WEATHER OPTIONS FSX!

[beana51]

My REAL WORLD WEATHER option seems not to be reflecting REAL WEATHER?....had been OK..but Now it seems not to be Functioning as it should...Any Where any How Any place this in FSX can be checked,activated or fixed??...annoying!..All my Internet connections OK....thanx in Advance for help and Comments....

[Deleted]

Late coming back Vin, but mine seems to be the same. Always seems to come out at 1013/28.2 pressure, calm, vis unlimited, 15 degrees C (or so) temperature. I guess this came at a cost to MS and maybe they've pulled the plug as part of the withdrawal process from FSX. I wonder if P3D weather is working? Don't have it so I don't know.

Hope you're keeping well and you have a great Christmas (refuse to call it 'holidays' over here)

Roger

[sgtmajor]

I just purchased and installed the Steam version of FSX......and my weather seems to be working quite well. At least if it's set to clear weather, and then I select realistic.....it does in fact seem to change to what my local weather is.

However, with that said......I haven't had a chance to give it a good going over. I'll try later tonight to look up some storms in the U.S., and transport there and see what happens.

Cheers,

[beana51]

many OTHERS HAVE COMMENTED..lost real world weather.. WAS a blizzard OUT AND fsx THE COCKEYED OPTIMIST it is,SHOWED A nice spring Day...I'LL Settle for that In the world of Make Believe...Thnx Roger..Alls OK..Santa wears SHORTS here. my string lites??? NOT FROZEN... Still think a Coconut Christmas tree looks ridiculous!!...In Case???MERRY CHRISTMAS my Dear Friend!!

[sgtmajor]

Well....I can say that my weather is working fine. Did a flight from Great Bend, KS (KGBD) to Dodge City, KS (KDDG) with real weather updated every 15 mins. Take off weather was fine....clear with broken clouds, however, arrival at Dodge was anything but. (smile) Overcast, thunderstorms and rain with Vis down to 2 mile.

With that said.....you might look into FSX Simconnect as a possible solution? (I'm guessing here....shooting blindly in the dark.)

I saw a post where someone was asking about FSX Simconnect. This was part of the response:

SimConnect is an integral part of FSX.
If you have FSX installed on your computer, you have SimConnect.
Among other things, SimConnect allows external programs to communicate with FSX.
Under normal circumstances SimConnect is nothing for you to worry about.

When I installed FSX-Steam, everything seemed to work fine....however, as soon as I installed a couple of A2A aircraft, I had problems with the newly installed aircraft sound, and A2A's Accusim add-on. Lewis from A2A suggested I run the SimConnect SDK which is in the SDK folder of FSX. I did.....that fixed everything.

So....you might investigate that aspect......can't say it would help....but maybe. (smile)

Cheers, & Good Luck!!


Note: for the Steam version, the SimConnect was located in:

Steamapps>Common>FSX>SDK>CoreUtilities Kit>SimConnect SDK>LegacyInterfaces>FSX-XPack - SimConnect Windows Installer

I'm assuming that a regular CD version would be pretty much the same without the SteamApps or Common folder.

[beana51]

Second Reply lost the first one steve?....Thnx again..great Job..most Informative...yes went thru the FSX Simconnect.Drill...No Change..this on FSX and FSX Steam...Soo..may be in my Server..I have extreme BLOCK protector working...But Can Not say thats it..Gl;ad you got your CUB back...I would LOVE to know how to do that,,along with SCENERY ...But Its a Learning HILL and getting tougher to climb...If I Do not Get back...I want to wish you and your family A VERY HAPPY AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.....Vin

[Deleted]

Hey Vin, I've found a solution!! Yup, really. I don't know which of these did it, but I've now got real weather.

1. I opened the firewall for FSX

2. Although I'd installed FSUIPC previously, I hadn't followed the STRICT instructions

ie copy the installer to your desktop, right click it and RUN IT AS ADMINISTRATOR

I don't know if you need to do both of the above but no harm done if you do.

Let us know how you get on.

Roger

Back to say.... Nah, it gave an 'interesting' real weather for Friday Harbor but apparently in Bordeaux and Anchorage, Alaska it's positively spring-like at 15 deg C and 12 deg C respectively. It's actually below freezing in Anchorage as you'd expect, so no, it's still broken.

[beana51]

hi Roger...thnx..i think sine my last "BASTARD"instillation..which involved lots of trickery...some other issues have popped up..subtitle but apparent..got this FSX so loaded .that I dare not FORMAT to fix...for thats whats needed...Its FOOT Print is all over this Computer....of course FSX STEAM could be a help...my Weather Problem??/Is On there.also....Probably infected by my two game install. installed a fresh FSIPC-4..A -into adm..Acknowledges it as working......In any event i thank You/.... far .more Importantly..Let me WISH YOU A HAPPY AND MERRY CHRISTMAS...NOEL!!