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Decent Weather Engines


Rob Gallavan
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Rob Gallavan
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Getting back into FSX after a two year break and a new CPU operating system. I've never been particularly thrilled with the default engine in FSX, especially when flying online. I know the FSInn weather feature is faulty as well.

 

I researched weather engines in the VATSIM forum quite extensively, but the last post I can find on the topic is from 2004. Any recommendations on weather engines that are compatible with FSInn when I fly online? REX looks good but from what I heard it doesn't update very much, which kind of defeats the purpose.

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Daniel Hawton
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I use Active Sky Next and recommend it.

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Don Desfosse
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There are several good weather engines out there, some payware (e.g. Active Sky Next) and at least one freeware that I can think of (FSRealWX). I know dozens of pilots that fly with Active Sky Next, and they all recommend it.

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Rob Gallavan
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Thank you.

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Joshua Black
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+3 Active Sky Next

 

And for the record, downloading realworld weather directly out of FSX is no longer updated weather... at least from what I've noticed. I don't think the server that FSX always downloaded weather from is no longer in service.

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Don Desfosse
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I don't think the server that FSX always downloaded weather from is no longer in service.

Correct, Microsoft's subscription expired and they stopped renewing after they terminated support for FSX.

Don Desfosse
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Darrol Larrok 1140797
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I think it's restored in FSX:SE

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