June 8, 201115 yr Real Enviroment Extreme for realistic clouds and water. Ground Environment Pro is a must for realistic gound textures. Active Sky as an excellent weather engine. Ulitmate terrain (Europe) That will give you accurate Oceanic Coastline Detail, Inland Waterways, Accurate street coverage. FS Global for World Wide Mesh. WOAI packages that will fill the skys with realistic aircraft. I have been running this combination for a good number of years and will stick with this until Flight has been released. Of course its all a matter of opinion. There are some excellent alternatives above. Someone mentioned Zinertek Ultimate Water Advanced, which is meant to be excellent, but I am quite happy with 'REX' for my water choices. Anyway, good luck and Welcome !!!! TristanI have almost the same setup. For saving mony I use mostly freeware. In that respect I'd recommend:Real Environment Professional - freeware can be downloaded here on avsim and improves sun, sky and airportsHDEv2 - also free on avsim, I'd say the best freeware clouds out there Switchboard - Track Your Simulator Add-ons - Throttle Quadrant
June 10, 201114 yr Hey Knight, I don't know whether you got them or not yet. But you can check the video I just uploaded. ENBSeries, GE Pro and REX. They transformed my FS9. Naif Almazroa My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Youmou0205
June 10, 201114 yr Obvious, but didn't see it. Full version FSUIPC, extremely handy for sticks, rudder pedals, weather, etc.Jack W
June 10, 201114 yr Obvious, but didn't see it. Full version FSUIPC, extremely handy for sticks, rudder pedals, weather, etc.Jack WOoops missed that one too :( Tristan Living in the beautiful Chilterns. FS System: intel e8600 core 2 duo cpu, asus p5q deluxe motherboard, 4gb ddr2 1066 corsair memory thermaltake 750w power supply, palit 9800gtx+ 512mb graphics card, 750gb sata2 hard drive, 500gb sata2 hard drive, coolermaster v8 cpu cooler, antec 900 case, xp pro 32 bit, creative xfi titanium sound card, 22x dvd/rw. Still sticking and rocking with FS9. "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
June 12, 201114 yr 1. Ground Environment, it is a must. With it you don't need FSX. After I bought Yesterday, I am going to uninstall FSX.2. Active Sky Evolution As well.-----------------------------------------------------I just did the same with FSX not 20 minutes ago. Finally fed up with the CTD's caused by so many different X.dll issues. Just thankful that I kept FS9 and all my add-ons for it intact on the hard drive. Going to load up iFly for a KDTW-KMYR flight that I EXPECT will end at the far gate... (LARGE SMILE!)Cheers,Mitch
June 12, 201114 yr Of course I use the full slate of payware environment add-ons for FS9 (Ge Pro, UT, REX, ASE), but I've also been happy with Zinertek's Airport Environment. It replaces the default grass, runway, taxiway and building textures, and really improves most freeware and default airports. My only beef is the DHL and FedEx signs on the small cargo hangars, which get a bit repetitive, but otherwise a good package. John G.
June 14, 201114 yr HDEv2 - also free on avsim, I'd say the best freeware clouds out thereI run FS9 with 8x Supersampling and REX HD clouds. With overcast I get 40s FPS with a default aircraft. With HDEv2's lowest resolution clouds(not HD) FPS goes to 12 no matter what airport or aircraft. Unless you use multisampeling, these are an FPS killers. Naif Almazroa My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Youmou0205
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