July 10, 20241 yr Had longer brake for Flight Sim. I have noticed that Active Sky pushed few updates since the release. What is general consensus between Active Sky vs Default weather? Which one to choose?
July 10, 20241 yr I love active Sky, use it on every flight. T storms coming into Atlanta yesterday, same as happening outside my home.
July 10, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, ark4diusz said: Which one to choose? Do you like Coca-Cola or Pepsi? Apple or Android smartphones? Ferrari or McLaren? You'll receive many subjective opinions (mine included) and many of these won't match what your own preferences are. As I see it: Active Sky benefits: More cloud layers, more diverse cloud layer types, more likely to experience thunderstorms, air is more dynamic, ability to offset the MSFS 'feature' of halving windspeed at ground level. Default weather benefits: Free, ability to see and approach/fly through/past distant fronts, no transitions (even gradual ones) whatsoever, 'genuine' global weather rather than continually updating adapted presets. Edited July 10, 20241 yr by F737MAX AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
July 10, 20241 yr ActiveSky hands down for me (low & slow VFR stylee!) default live weather pales in comparison. 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)
July 10, 20241 yr Since ASFS was released I've used non stop, part of my pre-flight routine, load flight plan/check takeoff/landing winds (could never get even the wind forecast for the smaller airports using default). The biggest compliment I could give it over default is that I don't even notice the weather anymore. It's just THERE. No longer do I look at clouds and think "was the bomb finally dropped?". When it IS dramatic it feels realistic enough to make me feel nervous flying in it. I have a take-off on YT with me umm cussing with shock whenever lightning struck near the plane. Also if the weather IRL is ...'boring' that's what you get. No fake looking gamy cloud systems. Last night KSEZ to KTEX not a cloud in sky until descent then the wisps started to appear subtly. Plus mild turbulence. Just FELT real, not shocking, like IRL. Russell Gough SE London
July 10, 20241 yr Yeah, I use AS all the time now. The transitions I barely notice at all. 7800+4090+64ram Just Flight RJ, 146 and F28, Piper Arrows ---A2A Aerostar and Comanche---Black Square Starship, Duke(s), TBM, Bonanza/BaronV2, KingAir---FSReborn FSR500---COWS Da42---FX P180, HJet & VJet---FlySimWare Chancellor and LearJet---FlightSimStudio EMB175 &P2006T---Fenix 320---PMDG DC6, 737(700+900), 777---C22J---Milviz Cessna 310 & Porter---SimWorksStudios Kodiak, PC12, Zenith & RV14---BigRadials Goose---IndiaFoxEcho MB3339+F35.
July 10, 20241 yr I can't fly without Active Sky, this gives me the expected live weather diversity. MSFS live weather is always the same in the respective contexts, no surprises, no risk of not reaching your destination. Child's play.
July 10, 20241 yr How much of a performance killer is AS? AMD Ryzen™ 9 9900X3D, AM5, Zen 5, 12 Core, 24 Threads, 4.4GHz, 5.5GHz Turbo 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MHz Corsair Vengeance 32GB GeForce® RTX 5090 Graphics Card
July 10, 20241 yr I don't see any real performance loss at all and I'm in VR where the performance tax straw can break the camel's back. Asus Maximus X Hero Z370/ Windows 10 MSI Gaming X 1080Ti (2100 mhz OC Watercooled) 8700k (4.7ghz OC Watercooled) 32GB DDR4 3000 Ram 500GB SAMSUNG 860 EVO SERIES SSD M.2
July 10, 20241 yr Transitions immediately kills the immersion with Active Sky and the lack of proper distant weathers, always has in every single flight sim they released for. [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]
July 10, 20241 yr So I really like what Active Sky adds to the atmospere. The default weather seems to just always be the same shaped puffy clouds. While Active Sky adds humidity effects (I think) and many different cloud shapes and sizes. The only catch...is yes...it basically shows one weather sitiuation at a time. Yes that is a big hit. Despite that, I use Active Sky nearly all the time because its just nice to see a different sky.
July 10, 20241 yr Just now, Sticky said: So I really like what Active Sky adds to the atmospere. The default weather seems to just always be the same shaped puffy clouds. While Active Sky adds humidity effects (I think) and many different cloud shapes and sizes. The only catch...is yes...it basically shows one weather sitiuation at a time. Yes that is a big hit. Despite that, I use Active Sky nearly all the time because its just nice to see a different sky. Yeah, I got tired of no T-storms and lightning and only CU clouds. Boring.
July 10, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, ark4diusz said: Had longer brake for Flight Sim. I have noticed that Active Sky pushed few updates since the release. What is general consensus between Active Sky vs Default weather? Which one to choose? Looks like it’s AS 😉 i913900KF (5.8GHz) | Case: Fractal PopAir RGB I Gigabyte Z790 UD AX| MSI Gaming RTX 4070Ti Super 16GB | Kingston Fury Beast 64GB DDR5 5200Mhz | SOLIDIGM P41 Plus 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD | Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB | Thermalright Frozen Notte 240 MM Liquid Cooling | LG EVO 42" Monitor 3840 x 2160 120Hz | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | Logitech G Pro pedals | Tobii EyeTracker | 850W Thermaltake 80+ GOLD |
July 10, 20241 yr I generally like AS. I'm hopeful they turn up the dial a little bit: I find the effects to be somewhat... Muted. Flying around Houston as the hurricane was coming ashore, the clouds looked like a regular low-grade thunderstorm. Certainly didn't look hurricane-ish, but it looked better than the plastic clouds the default engine was spitting out. Some of that could have been that I was flying in from the north in a jet, and it didn't have time to load in the local weather before I landed. It'd be great if they'd give AS access so they could do the dynamic weather the default renderer can do, but I doubt that will ever happen. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
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