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I totally agree ray..you know my thoughts on FSL at the minute..I did ask how they’re going to get on with the constant updates but apparently it’s not a problem..we on P3D on the other hand have to wait for an update after the sim update..the same goes for active sky..

For me personally, I find it a small price to pay considering the enjoyment and value I derive from this community. Reinvesting in products like ActiveSky for MSFS or purchasing updated versions of MSFS seems reasonable, particularly when considering the significant updates and support costs involved. Perhaps, being exposed to the work involved in development for desktop Flight Simulation titles, I have a different perspective. I've only heard good things about ActiveSky for MSFS. So I'm keen to try it.

Evening All, I am aware that P3D vs MSFS is a polarising debate. Let's leave the dramatic showdowns to other places. It helps my blood pressure. In the meantime, have a photo of my snoozing Shepherd! Thanks Dunc

Let's file this one under: "Posts that didn't age well" https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/644304-historical-weather-planned-for-msfs-2024/

Andrew, it’s a very subjective area. If buying the PMDG a third time was the only barrier to me switching to MSFS I’d do it in a heartbeat. After all, the cost compared to what this system cost me is insignificant. I have regular exposure to MSFS at a monthly flight sim meeting I attend. The two sims in use are MSFS and…. FSX. No P3D at all. The latter used by older members unwilling to make the switch. But MSFS just doesn’t excite me. Yes, the scenery is second to none but for me that’s the only benefit. The drawbacks previously mentioned outweigh the single advantage. Until the last few weeks there was only Live Weather but now that Damian has worked out a way to get into the weather engine I have no doubt he’ll improve it as much as he’s able. Maybe you’ll finally see cirrus and other cloud types instead of cumulus. The time for me to make a decision about what sim I would use was six months ago when my new computer arrived. But having waited years for a 64-bit Concorde I wasn’t about to dump P3D. I’ve now optimised my system and everything is running great. ASFS will be a great success and perhaps Asobo could be convinced to allow Damian access the weather internals much like Microsoft eventually allowed Pete Dowson into their original Flight Sim series. Enjoy your flights!

Steve, 100% - perfect reason to start the thread. No dramas with that at all. My post was more because we have seen many MSFS threads end up going off the rails recently with MSFS vs P3D debates getting heated. Didn’t want this one to go the same way as there is zero need, and much better venues for those discussions than here. Dunc

Not that old chestnut again. Have you seen the pricing? https://www.beyondatc.net/pricing Pay and pay again it seems. Plus I don’t want something you have to speak to. Comms via push buttons is what I prefer. I look forward to an independent review. It would take something exceptional to beat the vectoring in RC4. Sorry, not interested. What I have suits me fine. Yes, I agree it goes some way to satisfying those who want to fly earlier in the day. I only use historical weather in P3D for flights in Asia and Australasia. I set the clock to 01:00 UT for daytime flights in that part of the world. Occasionally I set the day to yesterday for flights in the US. But will they still have cumulus and no other cloud types? Rhetorical question.

PMDG adapted their P3D plane cockpit in MSFS, have a look at Inibuild or Fenix for exemple

You want to fly the Concorde inside a hurricane that happened X months ago now? Beyond ATC by far and I own RC4 on FSX

- 24H historical weather : this year - No better alternative to Radar Contact : this year - No Concorde : soon, hope this year Plus the Concorde cockpit will look way way better with a triple digits frame rate looking at your PC config.

AF2 - AF1 (LFPG-KJFK-LFPG) Lovely supersonic round trip over the Atlantic, flight time LFPG-KJFK 3:34, KJFK-LFPG 3:23

Hi Andrew, The community are eagerly awaiting FSLABS products if you are under some form of NDA then please just say you are under an NDA and cannot talk about future projects. The Concorde at least should be able to share since that is public knowledge. Nothing since August 15th 2023 people will start to give up on your products, communication is all anyone is asking for. Kind regards Duncan Odgers

Yes, none of the civil airliners in MSFS have a working wxr… …apart from the Maddog MD80, the Inibuilds A300, A310, A320, the Working Title B787, B747, the ATR 42 and 72-600’s, the Asobo A320, and all the business jets using the G3000 or GNXi 1000 avionics suite…

It‘s good to see the Asobo is also making progress there. Still, let‘s see what Active Sky can bring to the sim, as none of the civil airliners available features a weather radar yet. AS, the FSLabs Busses and the combination of the two are probably the only things that I still miss from P3D.

Ahhh.... Here's what Asobo's weather engine gives us at the moment; As you can see, the wxr detects precipitation data in a 3D cone forward of the aircraft. I can introduce precipitation and the radar will paint it and I can move this precipitation layer up and down through the cone of detection. The range of detection can be changed but there is no tilt mechanism as such. This works well on preset weather and live weather. It seems to me the problem with Asobo's live weather engine isn't wxr itself but boils down to three items; Lack of cloud types Lack of high level weather depiction Lack of turbulence within heavy weather systems; the wxr can detect it but there's no real need to avoid it in the first place. Hopefully the release of 2024 will solve these issues.

Not so sure about that ... Read the product description carefully. Seems this is just another preset-based program, like Rex and XEnviro. As for the historical wx bit, well historical presets would be a better term