REX ESSENTIAL **OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT**

[Kahu]

I had the same problem Paul, use a download manager and all was good.

[ZKIWI]

QUOTE (kcgb @ May 29 2012,8:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

kelvin, how did you get real time weather to work in the south of the south island?

KCGB,

I have solved the issue. I will be available this evening if you need to get it sorted. ( Procedure on REXE support forum.)

PM if you want to discuss how.

[Naki]

Yes should of used a download manager but all done now. Love the interface and a few issues I had with the previous REX have now gone...havent had much flying yet though

[dart15]

QUOTE (Kelvinr @ May 29 2012,9:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

@dart15 that is completely strange as none of the testers had reported this issue during testing. I would address this in the Support Forum if able.

Resolved: must have been a corrupt update file. I ended up completely uninstalling REX 2 and d/l and installing Rex Essential.

[AndrewJamez]

Has anyone been able to bet reasonably acccuarte local weather in essentials?? Not me. Today in Hamilton i get medium cloud cover with sun and light winds. Not evan close to the wellington and chrischurch weather stations that NOAA use.

[toprob]

Not this morning, it looked like yesterday's weather here, but this afternoon it's definitely real Christchurch weather at NZCH:)

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (toprob @ Jun 6 2012,5:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Not this morning, it looked like yesterday's weather here, but this afternoon it's definitely real Christchurch weather at NZCH:)

Rob .... Wobblyville , and a ride in my RPC's just a few minutes back proves the weather is at a loss today ....... this time the birds really are walking

[Adamski]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Jun 6 2012,4:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Has anyone been able to bet reasonably accurate local weather in essentials?? Not me. Today in Hamilton i get medium cloud cover with sun and light winds. Not evan close to the wellington and chrischurch weather stations that NOAA use.

Is it definitely loading (in real time)?

I've found that the old REX weather engine grabbed its data pretty quickly, but with REXE it takes over 5mins for it to set itself up before you can even launch the first flight. After that, the updates seem as before.

[Kahu]

I don't get the fuss, If I can actually get the program to run properly first time, its usually slow and crashes, then in FSX the REXE weather engine displays fine sky's when its raining outside.

I'll give it one more go tonight but I think I will be going back to REX2.

EDIT: After a couple of re installs patching etc. it seems that REXE has issues with AVAST antivirus software which I need to turnoff to get REXe to work.

[Adamski]

QUOTE (Kahu @ Jun 6 2012,6:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

EDIT: After a couple of re installs patching etc. it seems that REXE has issues with AVAST antivirus software which I need to turnoff to get REXe to work.

Ummm ... is that just the anti-virus component of AVAST or the firewall part (or both). I much prefer it when a/v does just that - and the firewall does just that. Hate it when they "mix and match".

It could be why mine is so slow in starting up.

[Kelvinr]

If people can let me know issues I can try to replicate myself and take over to the team for review. Can't guarantee what fixes can be made with the time frame the team has but there is an opportunity to raise them now.

what settings are you guys using to try and get real world weather? Remember it may not be 100% all the time but should get close as per my tests matching with real weather stations in New Zealand. i will pop over to our Essential Beta forum and see about the Vatsim data.

Can someone tell me what weather stations are missing from the Vatsim data as I will need to be specific to the team.

[Ian Warren]

Kelvin , best i better finally D/load the program tonight .. ill check even were the Chickens don't check

[Adamski]

QUOTE (Kelvinr @ Jun 6 2012,8:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If people can let me know issues I can try to replicate myself and take over to the team for review. Can't guarantee what fixes can be made with the time frame the team has but there is an opportunity to raise them now.

Not sure whether to post here and/or the REXE forum. I'm having a major problem on startup.

On a fresh reboot, it took REXE ELEVEN minutes from start to finish, before I could launch FSX. I'm wondering whether it was interpolating data *for the whole world* (gasp!!) ... and that maybe it's better to start FSX at some (NZ) location ... *then* launch REXE <???>.

I'll try again, with a/v and firewall temporarily off to see whether it's any better.

