Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and days downloading it).
I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
> Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I > still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% > off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's > virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and > days downloading it).
> I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it > works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
AS2012 is far superior as far as the weather engine goes, The graphics are purely subjective. Many people love REX many people love the new AS2012 graphics.
Anyhow, enjoy REX - it does the job for simple pretty weather as well as any other.
> Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I > still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% > off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's > virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and > days downloading it).
> I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it > works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
> -- > Arthur
I got REX2 with Overdrive from PC Aviator last April for 50% off on Deal Of The Day. That qualified me for a free upgrade download for REX Extreme w/Overdrive from REX. I got it downloaded and installed. I'm still reading that huge pdf manual and looking over the app. I never used the weather engine in REX2. Realtime weather is just a PITA for most of my kind of flying. I just use REX for the texture themes. I'm supposed to have more of that in this one. It runs a lot smoother too when REX is nor downloading all that weather online. I can't complain since I paid less than $30 for it. I've spent a lot more and got a lot less for other sim addons.<g>
Sam
I'm working my way through Dougherty's Dangerous list (all 600+ of them) and always use real time and real weather. I have been using ASE2012 and it always seems to do the job of creating realistic views, especially clouds. I just downloaded the new beta 2 for ASE2012 which has dozens of new cloud, runway, taxiway and other scenery enhancements. Will let you know how it looks after a few flights. Flying in the dark right now and can't see a damn thing...
> "Arthur" <agalspec...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:k7ugl0$2q9$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I >> still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% >> off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's >> virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and >> days downloading it).
>> I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it >> works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
> AS2012 is far superior as far as the weather engine goes, The graphics are > purely subjective. Many people love REX many people love the new AS2012 > graphics.
> Anyhow, enjoy REX - it does the job for simple pretty weather as well as > any other.
> Vic
I probably wouldn't have either one of them if I hadn't seen that half price deal on REX 2 with Overdrive at PC Aviator last April. I didn't even know it had a weather engine in it at the time. I though I was just buying a graphics addon like GEX. I ran it with that real weather engine enabled for a short while just to look at it but then quickly disabled it. It just got in my way. It seemed every time I wanted to go on a short sight seeing flight it dumped a thunder storm with driving rain on me before I could get off the runway. Heck, I didn't fly in those conditions in real life. I thought, why should I want to dump the unpleasant part of flying on myself in a simulator that I'm using for my pleasure and entertainment. I don't feel any need to simulate all the warts of flying just for the sake of realism. If a person carried that to the limit he might have to kill himself some day just to keep it real. <g>
Sam
I, along with thousands of others, have REX Essentials, too, Arthur. It's weather engine portrays wind, turbulence, hurricanes, snow, rain, etc. I am not sure how another products weather engine could be better. Maybe just different. Weather is weather and wind is wind. It causes my plane to bounce around. Wind shear is modeled so you can be blown off course. Heck you can be blown off the runway. I guess it gets better some how with AS2012, but as I said, weather is weather....
The clouds are stunning. The ability to change water color, sky color is there, too. I do not have the Overdrive package as I believe it only provides a higher resolution cloud maybe. But mine are now set to 4096 resolution.
Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I
still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% off
day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's
virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and days
downloading it).
I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it works
out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
I don't think I bought the 'wrong thing' inasmuch as I'm not sure what I bought and how to use it. When I asked the group to tell me if I shouldn't buy it, no one replied in the affirmative, so I ordered it.
It will keep me amused over the Canadian winter and I'm sure a program with about 9 gigs of information, should provide some quality entertainment. I'll let you know.
Arthur
"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>I don't think I bought the 'wrong thing' inasmuch as I'm not sure what I >bought and how to use it. When I asked the group to tell me if I shouldn't >buy it, no one replied in the affirmative, so I ordered it.
> It will keep me amused over the Canadian winter and I'm sure a program > with about 9 gigs of information, should provide some quality > entertainment. I'll let you know.
> Arthur
I have fun checking out all the scenery themes------when it's not crashing FSX. REX 2 never did that on my computer.
Sam
> Hey Sam, why didn't you mention 'crashing FSX' when I mentioned I was > going to buy the program?
> Arthur
Well Arthur, I hadn't downloaded it and installed it at that time. I just got it a couple of days ago and am still checking it out. I got the upgrade to REX Essentials free by giving them my order number for REX 2. I didn't pay but half price for that one on Deal OF The Day at PC Aviator last April. I posted that here on the group and several people bought it at that time. I don't use the weather engine in it much because it doesn't fit in with my style of flying.
Sam
Weather is NOT weather and wind is NOT wind. How can another program be better?
Simple - ACCURACY - if you are planning for winds from 245 @ 20 and you get 090 @ 40 you are going to be surprised.
Sorry but the REX weather engine is grossly inaccurate STILL as far as temps and winds aloft.
Now, if you fly low and slow and are looking for nice eye candy it is fine but if you try to do ANY serious fuel and flight planning etc - nope.
The REX graphics are exceptional according to some - personally I have never liked them as much as some others, including AS2012 BUT that is purely subjective. What *I* think is realistic and what *you* think looks realistic may be two different things and we both are correct.
Choice of weather engine depends on what type of flying you do - fortunately AS2012 now includes a "preset" screen that allows one to select their type of flying so you get more or less eye candy and more or less accuracy.
> I, along with thousands of others, have REX Essentials, too, Arthur. It's > weather engine portrays wind, turbulence, hurricanes, snow, rain, etc. I > am not sure how another products weather engine could be better. Maybe > just different. Weather is weather and wind is wind. It causes my plane to > bounce around. Wind shear is modeled so you can be blown off course. Heck > you can be blown off the runway. I guess it gets better some how with > AS2012, but as I said, weather is weather....
