Active Sky API AS16 utilizes an extended version of the Active Sky API, allowing 3rd party developers to integrate and take advantage of advanced radar, icing, wind shear, weather data and weather controlling extensibility.Beyond the many new features, AS16 also extends and improves all aspects of weather simulation and depiction, from data parsing, to synthesis, interpolation, depiction, performance, and everything in-between, your entire weather experience will be more realistic than ever before.
Active Sky P3D Full Integration WithAS16 also incorporates full integration with Active Sky Cloud Art (ASCA), HiFi Simulation Technologies brand new graphics add-on for both FSX and P3D.ASCA includes cloud textures, sky textures, and brand new 3D cloud models to transform your skies, while also debuting a ground-breaking new feature when used in combination with AS16: Real-Time Dynamic Cloud and Sky Textures This enables realistic weather-influenced texture variation that reloads throughout your flight without needing to shut down and restart your simulator. You can use any graphics add-on(s) with AS16, but dynamic texture reloads require the AS16ASCA combination. ![]() Weve reworked the visibility depiction again, and significantly improve these areas (and several others) with SP1. Cloud motion effect detectionsynchronization and general speed sensation and particle effect placement was another area our users asked us to work on, and we have spent considerable time improving this for SP1. Beyond the visibility and effects improvements, there are also new user options, improved turbulence effects, jet-stream and boundary-layer turbulence effects, general depiction and interpolation improvements, and hundreds of minor fixes and adjustments in effort to make AS16 even better. Finally, many new API functions and capabilities have been added, enabling all kinds of developers to tightly integrate with Active Sky technology in all aspects including getting and setting weather, controlling weather modes and more. In-Cloud Motion Effects - Feel the speed of motion while flying through clouds. XGauge WX Radar - Enhanced weather gauge with included realistic airborne radar mode. Weather Scenarios System - Challenge yourself with several scenarios including a Microburst Encounter, Gusting Winds, Wake Turbulence, and more. High-Latitude Cloud Squeeze Fix - Fly high-latitude areas without stretched clouds. Map-Based Custom Weather Editing System - Weve re-designed custom weather editing and provided a new easy map-based custom weather area manager and weather setting wizard. ASCA Integration for Real-Time Texture Dynamics - AS16 works with any texturegraphics add-ons (including default graphics), but when combined with ASCA, real-time texture dynamics and automatic wx-influenced selections are enabled. Web Companion App - Remotely view and control weather using any device on your local network with new webserverbrowser technology. NAVIGRAPH Data Integration - Airports, Navaids and Fixes now provided by Navigraph A complimentary expired database is included with AS16, and regular AIRAC cycle updates are available with a Navigraph subscription. Enhanced Thunderstorm Effects Thunderstorms are now very dangerous, as they are in the real world, and require avoidance, in most cases, to ensure safe and successful completion of your flights Flying into heavy cells can result in loss of aircraft control and even airframe stress overload. Performance-Focused Design Weve taken the previous codebase for Active Sky and re-factored it, tuned it, and re-designed many core areas for increased performance and usability. User Interface Improvements Weve incorporated user feedback and made dozens and dozens of improvements throughout the entire UI Hybrid Weather Depiction Technology AS16 uses multiple integration and depiction methods to provide realistic, smooth and correct weather and ambient conditions at all times, while also providing full cloud position awareness to enable advanced cloud-synchronized radar, precipitation and air effects. High-Fidelity Data Resolution and Coverage Active Sky 16 includes enhanced global gridded weather data, global sigmets and airmets, global surface data and global aloft data for much improved realism and coverage for all kinds of conditions in all areas without relying strictly on METAR reports. High-Fidelity Air Effects Wake Turbulence, Microbursts, Downdrafts, Updrafts, Terrain-influenced Drafts, Thermals and more Smooth Transitions Cloud formations, wind, temperature, visibility and every other aspect of your weather is smoothed, transitioned and interpolated for the ultimate in realism. Private Server Network AS16 utilizes the high-performance and high-availability HiFi DataNet weather network with multiple servers in multiple regions around the world, providing high-resolution weather data and historical data archives for the past 2 years. Online Historical Data with Playback Fly in weather at any datetime up to 2 years in the past and have weather update realistically throughout your flight according to hourly-archived conditions.
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