Rodger Pettichord Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Hi all. All of us fly sim programs that allow weather variations. We can head up into live weather, fair skies, thunder storms, rain, sleet, or snow. We can land with calm skies, nasty crosswinds, variable gusts, or ugly turbulence. It's that wonderful variety that brings up this week's meaningless topic. THIS WEEK'S MEANINGLESS TOPIC: What weather do you enjoy flying in with your flight simulator? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Whatever the real weather is at the time. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, W2DR said: Whatever the real weather is at the time. I basically agree. But although I am working my way through the PilotEdge "I Ratings," I prefer VFR conditions. I like to enjoy the Orbx scenery. I do fly IFR on occasion, but often I just wait it out. Ken Edited June 22, 2023 by Ken Q 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Live weather for me. cheers Gumby 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 I fly for the fun of back-country scenery, so I usually set it to clear skies or fair skies in order to see as much as possible. And thanks to Orbx, there is a lot to see, even for us old f*rts who have stuck with the older sims. I'm soon leaving Gibraltar to head for Cairo. Love it! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 me I prefer Live weather unless I am testing something specific then I might set clear skies etc, I think though it's whatever you prefer, I can see why some will only have clear weather always especially when you bought a ton of scenery... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryisenor Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Usually use live weather, but if I am just sight seeing in a small plane I will turn off live weather and fly under clear skies. If the weather is reasonably clear I leave the live weather on all the time. When flying the 737 I always use live weather - you can always do a Cat III landing if you need to. Larry 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 I do tend to find myself selecting Clear Skies a fair bit to enjoy the scenery I have paid for. That said, I do occasionally select Live Weather and the generated weather is not like any preset, it can be quite a visual spectacle. Cheers Graeme 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 You really hit a point for me with this topic, Rodger. I use to simulate trips that I have done in reality in the past or would like / will do in the future. BTW, this often touches another hemipsphere with opposite seasons. This means, in p3d I use to fly with "Live Historic Weather" from Active Sky. In MSFS I still struggle with this, and will now check what "Rex AccuSeason" does. In the meantime I only use "few clouds", for the same reason as everyone above. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 I have never used historic weather in any sim, also REX Accuseason I thought just effects the look of the vegetation, or at least that's the only difference I can see... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 1 hour ago, wain71 said: REX Accuseason I thought just effects the look of the vegetation I have now read the same. So it will not help me in the desired way. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 I normally use clear skies because I'm testing new scenery and have to spot small details, but for general fun I use the Few Clouds to add interest and be able to see the scenery below. Been known to through in a few nasty weather presets just for fun sometimes. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAMBA1 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Live weather, mostly, but I am often annoyed by the change in weather. Prepare myself and the aircraft for a particular runway , only to find out on taxiing that the wind changed direction! and another runway has to be used. Same and even more annoying is this problem with landing 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Live weather for the 'realism' or Clear skies with scattered clouds for VFR sight-seeing or Anything I fancy for taking screenshots. All a bit predictable and boring really! 😴 But I do enjoy live weather (when It works properly) when visiting a new location. For me, it adds to the immersion factor. 😀 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 2:27 PM, Stillwater said: You really hit a point for me with this topic, Rodger. I use to simulate trips that I have done in reality in the past or would like / will do in the future. BTW, this often touches another hemipsphere with opposite seasons. This means, in p3d I use to fly with "Live Historic Weather" from Active Sky. In MSFS I still struggle with this, and will now check what "Rex AccuSeason" does. In the meantime I only use "few clouds", for the same reason as everyone above. My choice currently is "REX Weather Force 2020". Flying on the other hemisphere or in other than the current season I can choose a "dynamic weather preset", which slowly changes the conditions during the flight. Still not "real historic", but at least a little surprise in it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfish55 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 I like real weather when flying big tin but I also like to set up IMC conditions for practicing VFR flying and using the instruments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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