REX Texture Direct - Has the Jury Returned a Verdict?

[VPA481 27]

Hi everyone,

 

I just bought REX4, but I can't find an option for installing textures from a flight plan, not just from an airport code. Is there any way to do this ?

 

thanks.

[pete_auau 1,168]

Once you pick your textures etc  you need to save it  first or else it  will only load the previous textures you have selected

[JasonW 32]

So far my biggest gripe is no way to change the blue water, its way too blue. The option to add some green would be great.

[JHolst 2]

Agree with JasonW, don´t like this totally unrealistic blue, really hurts the eyes. 

 

Guess it´s always "2 steps forwards and 1 back" with new things from REX?

[pete_auau 1,168]

How is it unrealistic ,  and how does it  hurt the eyes , does the water come thru the screen  and the salt water irritates your eyes.    if  it  does than its realistic isn't  it

[JHolst 2]

I just don´t like the color, and it seems there´s no way to change it.

 

Extreme tropical blue, I would call it, reminds me of a drink with a mix of Blue Bols!

 

http://www.bolscocktails.com/bols-liqueur-range-detail.asp?ingredient_id=1

 

Why not rename the textures to "Tropical Blue Bols", LOL.. 

 

:Party:

[era66 3]

Still confused: Is REX4 a "replacement" or an "upgrade" to REX Essential Overdrive? Is it a stand-alone software, or does it require REX Essential Overdrive? It seems that REX Game Studios is unbundling the older REX Essential Overdrive into separate packages of REX4 Texture HD and the upcoming REX Weather HD. With both of these newer software, will REX Essential Overdrive be obsolete?

 

Elmo

[Drumcode 1,909]

How fast does it load the textures? Is it pretty much instant or does it show a status bar for a long while? I'm considering getting it possibly today.

[JHolst 2]

Loading is instant, and that´s a positive, not all negative about it...

 

 

@era66: It´s a standalone product, textures only, there will be a weather engine later AFAIK.

 

Then again, like you mention: "It seems that REX Game Studios is unbundling the older REX Essential Overdrive into separate packages of REX4 Texture HD and the upcoming REX Weather HD"

 

That´s exactly my thought too!

 

New and clever business model maybe..?

[JHolst 2]

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[Bozdog 63]

I have REX OD, I use it for textures & Weather.  if I was to buy this,  can i still use OD for the weather  and if so how do i do this? 

 

Eg would I launch  REX 4 install textures

Launch REX OD  then click fly now?

 

Confused   (easily done)

 

Regards

Steve

[EngineRoom 205]

My opinion after a month or so of use...

 

The first thing you notice is there aren't the same number of texture set options as there were in REXE+OD. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, I'll explain why in a minute. The next thing you notice is how quick it installs the textures now - much, much faster than previous versions.

 

As has been mentioned above, the water/sea texture options are all various shades of blue which doesn't look right in many parts of the world and under certain weather conditions. It would be nice if we could have some more options that were perhaps grey or green.

 

The textures themselves are very good. My feeling about many of the textures in REXE+OD was that they were too much over the top and didn't look natural in the sim. Even though REXE+OD had a mind boggling combination of texture sets, relatively few of them actually looked right in the sim. These new textures are much more subtle and natural looking to my eyes at least. Big improvement here and big thumbs up from me.

[pete_auau 1,168]

I have REX OD, I use it for textures & Weather.  if I was to buy this,  can i still use OD for the weather  and if so how do i do this? 

 

Eg would I launch  REX 4 install textures

Launch REX OD  then click fly now?

 

Confused   (easily done)

 

Regards

Steve

http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/28858-how-to-use-rex4-td-textures-and-rex-essentialsplusod-as-your-weather-engine/

[tttocs 301]

 

 

These new textures are much more subtle and natural looking to my eyes at least. Big improvement here and big thumbs up from me.

 

I think that's the bottom line for me as well.  My initial reaction was "huh - nice, but not earth-shatteringly different from REX-E", but over time and after flying in different conditions, I'd say pretty much the same thing.  Things just look and feel more natural, particularly skies.  I've found myself pretty much addicted to dusk and dawn flying of late, as the somewhat over-the-top dusk and dawn skies I'd previously used have been replaced with more natural hues and tones.

 

Scott

[TheFamilyMan 281]

If you are DX10 user, the REX4 water animation are far superior to anything in REXE.  Most of these animations have the wind sensitive white caps, and the DTX1 compression looks great (if you are not too close).  With a few of these animation you can use their 32 bit version without tanking fps; I use these for really low and slow flying over water since the DTX1 'grain' is most apparent at very low altitudes (~1000').  I too find that their sky textures are far superior; they got the sky's associated ambient lighting right too (which IMO REXE didn't so I abandoned using its sky textures a while ago).  Overall I'm VERY happy with REX4.  If you visit their general discussion site I posted suggestions there for a few user interface improvements which I hope they'll incorporate.