April 9Apr 9 Forgive me for a minor gripe but with live weather there is still permanent snow and ice at Milford Sound (New Zealand) after 5 and a 1/2 years and two simulators! Bruce Edited April 9Apr 9 by brucewtb More info Bruce Bartlett Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
April 9Apr 9 This irritates the hell out of me too. I'm wondering how many Asobo developers even know where NZ is ...
April 9Apr 9 The snow data provided by MeteoBlue does not have enough horizontal resolution in MSFS, so snow on the mountain peaks “spills over” into valleys. They do have higher resolution snow coverage data for New Zealand, which you can see if you go to the MB snow coverage map on their web site and zoom in. They either don’t provide the high resolution data to MSFS - (perhaps for reasons of cost?), OR MSFS cannot use the high resolution data because of the way the snow is overlaid on the underlying terrain tiles. The same problem exists in the European Alps. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
April 9Apr 9 What is even more annoying: there is a huge bug thread in the off. forums with way over 400 votes, but as it was created for 2020, this doesnt show up on the 2024 bug list. Just another example on how worth nothing this system is... Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
April 9Apr 9 6 hours ago, Michael Moe said: Bug for sure, i believe Active Sky is a workaround Michael Moe For sure. I often fly there with Active Sky and I have no snow. Intel Core Ultra i7-265KF (3.6 GHz/4.9 GHz), MSI Inspire 3X RTX 5070 TI (16Gb), DDR7 32Go, screen ASUS XG32VQR 32'', Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls, Bravo Throttle Quadrant, Pro Pedal CH Products, TCA Sidestick Airbus, TCA Boeing Yoke Edition, Winwing EFIS Combo, Tobii Eye Tracker
April 9Apr 9 Author 5 hours ago, danhenri said: For sure. I often fly there with Active Sky and I have no snow. I have Active Sky but how do you use it so there is no snow? Thanks. Bruce Bartlett Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
April 10Apr 10 Author OK figured it out. Now the only problem is that with a 10 sec google search I can find out that the weather today at Milford Sound is cloudy but Active Sky displays it as CAVOK. There are other discrepancies but of a minor nature. I guess this would all relate to how/where from AS is getting its data from. It may be from stations not all that far away but due to local topography could well have very different weather. It can be pouring rain at Milford Sound but dry and mild on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. Would Typical Weather by Parallel 42 be a better option? Perhaps not as typical weather for NZMF would be IMC and IRL you just have to wait for a break in the weather to fly in and out. Having live weather that actually worked for NZMF would be the best option. Bruce EDIT Milford Sound looks fantastic in MSFS2024 with CAVOK weather Edited April 10Apr 10 by brucewtb More info Bruce Bartlett Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
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