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This is indeed very well written, and I do love the idea. The one issue I see with it is: 1. I can see a difference between the values you've used as an example on the ground. But, with a user preference as you've stated this would be okay for any one person. The bigger issue is: 2. When you increase or decrease cloud draw you cause SkyMaxx Pro to redraw the entire scene. X-Plane actually does the same thing when you adjust cloud % in the rendering settings. I don't think many people would like this, and there's a technical challenge that we may not be able to get around. Do this: go into sim, open your SkyMaxx Pro window, adjust the cloud draw distance and click apply. That's what would happen during this transition phase you're speaking of. The last thing I'll say here is in regards to your lack of confidence statement between 3.1 and 3.1.1. I can respect your position on this, but considering our turnaround to correct the situation best we could VERY quickly I find the statement a little insulting. That's just personal, so whatever. But, the bigger part is the misconception of "a lot of people". I'm not allowed to talk about sales numbers here, but what you see on forums is not even 1% of what we see in emails or even representative of buyers. I'll say this much: RWC outsold our biggest release ever by a pretty good margin. Forums are naturally full of more complainers than positive vibe people because it's a place to be vocal. It is in no way representative of what's really going on! Not even close, actually. That said, we are definitely listening even to that small bunch which are "complaining". We want everyone to enjoy our products, so at least making the effort is worthy, even if ultimately not possible. When you start dealing with thousands of customers using a product you sometimes have to accept (for your own sanity) that you can't please everyone. You can only try!

I have the same card. Over 2GB free with the IXEG 737 and RWC in use. Setting above 10,000 on the distance for clouds. There are tons of settings in X-Plane. Using them to your advantage is helpful!

Stop being ridiculous. Right now you are. Very few X-Plane users have such a card. An overwhelming majority of our customers are extremely happy with this product on much lesser cards.

All that is is a routine memory check. There's nothing there to signify SkyMaxx Pro has crashed. If SkyMaxx Pro really did crash you would see it listed in the log as such.

Eric, Thanks for bringing this to our attention, and apologies for the tardiness! I've taken care of this request for you.

Thanks for commenting, Dale! Considering adding your review of the product (can even copy and paste above) right here!

The same.

METAR.rwx comes from X-Plane itself. The last log entry you have shown is when new scenery boundaries are loaded.

Did you ever read the article from the XP devs that basically stated if you are getting more than 25fps in X-Plane you're basically not using your computer to its potential? I'd re-evaluate your desire to want such high fps, Kerry.

I believe FSGRW has the ability to re-load weather every few minutes, or once. The selection is user choice. Real Weather Connector scans files for updated METARS every 30 seconds. You're probably seeing FSGRW's constant injection playing games here.

What's your point? I have a GTX 980ti. I didn't buy it thinking my FPS in X-Plane would stay at 100fps if I moved X-Plane's resolution settings to max; with or without SMP/RWC...would you? There's consequences to every action; in every game. Ever seen the crazy FPS hit when you move the cloud slider for default clouds? Trust me, I can uninstall SkyMaxx Pro and RWC and bring my FPS in X-Plane down to a crawl with NO third party items even on my card if I wanted to. This is called future proofing hardware. Sometimes this "argument" cracks me up. I hear about the stuff people at Laminar have to go through dealing with customers expecting crazy performance with the latest and greatest. Simply unrealistic! What you CAN do is find a happy medium and be more than satisfied with the results, especially with the high end cards! Start understanding your hardware and not having unrealistic expectations and you'll live a far happier life.

No offense, but a GTX 770 is not a monster of a graphics card. It does the job...exactly as you're getting. Want better performance? Buy the nicer cards. This is why Nvidia creates so many levels of them! You couldn't run X-Plane itself on max settings with this card, so I'm not sure why you're calling this a not so good answer. Hardware is important!

Well, yes. That's a factor of your video card, sir. Same consequence of upping rendering settings in X-Plane!

It has been discussed, and it would be standalone if done. The chances of it, however, are pretty slim at this time.

If you want to see more clouds ahead of you (assuming there even are any) you will need to increase the "cloud area covered" setting.

