This beta introduces the 'Shortcut Controls' option which allows users to assign joystick button and keyboard keys to common actions or controls within the FSXSERVER program. All shortcut controls are defined using the Shortcut Controls dialog accessed via the FSXSERVER program's main form.
At present, users can assign buttons and keys to update the weather, toggle the Opus weather report window ON/OFF display, cycle to the next weather report, or cycle backwards to the previous weather report. Only relevant weather reports can be displayed using these controls. The Local Area weather report is always considered active and relevant. The Lower and Upper Atmosphere weather reports are only active if the GRIB data is enabled. The Destination and Alternate weather reports are only considered active if the relvant Destination or Alternate site has been specified in the Weather dialog. I have U (Update Weather), W (Weather Report), N (Cycle Next), and shift-N (Cycle Last) configured and operating on my system. It is up to the user to make sure any assignments are not in use elsewhere on their systems.
An option to enable the Magnetic Variation within the simulator has been included in the Weather User Preferences dialog, this option is disabled by default. When enabled, there will be a difference between the reported wind directions METAR and GRIB forecast data which always report directions with respect to True North and the current wind directions within the simulator and reported by ATIS which are always Magnetic directions. To assist the pilot, the LWE will show the current Magnetic Deviation (- Magnetic Variation) in the weather report windows. Displayed in the form 'MagDev XX.X' at the end of the surface wind information. You must ADD this value to all wind directions to convert them to Magnetic directions at the current location. Please note, I cannot show the Magnetic Deviation at the Destination or Alternate sites, only at your current location in the simulated world.