WestWind Airlines

How many pilots here use the Active Sky X Add-on with FSX ? I used it last night on my flight from Colognn-Bonn back to Heathrow and the weather simulator was real time and made the flying a lil challenging. It had some rain in germany yesterday lol .

 The reason i'm asking is because as a new pilot i wanted to know if its ok to use this add on with my flights?

I do have Active Sky X, just that I don't use it because it increases Lagg!!  If I can get ahold of a Super Computer then I might go back to using it!

As Mike said; it is fine to use any Add-Ons you like.  If we were not alowed to use Add-Ons then nobody would be able to connect to VATSIM because we wouldn't be alowd to have Squakbox or FSInn!!

I use it and love it.  I just completed the P001 Charter Around the World, and started using Active Sky X about 1/3 of the way through.  I had been using FSX's real-time weather, but it didn't do much over large stretches of water or remote locations.  After installing Active Sky X, the weather, sun, and moon were much more realistic, and I didn't notice much of a change in frame rates (my computer is 3-4 years old, with a GeForce 7900 graphics card).

James WWA1984:

I do have Active Sky X, just that I don't use it because it increases Lagg!!  If I can get ahold of a Super Computer then I might go back to using it!

As Mike said; it is fine to use any Add-Ons you like.  If we were not alowed to use Add-Ons then nobody would be able to connect to VATSIM because we wouldn't be alowd to have Squakbox or FSInn!!

Agree i really notice alot of sticking..... but it does give that Realistic view on the weather. I'm gonna beef up the machine anouther gig of mem to see if it would stop the lagg when it is updating.

I'll keep u guys informed

K.Harriott:

Agree i really notice alot of sticking..... but it does give that Realistic view on the weather. I'm gonna beef up the machine anouther gig of mem to see if it would stop the lagg when it is updating.

I'll keep u guys informed

I do like the Realistic view of the Weather and the Effects, but I don't think an extra 1GB of RAM will decrease the Lagg if you already have 1GB or more in the Machine. How much RAM do you currently have??

DanWolf:

I use it and love it. I just completed the P001 Charter Around the World, and started using Active Sky X about 1/3 of the way through. I had been using FSX's real-time weather, but it didn't do much over large stretches of water or remote locations. After installing Active Sky X, the weather, sun, and moon were much more realistic, and I didn't notice much of a change in frame rates (my computer is 3-4 years old, with a GeForce 7900 graphics card).

The Graphics Card doesn't create excess memory to Run more than 1 Program, if it did then I think my 8800GTS would handle: FSX, FSInn & Active Sky X perfectly. lol.

James WWA1984:

K.Harriott:

Agree i really notice alot of sticking..... but it does give that Realistic view on the weather. I'm gonna beef up the machine anouther gig of mem to see if it would stop the lagg when it is updating.

I'll keep u guys informed

I do like the Realistic view of the Weather and the Effects, but I don't think an extra 1GB of RAM will decrease the Lagg if you already have 1GB or more in the Machine. How much RAM do you currently have??

DanWolf:

I use it and love it. I just completed the P001 Charter Around the World, and started using Active Sky X about 1/3 of the way through. I had been using FSX's real-time weather, but it didn't do much over large stretches of water or remote locations. After installing Active Sky X, the weather, sun, and moon were much more realistic, and I didn't notice much of a change in frame rates (my computer is 3-4 years old, with a GeForce 7900 graphics card).

The Graphics Card doesn't create excess memory to Run more than 1 Program, if it did then I think my 8800GTS would handle: FSX, FSInn & Active Sky X perfectly. lol.

I got 1 GB with 512 Saphire PCI-E card and 4400+ Dual core AMD

a nother GB in mem should level out the lagging a lil bit. But then again the lagging could be because of accessing the information from the net. Hmmmmmm

on another note what kinda app is FSInn ??

ok ok i need to get into the VATSIM. haven't registered with them yet

K.Harriott:

ok ok i need to get into the VATSIM. haven't registered with them yet

What??????????????  You Haven't got onto VATSIM!!!!!!!!!

*inserts shy smiley here *

hahahaha nope not yet, haven't registered yet

K.Harriott:

hahahaha nope not yet, haven't registered yet

Once you get onto it you probbably wont go back to Off-Line flying, I am now 100% VATSIM because I can get that extra hint of Realism while flying online with other people and now because I have faster internet speeds I rarely get Disconected!