garymcginnis

Hello, When I select "Apply vis limits" within FSUIPC (3.999z8 but this have occurred with other versions as well) all the sudden the outside will go completely grey every so often. I have played with all the settings I can think of and still have no luck. My most current attempt with this feature was with the following settings: 2500 / 2000 / 2000 / 1000. I've tried many combinations with no luck. Could you please help me? The only way that gets rid of the occasional "graying out" is when I leave it unchecked but then FS doesn't look as great and the cloud transition seems a bit funny (it goes from "hazy" to really clear around 3000' with this setting off and on clear days or I can see the airport at 4000-5000' but then descend into low visibility and completely lose the airport around 3000' ). Weather engine: ASv6.5 Flight Simulator: FS9.1 Just hoping for some help. I've been living with it and tweaking as best as I can but kind of lost at this point and getting annoyed! Thanks, Gary [General] TCASid=Flight TCASrange=40 TrafficScanPerFrame=10 AxisCalibration=No CentredDialogue=Yes ClearWeatherDynamics=No OwnWeatherChanges=No WeatherReadInterval=4 MoveBGLvariables=Yes MainMenu=&Modules SubMenu=&FSUIPC ... UpdatedByVersion=3999z8 AxesWrongRange=No ShowMultilineWindow=No SuppressSingleline=Yes SuppressMultilineFS=Yes TimeForSelect=4 WeatherReadsFast=No LuaRerunDelay=66 WindSmoothing=Yes AutoTaxiWind=No PropTaxiWind=No TimeSetMode=Partial WhiteMessages=No ThrottleSyncAll=No GraduatedVisibility=Yes LowerVisAltitude=0 UpperVisAltitude=45000 UpperVisibility=7000 GenerateCirrus=No WindShearSharp=No UpperWindGusts=No ExtendMetarMaxVis=Yes CorrectVSsign=No MouseWheelTrim=No MouseWheelTrimSpeed=1 BrakeReleaseThreshold=75 AxisInterceptIfDirect=No DontResetAxes=No DisconnTrimForAP=No ZeroElevForAPAlt=Yes AutoClearWeather=Yes ExtendTopWind=No WindSmoothness=-8 SmoothPressure=Yes PressureSmoothness=5 SmoothVisibility=Yes VisibilitySmoothness=2 MaxSurfaceWind=0 WindLimitLevel=200 WindDiscardLevel=400 WindAjustAltitude=No WindAjustAltitudeBy=2000 MinimumVisibility=0 MaximumVisibilityFewClouds=0 MaximumVisibility=0 MaximumVisibility=0 MaximumVisibility=0 OneCloudLayer=No ThinClouds=No ThinThunderClouds=No CloudThinness=1000 CloudThinness=1000 CloudTurbulence=No CloudIcing=No WindTurbulence=No SuppressAllGusts=No ExternalOptionControl=Yes AutoTuneADF=No KeepFS98CloudCover=No ShowPMcontrols=No MagicBattery=No RudderSpikeRemoval=Yes ElevatorSpikeRemoval=Yes AileronSpikeRemoval=Yes ReversedElevatorTrim=No StopAutoFuel=No TrapUserInterrupt=Yes NavFreq50KHz=No ClockSync=Yes SmoothIAS=Yes SetVisUpperAlt=No VisUpperAltLimit=25000 MaxIce=-4 MinIce=-4 WindSmoothingDelay=8 WindSmoothAirborneOnly=No LimitWindVariance=No VisSmoothingDelay=120 VisSmoothAirborneOnly=Yes TrafficControlDirect=Yes CloudTurbulence=Yes SuppressWindTurbulence=No SpoilerIncrement=512 JoystickTimeout=20 PollGFTQ6=Yes BlankDisplays=No ZapSound=firework ShortAircraftNameOk=Substring UseProfiles=Yes FixWindows=No FixControlAccel=No MaximumVisibilityOvercast=0 MaximumVisibilityRainy=0 ThunderCloudThinness=10000 SuppressCloudTurbulence=No

Well.... today's flight: 35,000 then 34,700 then 35,100 with turbulence off/on...... :???: Arghh..... test now with pressure smoothing off to see if that makes any difference.

