Hello ^^A lot of people are using combinations of different add-ons in order to get a more realistic environment.I'm using FS Global 2010, REX 2004 and Ground Environment Pro myself. From what I understand, Ultimate Terrain is an add-on that modifies the ground textures, right? Also, it's split in series, one for Europe, the USA, Canada etc. Would I get more realistic environments by adding Ultimate Terrain? And if so, I can combine it with Ground Environment Pro to cover the regions not included?Thanks for your opinions :)

Ultimate Terrain isn't actually textures (as I understand it), it just places towns, roads, railways etc in the correct spot on the globe. Towns and cities are now their correct shape instead of being a generic blob of houses, and the night lighting is much improved as well, so major roads stand out much more than a suburban street.I use all the Ultimate Terrain packages, GEPro2 for the textures (so yes, you can use both without hurting each other) and REX2004 to get the skies looking purty (driven by ASV6.5).If you're serious about giving FS9 a facelift, try Zinertek's Ultimate Water Advanced and Airport Environment. They're both relatively cheap (around US$10 IIRC), the water one has my favourite water textures, and the Airport one replaces all the default airport textures with much better looking buildings, towers, etc. It also does runway markings and textures, but I still use REX for that.Cheers, SLuggy

Oh :(That sounds like a very interesting addition. Basically it become possible to fly just by recognizing a highway and follow it from one town to another using GA aircraft? That would be really sweet ^^ *looking for youtube videos starring UT*

I have and use all of the above but if you really want to be able to fly down a given road, hiway or railroad track there is another program that does this the best ! I have it and use it all of the time. It will blow you away! Here's the link: http://secure.simmarket.com/fswidgets-elec...ag-fs2004.phtmljerrycwo4

I do a lot of VFR fltying in GA singles around where I live. It is almost 100% accurate with UT USA following land marks, rivers, coastlines, lakes, roads, railroads, etc to what I know around me and off of the VFR charts I use to fly. I would def get UT if interested and get a laptop next to you to load charts.

@jerryuscg: It looks like a very useful program indeed. I like the Google Earth aspect of it :D Something worth bookmarking to check out again in a while. Those airport maps are also really something I'd like to have :( Currently I fly a lot with the Wilco Airbus A319 trying to master it, especially the FMGC/AP stuff ^^" It's just a shame its ability to fly STAR/SID is no good with the stock ATC. Having those charts now won't help. I know about Radar Contact, but don't want to add something with a steep learning curve before I master that Airbus of mine :(@red1: After seeing a few videos and screenshots I'm very tempted to get Ultimate Terrain :)

@red1: After seeing a few videos and screenshots I'm very tempted to get Ultimate Terrain :)

Get it. It was the final purchase in my scenery files. I have sky (Rex2004) weather (ASV6.5) Mesh (FSGensis) texture (Ground Pro II) and roads & railways, golf courses (UT2004US)Carl Perry 7+year sim pilot

I have and use all of the above but if you really want to be able to fly down a given road, hiway or railroad track there is another program that does this the best ! I have it and use it all of the time. It will blow you away! Here's the link: http://secure.simmarket.com/fswidgets-elec...ag-fs2004.phtmljerrycwo4

Nice tip. I've been away from FS for a while and didn't know this one existed. One word of caution, though, to those running the installation on 64-Bit Windows 7 ... I got three .dll errors on the install - twice. I don't know yet what that means, but it's probably not good. So, I'd recommend downloading the trial version and be sure all is well before buying. If I can figure out what's going on I'll update the post.Doug

Yay \(:(\)I got Ultimate Terrain Europe as a starter.Looks nice with all the extra roads and railways from one city to the other :(Also, when flying in my region, I get to see more urban areas whereas before it was only agricultural grounds ^^"However, I've the impression it takes longer to load sharp textures. Without UT Europe, textures were very sharp just by flying over them at FL240 with an Airbus, while now I get a more blurry texture when even flying over an area in a Cessna. Textures only get very detailed after I hit pause and wait a few seconds.Any idea how I could improve texture loading? I've increased the AGP Aparture Size to 512MB (Geforce 6600GT 128MB) and kept the modified fs9.cfg I had before installing UT Europe, giving me fantastic graphics at acceptable framerate (~25fps)I've the impression UT adds extra layers on the base texture for the roads, streams, railroads etc? Am I correct?

