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Hi DamianI purchased the first version in December of last year but have subsequently reloaded my hard drive. I have the original email confirming my purchase. How do I go about downloading the original and update versions without having to go through the payment process again.Help appreciatedEric

Still getting aloft problems with latest version. Right now WMO station #72363 is reporting the following winds: at 36400ft winds are 275/69, at 39000ft winds are 275/75. What FS is showing is 202/46 at FL370. Just like all the other versions, winds 70-90 degrees off and winds 30kts+ off. Every version is the same way. Ground winds are accurate but aloft winds are all messed up.

I am now getting a message"error or time out downloading cycle" usually when downloading winds. I have no trouble downloading aircraft etc from other sites. This has happened since I upgraded to the latest version of Activesky. Any help gratefully received to cure the problem.

Hi all, v1.8 release candidate 3 is readyChanges in RC3:- Reduced size of options screen slightly for those in 800x600 res- Fixed problem with voice playback of flightwatch winds direction- Fixed aloft temperature problem when reported as missing (0/null)- Fixed offline aloft problem with searching for proper station IDs (would sometimes get confused with altitude data)If you'd like to test, please backup all previous versions of wxRE then install this update on top of your installation:http://www.hifisim.com/wxre18updaterc3.zipIf all goes well with this RC we'll make it the official 1.8 and release it by the end of the week. Thanks for your help everyone!-Damian[table b…

HiDownloading is much better through to completion with 1.8.However, I have downloaded 3 times over the last 2 days and I keep getting strange wind conditions. My last flight from an airport in France the surface wind was 060/15 as soon as I reach around 3000 feet I almost loose control with wind changes at 135knots! Also, my onboard wind indicator - direction and speed, are different from the figures given with shift-Z.Please advise.ThanksBob

Hi guysI have just purchased ActiveSky wxRE, but the program keeps crashing FS2002.I have the recommended FSUIPC settings set, so can't really figure out what causes the crash. The error messages I get is "FS2002 hasencoutered a problem and need to close/restart."The problem always occurs while in-flight, and it is quite annoying.Anyone knows what causes the problem?Regards Michael

Hi,this is marginal, but I would be happy if it could be implemented in one of the next releases:The voices start whenever I tune one of the radios to 122.00 regardless whether or not the audio of that radio is turned off or on.I would really love to have the voice only when RX for that radio is on. I usually use Com1 for ATC, while I have Com2 tuned to ATIS. Then I switch RX from 1 to BOTH when I would like to hear weather information.Alex

I have a couple of problems with ActiveSky Flight Watch 122.0. Can these be corrected?-Sometimes Flight Watch gives the altimeter setting in QNH(?) instead of inches of mercury. These are for stations within the USA.--Flight Watch sometimes gives information that conflicts with the local ATIS/ASOS.I have also noticed that I am frequently given wrong runway assignments when taking off or landing VFR, resulting in a tailwind. This usually happens when winds are low. I don't recall this problem happening before I installed ActiveSkyWXThanks for any helpRay

I have some flickering in the sim when I use the weather. It seems like the visibility in unsure and tries to change from moment to moment it makes it look like flickering. Not all the time, depending on the kind of weather.Anyone experienced this or maybe some setting i'd have to make sure is correct in the weather?Use the 1.7 versionThanksAndy

Is this normal or coincidence? I'm still using v1.7 as I have yet to d/l v.1.8.Thanks, Adam

Hello,Last night, while flying straight and level through big fluffy scattered clouds at FL140, and with ActiveSky wxRE enabled, I found my frame rate dropping dramatically to 4, sometimes 2 fps. If I changed my view to be straight down to the ground below (press the 5 key on the numeric keypad), my frame rate would jump to 15 to 24 fps.I appreciate this is NOT a problem due to ActiveSky. I'm just curious if others experience the same. It would seem that drawing big fluffy clouds, and making them move, and making them semi-transparent, etc, is quite taxing on the computer. Do you agree?Cheers,PeterPS: I have a 2 GHz PIV with 512 MB DDR RAM and Ti4400 GPU driving tw…

Okay, I think the new 1.6 version is pretty cool. Now it would be even cooler if I could figure out why I'm the only one reporting problems with the voice feature. Everytime I tune in 122.0 on my COM radio, the ActiveSky program stops responding.I'm using WinME, P3 850mhz, Geforce2MX 400, 386RAM, Mcaffee enabled, FSUIPC 2.972...and no other addons running at the same time as my FS2k2 and ActiveSky.I loaded up a Baron 58 (default) aircraft and tuned in 122.0 on my COM as shown here:http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3e7011962714d253.jpgHere's what my "Runtime Status" screen looks like at that point:http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3e7011fb27c8c6d9.jpgNote: I w…

Sorry to post somewhat off-topic but this is the only other place that I know there are users of FSFlightMax.What's happened to the website for FSFlightMax and to the support forum? It says you need admin approval to view any of the boards and the website appears to be down or hacked or something.I've written to the email addy for support and am waiting to hear back from them. Any one else had any luck with this?Thanx in advance!Edited: Okay, sorry all. I read further on down the line and saw where this question has been answered. Not the answer I was looking for as it looks like I wasted $35. Guess that's the nature of gambling on small-time operations.

