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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 22, 2023 16:45:56 GMT
As of yesterday HiFiSim is no longer supporting the older version of ActiveSky that I use by not allowing access to their servers for up to date weather download. I knew this day was coming, but was dreading it. I consider a huge part of my simming experience was to use real world/time weather. I could use the normal aviation weather sites for flight planning, and while in flight I could check the destination metar to know what weather would be on my arrival. Now all gone.
If anyone has an idea of a replacement I would like to know. However, I think this is just one more step to finally abandoning FS9. It will be awhile before I can afford a computer to run MSFS20, or even FSX. Sigh..........
Mike
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Post by alex94 on Apr 22, 2023 20:36:37 GMT
FSRealWX Mike. I ve got it and its superb! And its compatiable with the p3d/fs2004/fsx and now or soon msfs so will be around a while. Its incredibly accurate and easy to use.
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 23, 2023 13:22:52 GMT
Alex,
Thanks!!!! I'll check it out. Just do a search for FSRealWx???
Mike
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 23, 2023 13:26:55 GMT
Alex,  That's a no go for me. I checked their web site and FSRealWX requires W10. My FS9 computer is W7. Mike |
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Apr 23, 2023 20:50:18 GMT
Hey Mike, thanks for breaking the bad news for us, I would have got quite a surprise next time I got onto FS9 without it 😩 I am going to look at getting FS Global Real Weather from Simmarket link
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Apr 23, 2023 20:54:04 GMT
Not sure if it’s the same thing, but it doesn’t mention Win10 in the specs 🤷🏻♂️
Cheers,
Nathan
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Post by Ryan Rhienwald on Apr 24, 2023 1:42:17 GMT
Mike If you go here: www.fsrealwx.de/index.php and drop down the downloads button, you will see ARCHIVE and then FSRealWX Lite. It is what I use and I have Windows XP. |
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Apr 24, 2023 9:38:40 GMT
Ryan thanks for the link, just installed it on my laptop with Win10 (start prog as admin) and it fires up. However cant seem to send it to FS9? Is there a manual as obviously I am not doing something right  |
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 24, 2023 13:29:33 GMT
Nathan and Ryan,
I'm going to check out both of these alternatives. I'll try the lite version and see what happens.
Thanks for the help!!
Mike
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 24, 2023 17:27:30 GMT
Tony, I had the same issue. BTW, here's a link to the manual which is more for the full version, but has some useful settings drive.google.com/file/d/1dSVfmJJt7d6me6_ooYub7gC2CN4HcWtC/viewI solved my connection problem by changing the metar source from NOAA to vatsim. after doing that it suddenly worked and put the weather into FS Gie it a shot. Mike |
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Apr 24, 2023 17:53:27 GMT
Thanks Mike, that did the trick |
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Apr 25, 2023 13:05:58 GMT
Tony, Good...I just tried that as a shot in the dark. I saw it was DLing the data from NOAA but then nothing happened. Figured it might be bad data...shocking I know!! A government site not working properly??  Ryan, Any suggestions as to settings that work well?? Mike |
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Post by Ryan Rhienwald on Apr 25, 2023 21:56:21 GMT
Mike-
You need to select VATSIM as your weather data source. None of the others has ever worked for me.
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Post by ozflyer on May 5, 2023 15:23:24 GMT
Not a fan of FSrealWX. And the support is non-existent for FS9 users.
I also never found the weather remotely accurate at 90% of airports.
I never have that problem with FSGRW.
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That's a no go for me. I checked their web site and FSRealWX requires W10. My FS9 computer is W7. 