> The clouds are stunning. The ability to change water color, sky color is > there, too. I do not have the Overdrive package as I believe it only > provides a higher resolution cloud maybe. But mine are now set to 4096 > resolution.
Now, if you fly low and slow and are looking for nice eye candy it is fine
> but if you try to do ANY serious fuel and flight planning etc - nope.
Some of us simmers are more interested in just "flying" and don't really care so much about all that data crunching thing. We leave that to the 'planners' who thrive on numbers and such. There are definitely many types of simmers in this genre and what is just Jim Dandy and Hunky Dory for some might not be of any interest at all for others. That's the beauty of simming. Everybody gets to do it his own way. Obviously, Dany is perfectly satisfied with what he is using for the way he uses it. Well, in fact, so am I. <g>
Sam
> Now, if you fly low and slow and are looking for nice eye candy it is fine
>> but if you try to do ANY serious fuel and flight planning etc - nope.
> Some of us simmers are more interested in just "flying" and don't > really care so much about all that data crunching thing. We leave that to > the 'planners' who thrive on numbers and such. There are definitely many > types of simmers in this genre and what is just Jim Dandy and Hunky Dory > for some might not be of any interest at all for others. That's the beauty > of simming. Everybody gets to do it his own way. Obviously, Dany is > perfectly satisfied with what he is using for the way he uses it. Well, in > fact, so am I. <g>
> Sam
Totally agree Sam - which is why I have different setups for different types of flying. When I use Orbx, I like low and slow w/o any plan and the I like the eye candy. When I want to shoot CATIII approaches to minimums, however, I need something much more accurate. Both work. I just feel that painting all weather programs with "weather is weather" could mislead someone who WANTS to do accurate flight planning and fuel calcs.
that's why there are bush pilots and airline pilots.
"Vic Baron" wrote in message :
>>Sorry Danny but you are SO wrong.
Again? I wrong again? My wife would so agree with that assessment, Vic.
I do know, (at least I did read) that REX folks completely redid their weather engine with REX Essentials.
But, you are correct when saying that one would certainly want the sim to replicate the type of weather one had planned for or expected to experience, when making that flight plan. But, without having both programs, I would never be able to determine which one was going it correctly, given the same flight plan, same time frame, etc. But, since I am the low, slow, eye-candy lover that I am, I am sure either program has the...'little engine that could' provide the experience enhancement.
>>The REX graphics are exceptional according to some - personally I have >>never liked them as much as some others, including AS2012.
Certainly a Coke or Pepsi thing, eh?
>>Choice of weather engine depends on what type of flying you do - >>fortunately AS2012 now includes a "preset" screen that allows one to >>select their type of flying so you get more or less eye candy and more or >>less accuracy.
I think you get used to one system and that's what you stick with - unless you've had some really bad experiences. I use AS2012 because I started with ActiveSky, went to ASE and now AS2012. I also note that Chris Willis is one of the programmers for AS2012. It was Chris Willis who gave the flight sim community so many great cloud substitution files back with FS9 - all for free - so I feel like I should support him since he has gone commercial. Same reason I bought FSUIPC - because of the free support given over the years.
Is AS2012 "better" than REX or REXE? Dunno and don't intend to find out unless someone shows me better screen shots than I'm getting - which isn't very likely.
> Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I > still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% > off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's > virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and > days downloading it).
> I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it > works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
> Arthur
Arther,
Here are some screen shots of clouds that REX made just using the Random Weather setting for that local airport. That's the only way I use it. I hate real weather. It's never what I would choose to fly in. I just want some pretty clouds around when I'm flying.
Sam
> Well, you guys sort of talked me into buying REX Extreme w/Overdrive (I > still don't know what that means). I ordered it today because it is 10% > off day every Tuesday at PC Aviator, so that provided me with the 3 DVD's > virtually at no charge (there was no way I was going to spend days and > days downloading it).
> I should have it before the weekend and I'll let everyone know how it > works out.....or I'm going to send Dallas the bill : )
> Arthur
Arther,
Here are some screen shots of clouds that REX made just using the Random
Weather setting for that local airport. That's the only way I use it. I
hate real weather. It's never what I would choose to fly in. I just want
some pretty clouds around when I'm flying.
Sam
"sambodidley" <scooby...@linvalid.net> wrote:
> Here are some screen shots of clouds that REX made just using the
> Random Weather setting for that local airport.
> Nice!... Looks almost as good as the free default clouds that come with
> FSX.
> :-)))
> Dallas
My default FSX didn't look like that before I used REX. I had a clear blue bird sky with a few thin cirrus clouds at that airport(KLFK). The water textures on Rayburn didn't look near as good either. REX looks good enough for Texas. <g>
Sam
> I think you get used to one system and that's what you stick with - unless > you've had some really bad experiences. I use AS2012 because I started > with ActiveSky, went to ASE and now AS2012. I also note that Chris Willis > is one of the programmers for AS2012. It was Chris Willis who gave the > flight sim community so many great cloud substitution files back with > FS9 - all for free - so I feel like I should support him since he has gone > commercial. Same reason I bought FSUIPC - because of the free support > given over the years.
> Is AS2012 "better" than REX or REXE? Dunno and don't intend to find out > unless someone shows me better screen shots than I'm getting - which isn't > very likely.
LOL! What's really funny is that the weather engine has NOTHING to do with the screen shots. FSX cab do that by itself with the proper graphics. The differences are in the interpretation of the METAR. The engine decodes it and tells FSX that the sky coverage is 3/8 or few - then FSX uses the installed graphics to populate the sky. The eye candy is purely in the eyes of the beholder. If you are not concerned with accuracy and you like what you see - stay with it - no reason to change.
Chris has done an exceptional job , IMHO and is working with the beta team to continually refine and improve the graphics.
