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Just love it when the real world weather and certain times of the day puts on a great show in FSX...(actually it looked better in the sim )

Nice shots
I would have to agree whole heartedly with you there Paul, sometimes FSX just ramps up to a brand new level.

Hope you don't mind me dropping in a couple of shots that match the topic.

I spent most of the late afternoon/evening pruning my aircraft folder - jumping in and out of every jetliner I've bought - and the attrition rate has been pretty high. Maybe I'll put them losers out for a potential screenshot prize (for the person that comes *last*, !). Throughout all of it, the weather outside the window was 100% humidity or solid rain. FSX/REX remained fully "in-sync" all the time. Quite creepy, really!!

Sometimes you just sit back and gape! Brilliant shots, BTW, you two . Better pull this thread quick before a certain splitpin dives in

Pete your clouds look great - are they REX clouds?

Yeah they are Paul, I only use the textures though, for weather generation I use Active Sky Evolution for haze with the cloud rendering set to 20 layers and ASE's. Funnily enough the more cloud generated the better the FPS I have gotten.
Also using the enbseries d3d renderer.



The disable haze layer flag is misleading, it means disable the default FSX haze.

Adamski wrote:

QUOTE (Adamski @ Jan 19 2011, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I spent most of the late afternoon/evening pruning my aircraft folder - jumping in and out of every jetliner I've bought - and the attrition rate has been pretty high. Maybe I'll put them losers out for a potential screenshot prize (for the person that comes *last*, !). Throughout all of it, the weather outside the window was 100% humidity or solid rain. FSX/REX remained fully "in-sync" all the time. Quite creepy, really!!

Sometimes you just sit back and gape! Brilliant shots, BTW, you two . Better pull this thread quick before a certain splitpin dives in

I heard that .....great shots Paul and RD "clouds" Im not allowed to show them anymore

The only problem with real world weather is the fact that when you live in Christchurch, the infamous Nor'wester blows from time to time. But when it does you can't fly anything that doesn't need a CPL.

connor wrote:

QUOTE (connor @ Jan 19 2011, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The only problem with real world weather is the fact that when you live in Christchurch, the infamous Nor'wester blows from time to time. But when it does you can't fly anything that doesn't need a CPL.

My problem with real weather is living in Auckland ... (maybe that's my problem with *life* ). Tends to be wet rather a lot! I use REX, but I must admit I do like that preview in ASE.

Please Sir, tell me more about this "REX".

Active Sky Evolution interface looks more like a lolly pop .... or a Lolly cake

connor wrote:

QUOTE (connor @ Jan 19 2011, 06:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Please Sir, tell me more about this "REX".

[R]eal [E]nvironment E[X]treme ...

www.realenvironmentxtreme.com

Basically, totally re-worked hi-res textures for weather and runways/taxiways (not scenery or autogen) with a GUI for setting up themes etc. Like ASE, it also has a real weather engine. Some people prefer the way ASE does the updates, so use REX to install the textures in the first place, then ASE to drive the dynamic weather.

I've used REX for so long that I've forgotten what "default" FSX weather is like. It's an amazing add-on.

Hmmm I've ummmed and agghed about getting REX for a while....is it really worth it??...I always seem to get distracted by the latest aircraft or airport when it comes to payware.

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Jan 19 2011, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmmm I've ummmed and agghed about getting REX for a while....is it really worth it??...I always seem to get distracted by the latest aircraft or airport when it comes to payware.

Well - I do think it's one of the better ones. I've bought a few bummers in my time. At the moment, it's $40.10 AU ... $52 NZ and they're throwing in a 16GB USB stick with it.

It looks pretty awesome, but is that them just playing around in photoshop?

connor wrote:

QUOTE (connor @ Jan 19 2011, 09:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It looks pretty awesome, but is that them just playing around in photoshop?

Absolutely not ... not from what I've seen on my PC, anyway. However .. to use the full HD 4098px textures you'd need a pretty hefty system. I have mine set to 2048 (still better than the default 1024) and the results are still stunning.

Hmm might wait for a bigger slice off the price or maybe later in the year ..as there is one aircaft I have my eye on.............

heres some more pics..

You could try this if you are looking for some good textures http://www.fsopen.co.uk/software/openclouds/

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Jan 19 2011, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmmm I've ummmed and agghed about getting REX for a while....is it really worth it??...I always seem to get distracted by the latest aircraft or airport when it comes to payware.

Paul , R E X is great , you using Active Sky currently stay with , if that is well set up on a medium system you will be wasting money for REX

Rotordude wrote:

QUOTE (Rotordude @ Jan 19 2011, 10:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could try this if you are looking for some good textures http://www.fsopen.co.uk/software/openclouds/

Thanks I downloaded this late last year and forgot about it so thanks for the reminder.

Yes I wonder if REX can run on my system with decent FPS with the graphics at an appropriate level so I get some benefit from it - me thinks it might be marginal.

My frame rate improved with REX