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Weather and VRC Virtual Tower


Brad Littlejohn
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Brad Littlejohn
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I have a question that I didn't seem to find an answer to after RTFMing..

 

How does VRC Virtual tower handle weather? Obviously, VRC gets its feed from the data servers, but is that weather info p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ed through to FS9 via the MP session? If not, to get the actual weather, would we need to load something like FSMeteo/ActiveSky to get the weather conditions in FS9 that is being reported from the data servers?

 

I ask this because the last time I used VRC Virtual Tower, my skies were clear when the METAR reading for the airport showed IMC conditions.

 

BL.

Brad Littlejohn

ZLA Senior Controller

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Matthew Horan 901577
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Did you try using the FS "realworld weather" option?

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Paul Heaney 879309
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Or use Activesky for your WX

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Ross Carlson
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I use ActiveSky ... VRC only creates the MP session and populates it with planes. It does not get involved with weather at all.

Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy

Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC

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David Hart 814539
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I use ActiveSky ... VRC only creates the MP session and populates it with planes. It does not get involved with weather at all.

 

Ross, they want everything in the 1st version, soup to nuts!

 

Great Job on 1.1 btw! Awesome...

Dave Hart

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