April 15th 2026 Developer Livestream - Discussion

Think I have been sending in questions about LIVE-WX to every dev.stream.

Last time (6months ago?) Seb said they can look into it if there are enough votes for it.

Look at all the threads about WX (yes, LIVE), and this must be the most requested improvement/feature out there.

Generally the sim (2024) looks stunning imho. Yes, ol’ time simmer. WX is also pretty accurate. So guess the Meteoblue colaboration is doing something good.

Before 2024 released I remember Seb talked about up-/downdrafts. It was fixed etc, as it was limited to 1000ft/m, in 2024 it could be 5000ft/m etc etc. Something with cloud density…well, where are the drafts - liveWX.

Remember when 2020 was released I flew the Caravan into some adverse WX over some mountain ranges. Plane was shaking, iceing down, had to get lower into hotter air…very immersive experience.

Going into clouds in my mighty C152 now in 2024: No effects. No turbulence while hunting down the most severe WX, in LIVE-WX, I could find. Nothing but smooth sailing…

This is where I at least would like to see some improvements: proper CBs up to 30-40k, turbulence, iceing, drafts etc. Give us a reason to avoid bad WX. Cloudscapes generally could also see an improvement. Cirrus, better stratus layers, updrafts below cumulus, in-cloud turbulence (or at bottom of cumulus) etc etc.

Funny thing is in latest Dev.stream Martial showed this thread as solved in SU3. While the thread showes Bug Logged…its definately not solved in SU3.