You just need a VA with an ACARS that supports both FS and XP!

I tried Xacars and XPassenger, but both plugins didn't work properly for me. (XPX 64 bit on Win 7 64 bit). So I am not able to log X-Plane flights for the VA. But that doesn't take away too

much of the fun I am having! ;-)

I tried Xacars and XPassenger, but both plugins didn't work properly for me. (XPX 64 bit on Win 7 64 bit). So I am not able to log X-Plane flights for the VA. But that doesn't take away too

much of the fun I am having! ;-)

My VA's Acars connects to X-Plane 10 via the XPUIPC plugin which is now 64-bit.

Having that flexibility is great, and if I'm in a busy period I have 3 months to file my next Pirep so no pressure.

 

Anyway after perusing the screenshot forum I have now ordered XP10 again after selling it a couple of months back (what a chump!), and requested a refund on P3D v2.

May I ask which VA you are flying for?

Get HD Mesh V2 and OSM as freeware and SkyMaxx Pro for your fresh install and you will like it, I LOVE it! ;-)

I have now decided I will buy XPX and remove FSX .

 

So It will be like this

 

 XPX

 FS9

 FG

Fellas, as an avid FSXer, and someone who has tinkered with XP, can someone please inform me whether there is anything on the market that replaces the awful autogen that, IMO, resembles Legoland. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is one of the main thing that is holding me back. My first demo exposed me to an urban area where all the buildings were just block after block of the same. I guess I'm hoping someone can say yes, and point me to a dev who is doing something similar to Orbx. In other words, transforming large regions, but not photoscenery, which I keep being shown. Cheers...

Howard,

 

I can only suggest my own solution, with wich I find myself much better serverd than with any add-ons ( payware ) I have used with FSX, including FTX Global!

 

1) Get Alpilot's HD Mesh V2

2) Get SimHeaven OSM+ Autogen sceneries for Europe, Americas, ...

3) Get also from SimHeaven the updated ( into Mesh V2) photosceneries for sellected areas

4) Get from any of the links available, for instance, at the pinned topic on X-Plane add-ons at the top of this forum, any detailled ( freeware!!! ) airports you would care to add to your collection.

 

You can't go wrong!

 

Please report back what you think of it. Remember that that rather annoying Blurr at altitude is going to get a fix!

Michael, the answer's in my signature! :wink:

We have schedules for quite a few airlines and some great tours, but if you're in the mood you can fly what you fancy, where you like, GA or tube.

Howard,

 

I can only suggest my own solution, with wich I find myself much better serverd than with any add-ons ( payware ) I have used with FSX, including FTX Global!

 

1) Get Alpilot's HD Mesh V2

2) Get SimHeaven OSM+ Autogen sceneries for Europe, Americas, ...

3) Get also from SimHeaven the updated ( into Mesh V2) photosceneries for sellected areas

4) Get from any of the links available, for instance, at the pinned topic on X-Plane add-ons at the top of this forum, any detailled ( freeware!!! ) airports you would care to add to your collection.

 

You can't go wrong!

 

Please report back what you think of it. Remember that that rather annoying Blurr at altitude is going to get a fix!

+1. Absolutely true! I've never seen any generic scenery that looks better than XPX with OSM Europe + autogen together with the excellent HD Mesh V2. I flew from LSZH to LOWI yesterday with some severe turbulence and dense clouds. These mountains, the city of Innsbruck in the light of the late afternoon, the god rays that came through the clouds, it can't get much better! And that's just the graphics! ;-) Handflying the QPAC A320 into LOWI's RWY 08 under these circumstances was unbelievably immersive!

Michael, the answer's in my signature! :wink:

We have schedules for quite a few airlines and some great tours, but if you're in the mood you can fly what you fancy, where you like, GA or tube.

Thanks, I'll have a look! ;-)

Fellas, as an avid FSXer, and someone who has tinkered with XP, can someone please inform me whether there is anything on the market that replaces the awful autogen that, IMO, resembles Legoland. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is one of the main thing that is holding me back. My first demo exposed me to an urban area where all the buildings were just block after block of the same. I guess I'm hoping someone can say yes, and point me to a dev who is doing something similar to Orbx. In other words, transforming large regions, but not photoscenery, which I keep being shown. Cheers...

Howard, please read what I wrote above. I've been a die hard FSX fan. Even though I thought I'd miss things like AI traffic following real flightplans, FS2Ccrew, ASN, Radar Contact, Orbx, REX, etc., it is simply not the case. XPX gives you a real sensation of flight, it's so smooth, so good looking and with the latest releases even tubeliner freaks get seriously good addons!

(FF 757/777, FJS 727, JRollon CRJ, JARDesign A320, QPAC A320...)

My VA's Acars connects to X-Plane 10 via the XPUIPC plugin which is now 64-bit.

Having that flexibility is great, and if I'm in a busy period I have 3 months to file my next Pirep so no pressure.

