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Hi, Was watching some of Q8Pilot's video's on youtube, one of which featured the mighty Saab.. Gave me a bit of inspiration so gave tutorial video making a go. Have to admit, it's nothing flash, just a one clip take of start, takeoff and an ILS for beginners. Any comments or suggestions for other videos appreciated. Think I may have waffled on a bit, hope my voice isn't too annoying

Please close this thread, have since figured it out. Vrconfig.txt has to have the same naming style as the .acf file. Works now.

Happy to report rolling back to v11.34 and a TBM re-install seems to have fixed my issues here

FSGRW will always provide much better cloud representation when necessary compared to ASXP if SkyMaxx Pro is in use. This is because of a cooperation between the developers to add more features when the RWC+SMP+FSGRW combo is used.

Most definitely shed a LOT more light on the subject and I thank you for that easy to understand example. As far performance goes, I'm getting decent frame rates (~50fps) using ASXP, SMP w/RWC in the AFL C172 over custom ortho. If I switched to FSGRW that allows for more cloud types, will that impact the frames any more than what I get? What about "pop-in" weather, as far as the change from one metar to the next, does this "killer combo" reduce that effect or is it about the same? For the record, I'm out to find the best combination that can accurately depict the weather, so I am open to options. Thanks again Cameron!

RWC acts as the glue to SMP that tells SMP where to place clouds in a scene based on real world METAR data. Let's use the following example to explain it: We are going to assume RWC is NOT installed in the following example. 1. San Francisco, CA is reporting clear skies 2. Oakland, CA across the bay is reporting overcast 3. San Jose, CA on the south side of the bay is reporting scattered clouds Let's say we fly from SFO-OAK-SJC for purposes of demonstration. As we taxi and take off from SFO, there are no clouds reported in the METAR information, so SkyMaxx will draw no clouds anywhere as far as the eye can see (and OAK/SJC are within eye range). We take off from SFO and head towards OAK. X-Plane now tells SMP we are closest to OAK, so we get the METAR data from OAK showing overcast. Now the ENTIRE region as far as the eye can see is overcast...including SFO where we just took off! It's an abrupt change. We continue flying to SJC, and as we get closer, again X-Plane tells SMP to look at SJC as the nearest station for weather. All of a sudden we get an abrupt change to scattered clouds, including looking back at the OAK and SFO areas where it was overcast and clear respectively. In other words, whatever METAR station is closest will dictate what SMP draws for the ENTIRE region! Now, if we had RWC installed, it would analyze all the METAR stations and tell SMP to draw the clouds differently in those three airport areas. Clear over SFO, overcast at OAK, and scattered clouds over SJC. You could get up in the air, look around and see each area reflecting that information accurately. RWC is key to interpreting METARs and telling SkyMaxx where to place different weather fronts rather than drawing the same type for the entire scene. There are no abrupt weather changes as you move from one METAR station to the next. The answer is a mix of 'Yes and no'. RWC is capable of downloading real weather METAR data from the same NOAA source as X-Plane gets its default weather. ASXP claims to have better weather station reporting, so the theory is that ASXP is providing more accurate weather information to X-Plane (and thereby RWC/SMP). Whether it actually does that is up for debate. I do know it has a better wind/turbulence model than default X-Plane can do. You will want to run RWC in the External Injector mode for use with ASXP. Our recommendation is FSGRW+RWC+SMP. This is a killer combo that will provide the most accurate and best weather across any other option. The reason for this is because FSGRW has been created to add in extra cloud types that SMP can handle and display, meaning you will get a much more accurate picture than you will with any other weather injector. Ultimately it's going to come down to your own personal preference, but I hope this sheds a bit more light on the situation for you!

We will review options for the reflections when we are working on v2.0.

Been working on some shorter sequences instead of the initial marathon. Introduction to vertical profiles and visual circuit.