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See below for recent changelogs:
Update 103125 – B9435 (1.0.9435.21794)
– Removed all attempted humidity control since it is removed in latest SU4 beta and breaks wx control script
Update 101325
– Added fix for buggy MSFS 2024 Russian language Hybrid mode with
incorrect wind speed units label causing wind speeds to be ~doubled
Update 100825
– Added better fail-safe handling if TAF download fails from NOAA
(was causing crash)
– Fixed issue with non . decimal character in culture/number format settings causing issues with manual weather aloft layer temperature parsing
Update 091825
– Fixed issue
with custom weather area pasting on map where if a weather area was created,
then copied and pasted, the pasted weather area was not properly located at the
mouse position intended
– Adjusted Spanish language (in addition to French) units handling to correct an issue in some units modes (hybrid, for example) with MSFS2024 SU2 wind layer speeds, where they are shown as knots but handled as m/s – was causing about double the realized winds in-sim – Now, the wind speed will correctly be depicted in sim, but will show as half the actual speed when viewed in the internal weather UI
– Fixed issue with script potentially causing conflict issue
– Adjusted NOAA download processes to account for recent NOAA data format changes – prevents download/processing errors
– Fixed alignment of “Activate” button for historical downloads in Wx Configuration screen
Update 042225 (SU2 Official)
– Updated for MSFS2024 SU2 (1.4.13.0 or later) which uses some new integration methods for FS2024 (this is now only compatible with SU2 or later when using FS2024)
– Adjusted French language units handling to correct an issue in some units modes (hybrid, for example) with MSFS2024 SU2 wind layer speeds, where they are shown as knots but handled as m/s – was causing about double the realized winds in-sim – Now, the wind speed will correctly be depicted in sim, but will show as half the actual speed when viewed in the internal weather UI
– Fixed units issue in some cases that would cause too much precipitation and lower visibility than intended (both FS2020 and FS2024)
– Adjusted precipitation for much lower rates overall (matching more realistic values according to typical categorization of light, moderate, heavy) – Increases visibility during lower precip levels, but rain may be hard to see in external camera modes
Update 011325 (SU2 Beta)
– Added new MSFS toolbar functionality with ASFS icon, and ASFS now operates like all other toolbar add-ons (and must be enabled in the toolbar configuration menu)
– Added ASFS toolbar icon click-to-open ASFS application functionality (works in both MSFS2020/2024)
– 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
– Added new feature/option: Enable direct wind control (Simulator depiction options) – Enables control of MSFS aloft wind layers to match ASFS-computed ambient winds, in attempts for better direct control and elimination of MSFS-related wind shifts – default ON
– Added new feature/option: Cloud density adjustment slider (Simulator depiction options) – Allows adjustment of depicted cloud density, increase for higher detail and puff (at the expense of graininess and patterning), reduce for lower detail and softness – default 50
– Added new feature/option: Wind speed limiter (Simulator depiction options) – Limits maximum winds set by ASFS to prevent potential wind depiction issues found in recent MSFS builds – use with caution – default 148
– Adjusted handling of aloft wind data by limiting max speeds in source data to match Wind speed limiter option, for accurate flight planning given any limiting applied
– Changed conditions screen Sky Conditions text from “showers” to “rain” when precip is light (to avoid confusion with technical definition of rain showers from convective clouds)
– Decreased general cloud transition smoothing rate when building by approximately 20%
– Increased wind transition speed approximately 15%
– 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 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)
– Documentation updated, including improved MSFS configuration notes including toolbar enabling/disabling and ASFS button usage