 

Anyway after perusing the screenshot forum I have now ordered XP10 again after selling it a couple of months back (what a chump!), and requested a refund on P3D v2.

 

Haha...this is called "clear ideas". I did the same for Prepare. It doesn't add anything at the moment to my sim experience since I have problem to use shadows and new features with my medium system. Not to hide that I suffer problems in XP as well when trying to running Photoreal L17 which is killing my 4 Gb RAM (more is expected to be delivered today together with a new 770 4Gb). So you see XP is starting to cost mcuh more than FSX addons but an upgrade to system was needed even for PR3D. With XP I just feel much more motivated in opening my wallet.

 

Fellas, as an avid FSXer, and someone who has tinkered with XP, can someone please inform me whether there is anything on the market that replaces the awful autogen that, IMO, resembles Legoland. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is one of the main thing that is holding me back. My first demo exposed me to an urban area where all the buildings were just block after block of the same. I guess I'm hoping someone can say yes, and point me to a dev who is doing something similar to Orbx. In other words, transforming large regions, but not photoscenery, which I keep being shown. Cheers...

 

I agree that buildings of autogen are not the on par with FTXG, especially on default with the little difference that Orbx is a money killer. But after installing OSM scenary + autogen with Europe buildings I really regard FSX rendition of villages and town as arcadish. I mean, I could fly over my town with plausible baroc buildings in the centre and modern stores in the neighborhoods. And the country villages were so real (of course when OSM data are available). I even got the motivation to study JOSM and to fill my country area since it's not well covered at the moment.

 

FTXG is giving a fictional rendition of landscape, good graphics but not realistic nor adapting to real data. Frankly I could not stand those vector data overimposing on generic autogen, like streets cutting urban textures. Sure during next months they will improve with regional landclasses, but as it stands now I see much more immersion to fly in XPX (medium to low altitude). But consider that I never went over 20k feet during this last XP week. It's just that I like so much flying low in GA aircrafts something I never really did in FSX.

 

 

@Mik75

For traffic AI have you considered World Traffic coming at around 20€. I just bought it two days ago and I'm learning to configure traffic for my european airports. You can set routes both in air and on the ground, it requires some dedication at the moment, but I see more and more routes and aircraft coming freeware (look on xp.org at Bluebell models developed on FSX best AI models). Of course you don't hear ATC communicating with them (to be honest I have still to try Xplane ATC since everybody complain about it) but the feeling of multiple landings and AI sound was even better than in FSX. AI planes lights and ground movement (parking start excluded) are much more realistic than FSX. Of course airport must be clever set to handle traffic, most of default and even good freeware aren't at the moment).

If LR can enhace ATC and AI this will be eventually on the same level of FSX world. What we would really need is that an external developer start to make something like Radar Contact which, given the more open envirnoment of Xplane , could overtake FSX constrains regarding AI.

I`m sorry, it looks like I missed your question. Here are my Skymaxx settings.

 

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Cheers.

Wow! How do you run with such high settings?!?

 

Ian

Howard,

 

I can only suggest my own solution, with wich I find myself much better serverd than with any add-ons ( payware ) I have used with FSX, including FTX Global!

 

1) Get Alpilot's HD Mesh V2

2) Get SimHeaven OSM+ Autogen sceneries for Europe, Americas, ...

3) Get also from SimHeaven the updated ( into Mesh V2) photosceneries for sellected areas

4) Get from any of the links available, for instance, at the pinned topic on X-Plane add-ons at the top of this forum, any detailled ( freeware!!! ) airports you would care to add to your collection.

 

You can't go wrong!

 

Please report back what you think of it. Remember that that rather annoying Blurr at altitude is going to get a fix!

 

+1. Absolutely true! I've never seen any generic scenery that looks better than XPX with OSM Europe + autogen together with the excellent HD Mesh V2. I flew from LSZH to LOWI yesterday with some severe turbulence and dense clouds. These mountains, the city of Innsbruck in the light of the late afternoon, the god rays that came through the clouds, it can't get much better! And that's just the graphics! ;-) Handflying the QPAC A320 into LOWI's RWY 08 under these circumstances was unbelievably immersive!

Thanks, I'll have a look! ;-)

Howard, please read what I wrote above. I've been a die hard FSX fan. Even though I thought I'd miss things like AI traffic following real flightplans, FS2Ccrew, ASN, Radar Contact, Orbx, REX, etc., it is simply not the case. XPX gives you a real sensation of flight, it's so smooth, so good looking and with the latest releases even tubeliner freaks get seriously good addons!

(FF 757/777, FJS 727, JRollon CRJ, JARDesign A320, QPAC A320...)

