The next instalment in the Active Sky series, Active Sky XP 12 brings extensive integration with the new X-Plane 12 platform and its redesigned weather system.
Not a 'replacement' to the internal weather system of XP12, ASXP12 is a Comprehensive Enhancement, enabled by tight integration, that adds an improved weather experience, from planning, weather data access and interaction, weather control, automatic weather mode control and air effects, to advanced depiction and much, much more.
Over 20 years in the making, Active Sky utilises several weather data sources including surface and model data, and synthesises and curates it into the most accurate and realistic weather scene possible for your simulated flights.
As always, Active Sky provides live, historical, and customised weather options, with historical playback capability, providing the weather exactly as you want it, when you want it.
Features spotlight
Evolving Weather Depiction utilising XP12’s new weather SDK/API, which is undergoing active improvement – ASXP12 brings new control capabilities and accuracy and enhanced smoothing, and couples with the new 3D procedural clouds and new lighting system of XP12 for a much improved visual experience.
New Improvements in recent ASXP12 updates include: Ground snow control, providing more accurate ground snow coverage according to actual ground snow depth data, new Passive weather control mode, turbulence tuning and much more. See the changelog in the
Support section for more information.
Enhanced Air Effects works with and enhances internal X-Plane 12 effects, providing new turbulence, drafts, thermals, terrain-based wind effects, variability, microbursts and more.
Optional Live Hybrid Depiction Control allows a combination of ASXP12 fully-controlled weather depiction and effects, and X-Plane 12 live weather depiction + ASXP12 effects – XP12 live Wx depiction is enabled in the en route phases, and ASXP12 Wx depiction is enabled in the departure/destination phases.
Active Sky Weather Engine brings the core features that made Active Sky the leading weather add-on for the FS9, FSX, P3D and XP platforms, including Advanced weather synthesis and interpolation, high-resolution global model data integrated with surface observation and forecast data, realistic air and atmosphere effects, integrated visual mapping and planning, and much, much more.
Historical Weather is included, in hourly intervals, with automatic playback to keep you in sync, changing weather dynamically as it happened in real life.
Custom Weather allows visual application and modification of all weather parameters using the ASXP12 interface.
Navigraph and SimBrief Integration allows optional up-to-date Navigation and Airport databases as well as SimBrief Flight Plan load/import.
Voice Weather Delivery Active Sky ATIS and Flightwatch are available at any time by listening on 122.00, 122.02 or 122.03 for closest station, actual/current interpolated conditions and destination weather reports, respectively.
Comprehensive API allows third parties to integrate in many ways, getting or setting nearly every parameter of ASXP12 weather and depiction.
Mobile Companion App lets you use any device/browser to connect with Active Sky over your network and view and control the weather.