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HIFI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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HIFI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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218.99MB
Language
English
Available since
2023-05-21
Version
B9057
PID
17811

The next installment in the Active Sky series, Active Sky XP 12 brings extensive integration with the new X-Plane 12 platform and it’s new weather system.

Not a “replacement” to the internal weather system of XP12, ASXP12 is an Enhancement that adds an improved weather experience, from planning, weather data access and interaction, weather control, automatic weather mode control, air effects, to advanced depiction, and much, much more.

Over 20 years in the making, Active Sky utilizes several weather data sources including surface and model data, and synthesizes and curates it into the most accurate and realistic weather scene possible for your simulated flights.

As always, Active Sky provides Live, historical, and customized weather options, with historical playback capability, provide the weather exactly as you want it, when you want it.

Features Spotlight

Evolving Weather Depiction utilizing XP12’s new weather SDK/API, which is undergoing active improvement – ASXP12 brings new control capabilities and accuracy, enhanced smoothing, and couples with the new 3D procedural clouds and much improved 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 full changelog at http://hifisimtech.com/asxp12 for details.
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 enroute phases, and ASXP12 wx depiction is enabled in the departure/destination phases
Active Sky Weather Engine is an evolved version of the Active Sky platform which brings the core features that made Active Sky the leading weather engine for other platforms: 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 for up to 3 years in the past, 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 3rd parties to integrate in many ways, getting or setting nearly every parameter of ASXP12 weather and depiction
Mobile Companion App Use any device/browser to connect with Active Sky over your network and view and control the weather

Requirements

Windows 64-Bit (v7 or later) Only
Mac, Linux and 32-bit X-Plane/Windows versions are not supported
In a networked environment, the ASXP application/client may run on Windows 32-bit (7 or later), but X-Plane must be 64-bit on Windows 64-bit (7 or later)
ASXP12 supports X-Plane 12
X-Plane 12: v12.04 or later (64-bit for Windows) required
Active and stable internet connection (broadband recommended)*
500mb available hard drive space
1GHZ+ CPU
4GB+ RAM
Video Card: Minimum as required for X-Plane 11 or X-Plane 12. DX12/Vulkan Compatible card with 2GB+ VRAM is recommended.
1024×768 minimum available screen resolution to display all user interface features

*Active Sky XP 12 is an online product that will require the creation of a new user account. You must be logged in to use the software. One login per user account is permitted. You can install the software on multiple machines and/or move the software to other machines, but may be logged in only once at a time. Using Active Sky XP 12, creating a user account, and logging into the system require the acceptance of the HiFi Privacy Policy at https://hifisimtech.com/privacy-policy.

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