Link:

 

http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=1882

Mesh makes the most dramatic difference in scenery, in my humble opinion. 

I have only FSGenesis. It's great for Europe, but I'd like something that covers the rest of the world in such detail. I may take a look at Pilot's product sometime. 

And as Richard posted earlier this is the link to the downloadable World mesh product...

 

http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2648

Thanks for your "mini-review" of this product, which I and many others actually have used since 2010!

 

Why didn´t you buy the FS Global Ultimate Mesh?

Oh, that is easy to answer. I was interested in this mesh (my first mesh product since my FS9 days...) because it was certified by Pilot's to be fully compatible with ORBX Global and Vector. I have seen this, by means of having ORBX's Vector AEC module clean up some plateaus airports, and restore them to their natural state. I also wanted the world wide coverage as a layer under all that Global and Vector covers. This product does so. I have seen comparison shots of Ultimate to 2010FSX, and the difference is not huge enough for me to sweat it.  The product has more than transformed all the places I need it to...to most satisfy me, over default mesh renderings. So...Happy Camper.

And as Richard posted earlier this is the link to the downloadable World mesh product...

 

http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=2648

Yes, and this is what I purchased,  Use WinZip (free trial if need's be) to unzip the zip file and its 5 support container files. You need to download 6 files in all to unzip the wrapper and installer program.

I have both FSGenesis (all of the pre-19meter Next stuff), and the 3 Global Ultimate's on separate rigs. There may be some differences between the 2 in different parts of the world but I have never seen anything visually in either that I would call a definitive reason to go with one or the other. I'm basically a low and slow flyer and for me the ideal flight plan runs 2 to 3 hours with a 12 to 15 different A/P's visited during the flight. Takeoffs and landings are the fun part, along with mountain canyon running. If I remember correctly FSGenesis for the US (lower 48) is a 10meter mesh that had some of the airport issues manually massaged by the original developer to compensate for some discrepancies, could be wrong on that however.

 

I bought the Ultimate series Europe- Africa DVDs in December  2011, for $60US + $5 shipping from PCAviator US and got the Ultimate Americas DVDs for free, that was special deal I couldn't pass up, especially as I was planning on an Orbx dedicated box when I rehabbed the one rig. I picked up the Ultimate Asia- Oceania DVD box set in June of 2013 for $45US plus shipping also at PCAUS. The 18 or so DVDs for world coverage installed flawlessly but installing all 3 was a full day, 12 hours worth of installation. Even with an SSD.

 

I always buy on DVDs whenever possible especially for a total install size of 104 or 105GB. No way I would do this anyway but on disc, even with a download manager.

 

One really big operational plus I see is FSGlobal automatically places entries in the scenery library that can be ticked or unticked, a help when your seeing something screwy with the mesh and you want to deactivate FSGlobal and see how it is with default or Orbx full fat regional mesh's. The FSGenesis can also be installed in such a way that it will end up with entries in the scenery library but I never felt comfortable that I would get that dance done correctly so for me FSGlobaL was a better all around solution. 

 

Both have their pluses and minuses, aside from some runway elevation issues. Lakes or ponds in sink holes or with sinkholes in the middle of them (South America), or on top of little volcanoes (for the far eastern northern coastline of Norway). But from my experience the number of things right so far out number the number of things wrong by a landslide. The higher the accuracy of the mesh the greater chance for discrepancies with FSX. Unless it is a Devils Mountain type runway plateau don't concern myself too much about it. I think many of the worst issues are not just because of the flat runway requirements of FSX, but also the  inaccuracies in the few source materials available to create these mesh's from.

Thanks for the info. Sq.too, but I doubt that they have fixed all elevation/airport issues with this special FSG 2010 FTX edition.

Thanks for the info. Sq.too, but I doubt that they have fixed all elevation/airport issues with this special FSG 2010 FTX edition.

Probably not, but I have not yet found a plateau, since appying the 1.15 Vector tool after the install.

 

BTW,  (in flight, now...)

 

Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, via-----------------------------------> Global/Vector/Pilot's Global 2010FSX Edition......Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!   

I'm holding out for Vector 2.0 (I think that's next) and waiting to let the dust settle on Open L/C. There's no doubt I'll be getting both and soon I hope.

Sesquashtoo,

 

Thank you for the advice regarding installing FS Global.  I'm on the 4th (of 6) download now.  You have always been a real help to me...and to others on this forum.  Believe me, I appreciate it.  Looks like a little challenge in the install, but with your instructions, it should go OK when I finish these massive files.

 

Stan

I am not happy with 2010 Global Mesh because of the airport elevation issue.  I have ugly airport elevation problems almost everywhere I fly.  Supposedly the AFM is free to registered users of 2010 Global, but darned if I can figure out a way to get it without having to pay for it (+shipping and handling), so I haven't gotten it yet.  I just have the mesh disabled for North America for now.  FTX Vector simply changed the elevation problems, but I didn't feel it fixed them in a way that was at all pleasing to the eye, not to mention that I didn't like the actual "vector" stuff nearly as much as what I was accustomed to with UTX.  I certainly was put off by the interstate highway running across the runways at KSEA, but that's a drift from the topic at hand, which is FS Global 2010.

I have a question about using mesh with megascenary and pr3d.

i was thinking about using  FSGenesis .what will it look like with megascenary.and will it work

thanks ted kiser

I have a question about using mesh with megascenary and pr3d.

i was thinking about using  FSGenesis .what will it look like with megascenary.and will it work

thanks ted kiser

 

Fsgenesis is what I use works fine - also I have used megascenery Las Vegas - S. Cali work fine blend perfectly

i got fs genesis and installed it but i see no dif.

do i have to put the order higher than the photo scenary.

 

thanks ted kiser

i got fs genesis and installed it but i see no dif.

do i have to put the order higher than the photo scenary.

 

thanks ted kiser

 

Can you post a screenshot of your scenery library in fsx and where it installed into fsx main folder (windows explorer) - if you are using fsx that is

Hi all,

I purchased yesterday FSGlobal2010 mesh product and after having troubles loading and installing it, I made a flight LEMG-EPWA wit PMDG 777 (SP1).

 

 

 

One really big operational plus I see is FSGlobal automatically places entries in the scenery library that can be ticked or unticked, a help when your seeing something screwy with the mesh and you want to deactivate FSGlobal and see how it is with default or Orbx full fat regional mesh's.

 

I just couldn't find any tracks of FSG2010 in my scenery library... Something wrong in my installation?

 

Petteri Pulkkinen

EFNU