HiFi Sim's Active Sky P3D V6 is coming as Early Access Beta

[CO2Neutral 278]

15 hours ago, DChockey08 said:

Under the radar too has been cloud dynamic lighting which looks incredible. I’m sure all the screenshots I’ve seen have been with the sliders all the way to the right, but word not allowed if those aren’t incredible looking. 

Latest (#2) update improved the clouds even more.

[shermank 173]

Here’s my take, noting I have not yet bought v6;for reasons that have nothing to do with cost. So with that said I have been thinking about all the complaints here and elsewhere about lack of developers support for v.6.

now, one of the best additions to P3D, any edition,  is out in beta for v.6. Everyone who has installed it is raving about performance. complaints have been primarily about pricing. I wonder how many people it takes and how many hours are spent  to write  the software update? And how many customers have to purchase the product to make a worthwhile return on investment and time for the developers.

if I were a commercial developer I would give a lot of thought to these factors. It is a business and as such deserves reward for a good product and the satisfaction it brings.

Sherm

[turbomax 3,300]

On 7/9/2023 at 11:37 PM, Ray Proudfoot said:

What’s the alternative? No weather or you set it up manually?

FSrealWX now also works with Prepar3D v6

1/3 the price, 30 days free trial.

Edited July 17, 2023 by turbomax

[Ray Proudfoot 9,035]

15 minutes ago, turbomax said:

FSrealWX now also works with Prepar3D v6

1/3 the price, 30 days free trial.

I have no plans to buy v6 as things stand. Others may be interested in that offer. Historical weather would be important. I don’t see it mentioned.

[turbomax 3,300]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I have no plans to buy v6 as things stand.

we are discussing HiFi's active sky weather addon for P3Dv6. you asked:

"What’s the alternative? No weather or you set it up manually? "

I mention an alternative: "FSrealWX now also works with Prepar3D v6"

you: "I have no plans to buy v6 as things stand." 🤣

you: "Historical weather would be important. I don’t see it mentioned."

here you go:

"Historical weather is implemented in the latest release of FSrealWX 3.02.1966 and supports recreating the weather for the last 3 months."

https://www.fsrealwx.de/index.php/forum/bug-report/777-historical-weather-is-incomplete?start=0

I haven't decided if/which weather tool I will purchase, but since HiFi doesn't offer a trial version (why not?) I am currently exploring the 1-month-free FSrealWX trial for P3Dv6 which works for FSX, P3Dv6, xplane all in one single product.

 

 

Edited July 17, 2023 by turbomax

[Ray Proudfoot 9,035]

33 minutes ago, turbomax said:

Historical weather is implemented in the latest release of FSrealWX 3.02.1966

I just looked at the website and the main features of the program. Didn’t see historical weather mentioned.

[turbomax 3,300]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Didn’t see historical weather mentioned.

that's why I posted that screenshot.

since the default scenery is so ugly, I recommend to fly with reduced visibility weather, that's where P3Dv6 shines. after today's new update #2 even more, so much so that I might even keep P3Dv6. here with  some real weather from today in 4K, clouds max settings, Carenado Embraer Phenom:

 

in clouds performance is horrible: down from 175 to 17 ! fps @ 4K in the middle of nowhere over the Atlantic, on an AMD 7800x3D + RTX 4090 🤣. they obviously don't know how to program graphics efficiently. I get 130 fps in a similar scenario in my other simulator that I purchased back in 2020.

default C130 CLEAR WEATHER vs. STORMY WEATHER default themes:

 

Edited July 17, 2023 by turbomax

[Ray Proudfoot 9,035]

35 minutes ago, turbomax said:

that's why I posted that screenshot.

Very good. How far back does it store weather data?

[turbomax 3,300]

11 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

How far back does it store weather data?

looks like exactly 1 year, but I haven't tried it yet:

[d.tsakiris 419]

10 hours ago, turbomax said:

"Historical weather is implemented in the latest release of FSrealWX 3.02.1966 and supports recreating the weather for the last 3 months."

That, or also a year, isn't much. With AS, the database seems to go back to August of 2014.

Edited July 18, 2023 by d.tsakiris

[turbomax 3,300]

2 hours ago, d.tsakiris said:

With AS, the database seems to go back to August of 2014.

bummer, not even 10 years? I need to re-fly my 10-year anniversary flight from July 2013. if AS can't remember that day's weather, I won't purchase it. am devastated. totally disappointing.

[jcomm 5,976]

1 hour ago, turbomax said:

bummer, not even 10 years? I need to re-fly my 10-year anniversary flight from July 2013. if AS can't remember that day's weather, I won't purchase it. am devastated. totally disappointing.

For a marginal fee HiFi can reproduce birthday weather scenarios.

They used to offer marriage dates too, but they dropped it because since MFS 2020 was released, and FS 2024 subsequently announced, no one get's married anymore...

Edited July 18, 2023 by jcomm

[CO2Neutral 278]

21 hours ago, turbomax said:

in clouds performance is horrible: down from 175 to 17 ! fps @ 4K in the middle of nowhere over the Atlantic, on an AMD 7800x3D + RTX 4090 🤣. they obviously don't know how to program graphics efficiently. I get 130 fps in a similar scenario in my other simulator that I purchased back in 2020.

How old are you?  12?

[turbomax 3,300]

2 hours ago, CO2Neutral said:

How old are you?  12?

what time is it?

[turbomax 3,300]

23 hours ago, turbomax said:

in clouds performance is horrible: down from 175 to 17 ! fps @ 4K in the middle of nowhere over the Atlantic, on an AMD 7800x3D + RTX 4090 🤣. they obviously don't know how to program graphics efficiently. I get 130 fps in a similar scenario in my other simulator that I purchased back in 2020.