(Note: This product is produced by a Flight1 E-Commerce partner. For support on this product, please visit HiFi Simulation Software at www.hifisim.com.) ActiveSky is a comprehensive weather engine and sky graphics upgrade for MSFS 2004. From high-quality cloud and sky graphics to real-time weather condition transition and depiction, this is a complete and robust system that provides the highest level of realism possible through all facets of weather simulation. At the heart of ASv6 is the weather engine itself, which uses advanced intelligence and logic routines to obtain weather data and synthesize it into a beautiful and realistic depiction within the flight simulator. The engine is designed exclusively for use with FS2004, utilizing station-based distant weather depiction and transition capability instead of limiting depictions to a single GLOBAL area.
ActiveSky Graphics (included) is a brand new sky graphics upgrade enhancement with a variety of brand new content in Cloud and Sky Color textures. Enhanced Weather-Influenced Graphics Selections are available via the new IGS (Intelligent Graphics Selection) system integrated with ActiveSky Graphics. More realistic conditional selection processes are based on air stability, visibility, surface wind, and aloft wind conditions. Everything has been fine-tuned to provide better visuals in realistic real-time (or offline) weather depiction.
The weather engine and interface of ASv6 has been upgraded with important new features. New FS9 wx-station insertion capability adds over 500 new virtual oceanic/rural wx stations to "bridge the gap" and provide more consistent depiction and better transitions in all areas (epecially oceanic). Various other enhancements to oceanic and high-altitude flight transitions and realism have been made to ensure the best possible experience in a variety of different aircraft. The new Wx-Finder interface makes it easy to find any kind of weather you're looking for, with easy quick-find buttons, advanced search parameters, and ICAO prefix filtering.
ASv6's weather engine utilizes a proprietary weather collection and distribution network (The HiFi DataNet) to provide the most complete coverage and up-to-date real-world information possible. Real-time or archived data is easily accessible with a few mouse clicks. Realistic weather data access and representation isn't the only benefit... Care for some realistic atmospheric effects such as updrafts and downdrafts effected by terrain and wind, vertical air currents, thermals, wake turbulence, fog layers or icing in clouds? All this and more is included with configurable options. Do you enjoy realistically planning your flights by researching the weather and applying it to your flight plan? ASv6 makes this easy by providing real-time METAR/TAF/Aloft information, decoded weather display, custom station weather fetches, and a handy Weather Plan / Navigation Log interface. No more flying "in the dark"!
Important Note - ActiveSky Graphics Requires the Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 (or later) for new enhanced interface/texture generation technology. Most XP users have this already via Windows Update. To install it, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. After you download the file below, simply run the file, and the purchase screen will appear. Click here to download (45 MB)
Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 (or later) is REQUIRED for new enhanced interface/texture generation technology (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) 300MB Hard Disk space FS2004, A Century of Flight (installed) - (WideFS Compatible) Designed for and tested with Microsoft Windows XP (operation of this product on other operating systems is not guaranteed) Processor and Graphics card capable of achieving desired performance in stock FS2004 using real weather (1.5GHZ processor or better is recommended) 256MB+ RAM Sound Card with multiple sound playback capability (for voice features) Internet connection (for online or archival data access) - Firewalls may require special configuration - Broadband recommended Minimum 1024x768 screen resolution (most screens will work in 800x600 but not all features/commands will be visible) |
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