Who the heck flies their jets at this altitude zoomed out to such a degree? I about blew myself up just listening to this guys logic and voice. It's awful. The clouds he used as an alternative showcase are awful and the information he provided people about "infinity" is inaccurate. I've no done MANY IFR jet flights (I do not fly GA aircraft). RWC has made it immensely convincing for me. I'd rather see your issue in your video. Maybe even your voice (kidding). His is just cringeworthy.

That's your graphics driver timing out.

Thanks!

Not just this issue. Speaking about another thread as well about SkyMaxx Pro. I have zero desire to engage in discussion with you. Perhaps if you had approached this situation better and "constructively" things would be different. Instead, you're out with words like: "it's an eye-candy, nothing more." with regards to SkyMaxx Pro v3 on another website. or "I'd say that it's RWC that shows some "general shape". Very general." or "It looks plain ugly." So, yes, excuse me while I call you out for your negativity as of late. Thankfully we have thousands of others not acting the same way you are, and if they have something constructive to say, they say it in a constructively positive manner. I've already answered you anyhow. You apparently don't like hearing that RWC is at version 1.0 and will of course get better. Such commitment has always been shown in the SkyMaxx Pro series. So, in your own constructive words: "Whatever."

Nope. I remember you clearly from a post at another website. This particular issue is just "in addition to" another post(s) I have seen from you. Actually, I said this: "All of this said, Real Weather Connector is in its infancy at version 1.0, and as we've always shown, our commitment to the weather implementation is more than just surface level. SkyMaxx Pro is now in its third iteration (with many updates in-between). We have continued to better it over time, and Real World Connector will get the same treatment."

I had one other guy come on support today with something similar. He found out he had plugin conflicts. The way to figure this out is to: 1. Remove (temporarily) all plugins from the resources/plugins folder EXCEPT for RealWeatherConnector, Plugin Admin, SilverLining, and Gizmo.64 2. Test now to see if things work correctly 3. Add plugins back one by one until you find the offender. See if an update exists for it.

Best of luck on your exams, dude. Study hard, and play harder...just don't tell your parents.

Not sure what to say. Antialiasing is a factor of your video card and Laminar. We don't render airplanes, so you'll need to probably contact Laminar if you want to discuss it further!

I'd actually say that you're guessing when you make this statement. Just like X-Plane's default weather engine guesses and approximates. Precision is a matter of being...precise! Placing clouds more precisely where they are compared to approximating is very different. Just because you feel something is ugly does not mean it's not precise. For what it's worth, I think the Airbus series of aircraft are ugly, but sadly they're real. My opinion means nothing on their reality and shape. Keep in mind the X-Plane weather map screen is NOT a real weather radar depiction. It is the approximation of Laminar's algorithm to say "this probably looks something like this". I could take a pencil and draw a straight line on a piece of paper, but that would be my approximation. The ruler will keep my line precisely straight. SkyMaxx Pro has a high resolution grid, far more capable and precise than that of X-Plane's default weather engine. Add in the ability for five cloud types and double the cloud layers and it starts to not even be comparable, especially when you come across such areas of weather using things to the full potential! It's actually a selection of particle clouds attempting to create an overcast look and once you get far enough into it it will transition to solid or broken stratiform. This is covered in the manual, by the way. You should check it out if you haven't done so already to get a better understanding. X-Plane's own default system can make some rather awful scenes when things should be overcast if not enough cloud puffs are present (I was actually just witnessing this today...and I do mean AWFUL). All of this said, Real Weather Connector is in its infancy at version 1.0, and as we've always shown, our commitment to the weather implementation is more than just surface level. SkyMaxx Pro is now in its third iteration (with many updates in-between). We have continued to better it over time, and Real World Connector will get the same treatment. Sorry if you guys aren't pleased! That's too bad, but thanks for the criticism anyhow. Consider going out and getting some fresh air. I've read a few of both your guys' posts in various places in recent days, and the negative nancy side shines at times. You know it's bad when I interact with thousands of people over a couple of days during release times like this and a select few stick out in memory. It feels almost like you enjoy compulsively complaining or stirring, but reality is there's no need to be so mad at every little thing always. Try to see the positives in life too. We're not going anywhere, and neither is Real Weather Connector. Things will always improve. Just for grins I'll add this customer photo I saw on Facebook by Andreas Mueller. It looks pretty great, if I do say so myself. I, for one, am very excited about Real Weather Connector!

Just looks like a matter of you needing to up your anti aliasing.