November 2, 20205 yr I see it is on sale so I might get it. In what way will it make things better. I tried the built in XP11 live weather earlier today and it seemed to be correct. Will AS make it even more accurate ? One thing in particular I would like is how is performance with it ? In default XP11 I have noticed a tendency for fps drops when getting close to clouds. Does it have cloud textures and are they an improvement over the default ?
November 3, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, jfri said: I see it is on sale so I might get it. In what way will it make things better. I tried the built in XP11 live weather earlier today and it seemed to be correct. Will AS make it even more accurate ? One thing in particular I would like is how is performance with it ? In default XP11 I have noticed a tendency for fps drops when getting close to clouds. Does it have cloud textures and are they an improvement over the default ? no AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, RTX 4080S, Ram - 32GB, 32" 4K Monitor, WIN 11. Eric Escobar
November 3, 20205 yr Short answer: Yes. Long answer: You can see more localised detail from ASXP METARS, along with satellite images of clouds, integration with Navigraph and flight planning. You also get options for cloud depictions (High Performance or High Resolution) so textures can be better than XP defaults. It works with other cloud plugins, such as Vivid Sky. You'll get an FPS hit from any cloud depiction, and that includes ASXP. In very cloudy conditions, I may see a reduction from 50 fps in CAVOK to 35 - still more than acceptable. In fair weather cumulus, maybe a 5 fps hit. It is possible, with some research, to achieve results approaching volumetric clouds. I have. Beware of Russians offering volumetric clouds. Downside: Sudden changes in your display while it refreshes the weather. This can be annoying but is controllable while HiFi and LR work out a solution. I highly recommend ASXP. For what you get, it's cheap as chips.
November 3, 20205 yr Where is it on sale? I still fly X-Plane and with the Vulkan update, I get mad framerates. I could spare a few for some weather depiction. n/m. I found it. Still pretty steep, but thanks for the info. Edited November 3, 20205 yr by RichieFly one more thing Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
November 3, 20205 yr You can get ASXP from here: https://hifisimtech.com/ They're on an HALLOWEEN SALE ! It's a very complete add-on, and offers two main approaches to modelling weather in XP given it's inherent core limitations... 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)
November 3, 20205 yr Author 12 hours ago, jcomm said: You can get ASXP from here: https://hifisimtech.com/ They're on an HALLOWEEN SALE ! It's a very complete add-on, and offers two main approaches to modelling weather in XP given it's inherent core limitations... The FAQ says Q: Is a complete cloud visuals depiction replacement included? A: No, not at this time. HiFi is working on such technology and hopes it will be ready to debut sometime in late 2019. Late 2019 that was a year ago. So have this been done and if not when can we expect it ?
November 3, 20205 yr Vulkan development got in the way of that 'target'. It was mentioned in a September development update from HiFi, but I can't recall anything about a release date for volumetric clouds.
November 3, 20205 yr No, nothing so far... 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)
May 20, 20215 yr deleted Edited May 20, 20215 yr by CarlosF Windows 11 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | Asus Prime Z690 | i7 12700KF HT | DeepCool LS520 SE | MSI 5070 Ti Ventus OC | 64GB G.Skill XMP II | Lian Li 216 LANCOOL RGB | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alfa - Bravo - Charlie | MSFS 2024 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | Curved 27" MSI | JBL Quantum 810
May 21, 20215 yr Yes, it is the best thing available for xplane as far as I'm concerned. Love it. Bought it like 4 times in the last decade...fsx p3d etc. Worth every penny
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