cygnusx1 Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 Hi all! I wanted to check in again, regarding how weather is represented in X10, with SkyMaxx Pro latest version. I love the challenge of flying in challenging weather, especially when there are severe storms to fly around, and have seen a lack of accuracy lately, when using real world weather. If I see an area being inundated with rain or storms, I'll set myself up in that area, and will find there are no storms depicted in X10 (no "red" or "yellow"), and mostly only cloud cover. And I'm not saying a fast moving squall line, because I know the real weather is delayed, but persistent rain/storms. I've attached a screenshot from X10 of the Chicago area from this morning. When this screenie was taken, we were in the middle of a storm (rain, winds, lightning, etc.) and had been storming for at least 30-40 minutes. So I guess my question is, do I have my system configured wrong? Or is this just the nature of XP10's weather reporting? I love XP10, and love SkyMaxx Pro - but am just wondering if I am doing something wrong, as the weather doesn't always show up properly. THANK YOU ALL for any insight you may provide!!! Bob Quote
ointment Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 Make sure you're downloading real weather from the internet. Go to Environment>Weather and make sure you've selected the "grab real weather from the net" button. It's been raining for several days here and you can see the the precip on both the Local Map and the weather window. Quote
ointment Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 Keep in mind X-Plane's weather runs about an hour behind real weather. Quote
cygnusx1 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks so much for the responses. I did indeed check to make sure that I was grabbing the real weather, and decided to start-up at about 15 different airports around the US, while looking at radar (knowing the weather in XP10 runs about an hour behind...thanks ointment!) I started at numerous airports in Michigan, Indiana, Texas, and Florida. None were showing and reds or yellows, and maybe just one or two tiny green areas. No severe weather...anywhere on map view. Is there a text entry in the XP10 text file which dictates how much severe weather gets represented? I feel like perhaps I am missing something. Lastly, does SkyMaxx Pro (when grabbing real world weather) represent weather in the same way the default (without SkyMaxx installed) XP10 would? I certainly don't want to uninstall SkyMaxx Pro! : ) Thanks again all! Bob Quote
mmerelles Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 what xp version are you running on? starting 10.30 there is a new metar pharsing algorithm which is being tweaked so far. Many people filed up bug reports (including myself) that bad weather is not represented around the world specially when mid to heavy rain or snow is present. Last replay i received from LR a few days ago states to expect improvements for 10.30b4 coming soon. Quote
cygnusx1 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Posted June 18, 2014 Hello! I am running the latest XP10 version 10.30 beta 3 I believe? It was released a few days ago. Thanks so much for your response! Bob Quote
mmerelles Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 Yes, 10.30b3 was released a few days ago. So, you are running under the new weather parsing algorithm which is not performing well yet. Wait for b4 in the next few days and it should be fixed. Quote
cygnusx1 Posted July 5, 2014 Author Report Posted July 5, 2014 Hello again all! I have updated to the latest beta (5?) and am still having the same challenge...even with putting myself in areas during the hurricane, no yellows or reds appeared, and little to no "green". There are areas of cloud cover represented however. I verified that I am downloading the real weather. Thanks for all of your responses...I am going to wait it out, and see if anything changes! Quote
mmerelles Posted July 6, 2014 Report Posted July 6, 2014 I strongly recommend you filling up a bug report to LR, just attach your metar.rwx file (found at your xplane main folder) and the airport icao code you are experiencing the weather problem. It takes a minute.They are tweaking the weather parsing algorith each new beta release. Please file a bug, you will help them in the process Quote
mmerelles Posted July 6, 2014 Report Posted July 6, 2014 Link to report bugs during beta process, just in case you do not have ithttp://dev.x-plane.com/support/bugreport.html Quote
qdavweb Posted July 6, 2014 Report Posted July 6, 2014 The new metar parsing routine in 10.30b5 is still buggy, please report your bug as suggested above. The more bug reports Laminar get during beta, the better the final product will be. Quote
cygnusx1 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Posted July 6, 2014 Thanks all! Will do this straight away! Bob Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.