REX 2020 Weather Force Technical Update 1.3 Released

Technical Update 1.3 Changelog:

• FIXED – Pressure, wind, and temperature measurements related to aircraft position in atmosphere.
• FIXED – Improved grids for selecting airport data during weather injection.
• FIXED – Registration process with missing profile data.
• FIXED – Bug of missing data with function during static weather read.
• FIXED – Checkerboard cloud patterns and transitions between cloud layers.
• FIXED – User profile not loading during second load after initial registration.
• FIXED – Temperature and dew point being same value on main weather interface.
• FIXED – Ability to add a favorite airport.
• FIXED – Selectable area of Favorite Airport banners.
• FIXED – Upper-level winds and temperatures not changing when clicking a favorite airport.
• FIXED – Cloud coverage.
• FIXED – Pressure value being cut off from main interface.
• FIXED – Optimized code to search for favorite airport on server end.
• FIXED – Optimized code in pulling data for weather injection.
• FIXED – Improper handling of Last Update date and time on main window.
• FIXED – Issue with lightning to continue to show even when storms were not reported in the metar or remarks.
• FIXED – Aircraft and weather point location accuracy points.
• FIXED – Live Weather airport weather display accuracy.
• FIXED – Extreme cold temperatures aloft.
• FIXED – Temperatures to match data from data models.
• FIXED – .net error 0xC000014B by updating to latest build of SimConnect.
• FIXED – Range of weather search for live weather search and injection.
• FIXED – Some favorite airports not being created due to improper characters.
• FIXED – Registration errors to confirm data is valid.
• FIXED – Clicking favorite airports causing weather reports during Weather Synthesis.
• FIXED – Favorite airports loading store airports on server.
• FIXED – Favorite airports refresh every 30 minutes.
• ADDED – Decoupled winds and temperatures from many injections.
• ADDED – Code to prevent a user from switching from Live to DCWS weather during open Weather Synthesis.
• ADDED – Sections on application to help inform the user which weather mode they are in.
• ADDED – Delete All Airports button to allow user to clear all favorite airports on client and server.
• ADDED – Response of “No records found†when searching for an airport or specific weather condition.
• ADDED – ICAO weather search show ICAO on top of rest of data surrounding the ICAO.
• ADDED – Persistent weather data injection to help reduce frame rate hits during injection.
• IMPROVED – Frame rates during transitions.
• IMPROVED – Weather search window data elements.
• IMPROVED – Rendering of storm and general cloud structures.
• CHANGED – Weather presentation to show wind direction in degrees.
• CHANGED – Dynamic Changing Weather Scenarios to Dynamic Weather Presets to make more sense.
• CHANGED – Security protocol within the application.
• REMOVED - Temperature, pressure, and wind controls from main injection so they will read as aircraft is in flight.
• SUPPORT - Microsoft Flight Simulator latest version.

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WEATHER FORCE IS THE NEW METAR-BASED DYNAMIC REAL-TIME WEATHERENGINE FOR MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR

By utilizing inter-process communication with the simulator viafine granular control, you will experience automated, dynamic, andsmooth weather transitions from real-world reporting metarstations.

Weather Force also includes a wide range of proprietary dynamic,changing (non-static) weather scenarios. These scenarios are unlikethe static weather presets that ship with Microsoft FlightSimulator.

WITH REAL-TIME METAR DATA AS THE FOUNDATION, THE WEATHER FORCEWEATHER ENGINE PROVIDES A MORE REALISTIC WEATHER EXPERIENCE.

• The metar data is updated 6x an hour and downloaded directly from NOAA and can provide accurate results within a 1/8th mile of a given point.
• Weather Force utilizes uniquely built algorithms to combine both metar and model data to cover sparse areas such as deserts and oceans.
• The GFS (Global Forecast System) Model data is downloaded twice daily from NCEP and provides key atmospheric conditions to give a snapshot of temperature and winds aloft.

REMARKABLY UNIQUE

Weather Force reads remarks provided with live metar reports todetermine if storms are near the aerodrome. Thus, even if theautomated metar may indicate clear conditions, if remarks indicatestorms nearby, storms will be generated near the reporting station asin real life.

POWERFUL WEATHER SEARCH

If you are looking to fly at a particular location or in certainweather conditions, Weather Force includes a handy weather searchfeature that allows you to search by airport or by weathercriteria.

Dynamic Changing Weather Scenarios (DCWS)

To add even more interest, Weather Force comes with dynamicchanging weather scenarios (DCWS). These weather scenarios aredynamic, unlike the static default presets in Microsoft FlightSimulator. These Weather Force weather scenarios dynamically changeover time and provide various elements of changing weather over thecourse of your flight. Examples provided below of includedscenarios:

• Fair weather
• Approaching cold front
• Approaching warm front
• Hot and humid summer
• Lake effect snows
• Winter storm
• Crisp winter
• Breezy
• Spring showers

Because DCWS are centralized on the REX servers, REX canperiodically add new and exciting scenarios, which will beautomatically added to your application without the need to updateWeather Force.

Tracking The Weather

In Weather Force you have the ability to easily track your 10favorite airports, therefore, clearly identifying what the detailedweather is like at each. If you require a more detailed report, simplyclick on the ICAO and receive in-depth data about the airport weatherconditions.

BEHIND THE SCENES

The Goal

With Microsoft Flight Simulator, we have been provided a powerfulweather system as a start. The goal is to provide an even more robustweather environment. The REX developers have worked diligently torender the weather as it should be, yet stay true to the validity ofreal-world metar data.

Smoothing Mechanism

In addition, the REX developers have carefully added a smoothingmechanism to the engine to gradually smooth and transition the weatherover time between updates. Of course, you have complete control overthe weather update factors as well as transition speed.

Continued and Consistent Development

The REX developers are dedicated to continuously develop and updateWeather Force as new API¡¯s become available from Asobo and Microsoft,thus they have developed an implementary system to deliver programupdates quickly and easily to you.

The following is a list of updates coming soon after initial release:

HISTORIC/ARCHIVED

Support for historic/archive weather data

SHARE PRESETS

Support for personal and community weather presets

MAPPING & MORE

Full featured flight center and mapping system

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