Active Sky XP

[akatham]

Just in case anyone is interested, there is a new Beta version of Active Sky XP with better integration with SkyMAXX Pro+Real Weather Connector

Copied from their Forum:

ASXP Open Beta 7467
Posted on June 12, 2020 by admin
Active Sky XP B7467 has been posted as an OPEN BETA for those who wish to participate. This resolves some issues and adds new compatibility and integration with some other add-ons.
Visit our downloads page to download.
Changelog:
Update 061120 – June 11, 2020

• Fix for traffic add-on/TCAS usage causing crash in as_xconnect module related to recent X-Plane beta 11.50b9 API changes breaking backwards compatibility
• Added new API functionality to provide Turbulence and AS active status to custom datarefs
• Added new SkyMaxx Pro depiction mode which enables new SMP integration reducing cloud layer limit and supplying new cloud layer type data
• Now compatible and integrated with XPRealistic Pro V2
• Now compatible and integrated with SkyMaxx Pro with Real Weather Connector
• Now compatible with Traffic Global for X-Plane

https://hifisimtech.com/downloads/#ASXP

Edited June 12, 2020 by akatham

[seth]

Ultra good news

 

[sundog]

Yes! You'll want to use the "external injector" option under Plugins / SkyMaxx Pro / Real Weather Connector to take advantage of this improved integration with ASXP. Be sure to follow ASXP's integration instructions for X-Plane as well; X-Plane weather should be set to "custom metar (rwx) file" pointing to the metar.rwx file in your X-Plane 11 folder. Then, enable SMP mode under ASXP's Options / Simulator Options / 'Use SkyMaxx Pro depiction mode" screen.

More on this to come.

 

Edited June 13, 2020 by sundog

[seth]

45 minutes ago, sundog said:

Yes! You'll want to use the "external injector" option under Plugins / SkyMaxx Pro / Real Weather Connector to take advantage of this improved integration with ASXP. Be sure to follow ASXP's integration instructions for X-Plane as well; X-Plane weather should be set to "custom metar (rwx) file" pointing to the metar.rwx file in your X-Plane 11 folder. Then, enable SMP mode under ASXP's Options / Simulator Options / 'Use SkyMaxx Pro depiction mode" screen.

More on this to come.

 

testing now , making a route LGAV-EGLL , weather 100% accurate exactly as it is on ASXP + the weather comes from the front smooth with out any abruptly loading transitions.Also now skymaxx is using different type of clouds + more layers ( or is my impression..!!)  anyway still testing.

[seth]

@sundog

Is this Skymaxx bug or X-Plane beta 10 ? i saw you mentioned before  (shadow redraw etc)

 

[JohnMAXX]

47 minutes ago, seth said:

@sundog

Is this Skymaxx bug or X-Plane beta 10 ? i saw you mentioned before  (shadow redraw etc)

 

I think it’s a beta issue for XP I’ve seen it reported before by users using the default clouds....

[Cameron]

3 hours ago, seth said:

Also now skymaxx is using different type of clouds + more layers ( or is my impression..!!)  anyway still testing.

It's using additional clouds that were always there, but previously only accessible by FSGRW.

[rotspab]

Hi,

This is a great addition to SkyMaxx!

Quick question, should "Never change visible Weather" set to On or Off  in RWC to match the clouds depiction in ActiveSky's XP Radar Map screen?

Regards!

[sundog]

18 hours ago, rotspab said:

Hi,

This is a great addition to SkyMaxx!

Quick question, should "Never change visible Weather" set to On or Off  in RWC to match the clouds depiction in ActiveSky's XP Radar Map screen?

Regards!

I would leave it on in order to avoid any sudden, disturbing changes in the weather around you. If you think the weather is out of sync, you can manually force an update using the "Force weather reload" option in the SkyMaxx Pro plugin menu.