SkyMaxx Pro v4 Latest Topics

No clouds with SkyMaxx 4.9.6 on X-Plane 11.55

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:52:05 +0000

I tried to reinstall Skymaxx, RWC, Rizmo but the clouds are still off when I switched the SkyMaxx plugin on.

Otherwise the standard X-Plane clouds are there according to the settings I made.

Any idea, or does SkyMaxx 4.9 not support the current X-Plane version anymore?

Find enclose my log file.

Tanks for help!

Log.txt

How to close over size cloud window

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:17:11 +0000

I installed Skymax Pro v5 and the cloud selection window is so large I can't close the window after my selection. Anyone know how to correct this minor problem?

Zibo 738 no ski effect rain with SMP v5

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:53:59 +0000

Am I correct in that the the 'ski' rain effect in the Zibo 738 doesn't work with Skymaxx Pro v5 or am I missing something?

Can we expect VR Support anytime soon

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 08:48:22 +0000

since xp11.20b is released and LR talking about SDK's that has been sent to developers already , whats the next step for SMP ?!

thanks

Cloud shadows moving with plane

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:28:38 +0000

Has anyone seen this? It looks like the cloud shadows are attached to the plane rather than to the ground. When the plane is pitched and rolled, the shadows follow along, instead of staying in the relative position on the surface. So what you get in effect is fast moving shadows across the hills and valleys, which is really strange to see.

Anyone know of a fix?

skymax pro latest version

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 03:37:54 +0000

Hi i seem to be having an issue with the latest version of the software also had it with the last update. In VR the frame rate drops to a level of five or six. but if i use version 4.9.6 it works fine.

I don't use really high settings as i prefer the sim to run smooth in VR. So can someone throw me a bone on this issue!

Thanks

Flashing in cockpit view

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:22:56 +0000

I am currently running Sky Maxx Pro 4.9 and Real Wx Connector 1.2 with Active Sky for X plane. I have run into a very odd problem. I am getting flashes in the cockpit view when flying through heavy clouds. I have not seen this occur in any external view. When I turn off SMP the problem stops. I tried turning down the cloud draw distance and turning off all non essential feature such as terrain blending etc but that did not help. I also tried turning off ASXP and using default wx. I do not see this problem except with heavy cloud cover. In benign conditions things look ok.

I have no idea what this is.

Missing layers with ASXP, SPM and RWC

Tue, 21 May 2019 15:28:55 +0000

I've had SPM (just updated today to .8) and RWC for some months now. I use these with ASXP and as much as I want to like them they don't seem to well with ASXP - the altitudes are still "off" and more importantly the cloud depiction is still missing layers. After updating SPM I tried a test flight at KVUO (looking for layers) about 008 SCT thru 060 then OVC from then on. ASXP without SMP and RWC had the layers spot on (ASXP HiRes Clouds enabled). I restarted with SMP and RWC back in the plug-in's folder and sure enough only had the 060 OVC layer. Totally missing the lower SCT layer. This is not an isolated situation - it seems (after a few months of use) that the SMP/RWC combo is always missing a layer or layers. This could be operator malfunction - if so please let me know what I'm doing wrong.

Clouds since RWC purchase

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:36:38 +0000

Hi,

I own SMP 4.0 since the begining but I've purchased RWC 1.2 a few days ago.

And I find clouds cover is strange since I use RWC and SMP together.

I send 2 photos. Tell me if it's normal ?

Regards

Skymaxx pro v5.0.1 CTD

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:37:50 +0000

Hi, on skymaxx pro 5.0.1 I get crash to desktop mid air and very poor fps on rtx 3090.

SkyMaxx corrupting Moon.png

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:19:51 +0000

Dear Skymaxx team

i am having an occurence occasionally where it seems skymaxx is corrupting my moon.png texture. I try replacing the file with a known working version, yet when xplane is started, this file is then corrupted during the boot process and xplane crashes. I have isolated this to skymaxx, as re-installing the add-on fixes the problem for a while. Are you able to assist? My solution at the moment will be to remove skymaxx from my system, but i'm not keen to do this.

regards

Chris

Log.txt

No rain in Xplane

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:53:12 +0000

Hello,

I have seen that rain (at least with the Xplane 11.51) does not appear although it should according to the METAR (neither Vulkan nor OpenGL). I have tried it with SkyMaxx pro and with the XPlane's standard weather. The same thing happens. In the case of SMP, if I force it in OpenGL with the precipitation options that the addon has (setting off then setting on one of the options), it works fine. But I have to do it every time I know there is rain. In the case of XP, the rain does not appear under any circumstances (well only if I move my view up and whenever it is in motion). It seems that it is a problem with Xplane and not with your addon but it is strange that anybody has mention this issue in any forum.

