Lord_Nibbo Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Who here uses Active sky Next? Is it worth the money? or should I be looking at Opus? Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1. 16.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3. Graphics 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 .... 4 X DELL 1920 x 1080 res screens. 1 TByte SSD + 2TByte internal SATA drive +8 TByte External Western Digital Hard Drives (SATA) Backups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjones Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 ASN is an excellent weather engine. I've used Active Sky, in one version or the other, ever since it was released and been quite happy with it. ASN, in addition to all the weather functions, provides an interface to the PMDG 737/777 and iFly 737/744 for weather radar and to the 777 for winds aloft import. DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo30 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I purchased mine a couple of weeks ago at a discount fron PC AVIATOR. Try there and see if its still on sale. Yes it looks great in FSX-SE Zoostorm Gaming Desktop PC, Core i7-950 3.06GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, DVDRW, GF GTX460, Windows 7 Home Premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptCaveman Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I use REX essentials. Its absolutely frikin awesome. Only way it could get better is if it had sharks with lazorz! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TightGit Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I've used AS 2012 and then AS Next when it came out. Both recommended but, for some reason, AS 2012 has a better map display. So, I use AS 2012 for looking at the local weather before walking the dog, and AS Next for FSX! Best of both worlds... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Buzz Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi Lord_Nibbo, I have ASN and I think it's great. I will qualify that statement by saying that I have not tried Opus but they do (did?) offer a free trial version. ASN offers a free trial too! Be aware that ASN doesn't supply it's own textures - it'll use whatever you have (default or other 3rd party, such as REX or freeware). I don't know about Opus. I also have REX, but only use it for it's excellent textures (the weather engine is nowhere as good as ASN though). ASN's weather depictions and changes are seamless - I find absolutely none of the stutters, pauses, or flashes that occur when using the REX weather engine. Opus, from what I understand, also offers some kind of dynamic head movement thingy in response to turbulence and such that is similar to EZDok. You might want to consider that before making a decision. ASN seems to always try to improve their product - I keep getting notifications of new versions and new beta versions being offered, so it seems that they listen to customer's requests and suggestions. My only negative experience with ASN is when one time I updated to a new version and it caused problems with starting ASN until a new fix was issued. The time that I couldn't run ASN was horrible because I find the program soooo friggin' good! But, their tech support was great! I have a lotta love for ASN! Hope this helps, E-Buzz :pilot: i5 4690k @ 4.7gHz (Water-cooled), 8GB ram, GTX 960 2GB, 850 EVO 1 TB SSD, 50" LED TV + 2x27" monitors, Thrustmaster HOTAS, Win 8.1 Pro, P3DV4, TrackIR, EZDOK, a bunch of Orbx stuff, a chair, a hacked-up desk, and a cold drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penz Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 ASN is a great weather engine, and the small HiFi team gives excellent support. - Jens Peter "Penz" Pedersen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBKHOU Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I've used both. Opus is OK, and does fine as far as general wx and clouds and such. But winds aloft can be erratic, and constantly shift around as you pass reporting stations. Going from normal cruise to overspeed in the blink of an eye, and often back and forth as far as direction is common with Opus. ASN is much more stable as far as winds aloft. The main thing that spurred me to buy it was to get wx radar in the NGX. But the much more stable winds aloft was a nice bonus if you fly the tubeliners quite a bit like I do. It's also much quicker at downloading and loading wx to the sim vs Opus. I'd go with ASN. And you will be good to go for radar if you buy a plane that supports it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Nibbo Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Thank you every one for the advice. I've bought ASN :) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1. 16.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3. Graphics 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 .... 4 X DELL 1920 x 1080 res screens. 1 TByte SSD + 2TByte internal SATA drive +8 TByte External Western Digital Hard Drives (SATA) Backups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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