Hey guys,In preparation for the NGX I have recently done a fresh FSX reinstall. I have a few addons that I was wondering if you guys could give your opinion on what order to install them and also what order to have them in the scenery library. In the past I've always just had my mesh below landclass but I'm not sure if that's the best way. Addons:Ultimate terrain XGround Enviroment XScenery Tech Landclass North AmericaFs Genesis meshThanks guys!

Hey guys,In preparation for the NGX I have recently done a fresh FSX reinstall. I have a few addons that I was wondering if you guys could give your opinion on what order to install them and also what order to have them in the scenery library. In the past I've always just had my mesh below landclass but I'm not sure if that's the best way. Addons:Ultimate terrain XGround Enviroment XScenery Tech Landclass North AmericaFs Genesis meshThanks guys!

With Ultimate Terrain X, Scenery Tech seems a little redundant. Anyway, the order you listed them is perfect!

I seem to recall that the UTX/GEX manual specifies the preferred order. I can't remember which it is, but there is one. I would check the readme/install file or manual.

Hey guys,In preparation for the NGX I have recently done a fresh FSX reinstall. I have a few addons that I was wondering if you guys could give your opinion on what order to install them and also what order to have them in the scenery library. In the past I've always just had my mesh below landclass but I'm not sure if that's the best way. Addons:Ultimate terrain XGround Enviroment XScenery Tech Landclass North AmericaFs Genesis meshThanks guys!

My order of installation:FS GenesisScenery Tech NAUTX USAGEX

If I have FS Genesis, UTX, and GEX, should I also install FScene or is that a waste?Thanks!

Thanks for the input guys. Sounds like about the same order as I've always had them.

With Ultimate Terrain X, Scenery Tech seems a little redundant. Anyway, the order you listed them is perfect!

UTX only has urban landclass - the Scenery Tech will cover the rest of the country, rural areas etc.

If I have FS Genesis, UTX, and GEX, should I also install FScene or is that a waste?Thanks!

No need of FScene if you have GEX, but it's your eyes who decide that, they are booth texture addon's. :(

I installed FSScene after GEX, months after actually and it totally screwed up everything, I have uninstalled it since, but don't get the previous textures I used to. I am waiting for a chance to reinstall FSX and guess which one guess left out??

Matt, on a fresh install I would ensure that a complete defrag is done as well. Nck's guide over at simforums describes how to perform one using O&O Defrag v12. The defrag could take upwards of 2 days to complete but it is well worth it.

Matt, on a fresh install I would ensure that a complete defrag is done as well. Nck's guide over at simforums describes how to perform one using O&O Defrag v12. The defrag could take upwards of 2 days to complete but it is well worth it.

Thanks Robert. Yeah I did a full defrag using O&O v10. I don't see any point to upgrade to v12. Anyways, this is the first time I've done a reinstall on the same machine and I was pretty surprised to see my defrag take about a full day and a half. I've read so many threads about people having massive problems after reinstalling FSX; I was most worried about simconnect as I have two client machines in my network but all is well. Thanks

Thanks Robert. Yeah I did a full defrag using O&O v10. I don't see any point to upgrade to v12. Anyways, this is the first time I've done a reinstall on the same machine and I was pretty surprised to see my defrag take about a full day and a half. I've read so many threads about people having massive problems after reinstalling FSX; I was most worried about simconnect as I have two client machines in my network but all is well. Thanks

It is vitally important that after uninstalling FSX a full defrag must be performed. Often people make the mistake of installing FSX and addons then proceed to use the sim immediately afterwards. People can avoid issues simply by rebooting after installation of FSX, SP's and addons.

It is vitally important that after uninstalling FSX a full defrag must be performed. Often people make the mistake of installing FSX and addons then proceed to use the sim immediately afterwards. People can avoid issues simply by rebooting after installation of FSX, SP's and addons.

Something that I recently found out is that Windows 7 automatically keeps the harddrives defragged.I have Diskeeper which dynamically defrags the harddrives on the fly before there is problems, and keeps them in good shape all the time without ever having to think about defragging, but the person who built my computer told me that with Windows 7, your harddrives always stay defragged because it performs this automatically.When you are showing meshes at the lower levels, then landclasses. Where should photosceneries fall in the library? Should it be like this?:1.airports and city scenery2.landclass scenery3.photoscenery4.meshes

Something that I recently found out is that Windows 7 automatically keeps the harddrives defragged.I have Diskeeper which dynamically defrags the harddrives on the fly before there is problems, and keeps them in good shape all the time without ever having to think about defragging, but the person who built my computer told me that with Windows 7, your harddrives always stay defragged because it performs this automatically.When you are showing meshes at the lower levels, then landclasses. Where should photosceneries fall in the library? Should it be like this?:1.airports and city scenery2.landclass scenery3.photoscenery4.meshes

Your PC must be powerful enough to manage the sim and have defrag run in the background, the less I have to manage my HD the better and will consider it when I upgrade.

UTX only has urban landclass - the Scenery Tech will cover the rest of the country, rural areas etc.

I'm running a 3 year old Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 @3.00GHz, with 8 GB of ram and Windows 7 64 so I'm wondering if I can run any of this stuff. Also, being a novice, Scenrey Tech and GEX seem to do pretty much the same thing. No? Robert Cole