1 hour ago, sd_flyer said:

Lol I checked for the same on the web and forum. It looks like neither WX nor Terrain are implemented

Thanks for checking, that is such a shame, their attitude of "it is not in the SDK so we cant implement it" is disappointing. When you see other developers for upcoming products pushing the limits and getting terrain maps and weather radar working, heck even some have figured out a way to get the windshield wipers to work, but unfortunately Aerosoft is being narrow minded. It's too bad, that CRJ is quite good (it has its issues, but nothing is perfect), but as others said, forget flying in unfavorable weather at night, it's far from being realistic... 

John.

3 minutes ago, 757FO said:

Thanks for checking, that is such a shame, their attitude of "it is not in the SDK so we cant implement it" is disappointing. When you see other developers for upcoming products pushing the limits and getting terrain maps and weather radar working, heck even some have figured out a way to get the windshield wipers to work, but unfortunately Aerosoft is being narrow minded. It's too bad, that CRJ is quite good (it has its issues, but nothing is perfect), but as others said, forget flying in unfavorable weather at night, it's far from being realistic... 

John.

Frankly I would be happy to have terrain over WX because it still easy CFIT in the sim . 

7 hours ago, 757FO said:

Thanks for checking, that is such a shame, their attitude of "it is not in the SDK so we cant implement it" is disappointing. When you see other developers for upcoming products pushing the limits and getting terrain maps and weather radar working, heck even some have figured out a way to get the windshield wipers to work, but unfortunately Aerosoft is being narrow minded. It's too bad, that CRJ is quite good (it has its issues, but nothing is perfect), but as others said, forget flying in unfavorable weather at night, it's far from being realistic... 

There is no possible way to extract the location and intensity of clouds and precipitation  from within the MSFS weather system without a documented API. Such an API exists for gauges and displays written in JavaScript/HTML (which is the case with all of the default MSFS aircraft) but there is (as yet) no corresponding API for gauges and displays written in WASM. The entire CRJ is a WASM project. It is not a case of “laziness” or not trying hard enough.

The internal workings of the MSFS weather system are completely undocumented. Aerosoft cannot simply “hack into” the running MSFS process to try to extract cloud and precip information. For one thing, they would have no idea where to look, or how the data is structured even if they knew where to find it.

There is also no way to mix JavaScript/HTML displays with WASM displays. It has to be one or the other. If Aerosoft were to re-code all the CRJ displays and system logic from the current C++/WASM to JavaScript/HTML, they would basically have to scrap the entire CRJ project and start over from scratch.

An API has to come from Asobo to provide documented system calls to extract the required weather information. That has not yet been implemented for WASM.  I am quite sure that Asobo is very aware that Aerosoft (and any other developer which will be creating WASM-based aircraft add-ons) wants and needs such an API, but it has not yet been provided. This may have to wait for the “major” overhaul of the Live Weather system that is supposed to happen sometime in 2022. This is entirely speculation on my part - I have no definite information on that one way or the other.

You are correct that the SDK is not needed for “everything” an add-on does. As it happens, the entire CRJ FMS, much of the navigation logic and most of the aircraft systems are completely custom, and operate outside of the current SDK. But weather radar is a completely different animal. It is 100 percent dependent on MSFS exposing its internal data to the add-on in a documented way, and (at the moment) that simply does not exist for WASM.

8 hours ago, airbusguy320 said:

I bought the CRJ550/700 on marketplace, but the CRJ900/1000 still shows at EUR 50.99 (which is the full package price I think). Anybody has the same problem?

This is what Microsoft said on main forums (clear as mud as usual) :

 

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Edit: Upgrade path is available. We are now working on the full bundle.

We are so excited to announce the release of Aerosoft’s CRJ 900/1000, which is now available in the Marketplace! Currently, you can only purchase the CRJ 900/1000 if you own the 550/700. For those of you who would like to buy all 4 versions, we are working on making that bundle available and hope to have an update soon.

If you bought the CRJ 900/1000 for $50.99 and own both products, please send a ticket to us here  Zendesk Link and we will refund you your purchase.

We will let you know when the complete CRJ bundle is available. Thank you for supporting Aerosoft and Microsoft Flight Simulator!

 

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

38 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

There is no possible way to extract the location and intensity of clouds and precipitation  from within the MSFS weather system without a documented API. Such an API exists for gauges and displays written in JavaScript/HTML (which is the case with all of the default MSFS aircraft) but there is (as yet) no corresponding API for gauges and displays written in WASM. The entire CRJ is a WASM project. It is not a case of “laziness” or not trying hard enough.

The internal workings of the MSFS weather system are completely undocumented. Aerosoft cannot simply “hack into” the running MSFS process to try to extract cloud and precip information. For one thing, they would have no idea where to look, or how the data is structured even if they knew where to find it.

There is also no way to mix JavaScript/HTML displays with WASM displays. It has to be one or the other. If Aerosoft were to re-code all the CRJ displays and system logic from the current C++/WASM to JavaScript/HTML, they would basically have to scrap the entire CRJ project and start over from scratch.

An API has to come from Asobo to provide documented system calls to extract the required weather information. That has not yet been implemented for WASM.  I am quite sure that Asobo is very aware that Aerosoft (and any other developer which will be creating WASM-based aircraft add-ons) wants and needs such an API, but it has not yet been provided. This may have to wait for the “major” overhaul of the Live Weather system that is supposed to happen sometime in 2022. This is entirely speculation on my part - I have no definite information on that one way or the other.

