Simviation Forum - Active Sky

Sep 29^th, 2006 at 4:58pm

born_2_fly Ex Member

Hey guys,

I am seriously considering buying Active sky 6, but was just wondering, is there any hit on frames? Are they better or worse than stock/FSW? Do you guys who have it feel its worth it? The reviews on Simmarket make it seem like people think its great, but I don't want to take a massive hit on frames.

Thanks for any input,

|Alex|

PS. If anyone could post any pics, I would love them! No, not in that way Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Sep 30^th, 2006 at 5:55am

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It actually improved my frame rate 8)

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Reply #2 - Sep 30^th, 2006 at 9:50am

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I second that...Active Sky is by far my best weather investment yet 8)

Just see any of my threads in the Payware Screenies board Wink

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Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2006 at 5:20pm

born_2_fly Ex Member

Thanks guys! That is exactly what I wanted to hear! Grin

Looks like this one is going in my sim pretty soon then! Along with maybe Pearson field, and FlyTampa KSFO!

Cheers,
|Alex|

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Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2006 at 6:25pm

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I might get it...

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Reply #5 - Oct 1^st, 2006 at 8:41am

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get it, definitely! it adds so much more interest in flying, as you never know what weather you will meet; im only flying with it. And no impact on FPS, except when there are a LOT of clouds, but thats normal.

And a few times I tested it at my local airport to see if the weather in the sim was the same as outside my flat...it was EXACTLY the same! so amazing...

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Reply #6 - Jan 3^rd, 2007 at 2:54pm

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Just got it recently, and so far it can be pretty harsh on the framerates when in Online mode... but I can attribute that mostly to my soon-to-be-retired-from flightsimming 5700LE.

But it's not too bad... the occasinal drops to 10-15 fps are worth the realism and "eye candy"... I was just completely fed up with everything about the default FS9 weather.

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Reply #7 - Jan 4^th, 2007 at 11:32am

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there is a HUGE difference in the density of the clouds, they are far less filled with 3d renderings, they will improve your framerate, as for realism, im not so sure, I prefer the default sky and REPro for clouds, it all comes down to personal cloud realism preference in the end Wink

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Reply #8 - Jan 5^th, 2007 at 11:26pm

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With AS6 you can change the resolution and type of the textures. I have a X850XT and I find 512x512 DXT3 textures the best Wink

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Reply #9 - Jan 6^th, 2007 at 6:40am

|Alex| Ex Member

You guys, this thread it 3 months old, I already got it! Grin

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