Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

blklab98.ac 2018 年 8 月 25 日 下午 5:50
FSX real world weather update
My update for real weather isn't working. Ex, ATL, always overcast with temp 57 degrees in August! Anyone else having trouble with real world weather?
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Tsarcasm 2018 年 8 月 25 日 下午 8:54 
Everyone does. Real world weather in FSX is the absolute worst. It does not work at all & never has. You're going to need to dish out some money if you want accurate weather. Google up - Active Sky 16 or Active Sky next. SkyForce 3D by REXSims also does a nice job. You can even replicate certain weather from a certain time. For example; If you wanted to fly in hurrican katrina, you'd set the weather engine to August 29th, 2005 at the aiport KMSY and you would get the weather for that day. Bad conditions obviously. But there's also an option for real world weather & these packages have a 'wake turbulence' effect as well which does not come default in FSX. Good luck! Deff worth the investment.
Nightmare1964 2018 年 8 月 25 日 下午 9:04 
引用自 Tsarcasm
Everyone does. Real world weather in FSX is the absolute worst. It does not work at all & never has. You're going to need to dish out some money if you want accurate weather. Google up - Active Sky 16 or Active Sky next. SkyForce 3D by REXSims also does a nice job. You can even replicate certain weather from a certain time. For example; If you wanted to fly in hurrican katrina, you'd set the weather engine to August 29th, 2005 at the aiport KMSY and you would get the weather for that day. Bad conditions obviously. But there's also an option for real world weather & these packages have a 'wake turbulence' effect as well which does not come default in FSX. Good luck! Deff worth the investment.
The real world weather system was provided by Jepsen. The agreement between them and Microsoft lapsed for some reason around 2010 (don't know exactly when it was, but that's my estimate), and no other weather provider has jumped in to take Jepsens spot. Nothing has changed since DTG took over FSX and released it as FSX-SE.

To get accurate weather these days, you have to rely on 3rd party add-on like those listed by Tsarcasm.
3 Wire 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 4:52 
If you don't want to spend money on a 3rd party weather add on you can get real world weather conditions (METAR) for any US airport at the NOAA site...

https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar

Scroll down the page a bit and put the ICAO code (KDFW for example) in the "request METAR data" box, click the "decoded" format button, then click "get data" and up to date weather for the location will be displayed.

Start FSX and set up your own weather using the "advanced weather" options in the menu, it isn't all that difficult or time consuming to do once you get the hang of it.
TextRich 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 5:24 
引用自 3 Wire
If you don't want to spend money on a 3rd party weather add on you can get real world weather conditions (METAR) for any US airport at the NOAA site...

https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar

Scroll down the page a bit and put the ICAO code (KDFW for example) in the "request METAR data" box, click the "decoded" format button, then click "get data" and up to date weather for the location will be displayed.

Start FSX and set up your own weather using the "advanced weather" options in the menu, it isn't all that difficult or time consuming to do once you get the hang of it.

Nice one, I didn't realize you could do that. My only issue would be the need to manually change the weather for real-time updates in long flights.
LHookins 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 5:37 
I was using Active Sky Next flying in Alaska near Merrill Pass once. I saw several patches of fog on the ground in isolated areas. This was 20-40 miles from the nearest weather station. ASN just knew to generate it due to conditions. I have see the same thing occasionally elsewhere, this was just the most dramatic.

Quite often you'll see more than one layer of clouds in an area. Visibility will be different near the ground than at altitude. You will be able to fly above the rain. You will get appropriate icing conditions when they exist. Winds aloft will be correct for the altitude you are flying.

Several times flying down a coast I've seen clouds out over the ocean where there are no weather stations, while the coast itself was clear. I once saw thunderstorms some distance away while I was flying in the clear, and got a phone call from someone who was in the area of the thunderstorms. When I asked they said they were indeed in storms. I was once flying to my home airport through rain, and just before landing the rain stopped. After the flight I asked my wife if it was raining, she said "Not yet." A few minutes later it started to rain. There can be local areas of different weather and you can see these in the distance, as with the thunderstorms.

All this is done automatically.

As you can see, there are a lot of things you can't do with manual weather. It is up to you whether these effects are worth it. For me, they definitely are.

Personally, I can't fly without real world weather. If I don't like the current weather, I can use historical weather. Static weather just doesn't work for me any more.

Hook
LHookins 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 5:43 
I had forgotten about this one.

I do not miss stock FSX Jeppesen weather. Far too often the barometric pressure would change by a full inch, rolling your altimeter back or forward by 1000 feet. A few minutes later it would change back. This usually invoked some colorful language.

Jeppesen weather left a lot to be desired.

Hook
galax17 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 7:02 
FSXWX liveweather is freeware.
3 Wire 2018 年 8 月 26 日 上午 8:42 
引用自 galax17
FSXWX liveweather is freeware.

Just out of curiosity I tried it.

It doesn't work, not for me at least. I have SimConnect, Net Framework 3.5, and FSUIPC 4.9 all installed and working correctly, but when I run FSXWX and try to connect I get an error message that reads "SIMCONNECT: Connection Failed.

If you have any idea what might be causing this please let me know.
TextRich 2018 年 8 月 27 日 上午 2:25 
In another thread it was pointed out that FSXWX doesn't work anymore. The developers have "gone out of business" and the weather server is offline.
3 Wire 2018 年 8 月 27 日 上午 4:17 
引用自 BF Bullpup
In another thread it was pointed out that FSXWX doesn't work anymore. The developers have "gone out of business" and the weather server is offline.

Well that would explain it, thanks for the heads up.
galax17 2018 年 8 月 27 日 上午 9:12 
引用自 BF Bullpup
In another thread it was pointed out that FSXWX doesn't work anymore. The developers have "gone out of business" and the weather server is offline.


引用自 3 Wire
引用自 BF Bullpup
In another thread it was pointed out that FSXWX doesn't work anymore. The developers have "gone out of business" and the weather server is offline.

Well that would explain it, thanks for the heads up.
BF Bullpup if you mean FSrealWX it isnt the same as FSXWX. I updated to Active Sky almost a year ago so I cant confirm if FSXWX is still working but as long as I had it it worked flawlessly.I didnt use the new textures in step 7. http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/home.htm
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TextRich 2018 年 8 月 28 日 上午 3:00 
Oh sorry galax17 I only use ASN so have probably mixed those two services up. My apologies - I hope you all are able to figure out and resolve the weather issues.
3 Wire 2018 年 8 月 28 日 上午 4:50 
引用自 BF Bullpup
In another thread it was pointed out that FSXWX doesn't work anymore. The developers have "gone out of business" and the weather server is offline.

It would make sense that the server is no longer online due to the fact that I keep getting the "connection failed" messages.

I have all the requisite modules installed correctly and working properly so I can think of no other reason for these failure to connect errors.
UAL747 2019 年 11 月 16 日 上午 10:14 
I have very realistic real world weather, just use the new FSX beta released yesterday, it actually works, and makes the weather VERY realistic*.






*I do not mean graphics-wise, it is still the same bad graphics, I mean accuracy-wise.
TextRich 2019 年 11 月 16 日 上午 11:25 
Unfortunately the beta right now isn't compatible with FSUIPC. Those brand new to FSX should go ahead and get the beta, though.
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