Ultimate Terrain isn't actually textures (as I understand it), it just places towns, roads, railways etc in the correct spot on the globe. Towns and cities are now their correct shape instead of being a generic blob of houses, and the night lighting is much improved as well, so major roads stand out much more than a suburban street.I use all the Ultimate Terrain packages, GEPro2 for the textures (so yes, you can use both without hurting each other) and REX2004 to get the skies looking purty (driven by ASV6.5).If you're serious about giving FS9 a facelift, try Zinertek's Ultimate Water Advanced and Airport Environment. They're both relatively cheap (around US$10 IIRC), the water one has my favourite water textures, and the Airport one replaces all the default airport textures with much better looking buildings, towers, etc. It also does runway markings and textures, but I still use REX for that.Cheers, SLuggy

Hi guys,Have read questions/answers regarding all this textures. mesh, scenery stuff and got me all confused.Just wondering whether the following is possible and will get me better results than the default in both FS9/FSX were applicable without running into conflicts etc.Have right now the following add ons (some only FS9 others on both FS9/fSX1. Grnd Enviro Pro2. FScene4 X total pack3. Zineteks Airport Enviroand I am thinking of adding if possible or replacing existing add ons, if better 1. Rex Real Enviro Xtreme v.2All the screen shots of those progs look fantastic but will they run and improve things togetherAppreciate some feed-back guys and thanks for thatRichard

Hi guys,Have read questions/answers regarding all this textures. mesh, scenery stuff and got me all confused.Just wondering whether the following is possible and will get me better results than the default in both FS9/FSX were applicable without running into conflicts etc.Have right now the following add ons (some only FS9 others on both FS9/fSX1. Grnd Enviro Pro2. FScene4 X total pack3. Zineteks Airport Enviroand I am thinking of adding if possible or replacing existing add ons, if better 1. Rex Real Enviro Xtreme v.2All the screen shots of those progs look fantastic but will they run and improve things togetherAppreciate some feed-back guys and thanks for thatRichard

Absolutely get REX. It'll replace airport textures, clouds, sky, water, sun, etc etc.The other stuff...I'm not 100%, but I think FScene is just ground textures, so I'm not sure if you need both that and Ground Environment Pro. I've never used FScene myself, but the general consensus is that GEPro is much better.

Absolutely get REX. It'll replace airport textures, clouds, sky, water, sun, etc etc.The other stuff...I'm not 100%, but I think FScene is just ground textures, so I'm not sure if you need both that and Ground Environment Pro. I've never used FScene myself, but the general consensus is that GEPro is much better.

Hi Red,Thanks for the come back on this matter. Yep so much stuff on the market these days, you just do not know which is best and what to buy. By the looks of it I must have too many items than needed.anyways if I understand it right, all I actually need is GE Pro and REX real enviro extreme for FS9/FSX.Will those two give me the eye candy I am after? Hope soThanks againRichard

Depends what you're looking for I guess ^^This is what i got with REX, GEP, FSGlobal before installing Ultimate Terrain Europe and Zinertek WaterFX.The plane is the iDFG Airbus A321 & stock Mooney Bravo.

Hi Red,Thanks for the come back on this matter. Yep so much stuff on the market these days, you just do not know which is best and what to buy. By the looks of it I must have too many items than needed.anyways if I understand it right, all I actually need is GE Pro and REX real enviro extreme for FS9/FSX.Will those two give me the eye candy I am after? Hope soThanks againRichard

Yes, GEPro and REX def improve a good majority of fs9. I would also strongly encourage you to get some sort of mesh, either for the world, or where you fly (thats the data on ground elevation, ie..mountains). That would be something like FSGlobal or FSGenesis Mesh. Also, depending on your budget, I'd say get yourself some good landclass (which tells where to put cities, towns, coastlines, etc). There are some cheaper ones out there, or you can get Ultimate Terrain, which has landclass and more.

Here is what I see with GE, UT and Mesh.Alex ReidDreamFleet Baron near Victoria BC