Weather and Terrain APIs - Marked as "Fixed"

[Fiorentoni 4,221]

9 minutes ago, Kevin_28 said:

Nexrad I believe? I don't know. I'm not really well versed on all that.

Ah okay, that's a ground based radar, however, which can uplink it's data to aircraft.

[Fiorentoni 4,221]

11 minutes ago, Kyuss said:

They seriously need to think about shutting this sim down until they have a 1:1 live recreation of reality. I'm demanding my money back and a seat on the beta team for the 2040 re-release.

That's so inane, I don't even know where to begin.

EDIT: Unless it's sarcasm on a higher level.

Edited September 30, 2022 by Fiorentoni

[WestAir 2,522]

2 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

That's so inane, I don't even know where to begin.

He was just joking. It's hard to tell over text without nonverbal cues, but his comment was sheer hyperbole.

[SAS443 1,723]

16 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Ah okay, that's a ground based radar, however, which can uplink it's data to aircraft.

Nexrad works both via ads-b (ground) or SiriusXM (satellite feed from nexrad ground stations). The drawback of Nexrad up linking is that your "radar returns" can be several minutes old. Which in itself can pose a real threat if you try to escape cells through a gap which may no longer be there.

Edited September 30, 2022 by SAS443

[March Hare 720]

3 hours ago, WestAir said:

it seems like the most logical place would be on issues Asobo doesn't want to work on, rather than ones they do want to work on.

People often misunderstand how this industry works, so this should really be reworded as follows: "it seems like the most logical place would be on issues Microsoft doesn't want Asobo to work on, rather than ones they do want Asobo to work on."

The reality is that the publisher (Microsoft here) has total control. The development team (Asobo) does what the publisher demands; their focus is directed by the publisher at every step. Asobo don't decide whether or not to develop an API further.

[JRBarrett 3,070]

1 hour ago, Jeeeno said:

 

The default weather radar in MSFS also gives you precipitation BEHIND the aircraft. For Asobo that's realistic ... 

If you are in NEXRAD emulation mode, you will indeed see precip behind or to the side of the aircraft, as you would with a real NEXRAD system. This is the default on most of the Asobo GA aircraft. NEXRAD is not an on-board radar but is uplinked from the ground. I believe the CJ4 and A320 emulate a true on-board radar.

[Jeeeno 314]

5 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

If you are in NEXRAD emulation mode, you will indeed see precip behind or to the side of the aircraft, as you would with a real NEXRAD system. This is the default on most of the Asobo GA aircraft. NEXRAD is not an on-board radar but is uplinked from the ground. I believe the CJ4 and A320 emulate a true on-board radar.

I've never flown the A320, but the weather radar on the CJ4 definitely shows weather behind the aircraft and it's 100% wrong. 

[Kevin_28 164]

I believe the CJ4 has both onboard and SiriusXM radar

[goodson1001 1]

13 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

It's not Asobo's main job to satisfy the demands of niche developers.

The DC-6 and 737 from PMDG kinda are why I am even giving this sim a chance. If weather radars are not going work (like I pay attention to them anyways) then maybe I got to go back to P3D, and just suffer with the subpar terrain and boxy buildings. At least there I dont have to fly all my flights in real time (All true flight simmers gasp! Your supposed to spend 13 hours flying to Guam on a long haul flight!)

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Intel 9900K, RTX3090.

[sd_flyer 6,040]

4 hours ago, goodson1001 said:

The DC-6 and 737 from PMDG kinda are why I am even giving this sim a chance. If weather radars are not going work (like I pay attention to them anyways) then maybe I got to go back to P3D,

 Really? Is that what you rational? I've been flying (IRL) without weather WX radar for 20 years, and haven't quit yet because of that LOL

Yes WX radar is cool thing to have. From my understanding API gives you horizontal sweep and vertical. I'm pretty sure savvy developers will figure out how to make it mimic more realistic echo . After all Fenix did make windshield wiper really wipe rain drops without any API.

Now to be honest. How many people in a sim flying from point A to B ever diverted when WX radar show big red blob in from of their flight path? I bet it would be opposite LOL

[Fiorentoni 4,221]

 

7 hours ago, goodson1001 said:

The DC-6 and 737 from PMDG kinda are why I am even giving this sim a chance. If weather radars are not going work (like I pay attention to them anyways) then maybe I got to go back to P3D, and just suffer with the subpar terrain and boxy buildings. At least there I dont have to fly all my flights in real time (All true flight simmers gasp! Your supposed to spend 13 hours flying to Guam on a long haul flight!)

Just in case my sig dont work:

Rob

Intel 9900K, RTX3090.

Uhm there is time acceleration in MSFS just like in P3D...?

[Fiorentoni 4,221]

2 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

Now to be honest. How many people in a sim flying from point A to B ever diverted when WX radar show big red blob in from of their flight path? I bet it would be opposite LOL

You don't have to "divert", you just fly around it. Also if it ever would have mattered what most people do, we'd still be living in cold and dark caves.

[roland_lfor 245]

14 hours ago, Jeeeno said:

 

The default weather radar in MSFS also gives you precipitation BEHIND the aircraft. For Asobo that's realistic ... 

Even if it's true, it's up to 3rd party developer to integrate it correctly regarding the real aircraft radar capability. Using GDI+ API in WASM code, it should be pretty easy to display only the bitmap part you need for your specific radar cone. (masking).

It's always a good thing to get access to more data than you need 🙂

[Mark1616 47]

23 hours ago, G550flyer said:

From a product management perspective, you never know what's going on behind the scenes. In agile development, which it appears they are doing, features/defects are broken out into chunks through out product increments and sprints. What you are seeing/posted is possibly one piece of the overall puzzle to provide a feature. You are not seeing what enablers are needed to support that main feature. On a good note, Asobo is showing you their product increment schedule and feature/defect backlog. What you don't see is the results of their PI/sprint planning so that you have an idea of what work is slated for each sprint/PI. They do show you when something is started.  

And moreover, if they are indeed playing by the SAFe book, they prioritize by WSJF. The real question is how they define the value of features, I.e. which customers they want to make happy.

[sd_flyer 6,040]

4 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

You don't have to "divert", you just fly around it. Also if it ever would have mattered what most people do, we'd still be living in cold and dark caves.

What if it frontal thunderstorms? Can't go around them , can't go above them.