Simviation Forum - FS2004 and ActiveSky 6.5

Sep 3^rd, 2008 at 11:19pm

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I just installed Active Sky 6.5 into my fs2004 setup.

Wish I had done that LONG ago. WHAT a difference. Worth every penny.

If you don't have it, do yourself a favor.

One of the best things is the end of that AWFUL default ground fog!!!!!!

And the weather display in the SA-WXR radar in my simpit has absolutely come alive.

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.....................john

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Reply #1 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 10:04am

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JBaymore wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2008 at 11:19pm:

I just installed Active Sky 6.5 into my fs2004 setup.

Wish I had done that LONG ago. WHAT a difference. Worth every penny.

If you don't have it, do yourself a favor.

One of the best things is the end of that AWFUL default ground fog!!!!!!

And the weather display in the SA-WXR radar in my simpit has absolutely come alive.

best,

.....................john

Will definately add that to my things to buy list, been wanting to get some better sky textures for a while now...

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Reply #2 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 10:18am

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I am kicking myself for not doing this FAR sooner than I did. Roll Eyes

I already have Flight Environment installed (fantastic), so I have not allowed ActiveSky to overwrite the graphics I use from FE. That is an easy option to implement in Active Sky6.5.

The BIG change is in the weather engine and also the use of the cloud textures that already exist.

And the downloading of accurate timely weather information from multiple servers in Active Sky is great. When I used the Jeppeson / Microsoft default online real world weather.... and I was also listening to ATC Live Chatter (live feed of real ATC) for my home airport (KBOS) the stuff the real world ATC were saying about the WX and the sim weather did not often match up. NOW it does.

best,

.........................john

Intel i7 960 quad 3.2G LGA 1366, Asus P6X58D Premium, 750W Corsair, 6 gig 1600 DDR3, Spinpoint 1TB 7200 HD, Caviar 500G 7200 HD, GTX275 1280M, Logitec Z640, Win7 Pro 64b, CH Products yoke, pedals + throttle quad, simpit

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Reply #3 - Sep 4^th, 2008 at 10:26am