Greetings and happy new year.

VR - Cumulus Clouds

Tue, 12 May 2020 16:06:09 +0000

I have seen others posted about the strange almost double vision effects of clouds in VR (especially cumulus or overcast conditions) they sort of come into the cockpit. Is there any workaround or perhaps a fix likely soon? I see its a known issue but was not addressed in previous two updates. I understand lots to do and maybe not many use VR - but it makes skymax pro unusable for VR - and once you fly xplane in VR it is difficult to go back! Other than that I have to switch to another weather generator which I don't really want to do if it is likely to be fixed? R. Jon (issue is not just limited to Vulkan)

SkyMaxx Pro v5

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:34:45 +0000

With install new version SkyMaxx 5 I have problem: when I am inside the 3D cockpit (any aircraft) I have 5 FPS when I go outside I have 100 fps, if I open plugin admin and disconnect Sky MAxx everything is stabilize ( in cockpit 60fps). Any decision please .

SkyMaxx Pro v4.9.6 Update Released!

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:49:09 +0000

Hello All,

This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 4.9.6 update for SkyMaxx Pro. All customers who have purchased SkyMaxx Pro v4 up till now have been sent an e-mail by X-Aviation with complete instructions on how to obtain your update. We have made this a very simple process! For those that purchase SkyMaxx Pro v4 from today forward, your purchased download will already be updated to version 4.9.6 for you.

What if I didn't get the update e-mail?

If you did not receive your update e-mail don't fret! X-Aviation has updated our system to allow all customers to update with ease, regardless of whether you received an e-mail for the update! Here's what to do:

1. Login to your X-Aviation account here: https://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/account_history.php

2. Find your original SkyMaxx Pro v4 download and re-download the file. It will download as the latest version!

For Mac users, please be aware Metal is not supported. You may still enjoy this v4.9.6 update when running X-Plane in OpenGL mode. You may read why here.

The following is a list of additions/fixes included:

What's New / Changed:

Fixes fog effects inside solid or broken stratiform clouds, and cloud shadows, when using hardware MSAA in X-Plane 11.50 on Windows. With this, SkyMaxx Pro is fully X-Plane 11.50-ready.
Performance Improvements

As always, thanks for purchasing from X-Aviation!

Only getting SMP clouds with HDR on

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:10:41 +0000

I am only getting SMP clouds when the Visual Effects setting in XP11 prefs is set to "High" or "Max" (HDR on) --which causes a massive FPS drop from about 35-40 to 18-20.

Please advise.

Coordinate system changed; repositioning cloud layers

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:15:03 +0000

So far I am very happy with SMP, if only the changes of cloud repositioning would not happen each time a new DSF tile is loaded caused to coordinate changes during the flight. Without this it would be almost perfect.

Happy new year by the way......

Jack

No Precipitation change on SkyMaxx menu 11.50r2 (solved)

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:28:01 +0000

Hello to all, I can't change anything on SkyMaxx Precipitation menu. I am running on X-Plane 11.50r2. Any help is much appreciated thanks!

Flickering clouds and menus with SMP and activated Vulkan

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:27:40 +0000

Hey ho,

I am usings SMP v4.9.6.2 with RWC and FS Global Real Weather. As soon as I activate Vulkan in XP11 the clouds and all rendered menus start to flicker constantly. Deactivating SMP in the plugin manager stops the flickering immediatly.

My system:

CPU Intel 4790k @ 4500MHz, 32GB RAM, Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X 8GB with the latest stable drivers, Win10 latest updates installed.

X-Plane 11.50r3 (build 115033 64-bit)

RWC and FS Gloabal Real Weather don't have any effect on this problem.

What can I do to stop the flickering?