Hi Damian,I have a small problem with ActiveSky. I'm sat on the ground at LEMD, and the downloaded METAR reads:LEMD 271430Z 18005KT 100V250 CAVOK 21/06 Q1016However, in FS I have winds calm... the problem is that the surface wind layer that ActiveSky creates (correctly to be 180/05) is set to be between 0ft and 2000ft AMSL. Unfortunately LEMD is at 2000ft AMSL, and so the surface wind layer sits nicely below the ground level.I think the solution would be to store the ground level elevation of each reporting station, and to set the surface winds to be 2000ft AGL, rather than 2000ft AMSL. But I don't know how that then interacts with winds aloft, and how easy it is to do...…

Hello. I am having a problem with Activesky 1.7 with FS2002 and FSNAV regarding the wind conditions. Activesky is showing winds on the ground and aloft, but my FSNAV and cockpit indicators always show the wind at 1 or mostly 0 knots, even in the sky!! I have set up FSUIPC as the instructions in wxre stated and have even tweked them to not supress any winds. Is this problem a FSNAV (or FS2002 setting) issue or Activesky?One thing I noted was if i change a setting in FSUIPC (any setting, not just wind related) the wind reading on FSNAV will be, for example 260 at 5 knots. Then the wind speed will drop to 1 or 0 knots in a few seconds, even though Activesky is showing the wi…

Hey dudes! I am , for some strange reason, getting a runtime error when trying to startup ActiveSky. I have tried the 1.8 update file to see if this repairs it, but this does not appear to work. Any ideas? Will I have to install the initial version, basically starting from scratch? I hope not, as I did not keep version 1.5 on my computer....I know...kinda stupid. Have all the updates tho! Any help would be appreciated....I hate flying with clear skies :)Harry

hi all i was a fresh member :))first i apologize if my English wasn't good and post in wrong place..but there is no activity in FSflghtmax forumbefore i became a member i was prefer to manual reading,and if i can't solve the problem..i try to search any forumin AVSIM...and read every user support..then i solve it..i don't post because my language problem :(i was use PIC767 to fly,and using Activesky for a 3 month( i bought this because i love this great addons...the support from Activesky activity is very fast and satisfy for me as a costumer)..then i decide to upgrade and using radar FSFlightMax...i bought it aweek ago...and then oh my god... FSFlightMax sold their compa…

Hi Damian and JimI just wanted to give you a heads up on an issue I think I have referred to earlier. (Don't remember though, my memory IS good, but short ;-) )On the Wx Briefing page the US Winds Aloft are being displayed despite the route is being planned within Europe. Is there any plans on making the Winds Aloft display consistent with the intended route? It would be such a nice thing to have handy when planning the flight!Best to you all

I need down 1.4 vertion !!tks

Hello!I was a user who suffered from the now infamous stuttering problem, but today for some reason I changed my AGP aperture size in my BIOS from 256mb to 32mb and voila stuttering gone!Maybe worth a go if you are a sufferer?

When i download or create new cycle, i have an error mesage.Conection: DSL 512 MbsWhat is happening ? i have a big frustraction in bought a new soft (2 days ago) and can

Hi,Did a search and looked at the FAQ but didn't find an answer for my question. I do a lot of online flying on Vatsim using Squawkbox. Does Activesky work while flying online? If so, how does it do it? Does it override the weather that Squawkbox provides? Wouldn't that make my weather different from the Vatsim controller's weather?I'm very interested in purchasing Activesky. I just need to know if it works while flying with Vatsim & Squawkbox.Thanks,Mark

Hi there,I am still getting the 'Error or timeouts' message when 1.8 tries to download 'Todays winds'.Just thought I would let you know as I am sure you will fix these gremlins in the end.regardsRichard

The weather.noaa.gov server is refusing connection today (for me anyway). I went to the noaa home page and notice they claim to have a redesigned web page as of 21 April. Is there a connection here, or is it just a momentary outage? I've never had problems at this site in the past.scott s..

Hi All,I have had ActiveSky WXRE for a while now, and was wondering which cloud sets are the best to use. I know the manual states the default ones are best, but is anyone using any different sets with good results?RegardsDK