Weather sudden change to default weather during flight

[joepro900]

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
While flying missions in career mode, sometimes the weather will randomly drop out to a default weather at the snap of a finger where wind is zero and barometer is 29.92. well just now i was flying a medium cargo mission in the PC-12. i was actually flying with a over 70 knot tail wind, but was cruising at an IAS of around 205 kts. well this weather dropout happened and i lost all my tail wind in literally one second, my IAS skyrocketed to over 250, and then a second later the plane crashed. over 2.5m for repairs… if this is an intermittent connectivity issue, could the weather not just remain the same instead of dropping to a default value?
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unknown exact location due to plane being crashed and returning to menu automatically. according to the logbook it happened in the vicinity of 33AL.

Provide time and date of the observed weather issue:
10:25 CST, 1/19/2025

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
everyday usually very random though, maybe two times a day

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RTX 4070

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[DementedCorn327]

Do you start the mission with Live Weather ON and during the flight weather suddenly changes to one of the presets ?

[joepro900]

sorry, i just saw your reply. i do run with live weather on. and when this happens it is usually only for about 10 seconds or less which is why i kind of feel like it may be a connection issue. the weather will suddenly change to default low wind and the altimiter changes to 29.92 (default). i know this because i use the hotkey to set altimeter when this happens and it will change to 29.92. usually within 10 seconds live weather returns. but in this instance it cost me the plane because of the serious tail wind i was having that day at 13,000 feet. i guess that could be considered it changing to a weather preset? it is in career mode though so i have only had live weather on. i guess if this is a connection issue there is not much i can do, however i would suggest that this weather swap to be changed to where the weather just holds steady at the current weather when internet connectivity becomes spotty. if that makes any sense.

[AhwaJay]

Still getting this issue even on the SU1 beta. I dont understand how live weather can turn off 3 times in a 2.5 hr flight. my wifi has been stable the whole flight so not sure why this happens. mind you this happens in free flight for me.

[joepro900]

thats discouraging