Problem with clouds in marginal ILS conditions

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:36:54 +0000

Hi everyone. First post on this forum.

I bought SMP last week and have been very impressed by what I have seen so far. I run it with RWC and Active Sky XP, although I have also run it by itself, with weather conditions input via the weather screen in XP11, in manual mode.

My problem is with cloud thickness and ceiling heights, which often seem to be a poor match for the Metar report and what shows up in the XP11 weather settings screen. I have been scudding along the top of solid cloud at 6000ft when XP11 was set to 3500ft tops (no RWC or ASXP in that instance). Then with overcast cloud base set at 1000ft AGL, I have descended through 600ft AGL before seeing the ground. More usually, with ASXP, RWC and SMP running together, it is the opposite problem and I can see the ground through overcast cloud while I'm more than 2000ft above the supposed cloud base. (Log file attached for this last case.)

Is this still a known issue and are there any solutions or work-arounds? I know this has been discussed before but the software has moved on, and some of the suggestions are no longer valid for my version (SMP 4.9.6 and RWC 1.1).

On a related subject, I sometimes set up custom weather areas in ASXP to give me exactly the weather I want for departure, en-route and arrival. Will they work as intended with RWC and SMP?

Main message here is that I like the software, but I will like it a little more if I can practice ILS approaches in marginal conditions that match the metar.

Log.txt

FPS collapse on long-haul route

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:12:37 +0000

I have to say that I use Gizmo beta. On long-haul fligths fps collapses sometimes after several hours. Disabling/enabling in plugin admin bring it back. Not a big issue, just reporting. Of course I´m not sitting in front of the sreen the whole time. When I come back it is sometimes in the 1-digit (6FPS). Might be my device is underperformed, but on shorter routes (between 2 and 4 hours) There is no issue.

Clouds Not Displaying Correctly

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:06:18 +0000

I am assumming this is the correct place to seek advice.

Based on video reviews I decided to purchase Skymax Pro but find the overcast clouds not quite correct. I was disappointed to learn the rain effects are not supported by Vulcan so I have turned it off.

My windows PC is powerful so I run x-plane 11.5 with most settings quite high.

With the default program settings I am finding that if I set the clouds to overcast with a good vertical depth, as I fly out of the cloud it completely disappears so all the ground is visible. I was expecting as seen in the review videos, to climb out of the cloud and look down on the cloud textures. I have no other add-ons installed that would conflict with the software. Also, I am not using the connection to live weather as all I want is better clouds and precipitation. I tried the same with Vulcan turned on but here when I rise above the overcast clouds I just see white as if I am looking down on a flat featureless piece of white paper.

Anyone have an idea of what might be going wrong? Appreciate any assistance.

I can send a log file if I know which one to send.

Cloud Area Coverage

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:19:54 +0000

What would you say the best/most realistic setting for cloud area coverage when flying between FL250 and FL310?

Odd weather conflicts

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:02:02 +0000

I use Skymaxx pro with RWC and have noticed some weird weather conflicts.

For example, the weather will be clear skies and beautiful, yet I am hearing thunder and even sometimes seeing rain. I look at the default xplane weather and it shows stormy, which must be why I'm hearing thunder, yet there shouldn't be any.

Okay, I thought, maybe if I up my game and get FS global real weather. That should fix it, since it's injecting the weather into xplane. Nope, same problem.

It's even showing up on the weather radar, yet there isn't (and shouldn't be) any storms.

What's going on here? I don't remember having this issue before.

I've also noticed sudden abrupt winds aloft changes that don't mesh up with what FSGRW says they should be. For example, 45 knot winds instead of the 25 it should be.

I am using pilot edge, but I don't think that would do anything, would it?

Any idea what's causing this?

SkyMaxxPro Keeps losing textures

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:56:05 +0000

The only time I can get textures back is by resetting/reinstalling SMP, and it's getting annoying to do so. Sometimes it does it mid-flight, where it started out having the correct textures, but over the flight, the textures disappear. I have it set up to be integrated with ASXP, and have ticked the SkyMaxxPro integration in Activesky. I'm beating my head around this and I cannot for the life of me figure it out.

I've attached the screenshot of the representation screens (As they were populated on Departure, now showing as blanks)