Mulitplayer weather

[JayG]

I fly with a few other people online and we all use this weather program.

However we dont all see the same weather at the same location at the same time. Are there different servers we are connecting to based on our actual locations? I am in Florida, another is in California, and another is in the Netherlands.

As example yesterday we flew the NE US in that stormy weather, I had accurate weather based on METARS, the CA pilot had very few clouds but the wind was correct, matched mine, but the Netherlands pilot had no clouds and winds aloft were 180 degrees from what I was getting.

We are all using the latest WX build.

Thanks

[fsxwx]

Interesting observation. Thanks for reporting.

> Are there different servers we are connecting to based on our actual locations?
No, there is only one server.

Small cloud variations could be explained by different points in time when you connected, i.e. when the weather was fetched from the server. Once the weather is injected into FSX the cloud conditions around your CURRENT position are not adpated continuously to prevent cloud shifts. So, if you are flying around in a rather limited region the cloud depiction won't be updated.

Another explanation could be a false/incomplete configuration of FSXWX. Make sure that all of you have done the setup of the wxmapping.bin and wxstationlist.bin files correctly (I have updated the instructions to describe it more precisely). If - whyever - there are still native-FSX-stations left over on the map, the weather depiction gets corrupted.

> winds aloft were 180 degrees from what I was getting
That's strange and I don't have an explanation for that ... except maybe the interference with Active Sky Next? Because the first released version interfered with FSGRW by blocking certain variables or fucntions also used by FSGRW via FSUIPC. As I also use certain FSUIPC offsets to control the wind, it might be the same same with FSXWX. (I can't check because I don't use ASN.)

Last but not least: Can you tell me the date, time and location you are refering to? Thanks!

[JayG]

Thanks for looking into this.,.....

We all loaded the weather at the same time just to check the results, and it was the same, 2 of us had close weather including winds, the other didnt.

None of us use ASN or any other program except the FSX built in weather.

This was Friday around 1 PM EST on a flight from KATL to KDCA, but it has happened on all flights recently.

I am going to double check they installed the .bin files correctly the next time we fly and will report back

[fsxwx]

To check the weather I have just flown KATL-KDCA.
Routing was N0439F370 DAWGS6 SPA/N0444F390 J37 GVE V453 CSN DCT AML NUMMY2.

At first, here are some screenshots to simply show the weather I got during the flight.
Wind dir/speed as well as the location can be seen on the ND.

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._FSXWX.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...2_KATL.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._LIDAS.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._LIDAS.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...05_SPA.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._COLZI.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._SANNY.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...08_GVE.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...09_GVE.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...10_CSN.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...11_CSN.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...12_AML.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...13_AML.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot..._NUMMY.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...5_KDCA.jpg]

[Image: http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/forumphot...6_KDCA.jpg]

Here are some METAR reports along the route:

KPDK 031753Z 31005KT 10SM CLR M02/M12 A3036 RMK AO2 SNE1654 SLP304 60000 T10171122 11011 21072 50003 + true aloft
KATL 031752Z 35007KT 10SM FEW250 M01/M12 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP293 T10111122 11011 21061 50002 + true aloft
KFTY 031753Z 36005KT 10SM CLR M01/M12 A3038 RMK AO2 SLP295 T10111117 11011 21061 58002 + true aloft
KWDR 031835Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 01/M21 A3037 RMK AO1 + true aloft
KGYH 031747Z 01006KT 10SM CLR 00/M15 A3035 + true aloft
KGMU 031753Z 02006KT 10SM CLR M01/M16 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP289 T10061156 11006 21067 50014 + true aloft
KAND 031756Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR M01/M12 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP285 T10061122 10006 21072 50007 + true aloft
KCEU 031754Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 01/M12 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP287 T00061117 10011 21056 50013 + true aloft
KMTV 031835Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM CLR M01/M16 A3033 RMK AO2 T10151159 + true aloft
KSIF 031835Z AUTO 31007KT 260V350 10SM CLR M01/M15 A3033 RMK AO2 T10101150 + true aloft
KMWK 031835Z AUTO 31009G15KT 10SM CLR M02/M17 A3028 RMK AO2 T10171169 + true aloft KINT
KINT 031754Z 33011G18KT 10SM CLR M02/M17 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP270 T10171167 11017 21067 51015 + true aloft
KLYH 031754Z VRB05G14KT 10SM CLR M02/M17 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP256 T10221167 11017 21072 51012 + true aloft
KROA 031754Z 31010G18KT 10SM CLR M04/M17 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP273 T10441172 11044 21094 50014 + true aloft
KDAN 031753Z AUTO 33013G22KT 10SM CLR M02/M13 A3030 RMK AO2 SLP258 60011 T10171133 11017 21056 50012 + true aloft KTDF
KMTV 031835Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM CLR M01/M16 A3033 RMK AO2 T10151159 + true aloft
KCHO 031753Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR M04/M17 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP251 T10391167 11039 21072 51012 + true aloft
KLKU 031835Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR M02/M14 A3027 RMK AO2 + true aloft KCHO
KOMH 031835Z AUTO 26008G14KT 10SM CLR M01/M13 A3030 RMK AO2 + true aloft KCJR
KFVX 031835Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 00/M19 A3027 RMK AO2 + true aloft KLYH
KOMH 031835Z AUTO 26008G14KT 10SM CLR M01/M13 A3030 RMK AO2 + true aloft KCJR
KHWY 031835Z AUTO 31013G20KT 10SM CLR M04/M13 A3029 RMK AO2 T10401127 + true aloft
KRMN 031835Z AUTO 32024G29KT 10SM CLR M04/M14 A3035 RMK AO2 T10411142 + true aloft
KLKU 031835Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR M02/M14 A3027 RMK AO2 + true aloft KCHO
KDAA 031758Z AUTO 34010KT 310V010 10SM CLR M05/M17 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP258 60000 T10511168 11050 21086 50007 + true aloft
KDCA 031752Z 33016G25KT 10SM FEW040 M05/M16 A3028 RMK AO2 PK WND 32029/1737 SLP254 4/002 933002 T10501161 11050 21078 51014 $ + true aloft
KADW 031758Z AUTO 31019KT 10SM CLR M07/M17 A3024 RMK AO2 PK WND 32028/26 SLP251 60000 T10671165 11065 21093 50012 $ + true aloft
KCGS 031830Z AUTO 31011G23KT 7SM CLR M05/M17 A3028 RMK AO2 T10461173 + true aloft KFME


Notes:

* I used historic weather from Friday, 3rd, 18 UTC (= 1 EST) as seen in the first screenshot.
* The cloud depiction at KATL, en-route and at KDCA seems OK in my opinion: All the way to KDCA no clouds appeared because all METAR reported CLR weather and only some random generated cirrus clouds were depicted (note: very high cirrus are indeed generated randomly, thus there might be differences between users). At KDCA the prevailing condition was FEW040.
* Winds aloft were really strong up to 122kts (wow).
* I didn't experience any wind shifts: wind was more or less coming from the west.
* The approach into KDCA was quite bumpy with medium gusts as reported.


Now the question: Is this the weather you also got?