Active Sky review

[Bobsk8 12,878]

Just now, ZoblebV8 said:

I use historical weather all the time now. No more flying on the other side of the world and having coastal fog and low temperatures in the middle of the afternoon.

How is it working?

 

[Fiorentoni 4,398]

15 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I am surprised, with all the posts by people wanting historic weather, I have yet to read one post by anyone using it in AS, 

I am. Works great. I can even upload the historical data to Simbrief and the simbrief stuff (metars, weather radar, sigmets, winds aloft) adapts perfectly to it for flight planning. Finally being able to experience a hot asian afternoon or a cold american night in MSFS is great.

Edited April 20 by Fiorentoni

[RALF9636 1,999]

19 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I am surprised, with all the posts by people wanting historic weather, I have yet to read one post by anyone using it in AS, 

I haven't used anything else than historical weather since I have ASFS. It works as to be expected. Set the time and date in the sim and ASFS automatically loads in the weather of that date and time. No more blizzards in summer and nighttime temperatures at noon. Finally. And it integrates fine with Simbrief and FSHud.

 

 

Edited April 20 by RALF9636

[kingm56 1,031]

5 hours ago, wim123 said:

rolls eyes, and just from one flight you make your conclusions?

 

With all due respect, you didn’t roll your eyes at posters who concluded it was amazing from a single (or limited) flight. Why didn’t you apply the same standard to those with views inline with your own?

Edited April 20 by kingm56

[Cpt_Piett 4,836]

41 minutes ago, turbomax said:

sometimes. but sometimes ridiculous. minecraft clouds etc. they will promote you to group captain status if you post this in their forum though. 🤣

Admiral even? 

47 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I am surprised, with all the posts by people wanting historic weather, I have yet to read one post by anyone using it in AS, 

I’ve bought AS, but doubt I’ll use historical much. Perhaps to check out some really interesting weather.

31 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

I can even upload the historical data to Simbrief and the simbrief stuff (metars, weather radar, sigmets, winds aloft) adapts perfectly to it for flight planning.

That’s quite impressive. One thing is certain, AS seems extremely versatile and feature-rich compared to REX. 

Edited April 20 by Cpt_Piett

[MrBitstFlyer 3,897]

37 minutes ago, turbomax said:

sometimes. but sometimes ridiculous. minecraft clouds etc. they will promote you to group captain status if you post this in their forum though. 🤣

I did mention with add-ons 🙂

[MrBitstFlyer 3,897]

2 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Admiral even? 

Nah, I only posted over there a few times in the past year.  

[vgbaron 3,724]

46 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I am surprised, with all the posts by people wanting historic weather, I have yet to read one post by anyone using it in AS, 

I mainly fly with historical weather - I've set up some multiplayer flights with some friends and we all set the weather to the same date and fly the flight, usually an IFR approach to somewhere.  Just finished a flight from KLIT to KAFW which has a bunch of Tstorms active. Wind, rain, thunder & lightning - gotta love it. And yes, it's far superior to MSFS for my type of flying.

[Bobsk8 12,878]

Just now, vgbaron said:

I mainly fly with historical weather - I've set up some multiplayer flights with some friends and we all set the weather to the same date and fly the flight, usually an IFR approach to somewhere.  Just finished a flight from KLIT to KAFW which has a bunch of Tstorms active. Wind, rain, thunder & lightning - gotta love it. And yes, it's far superior to MSFS for my type of flying.

I will have to try that, I love thunder storms and lightning. ( not in real life) 

[turbomax 3,307]

13 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Perhaps to check out some really interesting weather.

always also available here, as it happens:

https://badbadweather.com/

[vgbaron 3,724]

3 minutes ago, turbomax said:

always also available here, as it happens:

https://badbadweather.com/

Great site. Sometimes I write the metar down and use it later in historical weather. Handy!

[edpatino 1,980]

11 hours ago, hvw said:

The maker of this video has a different opinion. It is remarkable that the flights over Europe he is showing are pretty much off compared to RL weather, where in the USA ASFS is pretty accurate.
 

 

I think this video pretty much shows what can be expected from ASFS if compared to the MSFS current live weather representation and also shows the weather "tools" (historical, turbulence, cloud effects) that clearly MSFS either does not have or are not working right. As always, everything has its pros and cons, and it's up to people to decide wether to purchase ASFS or not at this time.

 

[Cpt_Piett 4,836]

18 minutes ago, turbomax said:

always also available here, as it happens:

https://badbadweather.com/

Tomorrow, I’ll find some insane weather to test the limits of AS. Keep forgetting that site, it’s awesome.

C152 in a cumulonimbus perhaps?

14 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

Great site. Sometimes I write the metar down and use it later in historical weather. Handy!

That’s actually not a bad idea.

Edited April 20 by Cpt_Piett

[ha5mvo 261]

15 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

I’ve bought AS, but doubt I’ll use historical much. Perhaps to check out some really interesting weather.

People seem to miss the true purpose of historical weather - asobo developers included. It's not really about finding a particular time and place for exotic conditions. Perhaps the term "historical" is a misnomer that throws them off. Maybe "synchronised weather" would have been a better term.

 At least so that people who are less familiar with aviation could realise that shifting the time scale changes not only the visuals and light. Every student pilot could tell you after a couple of flights at what time of the day you can expect higher likelihood  of choppiness and when things are likely to go smoother - and that's just one aspect of weather that's time dependent. 

Without  historical weather you are either bound to never touch the time scale, or compromise on realism.

[JRBarrett 3,128]

2 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Active Sky uses model data as well; they've mentioned both GFS and grib data.  Doesn't look like they just use METAR.

Yes. The winds aloft come from (most likely) the GFS grib. They do not come from METAR.