Adjusting turbulence in FS9

[DD]

Dear Mr. Dowson and/or anyone who can help while he is away:

This is my first foray into this forum. Thanks for making it available!

I am an ActiveSky user in FS9 and have recently registered FSUIPC (3.30) in hopes of adding some turbulence effects. ActiveSky doesn't replicate what I think are pretty good light and moderate turbulence effects in FS9 itself (when using user defined weather). Unfortunately, when using ActiveSky (which does greatly enhance the winds and clouds of FS9) I lose the light and moderate turbulence common to light G.A. aircraft. That little bit of bouncing around would really make for a realistic appearing simulator ride.

I've checked both the wind turbulence and cloud turbulence features in FSUIPC and get only the slightest bit of turbulence. Is there a way to modulate this for greater effect in the FS9 version? It looked like you could do this in FS2000/2002 FSUIPC. The user guide also suggests you can specify at what altitudes you want turbulence - I don't see how to do that in the FS9 control set.

I've asked the ActiveSky folks to address it but thought I would try from this end as well!

Thanks for a great product.

DD

[Pete Dowson]

I am an ActiveSky user in FS9 and have recently registered FSUIPC (3.30) in hopes of adding some turbulence effects. ...

I've checked both the wind turbulence and cloud turbulence features in FSUIPC and get only the slightest bit of turbulence.

Unfortunately you cannot have wind smoothing and turbulence. The only method I found to smooth the winds effectively in FS2004 was to attack them at the simulation stage, i.e. just before they are implemented, and there's no way to distinguish turbulence from some of the violent wind changes which folks don't like.

The user guide also suggests you can specify at what altitudes you want turbulence

No, there never was such a facility -- only to suppress wind turbulence in upper winds, where they are less usual than in the surface winds (CAT excepting). Cloud turbulence is controlled by the bcloud bottoms and tops, but you might not actually be inside a cloud graphic to get it.

Regards,

Pete

[DD]

Mr. Dowson:

Thanks for the reply. I've tried unchecking wind-smoothing and checking random turbulence but I still don't see any effect. What does random turbulence do and how can I see its effect?

Thanks for a great product!

DD

[Pete Dowson]

What does random turbulence do and how can I see its effect?

It adds random turbulence, occasionally, to weather provided through the FSUIPC interface -- i.e. from external programs like FSMeteo, ActiveSky and FSMetar.

Regards,

Pete