Wxr radar

[chasbruce]

Hi John

I am using Project Magenta 737 + MSFS 2020 and they have a program called PmGetWeather which basically takes a radar.bmp file from FSUIPC and displays it on the ND.  Here is an extract from the PMGetWeather.ini:

//This is the file you have defined in the FSUIPC.INI file
             //For instance:     ASNwxRadarBitmapPath=\\PMComputer\NetDir\myRadarFile.bmp

Active sky for MSFS does not presently provide a weather file as far as I know, but.......

.......reading up on LUAs I came across the following in the "Example Lua Plugins" folder.  Can you provide more information on these 3 files and if/how I can possibly use them?  I note the Lua mentions the provision of a radar.bmp in its 1st line:

path="\\\\myfscomputer\\fsplans\\wxradar.bmp"

Regards

Charles

 

[John Dowson]

Yes, you need a radar.bmp file for any of this to work. This was provided by ActiveSky, but that functionality isnt available for MSFS.

Once you have the radar.bmp file then sharing/displaying shouldnt be a problem. But I do not know how you can generate such a file with MSFS.

Note I am on holiday now until September.

John