I was just wondering if FTX Global (not FS Global) and UTX are compatiable?  UTX is better than FTX Vector as far as correct placement of roads, small towns, ect,  I would like to use these two programs together since I already have FTX Global.   Thanks

 

Lamar

I use them together, the results are great. There is a small utility at the simforums that brings the FTX Global night lights to the UTX streets. It's a task of a few minutes and thereafter you have a stunning scenery!

Yes they work awesome together. 

I'd agree with the others... they work well together.  I haven't made the switch to FTX Vector because I'm afraid of losing some UTX features, particularly the beaches on certain coast/shorelines... although, to be honest, I haven't really checked Vector's full features or asked if it does what I'm looking for.  I just don't want to try to fix what isn't broken for me.  As Mik75 said, the folks at UTX have released a patch which enables the FTX lights to show over UTX terrain.  It also allows you to set the lights so that they only show up in and around populated areas, instead of having lines of road lights meandering across unpopulated terrain, which, to me, adds to the realism.  An added, unforeseen bonus to the UTX/FTX patch... it also allows the FTX vector lighting to appear over any photoreal scenery that I've got installed.   :Big Grin:

 

 

An added, unforeseen bonus to the UTX/FTX patch... it also allows the FTX vector lighting to appear over any photoreal scenery that I've got installed

 

I don't have FTX vector but do you also mean FTX Global night lighting works on photo scenery or just FTX Vector night lighting? 

I was afraid someone would misunderstand that. I don't have FTX Vector, either. I'm referring to the FTX Global vector night lighting.... the night lights that follow vector objects such as roads, etc. FTX Vector (or UTX... or even default FSX) provide the vector data for the vector lighting in FTX Global. So... After using the UTX/FTX utility, FTX Global's vector lighting is visible when using UTX. This has also had the benefit of making this night lighting visible over my photoreal scenery, such as Megascenery Earth.

I hope that explains things a little better.

Hey, thank you all so much for the information. Very glad to hear that both can be used together. Thanks MIK 75 for the info on the light utility on Simforums. Again, thanks you all.

 

Lamar.