April 12, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, garlicbread11 said: must have been sleeping when this video dropped back in February. It also show a weather radar, possibly just a place holder till API is available. That is EGPWS terrain display, not weather radar. They do look similar. Terrain should be available on release, since PMDG has always used their own stand.alone terrain database (like a real EGPWS) rather than needing to extract terrain data from the sim. But, since the MSFS development roadmap says that a weather API is finally coming in SU10, hopefully it will be added to the 737 when SU10 drops. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
April 12, 20224 yr 20 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: But, since the MSFS development roadmap says that a weather API is finally coming in SU10, hopefully it will be added to the 737 when SU10 drops. Seems like the weather radar WASM module will be available with SU10, the javascript version at a later date. I am not sure what PMDG is using. Edited April 12, 20224 yr by bendead
April 12, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, bendead said: the javascript version at a later date. I think the Weather API that allows 3rd party developers to access the weather bitmaps is already available for Javascript/HTML, if this is what you are referring to. Edited April 12, 20224 yr by abrams_tank i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
April 12, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, JRBarrett said: weather API is finally coming in SU10 It has never worked before? So sure I remember flying with weather radar in MSFS - in Garmin avionics? 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
April 12, 20224 yr 3 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: It has never worked before? So sure I remember flying with weather radar in MSFS - in Garmin avionics? Weather can't currently be read by aircraft coded in a certain language that PMDG and some others use. Aircraft that are coded in another language can, like many if not all default MSFS aircraft. Edited April 12, 20224 yr by threegreen
April 12, 20224 yr 30 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: It has never worked before? So sure I remember flying with weather radar in MSFS - in Garmin avionics? Radar currently works for aircraft whose avionics and displays are coded in JavaScript/HTML, which is MSFS’s native format. Radar for JavaScript has been supported in the SDK from the beginning. Complex 3rd party add-ons like the upcoming PMDG 737 are coded in WASM which is based on the C++ programming language. There has not been a SDK API that would allow WASM aircraft to extract cloud and precipitation data from the sim up until now. That API is coming in SU10 Edited April 12, 20224 yr by JRBarrett Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
April 12, 20224 yr Is there a current sim aircraft that actually has a weather radar? The ones I'm familiar with are just showing a datalinked nexrad display. Are there any aircraft that actually have a working radar? Andrew Crowley
April 12, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, garlicbread11 said: I must have been sleeping when this video dropped back in February "PMDG 737 for Microsoft Flight Simulator. A dream 40 years in the making" even before Microsoft Flight Simulator itself was launched? and 15 years before PMDG was founded (1997) - interesting. didn't know that.😊 "... by November 1982, Microsoft's version of Flight Simulator hit the stores." Edited April 12, 20224 yr by turbomax AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
April 12, 20224 yr 25 minutes ago, Stearmandriver said: Is there a current sim aircraft that actually has a weather radar? The ones I'm familiar with are just showing a datalinked nexrad display. Are there any aircraft that actually have a working radar? No
April 12, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, abrams_tank said: I think the Weather API that allows 3rd party developers to access the weather bitmaps is already available for Javascript/HTML, if this is what you are referring to. 1 hour ago, JRBarrett said: There has not been a SDK API that would allow WASM aircraft to extract cloud and precipitation data from the sim up until now. That API is coming in SU10 Thanks! AVSIM at it's best! 👌 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
April 12, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Stearmandriver said: Is there a current sim aircraft that actually has a weather radar? There is according to: 1 hour ago, threegreen said: Aircraft that are coded in another language can, like many if not all default MSFS aircraft 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 64GB DDR5
April 12, 20224 yr 36 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said: There is according to: But is that referring to the current datalink nexrad display, or is there an aircraft with an actual airborne weather radar installed? I don't know of one but I'd be curious to try it if anyone does. Andrew Crowley
April 12, 20224 yr So no news about a stream showing the plane? AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64GB DDR5 6000MHZ RAM, RX7900XT, FreeSync 165hz 1440p display
April 12, 20224 yr Not yet. But I think can be this week. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, MSI RTX 5090, 64GB RAM 6000MHz DDR5, Tuf Gaming X870Plus, 1200W PSU English is not my first language.
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