BaiterOne Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 The attached pics show the Windsocks I see in P3D V3, Irish airfields in EU Ireland. Orbx Central says that all is ok with my installation. Anything I can do to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 7:34 AM, BaiterOne said: The attached pics show the Windsocks I see in P3D V3, Irish airfields in EU Ireland. Orbx Central says that all is ok with my installation. Anything I can do to fix this? Wow. Them Irish are clever. Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 I must admit that I am very disappointed with the lack of action on the windsock problem in the airports in Orbx. I have since found that the same problem pictured above exists in EU England too. The problem makes a laugh of the 'realism' of the airports. I notice that windsocks have been a problem since 2016 or so, though I have not found this problem mentioned in the forums before. To think that I also bought EU Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too - I can only presume that the airports in these regions exhibit the same stupidity. Did I say that I was disappointed? :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hello, thank you for sharing your opinion. I am unable to replicate this, in fact the Orbx windsocks are usually still and react only to wind speed and direction, changing direction and shape only once for each heading and speed range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Nick, Thanks for your response. The pic below shows the windsock in EGAE Eglington in Northern Ireland. It never moves whatever direction the wind is coming from, nor changes shape with the speed of the wind. I have now checked random airfields in Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. All exhibit the same problem with the windsock. Non Orbx airports in other locations appear to be fine. I am presuming that the problem windsock is an Orbx generated part of the airport and not a P3Dv3 problem. Is there anything I can do to make things work. Where does it find the windsock? EU Ireland was bought in June 2019, the others are just recently bought. Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hello, thanks for the report, unfortunately, having never had P3D v3, I cannot test to replicate the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanderMiller Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 You are not alone with this problem. I too have the same problem with the windsocks with Orbx North American airports - and yes P3D v3. Regards MK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 I had been flying around the Orbx airports in Ireland and the UK but really got tired of seeing those dreadful abominations they call "windsocks". I moved my Stearman and my Cub to the US for which I haven't bought the dodgy windsocks. A lot of Euros were spent on Orbx scenery for all of the UK and Ireland - what a waste! It seems that users of P3DV3 were just abandoned and left with a flawed product and no support - I actually like the scenery itself but the airports are wrecked by the windsock problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidk64 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Here's a couple from my installation. Every airport I've checked in AU v2, England region, South Island NZ region exhibit same thing. The launceston one is interesting with the yellow windsock working beside the fixed red one and two circles of cones. Does anybody who is using P3d v3 have a different experience with windsocks at Launceston or YWOR? Launceston YWOR Conversely KAFO and KAIK show working windsocks. I have NA land class installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Hello, in the interim, this has been reported elsewhere and brought to the attention of the Orbx Central developers, who will hopefully fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Absolutely wonderful to hear that some action might be taken to fix the problem. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Good news. Recognizable windsocks are now visible at airfields all over Ireland. This one is at Eglington EGAE. They don't react to wind strength or direction but they are lots better than the previous versions. Don't use them as an aid to take-off or land. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Whyte Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I experience the same problem. Was something done to fix it, BaiterOne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Hello, you could try verify files for the Orbx Libraries and the Ireland products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaiterOne Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Don, Orbx rolled their P3DV3 library back to a stage where the windsock looked like a windsock - it doesn't rotate and doesn't flap, but looks better anyway. I just downloaded the library again and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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