XPD Reviews, Ultra Weather Xp and RCSS vlog_242

.Ultra Weather XP 2.0 is a powerful application with many sliders and many options to control the graphics rendering of X-Plane

Version 2.0 is a complete rewrite over previous version 1 with many new features. Current v1 owners can buy v2 at a discounted price ($15.95): Check your original invoice at the store to get your coupon code.

Note: customers who owned the previous v1/v1.5 version can purchase this new version for only $15.95. Consult your original Ultra Weather invoice to get the coupon code.

Ultra Weather XP 2.0 works with both X-Plane 11 and X-Plane 10. Windows only at this time, sorry. Unlike other weather engines, Ultra Weather XP 2.0 is very FPS friendly.
Atmosphere with sky horizon adjustable size control.
Scattering haze on terrain.
Scattering Raleigh to make the terrain haze to be realistic.
Clouds brightness adjustable control.
Clouds shapes adjustable control.
Enhanced the clouds appearance
HD Clouds.
Clouds Shadow power adjustable control.
Clouds Shadow resolution adjustable control .
Sunlight effect on clouds.
Adjustable control of the clouds shape
Cirrus size and shape now can be adjusted.
Clouds blending smoothly with terrain.
Clouds drawing adjustable control.
Clouds and shadow size adjustable control.
City and airplane lights size from far away adjustable control.
Far away shadows can be add to the simulation with controllable the resolution.
Enhanced direct sunlight's.
Enhanced shadows during weather changing and reduce the power of shadow in overcasting situations.
The shadow of objects and airplane now still appear when the sun at the horizon during sunset or sunrise.
Horizon haze adjustable control.
Weather haze changed with weather conditions to add more fog in some situations.
Sky bluer adjustable control.
City lights appearing time during sunset or sunrise can be controlled.
3 Water colors for X-Plane 10 only.
Waves and sun reflections on sea adjustable control for X-Plane 11 only.
Clouds Resolution adjustable control for X-Plane 11 only .
Control the shadow level for all weather conditions.
White out of clouds adjustable control.
13 sky colors textures including clear, foggy, hazy, mount, hialt, orbit, overcast, snowy, socked, stratus conditions.
12 different clouds textures.
6 clouds smoothness shaders.
12 different sun textures blends with sky sunset , sunrise textures including clear, foggy, hazy, mount, hialt, orbit, overcast, snowy, socked, stratus conditions.
No more sun reflection on sea during overcasting conditions .
Normal and cinematic glares adjustable control .
UWXP adjustable values to change the overall visual effect.
Sun glare Power adjustable control for X-Plane 11 only.
High quality Thunderstorms Sounds..
Very friendly with FPS .. you can control the FPS as you like.
Compatible with any weather information collector plugin ( the plugin that not control any visual ).
Not compatible with Any other scripts simulating weather visual conditions such as: FlyWithLua any weather Script , FlyWithLua RTH script , Skymaxx Pro , Real Weather Connector for Skymaxx Pro , Blu_fx , VenturaSky , MaxxFx , xEnviro, etc ...

RCSS Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan
台北松山機場

Requirements

NAPS-Library

MisterX Library

FF_Library-Extended-Lod

OpenSceneryX



Recommended: (for X-Plane 10 only)

X-Plane 10 建議安裝 HD_Mesh_V3_Asia (+20 +120) ，此地景可修正原版地景缺少的道路、鐵路、河流、池塘及高壓電塔

Suggest to install HD_Mesh_V3_Asia (+20 +120), this scenery can correct the original lack of roads, railways, rivers, ponds and high-voltage tower.

set your "runways follow terrain contours"off

如果電腦效能不夠（尤其是顯卡），建議下載簡化版。 If your computer performance is not enough, it is recommended to download the lite version.

For xplane 10.50+



註：裡面大部份的 3D 建築是從 FSX 轉換而來，非常感謝四位作者Mick Cheng, Houting, rudolfliu 及 MikeH 的授權。

Note: All of the 3D building is converted from the FSX, thanks to the four authors Mick Cheng, Houting, rudolfliu and MikeH authorization.

[RWHobbies]

wow.. that was fast to get this published. if you like this you need to try rio de janeirio. buildings as far as you can see and then some - i think more impressive than taipei. i bought paulo ricardo's mega scenery for fsx (which is normally under $20) and converted it to xplane. it is a direct conversion with little or no editing required. can be done in less than 10 mins. i then got the freeware airport from org forum and put it higher in scenery hierarchy. so you have an amazing city with nice airport.

[AlmuntassirDesigners]

Thank you so much for taking time to make this review as I think you have not a lot of time to read the user book also to make a complete review for the plugin ... as you show the default setting of the plugin which is one of the available setting in the plugin ... 

the plugin have a lot of textures and a lot of settings you just show the default values the lowest settings that make the plugin so bad for your eyes .. if some one would to make a review he need to make a full review for entire plugin .. that if you have a time for that .. 

for the sky colors and the sun glare you don't need to restart X-Plane the window that appear .. reload cloud color will change the sky as you like ..

By the way thank you so much for your time making this video .. and please try to read the book as you paid the product for 35$ there is no problem to read the book ..




also try to watch the screenshots video here

[wycliffeb]

The review was based on my first experience and so it reflects exactly what I saw at that time. I have since spent some more time messing with the settings and have been able to achieve the look that I am happy with. On that basis I am happy to state that Ultra Weather XP is a welcome addition to the cloud engine market and as I stated in the review we now have three credible payware offerings for weather in Xplane.

[luftbilderhd]

Thanks for making this review. You reviewed UWXP version 2.0 (it's a "real" plugin), but described it as version 1.5 (which has no plugin GUI). You should edit and correct your video description.

[wycliffeb]

I have changed the discription to reflect what you see in the video which is Version 2. One thing i didnt mention in the video and that is volumetric clouds. I think if they move over to volumetric clouds it will be 50% better. Lets hoepe thathappens soon.

[h]

The building at the river side is called "Grand Hotel"

[LandsPlanes]

Low fps
I think ultraweather is one of the best weather engines of xp 11.
Now with 2.2 can be grear

[wagnertenor]

There is a newer version of this plug-in, version 2.0 for $35. At the org. Don’t Know Why They Are Still Selling Both.

[peterfinkill]

What do you use to move around he city and airport?

[osmarac]

The app is unstable and crash the XP11. I'm waiting for a solution by customer care, but the feedback is very long. I suggest you apply your money in other plugin that has been tested for more time.

[michaelsummers]

Weather software should depict what's outside. There should be no tweaking buttons just like the real world. I'd hate this software, spend more time messing with it than flying.
Thanks for the review though but it's not for me. I'm still Xenviro fan.