Wind arrow error

[KelB]

Hi

I recently installed P3D in order to evaluate it compared to FSX. Plan-G worked fine with P3D (did not build a P3D database) but on FSX I could no longer connect.  I changed the connection interface setting to FSUIPC and this seemed to fix the problem. I have now noticed that the wind direction arrow at the top left of the screen gives the wrong direction (in both sims). Any ideas?

Kelvin

[tim arnot]

Can you show an example?

[KelB]

Hi

Here is a link to a pair of pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/umsa3494f327dxq/AAAXegLGEtUeQPnD5JUXZ008a

One shows the aircraft head to wind on runway 32 (wind 326 deg) and the other shows the display on Plan-G indicating  a wind direction of 36 deg.

Regards

Kelvin

[tim arnot]

I agree they are different. I'll see if I can reproduce it.

[KelB]

I have installed build 93 but the wind direction issue still exists.

Kelvin

[KelB]

Hi

Just for information, after further experimentation it appears that Plan-G displays the wind direction via FSUIPC as if in the form +180 to -180 degrees  (but misses off the minus sign) rather than 0 to 360 degrees.

326 deg displays as 34 deg
232 deg displays as 128 deg
195 deg displays as 165 deg

Values below 180 deg display correctly.

Hope this is useful.

Regards

Kelvin

[tim arnot]

ok, thanks.