I'd like to know what combination of commercial mesh, landclass and land textures is optimal for person flying airliners mostly in Europe and North America.

For airliners flying North America and Europe I believe that FSGenesis and Ultimate Terrain X will give you most bang for the buck. For land textures you can either go Ground Environment X (low price small amount of hard drive space) or photorealistic scenery (expensive both in price and hard drive space). Regards, Mike Mann

OK but in FSGenesis shop I have found many different meshes so I don't know what to choose. As I understand in FSX stock US mesh resolution is 38 m, for Europe, Canada and Mexico - 76 m and rest of the World - 306 m. As for UTX and GEX I think this is best bundle for US and Europe for my needs. Anyway I'd like your confirmation UTX has improved landclass also so I do not need Mills textures pack.

Try FS Global ultimate Europe & Africa (1 package), combined with Ultimate Terrain X Europe and Ground Environment X Europe. It's a very good combination.Best regards,

Do I need to buy additional landclass like ST or Cloud9 products if I have also UTX?

Do I need to buy additional landclass like ST or Cloud9 products if I have also UTX?

Nope, with Ultimate Terrain your landclass is taken care of.Regards,

I like the Nl-2000 complete photoscenery of Netherlands but not much 3d blds.

with Ultimate Terrain your landclass is taken care of.

It is my understanding that only urban landclass is affected by UTX. Am I wrong?

I'm very pleased with the UTX series, with FSGenesis mesh.UTX does only affect urban landclass, but it does it very effectively. Also, I think that UTX's own high-res textures look better than GEX's in the urban areas, especially the high-density housing areas.

As for UTX and GEX I think this is best bundle for US and Europe for my needs. Anyway I'd like your confirmation UTX has improved landclass also so I do not need Mills textures pack.

My info could be outdated but something you should be aware of in regards to GEX is that in order to display Europe and NA you need to bridge the two with Africa/Middle east, other wise you have to switch between NA or Europe. If you are an airliners captain this may affect how you fly but if yo only fly GA you just have to remember to switch back and forth.

I'm very pleased with the UTX series, with FSGenesis mesh.UTX does only affect urban landclass, but it does it very effectively. Also, I think that UTX's own high-res textures look better than GEX's in the urban areas, especially the high-density housing areas.

Does UTX have hi-res textures now? I only thought that they would provide just a few specialised ones eg. golf courses and harbours and even they are overwritten by GEX.

Does UTX have hi-res textures now? I only thought that they would provide just a few specialised ones eg. golf courses and harbours and even they are overwritten by GEX.

Yep correct it still works that way, which is great :-)

Thanks for your help. I bought both UTX+GEX Europe and I am happy with them. Now land graphics is inferior only to FBX sceneries.

It's m again! Tell me something about ORBX US sceneries. I am interested in Central Rocky Mountains scenery but I could not find how much area it covers (sq. miles). It's strange because I have found such info pretty quickly about PNJ, PNW and NRM sceneries.

Wiking, according to the coverage area for Google Earth available from Orbx, the Central Rockies area is ~180,000 sq miles. To compare: Central Rockies: ~180,000 sq miNorthern Rockies: ~220,000 sq miPacific Fjords: ~120,000 sq miPNW: ~125,000 sq mi And just for grins: Australia: ~2,900,000 sq mi Go orbx! -joe in mpls