I am having an issue with the altimeter setting using REX Weather Force.  Over the last hour or so the QNH for YSSY as reported by Weather Force is 1025.  I set up the sim as described by Weather Force instructions with the clear skies preset then start my flight. I then  start weather synthesis and once injection completes the displayed weather changes but the QNH setting doesn't remaining on 1013. On pressing B to reset the altimeter, the QNH changes to 1025 but the displayed altitude changes from the correct 20 ft to about plus 340 feet.  Have I missed something here?   I have had REX Weather Force for some time but have rarely used it. This is not the way it works with Active Sky in P3D.  In P3D with active sky the sim loads with QNH 1013 but with an indicated altitude of minus 340 ft after pressing B the QNH changes to 1025 and the correct altitude of 20 ft.  Any suggestions appreciated.

Bruce

Have you checked your key bindings? Maybe "B" isn't bound - or is conflicting with something else. "B" works fine on my system when used after REX injects the weather (though I'll double check shortly).

This is a known bug, but I'm not sure whether it's in MSFS or WF. The error in altitude is resolved (i.e., it goes away) once the aircraft starts to move. What one sees is that with the correct altimeter pressure entered, the altitude will change to the correct value as one heads down the runway from a standing start. Now that I think about it, I don't recall whether this happens as one is taxiing as well.

I'm assuming that this is an artifact of the way that WF is allowed to influence the sim weather given the current status of the SDK. I believe that we're going to get a new weather system over the next few system updates, so we can hope this problem will go away.

11 hours ago, jrw4 said:

This is a known bug, but I'm not sure whether it's in MSFS or WF. The error in altitude is resolved (i.e., it goes away) once the aircraft starts to move. What one sees is that with the correct altimeter pressure entered, the altitude will change to the correct value as one heads down the runway from a standing start. Now that I think about it, I don't recall whether this happens as one is taxiing as well.

I'm assuming that this is an artifact of the way that WF is allowed to influence the sim weather given the current status of the SDK. I believe that we're going to get a new weather system over the next few system updates, so we can hope this problem will go away.

Thanks that is a very helpful explanation of what is going on.  While I find MSFS 2020 live weather can give amazing results there are times it is so far off that it makes me want to try alternatives such as WF.

Bruce

16 minutes ago, brucewtb said:

Thanks that is a very helpful explanation of what is going on.  While I find MSFS 2020 live weather can give amazing results there are times it is so far off that it makes me want to try alternatives such as WF

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6 hours ago, brucewtb said:

Thanks that is a very helpful explanation of what is going on.  While I find MSFS 2020 live weather can give amazing results there are times it is so far off that it makes me want to try alternatives such as WF.

Bruce

Absolutely this.

 

Today's flight, 

Depart EGLL, expecting fog & very low clouds, actually clear.

Arriving LFLB, expecting light rain & 3500 broken, actually smashing it down and clouds to minimums.

 

Very tense on arrival, and atmospheric flight, but completely unpredictable as to what you'll get until you get there. Definitely miss ActiveSky on MSFS - it's one of the main reasons I still use P3D...

 

G