peanut21 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Do I need a specific weather client like activesky to run payware aircraft such as PMDG 777 or aerosoft a320? I have watched videos of simmers using them and I noticed that you need to upload the weather data, more specifically the winds. Can you still do this with the default fsx weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Pmdg weather radar shows the weather from active sky. With AS, the weathec on the radar is the same as what you see outside. With default weather it's not the same. I'm not sure the radar shows anything at all then. Don't know if AS is required for the radar of that A320-321. See in their system requirements if it is. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 For the PMDG 737NG you will need at minimum Active Sky Next to see the true radar returns on screen. I would recommend Active Sky 2016 with Active Sky Cloud Art injection. It's not very expensive. As the 737NG needs Active Sky, I'm sure their other products do to. Now whether you need a weather engine or not is all on you if you don't want to see the radar. But FS's weather has been pretty shooting and it's advisable to use a third-party weather engine like Active Sky. You'll be immersed in more realism. Especially with Cloud Art. For me personally, I've had the ability to scrape cloud layers due to Active Sky 2016 and Cloud Art. With the default weather I never saw that ability at all. I just came in over Switzerland and as I crossed the mountains there came in some impressive clouds and turbulence. You might be interested in TopCat. https://www.fspilotshop.com/topcat-take-off-and-landing-performance-calculation-tool-p-1493.html https://www.fspilotshop.com/hifi-technologies-active-sky-cloud-art-for-fsx-p3d-p-6249.html https://www.fspilotshop.com/hifi-technologies-active-sky-2016-full-version-for-fsx-p-6247.html OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Scraping the cloud layer. https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?312285-Going-to-Indonesia-from-Australia-in-the-F-22/page2 OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfaxcrx Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I second the AS16 recommendation. I got it a few weeks ago and am very impressed. I haven't even gotten the Cloud Art yet, but it's much better than Rex's weather system, and not even in the same ballpark as the default weather engine. The turbulence within clouds is particularly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgon Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 + 1 AS16 & Cloud Art. One of the best FS purchases I've ever made. Best, Phil https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKdirect/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 **Can't edit my post.** I meant to say shooty, not shooting. LOL OOM errors? Read this. "The great thing about flight simulation is that in real life there are no do-overs." - Abraham Lincoln c. 1865 An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Be aware that AS16 and ASCA require an active an active internet connection to function. Without that the programs won't start or run. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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