Well, I've installed it and I must say it really does transform FS9.

 

Now the hard part is tweaking everything. I use Activesky v6.5 but I've found that the clouds appear more realistic when the weather from REX is loaded into it (I had horizontal clouds passing through cumulus ones when i used activesky with the REX textures).

 

I am really struggling to get water textures that look realistic though, I cannot stand the pulsing waves that FS9 generates, so I've got calm lake as my theme now. The inland water (flying into LHR showing the Thames) etc can look really green/unrealistic, so I'm playing with the sliders to get something that suits it.

 

Quick question, if you have the textures placed into FS9 that are weather dependant, does it also change water textures etc? Say I found a water texture I liked, would the REX weather engine only change the cloud/sky textures to suit the weather or does it change the water too?

Quick question, if you have the textures placed into FS9 that are weather dependant, does it also change water textures etc? Say I found a water texture I liked, would the REX weather engine only change the cloud/sky textures to suit the weather or does it change the water too?

 

Only if you tell it to. When you are picking your various selections in what you are wanting to install, you can unselect and select various items that REX may change based on the weather. If you want a water you selected to always be that water regardless of the weather, than simply install that texture from REX and uncheck the box for it to be randomized for the weather. That may seem confusing but it is clear in the manual, and it will show you how to do it. In short, you tell it what it is allowed to and not allowed to change.