You are correct that the SDK is not needed for “everything” an add-on does. As it happens, the entire CRJ FMS, much of the navigation logic and most of the aircraft systems are completely custom, and operate outside of the current SDK. But weather radar is a completely different animal. It is 100 percent dependent on MSFS exposing its internal data to the add-on in a documented way, and (at the moment) that simply does not exist for WASM.

How is it that fbw can have an excellent wx radar?

36 minutes ago, Richard Jacks said:

How is it that fbw can have an excellent wx radar?

Does FBW use WASM ?

44 minutes ago, Richard Jacks said:

How is it that fbw can have an excellent wx radar?

It is written in JavaScript/HTML That is the native programming language used for all the default MSFS aircraft. (Along with a good deal of XML). The FBW Airbus is a derivative of the default A320 in MSFS. There is an API to extract precipitation information for use by a simulated weather radar in a JavaScript/HTML aircraft.

The CRJ is written totally in C++ and uses WASM to compile the code into a form the sim can use. A WASM-compatible API for weather radar does not yet exist, and only Asobo can create such an API because doing so would require full access to the source code and full knowledge of the proprietary internal data structures of the simulator itself. I’m sure such an API will be coming eventually for WASM, but until it does, there will be no weather radar for exclusive WASM aircraft. 
 

 

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by JRBarrett

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

There is also no way to mix JavaScript/HTML displays with WASM displays. It has to be one or the other. If Aerosoft were to re-code all the CRJ displays and system logic from the current C++/WASM to JavaScript/HTML, they would basically have to scrap the entire CRJ project and start over from scratch.

Hi.  I am curious about this myself. May I ask if you are you a 3rd party dev that is developing products for MSFS and you work with the MSFS SDK daily?

I am just wondering about whether Javascript/HTML can be mixed with the C++ WASM displays or not.  If you are a 3rd party dev that works with the MSFS SDK every day, I'm sure you would know if it's possible or not possible.

I am not a 3rd party dev and I don't know much about the details of the MSFS SDK.  Having said that, I am a software developer that works with Javascript & HTML.  Javscript & HTML do support a property called "Z-index": https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_style_zindex.asp

Z-index allows you to overlay a div on top of another element.  I don't know what capabilities MSFS has for Javascript & HTML, but if has enough capabilities and supports Z-Index, then using the Z-index would allow a developer for MSFS to overlay a Javscript/HTML gauge on top of another gauge, etc.  Z-Index more or less allows you to overlay an object (most likely a div in HTML) on top of another object, so theoretically, by using the Z-Index (if it's supported across the entire screen in MSFS), a developer could overlay a Javascript & HTML gauge on top of a C++ & WASM gauge.

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by abrams_tank

Does Aerosoft supply a user guide with this new aircraft ?

Some pretty new 3D models and tweaked flight models but no substantial bug fixes for issues that have been present since release. Thanks Aerosoft.

2 minutes ago, Prpn said:

Some pretty new 3D models and tweaked flight models but no substantial bug fixes for issues that have been present since release. Thanks Aerosoft.

Disappointing to hear.

I haven’t purchased the 900/1000 upgrade. I was hoping for a few fixes for some of the lingering issues. Considering it looks like progress may be stalled, I think I will hold off and see what they do in the future.

 

Bit hesitant to invest more money into the CRJ. Feels like every third flight, at least, it ends in some weird bug that annoys me. My very last flight was the being unable to use the AP because it went into a full pitch up / trim up every time I activated it.

Did anyone manage to just update there 500/700

The AS app gave no update option, so I download the full 1.011 (or what ever it is) then read this..From Herman 

"Aerosoft One will update your 550/700 to version 1.0.11.0 without having to do a reinstall. 360.58 MB download. "

I dont have "Aerosoft One" so I found it installed it and then clicked update......

It said "we first need to uninstall the version you have...."

AS as normal you just could not make it up.  ....in a world of your own.

Not found any info if there was any update to the 500/700  (patch) 

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by Nyxx

I found it pretty simple. 
I started the aerosoft updater and there was written to get the new downloader from the AS website. 
 

Did it, installed the CRJ (and the installer did the auto uninstall) - done. 
 

Took me 5 minutes. 
Prerequisite: ability to read. 

1 hour ago, MySound said:

I found it pretty simple. 
I started the aerosoft updater and there was written to get the new downloader from the AS website. 
 

Did it, installed the CRJ (and the installer did the auto uninstall) - done. 
 

Took me 5 minutes. 
Prerequisite: ability to read. 

"Prerequisite: ability to read. " Really well read this.

"Aerosoft One will update your 550/700 to version 1.0.11.0 without having to do a reinstall. 360.58 MB download"

So what part of "without having to do a reinstall" do you not understand or read?

here is the link https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/167869-crj-9001000-released-and-update-available-for-the-550700/

So dont tell me my Prerequisite: ability is to read. When I went to there forums and read it as you can see.

You go "read" up before your condescending remarks and ill thought out reply.

Yes it was easy just to delete and install new version, the app did it but I hoped it would do what Herman said "without having to do a reinstall" hopeing i could then skip the 10 min first load time.

Allright!!!!!!! wise guy?

Edited November 11, 20214 yr by Nyxx