Replaces internal X-Plane turbulence and air effects, providing enhanced turbulence, drafts, thermals, terrain-based wind effects, surface friction, gusts, variability, wake turbulence, microbursts and more. Using a hybrid weather depiction interface through X-Plane 11’s weather API, a realistic, high-performance and high-fidelity weather experience is realised. Any insight you (or anyone else) can offer would be appreciated.Introducing HiFi’s first weather engine for the X-Plane platform.Īctive Sky XP (ASXP) brings the popular award-winning Active Sky weather engine to the X-Plane platform for the first time. I'm just apprehensive about putting up the cash, but I feel like it might be worth it. My question is, how would you compare ASXP's weather injection to the competition? And I know it doesn't do 'real' transitions and there's still weather reloads, but is it at least a little better than NOAA? I've also heard that xVision pairs well with ASXP. I bought Skymaxx long time ago, but I don't like it, and don't use it at all.Ĭurrently I use the freeware NOAA plugin, and Vivid Sky for my sky/cloud textures. I'll preface this by saying that I know the major caveats of ASXP (doesn't fix the wx reload, no visual changes, etc), and I don't have 圎nviro or any other weather addon.

In fact, last time it was on sale, I didn't buy it, but then I said 'ok, next time it comes on sale, I'll pull the trigger.'Īnd now I have to put my money where my mouth is, lol.

I wouldn't buy it at $40 USD, but 30% off essentially erases the CAD -> USD conversion for me. I'm also considering getting ASXP because of the sale price.

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