With the light to medium GA planes and helicopters I fly, and the areas I like to fly in (Pacific Northwest and UK), real weather is often too windy during part of the year. I don't use Real Weather Connector even though I own it. I'm usually never flying above 16,000 feet and often lower on my FSEconomy runs, and this just looks better to me at lower altitudes than other things I've tried like XEnviro. I had purchased 圎nviro back when version 1.07 was released and have been disappointed in it.SkyMaxx Pro here, because it gives me the best depiction of lower-altitude clouds for bush plane flying in the mountains. I have looked at other weather engines and got tired of waiting for 圎nviro 1.10, so I recently purchased Active Sky XP. I'm using the high quality textures in that and am fairly pleased with the results, although there is some repitition in the clouds. It offers additional controls over the default weather but overall isn't that much better than the default. I still don't like the way it generates an overcast layer. It has the same range limitations as the default weather. Perhaps others can give you their opinion on other weather engines. The active sky xp was purchased to give me something better than the default weather while I'm waiting for 圎nviro 1.10. One thing to consider with 圎nviro is that 1.10 is going to give you snow in the winter that will work on all scenery, ortho, photo, and default. You can take a look at the development at the following URL: Originally posted by John W:I had purchased 圎nviro back when version 1.07 was released and have been disappointed in it. If you decide to go that route with 圎nviro I would wait until the people who had previously purchased 圎nviro download the update to 1.10 and check it out. I'm sure there will be plenty of reviews on it once it is released. Thanks for the input John.Ĭorrect me if I'm wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that active sky wasnt going to depict any cloud formations just yet it is more just a real time weather enhancer with cloud texturing arriving at a later date? But that probably won't be for a couple of months yet.

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