OK, I didn't see enough comments about the killer FS9 screen shot that I posted. Well, I think it's killer at least. So I'm thinking it's because we are limited in the size of the files we can post. I went ahead and posted a slightly higher resolution file to rapid share.My belief is that after seeing this screenshot, all FSX users will abandon their pride and come flocking back to FS9! It's a nice shot at 1920x1200 and it's about 1mb in case you want to see it. I think it dispels the idea that FS9 is not of the same quality as FSX...but that's one reporters opinion :)http://rapidshare.com/files/259284752/LFOY..._Large.zip.htmlMarkOh, if the link goes dead then let me know...I don't have an account with rapid share and didn't really want them to have my email address. That means the first 10 people will get to see it :)

My clouds are prettier :(

The thing is that you're clouds are prettier...which means that FS9 can get even better then what I posted. That's pretty good if you ask me!MarkHere's a much lower resolution shot in the Avsim screenshot forum....http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=255418

Now that I've narrowed down my list of FS9 add-ons to ASA, UT, and Flight1 Ground Env Pro, is there a specific order I need to install them in?

Now that I've narrowed down my list of FS9 add-ons to ASA, UT, and Flight1 Ground Env Pro, is there a specific order I need to install them in?

Ultimate Terrain+GE PRO+ASA, in that order. You'll love ASA, my favorite program.Also consider FS Elemental natural pack if you have a few extra bucks to splurge. BIG difference in the way weather looks, and works great with ASA.

Now that I've narrowed down my list of FS9 add-ons to ASA, UT, and Flight1 Ground Env Pro, is there a specific order I need to install them in?

Paul- now that you are ready to upgrade FS9, you might also contemplate a 145

HelloOr alternatively he could do it the elegant way and just buy TrackIR

HelloOr alternatively he could do it the elegant way and just buy TrackIR

Dido! Sorry Alex.

Here's a little taste of FS9 today by request:

Here's the future for FS9:

Now I challenge anyone to tell me FS9 can't be made to look comparable to FSX (William these shots are for you). I rest my case as I'm seeing these kinds of visuals on my system with stellar performance... Yes FSX is newer and has updated graphical features but for the price of admission (again) I'd rather take what I have in these shots above for a fraction of the cost/time and spend more time flying versus tweaking. Outside of Graphics FSX offers little over FS9. There's certantly no update to the ATC engine and flight dynamic advantages is open for debate. Either way when systems become available that can run FSX maxed out right out of the box I'll switch over but that day is a long way from now...

Nice screen shots Dillon...they look great and that’s FS9? Hey, I just surfed over to the REX website and it only had a reference to a REX FS9 in it's support forum. Am I looking at the correct web site...http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/Then I got a bit worried because no one can view any of the support forums unless they've already purchased the product. I get a bit suspicious when I see that the information and issues from people who use actually use a product are suppressed from the general public. I've probably ended up at the wrong site...did I?Mark

Here's a little taste of FS9 today by request:

Wow, what are those fantastic ground textures you are using? Chris

HelloOr alternatively he could do it the elegant way and just buy TrackIR

I have TrackIR...love it.

Nice screen shots Dillon...they look great and that

Outside of Graphics FSX offers little over FS9. There's certantly no update to the ATC engine and flight dynamic advantages is open for debate.

Whilst I agree with you that FS9 can be made to look very good, and is indeed a very good sim, I don't think the above points you make are particularly accurate. FSX offers a lot of things outside of the graphics over FS9. To list just a few: the capability to have two people in one aircraft via a lan or internet connection, aerotowing, the mission system, higher resolution default terrain mesh, support for higher resolution textures and DDS, self shadowing on aircraft, reflective textures in the rain, light bloom, DX10 capability, improved audio, better default aircraft including a much better default glider that is actually useful, moving vehicles in autogen by default, natural thermal visualisations, better animation capabilities, etc, etc. That's not what I would call very little by any stretch of the imagination, although it is true some of it has limited appeal to some users, so it perhaps isn't as big a gap for everyone as that list might suggest.However, the flight dynamics being better in FSX is not really open for debate, there really is little doubt that it is better, because of the more realistic simulation of the medium through which your aircraft flies. After all, at the end of the debate we are talking about Flight Simulator, not Look Pretty Simulator. Buy the same aircraft for both FSX and FS9 and you can tell it is better in FSX when it comes to how it rides the air. If that were not so, I probably wouldn't be that bothered about all the other stuff, and I'd stick with FS9 alone, but it is, so I don't. Essentially that makes FSX a better GA/light aircraft sim than FS9 in my opinion, and the mission capability is something else that I would not wish to be without, as it has a huge amount of potential that developers are only just starting to tap into.I don't disagree with you that FS9 can be made to look and act great in most respects, which is why I still use it, along with the fact that I have a lot of great add-ons for it such as the Supranov Yak-40, which you can't get for FSX, but I would not pretend that FSX offers little advantage over it as a base package, because that is simply not true. I really wish it wasn't, because FS9 runs like a rocket sled on rails compared to FSX, which does run okay on my system but cannot have everything on full throttle like it can in FS9.I'm still a big fan of FS9, but it isn't a better sim than FSX in terms of ultimate capability, unless you count frame rates as the number one factor, in which case, as everyone knows, it blows FSX out of the water.Al

Those screenshots were amazing dilloll0!Here is a video I made that shows these great addons in action:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHj4WTtOUMI use FS 9.1, Ultimate Terrain Europe, Ground Environment Pro, FS Genesis Europe, Active Sky 6.5, SHD clouds from Flight Environment X, Real Environment Pro and SmoothHorizons.