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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!

Hello All, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 4.8.1 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 4.8.1 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! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: Improved the appearance of cumulus congestus, cumulonimbus, and towering cumulus clouds (much less of a stacked / layered appearance to these clouds) As always, thanks for purchasing from X-Aviation!

You expecting help after filing a credit card chargeback is exactly why you aren't getting support. You were made aware of this in your support ticket. It's really not that hard to follow. @sundog was made aware of your antics days ago, starting with the disputes you filed with FSGRW, then the four PayPal disputes you lost with SkyMaxx Pro, and now finally your chargeback that you filed with your credit card company but somehow feel you're still entitled to support. The only scam artist here is you; the one who thinks he deserves support after filing for a refund with his credit card company. It doesn't work that way. That's the end of the discussion.

Excuse you? Are you God Almighty and now everyone has xEnviro? You need a reality check. I also like how you decided to clip the part of the quote where Jan said "reporting this". In no way was he incorrect to say what he did, and he's pretty in tune to what's being reported on the IXEG product. Park the attitude at the door, or we'll help you with that next time.

Yep. Posts like this don't cause production to increase any faster. But, if you felt like you needed somewhere to just blog your thoughts....by all means.

I hope you feel better now. Back to the grind! There's nothing more to add than the latest post with update info that you've apparently read.

You will only get a machine ID lock message if you locked yourself out. Once you type freeze and acknowledge the deauthorization the machine ID is locked forever. This is stated in the form you fill out when you type FREEZE to confirm the action. As for timely manner, our contact page is very clear not to send multiple emails or you will delay a reply back to you.

Hello All, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 1.0.2 update for the Pocket Rocket. All customers who have purchased the Pocket Rocket 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 the Pocket Rocket from today forward, your purchased download will already be updated to version 1.0.2 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 Pocket Rocket download and re-download the file. It will download as the latest version! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: FEATURE: FMOD revamped to sound even better! FEATURE: New "Mustang" livery included FEATURE: Optimizations throughout to improve performance BUG FIX: VR graphical artifacts should no longer appear with synthetic vision BUG FIX: Strobe spill on fuselage addressed BUG FIX: Sharp seams on glareshield addressed BUG FIX: Missing oxygen gauge glass added BUG FIX: G1000 MFD buttons getting stuck addressed BUG FIX: G1000 KG totalizer issues fixed TWEAK: Prop animation and disk tweaked to appear better TWEAK: Bushing added to tailwheel variant main gear TWEAK: PBR retouched TWEAK: Particle effects adjusted TWEAK: Additional 3D and texture touchups TWEAK: Inertial seperator annunciator added As always, thanks for being a customer with X-Aviation. We appreciate your feedback and support! Enjoy these latest updates, and stay tuned to the forum as we continually announce the latest happenings.

Hello All, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 4.8.1 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 4.8.1 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! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: Fixed bug where cloud art settings could be reverted while using SMP's main configuration Added "force cirrus" option back into the main configuration UI When used with Real Weather Connector in "Always" mode, SMP will only attempt a synchronous backup weather download of its own once per hour Real-world weather data is checked for updates every 30 seconds instead of once per minute As always, thanks for purchasing from X-Aviation!

It will be free.

Then why post your hopes if you've lost hope? Time to stop being dramatic, people. There's plenty of recent info about what's to come. Let's focus on that rather than passively throwing meaningless comments out there.

Not so much cynicism as much as realism. It's not like the sound samples are going to change. I agree that any update is better than the last (we hope), but I'm not going to over hype anything. I want people to understand that FMOD does not always equate to some magical new doors being opened!

This is coming, but I think people over-hype what FMOD is or does. I really don't anticipate much a difference in what you hear vs what's in there now simply because we created a 3D sound engine prior to FMOD being available. Aside from just becoming cohesive in the X-Plane world with FMOD, I think you shouldn't get too overly excited about FMOD sounds on this product.

Glad you were able to get that off your chest! Now back to the daily grind we do day in and day out.

Weather data services used for sims (NOAA in this case) do not update weather frequently anyhow. Once per hour is the norm for that.

Yes, in your case you would want RWC and set it to the external injector mode.

Carefully re-read what you just quoted from me.

This has been resolved.

@DeltaTango @nechrofaust @VasilisMaximos @seth The RWC install issue should be resolved. You can re-download the installer and re-run it (the SkyMaxx Pro 4.8 installer). Using the one we released last night will NOT work. You MUST re-download!

Why did you try to update RWC? There was no updates to it. We are looking into that error, but I'm curious why you went down that route?

The aircraft is actually an X-Plane 9 plane that has been continually updated. It's last major update was in X-Plane 10. The aircraft is now X-Plane 11 only because it makes use of some PBR and other items X-Plane 10 cannot handle. We will not provide further updates on release times. Until you've been on our end of that situation I don't think you'll ever understand our side of that. We used to do it. We no longer will based on experiences from doing that in the past. Anyone is here to communicate. Pestering about when something will be released doesn't do anything for anyone. That's not really a communication issue at that point, and v2 is a separate product that no one has purchased, thus no one is entitled to. In reality, many customers started talking up v2 way more than we ever did. We really haven't been trying to sales pitch that other than something in the distant future. Hot fixes cannot be released for the bank angle because there are other code changes with it unfinished. Just because the cause of the bank angle was identified and solved for the next patch does not equate to a patch being ready. When it's ready it'll be released. When it's ready for release it'll be announced. Those are two things we can promise. It's being worked on daily. Hashing this out in a forum does no one any benefit except take our time to answer you the same thing said over and over....and there goes another five minutes of my day.

The portion of code that will facilitate RWC for this was done in SkyMaxx Pro 4.8. No update to RWC is required.

With the release of SkyMaxx Pro v4.8 this issue has now been resolved.

Hello All, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 4.8 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 4.8 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 4 download and re-download the file. It will download as the latest version! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: New choices for cirrus, overcast, and cumulus cloud textures New user interface for choosing cloud textures; each cloud type now has its own configuration screen Fix appearance of precipitation in VR Suppress towering storm clouds above 40 degrees latitude (unless told to explicitly by an external injector) Fix cloud/terrain blending when using Real Weather Connector while only ground fog is present Fix fog / in-cloud effects in X-Plane 10 Improve accuracy of cloud altitudes Added backup weather download capabilities when using "always" mode in Real Weather Connector Fade time when cloud layers change increased to 30 seconds Fixed fog inside stratus clouds Fixed cloud shadows and other special effects in VR Fixed hard edges on solid & broken overcast clouds when viewed from above As always, thanks for purchasing from X-Aviation!