FSX Weather

[Honus]

Since RW Weather doesn't work in FSX anymore, what is the recommendation for a third party WX program? Suggestions appreciated.

[wvernonc]

https://www.fsxwx.com/home.htm

 

Very good freeware.

[alain-simu]

I Agree +++

I fly on P3DV4.5 and I have no problem with this freeware, specially when flying around my location, I can verify the weather is well restituted, just looking by my window.

 

Even with thunder and lightnings !

 

Good flights

[Honus]

https://www.fsxwx.com/home.htm

 

Very good freeware.

 

Hey thanks! I grabbed this and installed it. Pretty easy set up (I have the FSWX.exe file installed in the FSX root) No problems connecting and tested out a few random locations. Looks good. Thanks for the tip! Fly high!

[Honus]

On 9/5/2022 at 2:41 PM, alain-simu said:

I Agree +++

I fly on P3DV4.5 and I have no problem with this freeware, specially when flying around my location, I can verify the weather is well restituted, just looking by my window.

 

Even with thunder and lightnings !

 

Good flights

I've downloaded the freeware but my antivirus didn't like it at all and said it contained malware.  It supposedly 'cleaned' it so we'll see how it works.

[Honus]

On 9/5/2022 at 3:58 PM, Honus said:

 

Hey thanks! I grabbed this and installed it. Pretty easy set up (I have the FSWX.exe file installed in the FSX root) No problems connecting and tested out a few random locations. Looks good. Thanks for the tip! Fly high!

So how does this freeware work?  It shows installed but I can't tell where it is or that anything is different.

[mrzippy]

24 minutes ago, Honus said:

So how does this freeware work?  It shows installed but I can't tell where it is or that anything is different.

I wonder if this addon weather works in the same way FSrealwx Light worked?  You start your Sim and select your aircraft, departure airport, arrival airport and hit "Fly Now".   Now you hit the fsxwx,exe and start that program which then sets up the weather metars over the areas you will be flying.

[Honus]

12 minutes ago, mrzippy said:

I wonder if this addon weather works in the same way FSrealwx Light worked?  You start your Sim and select your aircraft, departure airport, arrival airport and hit "Fly Now".   Now you hit the fsxwx,exe and start that program which then sets up the weather metars over the areas you will be flying.

Did that but I guess it doesn't like FSX Steam.  Whole thing shuts down.  Guess I'll just stick with FSX standard weather.  Thanks anyway

[mrzippy]

Yep, that's what I did until my computer tossed it's cookies!  Just said OK to the message about the weather not working and it just loaded what was locked into the

server when it stopped updating.

[JSkorna]

Start FSXwx and look at the options and set things up. Then start a flight in FSX. If you've done things correctly, the weather will appear in FSX.

[ColR1948]

You can download 'Weather Themes' that will give you some viariety, I did that a while ago, I selected a theme as I was seleting a flight.

 

Col.

[Honus]

Yes That's what I'm doing.  You can customize those too I think.

[PhrogPhlyer]

On 12/26/2023 at 12:20 PM, Honus said:

Did that but I guess it doesn't like FSX Steam.

So far this seems to be working fine with FSX gold. Select the themes as always, now with more realistic clouds.