Resolved Active Sky Stuck?

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BriggZee

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Hey,

Looking for some help/advice. I just swapped from SFS 2020 to MSFS 2024. Cleaned out my folders for Active Sky and did a fresh install. Since, it isn't loading at all in the sim. I have the simulator weather set to 'custom', active sky is allowed via Windows Defender and I opened the TCP port for it.

I open Active Sky before the sim which used to work fine in 2020 version. Now, I just keep getting stuck on 'waiting for simulator' & 'populating weather stream' (screenshot below).

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
 

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disco79stu

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Same issue here. Active Sky won't start properly. seems stuck.
When I retry I get this message and the cycle repeats.

Currently unable to use ActiveSky, it's stuck in "Populating Weather Stream".

Screenshot 2026-06-05 154041.png
 
Daveo

Daveo

Community Manager
Staff member
We are currently investigating this now.

Thank you for your patience.
 
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damian

damian

Developer
Staff member
We're aware of an issue with DataNet downloads and actively investigating. Please uncheck "Force DataNet downloads" in general options. After setting this, a couple AS restarts may be required.
 
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disco79stu

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damian said:
We're aware of an issue with DataNet downloads and actively investigating. Please uncheck "Force DataNet downloads" in general options. After setting this, a couple AS restarts may be required.
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okay, but I can't even access the options...
 
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disco79stu

Member
found a workaround:

manually edit the MSFSOptions.cfg found in ...\AppData\Roaming\HiFi\AS_FS\Options
and set
ForceDataNetDownloads=0
 
damian

damian

Developer
Staff member
This appeared to be a transient issue from NOAA data causing downstream processing errors. The problem is no longer apparent.

AS may have a corrupt data set loaded if you had this issue. If you get an error on startup, please attempt a restart, and if the issue persists please try and uninstall/reinstall cycle or you can shut down AS and manually remove all the items in your C:\users\username\HiFi\[product name]\Weather folder and a new weather set will be created. If you need assistance please open a support ticket. Thank you.
 
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BriggZee

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damian said:
This appeared to be a transient issue from NOAA data causing downstream processing errors. The problem is no longer apparent.

AS may have a corrupt data set loaded if you had this issue. If you get an error on startup, please attempt a restart, and if the issue persists please try and uninstall/reinstall cycle or you can shut down AS and manually remove all the items in your C:\users\username\HiFi\[product name]\Weather folder and a new weather set will be created. If you need assistance please open a support ticket. Thank you.
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Thank you! I’ll give it a go tomorrow as I’m out now. Can someone let me know if it’s correct to have Passive mode set on, MSFS 2024 weather to be just set as Custom Live? I have a ticket open already about this. Thanks
 
damian

damian

Developer
Staff member
BriggZee said:
Thank you! I’ll give it a go tomorrow as I’m out now. Can someone let me know if it’s correct to have Passive mode set on, MSFS 2024 weather to be just set as Custom Live? I have a ticket open already about this. Thanks
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ASFS controls the MSFS weather modes. Passive = MSFS live weather, Active = Custom (and ASFS weather as per your wx config setting).
 
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BriggZee

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damian said:
ASFS controls the MSFS weather modes. Passive = MSFS live weather, Active = Custom (and ASFS weather as per your wx config setting).
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Thank you! So if I just want AS to enhance live weather and not as a preset thing, is it best to have Passive On and Live Weather set in MSFS? I’ll check it’s working tomorrow and then this post can be archived.
 
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BriggZee

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Can confirm, deleting the weather folder and a restart of AS did the job!

Thanks for the prompt assistance and help from community :)
 
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