Hi Everybody,

I seem to have an issue with Simbrief using different weather data from XP12 and as a result I have AI aircraft landing in the opposite direction most of the time. Anyone else experience this and if so, is there a fix.

Thanks

I'd risk saying it's XP12 more than SimBrief, getting the wrong rw because of not being based on RL ATIS.

Not saying SimBrief is perfect, but I'd trust it's planning and operations more than that of default Xp12 😕

 

• XP12 uses its own live weather engine to determine active runways for AI traffic.

• It does not rely on real-world ATIS or METAR data in the same way SimBrief does.

• This can lead to AI aircraft landing or departing on runways that differ from what SimBrief planned, especially if XP12 interprets wind direction or visibility differently.

I personally prefer the way XP12 models real weather, i.e. by using both past weather observations and weather forecasts, and interpolating them in space and time to produce present weather.

Even if it's tecnically not as "accurate" as only using METAR data, I think it's the ideal compromise and is in some way more realistic, since it allows total control and smoothing of weather in space and time.

But I reckon that it can cause issues when there are multiple add-ons making use of different weather sources.