February 21, 20224 yr Although it looks rather beautiful, I’m quite surprised how basic the weather, or more specifically, the wind seems to be. We are currently experiencing some quite severe storms here in the UK, so I figured it would be interesting to see if I could survive a flight, with Live Weather, in an ultralight! The take off was interesting as I went airborne going backwards, but once aloft things were just dull. I took the VGP Powersolo up to about 7,000 ft and, apart from the crazy ground speed, there was nothing remarkable about the flight whatsoever. In fact, I could have been on a lazy, tranquil flight on a calm autumn afternoon. I was expecting crazy buffeting, coming from huge gusts of wind, but there were none at all. No rollercoaster drops, or gains, of altitude. No suddenly dropping a wing and fighting for control. In fact, as I looked out to the wingtips, they just nudged and murmured occasionally, like any average flight. So what I took from this, was that the air felt completely laminar. I could have been ridge soaring at the coast. Yes the wind was strong, but with no turbulence whatsoever. In fact, come to think of it, I’ve only ever experienced rough, turbulent air when flying leeside of mountains. Storm Franklin certainly looked the part, but was such a disappointment. Just wondered if this was par for the course, or if the Live Weather was just acting up a bit? Edited February 21, 20224 yr by Bilbosmeggins Typo 5950X, RTX3090, 32GB@3600, Samsung Evo NVME 1TB, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswinds, Reverb G2.
February 21, 20224 yr Live Weather has been fairly inconsistent. Sometimes I'll fly through a storm and it'll be quite turbulent. Other times it's as you say, strong, steady wind. At least it's better than it was at release, when you could literally fly into a hurricane and not experience any wind whatsoever. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
February 21, 20224 yr Author Are there certain areas of the world that have good weather interpretations, or is it hit and miss globally? 5950X, RTX3090, 32GB@3600, Samsung Evo NVME 1TB, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswinds, Reverb G2.
February 21, 20224 yr https://forums.flightsimulator.com/c/community/dev-q-a-open-for-questions/320 I would encourage you to vote on the weather topics for the next dev q&a. The topics of weather have dominated as most agree weather has regressed significantly since su7 and has not improved at all in the su8 beta.
February 21, 20224 yr Gusts have gone AWOL in Live Weather. Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
February 21, 20224 yr Is live weather down right now. I'm getting the 225/03 bug again? Anthony Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHZ, 32 GB ram, win 11, gtx 4070 Super
February 21, 20224 yr 33 minutes ago, Bilbosmeggins said: I’ve only ever experienced rough, turbulent air when flying leeside of mountains Cloud turbulence is implemented on my end. I've gotten it over the Caribbean and Australia 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
February 21, 20224 yr I only get turbulent air when over mountains, clouds don't give me any, gusts don't either. I wish this could be fixed it really takes away from sim. Anthony Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHZ, 32 GB ram, win 11, gtx 4070 Super
February 21, 20224 yr Author 12 minutes ago, jer2929 said: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/c/community/dev-q-a-open-for-questions/320 I would encourage you to vote on the weather topics for the next dev q&a. The topics of weather have dominated as most agree weather has regressed significantly since su7 and has not improved at all in the su8 beta. Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve just had a read through, and given it a vote. 5950X, RTX3090, 32GB@3600, Samsung Evo NVME 1TB, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswinds, Reverb G2.
February 21, 20224 yr Author 10 minutes ago, Krakin said: Cloud turbulence is implemented on my end. I've gotten it over the Caribbean and Australia Well, it’s good to hear that someone, at least, is getting the full monty. 5950X, RTX3090, 32GB@3600, Samsung Evo NVME 1TB, Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswinds, Reverb G2.
February 21, 20224 yr 14 minutes ago, Anthony25368 said: I only get turbulent air when over mountains, clouds don't give me any, gusts don't either. I wish this could be fixed it really takes away from sim. Are you running the SU8 beta? CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
February 21, 20224 yr no I'm not Anthony Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHZ, 32 GB ram, win 11, gtx 4070 Super
February 21, 20224 yr Ah ok well if you want to have a much improved experience now, join the SU8 beta. It is open to everyone on all platforms. 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
February 21, 20224 yr ok great thank you so much. I will wait until it is released. I can live with it for now. Anthony Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHZ, 32 GB ram, win 11, gtx 4070 Super
February 21, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, Krakin said: Ah ok well if you want to have a much improved experience now, join the SU8 beta. It is open to everyone on all platforms. What's improved on your end? If so, that's great! However, I've flown a ton in the su8 beta and haven't seen any improvements. Gusts are completely missing as is any sort of cloud turbulence we used to have. Other than guaranteed mechanical turbulence over mountains that seems more like a simple equation opposed to a dynamic situation, nothing has improved on my end with su8
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