 

Haha...this is called "clear ideas". I did the same for Prepare. It doesn't add anything at the moment to my sim experience since I have problem to use shadows and new features with my medium system. Not to hide that I suffer problems in XP as well when trying to running Photoreal L17 which is killing my 4 Gb RAM (more is expected to be delivered today together with a new 770 4Gb). So you see XP is starting to cost mcuh more than FSX addons but an upgrade to system was needed even for PR3D. With XP I just feel much more motivated in opening my wallet.

 

 

I agree that buildings of autogen are not the on par with FTXG, especially on default with the little difference that Orbx is a money killer. But after installing OSM scenary + autogen with Europe buildings I really regard FSX rendition of villages and town as arcadish. I mean, I could fly over my town with plausible baroc buildings in the centre and modern stores in the neighborhoods. And the country villages were so real (of course when OSM data are available). I even got the motivation to study JOSM and to fill my country area since it's not well covered at the moment.

 

FTXG is giving a fictional rendition of landscape, good graphics but not realistic nor adapting to real data. Frankly I could not stand those vector data overimposing on generic autogen, like streets cutting urban textures. Sure during next months they will improve with regional landclasses, but as it stands now I see much more immersion to fly in XPX (medium to low altitude). But consider that I never went over 20k feet during this last XP week. It's just that I like so much flying low in GA aircrafts something I never really did in FSX.

 

 

Hey, thanks guys. I really do think XP is just around the corner for me. I guess I'm just waiting to see what the forthcoming update will reveal. I think what I'll have to do is slowly make the move across as I have soooo much invested in FSX it's hard just to turn my back on it. Does anyone here run both FSX and XP on the same drive?

Wow! How do you run with such high settings?!?

 

Ian

A combination of OC`ed CPU 4.7 GHz, 16GB od RAM, SSD disk and a 780gtx is a true powerhouse. :lol:

Hey, thanks guys. I really do think XP is just around the corner for me. I guess I'm just waiting to see what the forthcoming update will reveal. I think what I'll have to do is slowly make the move across as I have soooo much invested in FSX it's hard just to turn my back on it. Does anyone here run both FSX and XP on the same drive?

 

I did until yesterday but then I needed room for more photoreal which is Gbs fast eater.

 

XP is much more simple than FSX regarding disk management. You don't need a software registration in the Win registry so you can move the whole directory wherever you feel confortable or move the core program and set shortcuts to scenery on other HD. When I have some more money to spend on a large SSD it will be easier to shift everything there.

 

If you're happy with FSX the best move is to run together both programs. If you're in liners with external ATC ( I see you're FS2Crew addicted) it will be impossible to achieve anything slightly closer in XP. The many sceneries that 3rd developers issue regularly for FSX is something that will never happen in Xplane so overally I don't think you'll need more than 200 Gb to run XP unless you start downloading lot of photoreal LOD17. But photoreal is not a clear picture for me at the moment. Something I like it, sometimes I prefer default textures but until I get more Ram and Vram I cannot give an unbiased impression because I cannot run textures at full graphic detail.

I did until yesterday but then I needed room for more photoreal which is Gbs fast eater.

 

XP is much more simple than FSX regarding disk management. You don't need a software registration in the Win registry so you can move the whole directory wherever you feel confortable or move the core program and set shortcuts to scenery on other HD. When I have some more money to spend on a large SSD it will be easier to shift everything there.

 

If you're happy with FSX the best move is to run together both programs. If you're in liners with external ATC ( I see you're FS2Crew addicted) it will be impossible to achieve anything slightly closer in XP. The many sceneries that 3rd developers issue regularly for FSX is something that will never happen in Xplane so overally I don't think you'll need more than 200 Gb to run XP unless you start downloading lot of photoreal LOD17. But photoreal is not a clear picture for me at the moment. Something I like it, sometimes I prefer default textures but until I get more Ram and Vram I cannot give an unbiased impression because I cannot run textures at full graphic detail.

 

Thanks for the reply. Hmmm, yup, the airline thing is a big one for me. I currently spend 60% of my time in the NGX with FS2Crew and ProATC...

Fellas, as an avid FSXer, and someone who has tinkered with XP, can someone please inform me whether there is anything on the market that replaces the awful autogen that, IMO, resembles Legoland. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is one of the main thing that is holding me back. My first demo exposed me to an urban area where all the buildings were just block after block of the same. I guess I'm hoping someone can say yes, and point me to a dev who is doing something similar to Orbx. In other words, transforming large regions, but not photoscenery, which I keep being shown. Cheers...

 

Ah, another post whose avatar has a certain elegance. Are you related to David Niven by any chance?

 

In all seriousness though I have to agree. Even the OSM autogen is pretty horrible which is why I tend to stay in the naturally impressive areas rather than the cities.

 

I know your passion for flightsim from when I was an FSX user over at the ORBX forums Howard, and think your passion over here would be a plus too but I wouldn't want to lie to you. The urban autogen is still crap, particularly if you're used to regional-specific autogen that FTX gives.

 

On the other hand if you're happy with the countryside then XP10 really shines.