[Kelvinr]

QUOTE (kcgb @ May 29 2012,9:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

no
tried with it on and off
didnt do anything

@Kc have you sorted this yet? If not can you let me know what weather engine settings you are using? One other thing is that we found during testing on at least one occasion that Vatsim was undergoing some maintenance so the data was not available at the time. We don't often hear when the data is not available but that's not to say this is the issue.

Could you also let me know how far the wind speed/directions deviates from the real world that you are checking against? There may be a significant deviation at times but other times (more often than not at least for me testing) it would be extremely close by about 10-15 knots wind speed and 10-20 degrees wind direction.

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 6 2012,8:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Kelvin , best i better finally D/load the program tonight .. ill check even were the Chickens don't check

Sounds good Ian. Hope you enjoy. Let us know if your having any problems.

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Jun 6 2012,4:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Has anyone been able to bet reasonably acccuarte local weather in essentials?? Not me. Today in Hamilton i get medium cloud cover with sun and light winds. Not evan close to the wellington and chrischurch weather stations that NOAA use.

What weather engine settings are you using? Are you using Vatsim or NOAA? Make sure you also set wind smoothing to off for both wind smoothing and hyper wind smoothing. I did a number of test flights at Hamilton during Beta which returned quite accurate weather. What real data are you checking against or you just looking out the window? I would check against the data first and then make a visual check as Essentials can make sacrifices based on the settings you choose.

[Ian Warren]

Think i'll get the ball rolling on the d/load today , a feature you may answer Kelvin , as you no Christchurch (Wobblyville) was hit by a snowstorm yesterday .. today the skies are blue and wide but the ground is covered in snow and will be like this for days , the city is still shut down due the sheets of ice , ... have you tried to replicate this and stay longer follow real world temp and conditions pick up but the weather stations.

[AndrewJamez]

well yesterday I was getting metar reports from NZMN and NZCH when promted but today nothing which relates to no weather in FSX

[toprob]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Jun 7 2012,11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

well yesterday I was getting metar reports from NZMN and NZCH when promted but today nothing which relates to no weather in FSX

Yeah, something is definitely wrong with NZ today.

[Kelvinr]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Jun 7 2012,11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

well yesterday I was getting metar reports from NZMN and NZCH when promted but today nothing which relates to no weather in FSX

I'm not sure what you are meaning, can you elaborate on your issue by noting the settings you are using in Essential?

By the way guys, I have raised the reported incompleteness of the Vatsim data to the REX team who will see if anything is not looking as it should be. One thing Essential does is it really only reads data from Vatsim so this does seem a little strange that Vatsim is missing stations. Anyway, hopefully will have a response soon.

[toprob]

My settings are pretty default -- Vatsim unselected. When I wait until the weather loads, click on 'weather', real weather, I type in any NZ station (NZAA, NZCH, NZWN) it gives me an empty 'nearby weather stations' box. It was working fine yesterday. YSSY works fine.

[Kelvinr]

QUOTE (toprob @ Jun 7 2012,12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My settings are pretty default -- Vatsim unselected. When I wait until the weather loads, click on 'weather', real weather, I type in any NZ station (NZAA, NZCH, NZWN) it gives me an empty 'nearby weather stations' box. It was working fine yesterday. YSSY works fine.

Hmm, interesting. I try all 3 of those ICAOs and seem to get weather stations showing. What do your weather interpolating settings read? I am using More Accurate/ Less Stations try that and see how you go. Also, try using Vatsim and see what results you get. If Essential is not finding the weather stations it may be to do with Vatsim or NOAA data itself. Essential is only supposed to be reading/interpreting the data, and, as far as I know it is not manipulating that data.I have been able to replicate your issue as well...

Make sure you have weather data overwrite enabled if it is not.

EDIT:

Looks like NOAA has 94 weather stations and VATSIM has 85 for New Zealand. This is regardless of the interpolating setting used.

Can you try searching ICAO using just "NZ" and click search to see what stations show at all. Then sort by country by clicking on the column heading. I can see at this stage it looks like NOAA is not showing the desired weather stations. I'll go mention this to the team.