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Service Update 2 (SU2), is now available as an OPEN BETA!
SU2 contains various improvements throughout including a new option for ground snow, historical time setting handling, turbulence improvements, improved density control for reduced cloud patterning/graininess, and more. Several fixes are also provided, including solving potential wind shifts when wind speeds exceed 149 knots.
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Changelog:
Update 122624 (SU2 Beta) – B9126 (1.0.9126.33091)
- Added new option: Snow ground cover threshold temperature, sets the temp at which ground snow is canceled (when at or above this temp), when ground snow is enabled (using NOAA downloads)
- Added new “Activate” button in Weather Configuration screen for historical time, replacing earlier automatic activation process after 5 seconds
- Turbulence Improvements:
- Adjusted effect of “turbulence rotation effect preference” (wind options) to allow more translational turb optionally when using left-most slider options, and about 15% additional translational vs. rotational effects by default (at 50%)
- Fixed unexpected reduction of turbulence (by one level) when flying over water
- Added draft-based additive turbulence
- Adjusted random light chop turbulence percentage effect at max and min settings for more expected results (should be similar at default 25%)
- Added new wind option: Reduce turbulence near surface, which gradually reduces turbulence below 3000ft AGL, default off
- Reduced density of stratus and cumulus layers, especially when overcast, up to approximately 20%, to reduce graininess and/or row patterns in some cases, based on recent MSFS2020/2024 cloud depiction changes observed
- Fixed issue where winds > 149 knots would attempt to be depicted in MSFS, causing failure of wind speed depiction, wrong/zero winds, apparent wind shifts, etc. – Now winds are limited to 149.9kts depiction target in all cases
- Attempted fix for potential upside-down appearing cloud layer depiction with MSFS2024 when coverage = 0 (clear)
- Changed script connection warning icon to show after 2 minutes of flight running status instead of 1 (to account for long loading times in some cases)
- Docs updated