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Copy METAR information into Aerofly FS2.

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  • aerofly-weather

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✈️ METAR weather importer for Aerofly FS 2

Copy METAR information into IPCAS' Aerofly FS 2.

These command line tools will copy the following METAR information to your configuration file while Aerofly FS 2 is not running:

  • Time and day (will set the year and month to current year and month because they are not present in METAR information)
  • Wind & turbulences
  • Thermal activity
  • Clouds (height & density)

The METAR information can be supplied manually, or can be fetched from an URL.

This tool is capable of setting weather values which are not accessible in Aerofly FS 2. This is done deliberately. Please supply feedback in case of any strange effects you encounter.

Installation

  1. This tool requires Windows, Mac OSX or Linux.
  2. Make sure you have Node.js with at least version 10 installed. Call node -v to see your current version.
  3. Run npm install -g aerofly-weather to install Aerofly-Weather.
  4. Use aerofly-make-batch to create a batch file on your desktop.

This package also comes with a load of command line tools. For basic usage the desktop batch file will suffice.

Usage of desktop batch file

You will need a copy of IPACS' Aerofly FS 2 which has run at least once. This creates a file called main.mcf, which contains all settings and the weather data in Aerofly FS 2. This file will be modified by the tools supplied with this package.

Click on the desktop file called aerofly-weather.bat and follow the on-screen instructions. Basically it offers you to:

  • Set weather data from a METAR string.
  • Fetch a METAR string from an URL and set the weather accordingly.
  • Fetch weather data from the CheckWx API and set the weather accordingly.

The desktop batch file also contains some settings for the tools. If you want to edit the desktop batch file, just right click on it and select "Edit". There is a small guide on how work with the command line tools contained in the desktop batch file.

Advanced usage

This package comes with a load of command line tools. These can be integrated into scripts or batch files.

Update

  1. To find out if your installation of Aerofly-Weather needs updating, run npm outdated -g aerofly-weather.
  2. Run npm update -g aerofly-weather to update your local Aerofly-Weather installation to the latest stable release.

Status

npm version Build Status devDependency Status

Author: Frank Boës

Copyright & license: See LICENSE.txt

This tool is NOT affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by IPACS. As stated in the LICENSE.txt, this tool comes with no warranty and might damage your files.

This software complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it does not collect nor transmits any personal data but for data your submit by using the CLI commands using URLs. For GDPR compliance of these services refer to the legal statements of these services.