Hi Pete, Like I said.... I only noticed the altimeter flux after registering FSUIPC. So who knows.... it could be that I just didn't remember this issue before when i used v6.5 since I had used ASE for a while. Either way, it looks like this topic has run its course! Thanks for the great support! As I've said over on the TOPCAT stuff.... PFPX will be so worth it. This is by far the easiest complex flight planner I have ever used (I'm talking real world here). We have ran into a few snags with navdata over the past months but it seems to slowly be working out. I only brought up PFPX b/c of the many met reports that I have been doing to validate the v6.5/FSUIPC winds aloft data! Thanks, Gary

I like the weather (real world pilot/dispatcher) but I only brought up the altimeter flux since it started occurring AFTER registering FSUIPC :cool: Looks like we have reached my limit with tweaks...... I disabled turbulence only b/c I thought it was a factor in the flux. Being a PFPX beta tester, I have been doing MET reports at a lot of waypoints on the flight plan ever since I switched to FSUIPC registered and it seems those winds settings I have are pretty good. I tried the default value but it did let the winds drops to 0 while flying into the new area. Thanks for all the help! Gary

It was just an observation based on the winds..... I still think it is also pressure related but I'm trying to give you all relevant data which may in turn trigger something in your memory from a previous reported issue :cool: 0/8/8 is on the first picture I posted regarding wind smoothing...... Something like 0 seconds and 8 seconds for each degree and 8 seconds after weather update. What I have occurring is the altimeter is jumping around occasionally.... one minute it will be at 34,020 and the next it will be at 33,900. Increasing the pressure value to 30 seconds did help however but it is still there. And it isn't turbulence; I have suppress turbulence selected. Not everyone likes FSX :mrgreen: Thanks, Gary

0 8 8 In that order on the winds page of FSUIPC..... When the wind starts to change by more than a few knots, I noticed the flicker will sometimes occur as well. I think it is where I enter the new winds area since the wind bard on the internal Active Sky weather radar has changed to a drastically different number but since I have the wind smoothing, my in game winds don't change much. Said another way..... I'm started to wonder if the altimeter flux is not being caused by the pressure changes.

Spoke to soon..... Though I think I may be on to something. Maybe you can help me tweak it from there. My winds settings are: 0 8 8 I noticed that when the wind changes by a knot or two, this altimeter flux occurs sometimes. Thoughts? Thanks, Gary

Hi Pete, As I thought.... unable to change the "weather settings" button on the first page. I put 30 seconds in for the pressure change and it looks like it has smoothed out the jumpy altimeter. Will advise if anything changes. Gary

I will try next time on the sim but the AS team had me mess with it as well and I never was able to turn it on via the module.... in the mean time I have tried 1 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, and 15 sec. Maybe try 30 seconds? Thanks

The first tab does in fact say all Weather settings off. All I'm looking for now is how to get rid of the altimeter flux.

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Hi Pete, I turned off the wind smoothing box within FSUIPC and it seems to have been turned on again. So I will continue to mess with it but in the mean time, here are my FSUIPC and ASv6.5 settings. Any suggestions? Thanks, Gary

Hi Pete, I have smooth pressure selected on with the default setting of 5 seconds. One thing I am going to try is un-checking Smooth Winds in FSUIPC and keeping it checked in ASv6.5. I am wondering if both FSUIPC and Active Sky trying to smooth the winds could be causing this altimeter issue. There is a picture of ASv6.5 settings floating around on the internet that shows the smoothing box un-checked in FSUIPC and checked in ASv6.5. http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?224833-ActiveSky-6-5-FSUIPC-Questions Will report back! Thanks, Gary

If that is the case though.... can you help me with FSUIPC settings and ASv6.5? I am having an issue with the altimeter jumping all over the place. One moment it will be at 41,020 and then 40,900 and it keeps doing this throughout the flight. I have tried many different settings within ASv6.5 and FSUIPC but can't seem to eliminate it. Only started occurring since I went back to ASv6.5 Thanks!

So there is nothing to fix this flicker then? Dang.... I guess I'll stick with ASv6.5 for the moment :neutral: First world problems :D