago, Reader said:

Yes. It was just an aside, not a recommendation. As before, I already have Active Sky for P3D v4 and oddly, that does not work in P3D v5.

So, I was not wrong after all...thanks

[Reader 2,009]

Indeed not and I didn't mean to contradict you or HiFi.

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

ASN or AS16? ASN was the oldest version, then came AS16, and finally ASP4. I used an upgrade license from AS16 to ASP4 from Simmarket which worked for the new ASPD3. I don’t remember if there was an upgrade directly from ASN to ASP4, but if so, that license may be too old to qualify. Probably best to inquire at the Active Sky forum about that.

Yep..that's what I am doing...but I did use (or tried to) the license that activated my P3D AS v4...so it should work.  I ticketed them...so will have to wait and see.  While that is happening, I am installing T.E. Southern California within  XP11.41...and can't wait to hover over my old house on Densmore Ave, in Van Nuys...hover over Zuma Beach...(my juvenile and teenage years, surfing, and chasing girls!)...can't wait...Friday afternoon, IS BOOKED!   Half way through the download, lol!

[pgde 571]

13 hours ago, hjsmuc said:

The serial is not the problem. It's the order number they are asking for. If that's from a no longer existing shop the registration doesn't work. It also doesn't work with pcaviator which is still in business. I have an order confirmation from this store which is not accepted at HiFi and which doesn't even show up in my pcaviator account. One lesson learned, never buy anything from a reseller.

 

I bought mine from PCA and the upgrade worked fine.