April 30, 201610 yr Jeroen, this is not strictly true, Soft Clouds only installs the cumulus01.bmp which is used for the low level clouds only. Correct and you need to tick the low level clouds in rex4 to have the soft clouds I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
April 30, 201610 yr Correct and you need to tick the low level clouds in rex4 to have the soft clouds I still don't understand this issue when you have Soft Clouds and Rex4 texture direct as two separate programs. I understand that there is a patch where you can combine them both, but I haven't used that yet. http://www.avsim.com/index.php/_/pr-ann/soft-clouds-integrated-into-rex4-texture-direct-r2781 If I have soft clouds, that apparently from what I have read so far, all I get is Low level clouds only. If I use Rex 4 texture direct, then I get all the higher level clouds. cirrus_broken.bmp cirrus_broken01.bmp cirrus_broken02.bmp cirrus_broken03.bmp cirrus_few.bmp cirrus_few01.bmp cirrus_few02.bmp cirrus_few03.bmp cirrus_overcast.bmp cirrus_overcast01.bmp cirrus_overcast02.bmp cirrus_scattered.bmp cirrus_scattered01.bmp cirrus_scattered02.bmp cirrus_scattered03.bmp Now if I install the clouds from Rex 4 texture direct, does installing them at the same time overwrite or delete the low level clouds from Soft Clouds, so I lose them? I really like the soft clouds and don't want to delete them. Can I have both the high and low level clouds at the same time, or is that impossible?
April 30, 201610 yr You have to make sure REX won't install the low level clouds which it offers alongside the high level clouds and all other textures. I suppose the program has an option screen where you can tell it what to install and what to not install. If you do install low level clouds with REX they will overwrite the Soft clouds (if you had those installed) but if that happens you can simply reinstall the soft clouds once more. And you ALWAYS have low and high clouds at the same time. REX offers low and high clouds (just as the sim itself does) and soft clouds only offers low level clouds. Whatever you do, you always will have low and high level clouds. If everything confuses you: simply install whatever you want with REX and then install Soft clouds afterwards. That way you always will be sure that you have soft clouds in the sim.
April 30, 201610 yr You have to make sure REX won't install the low level clouds which it offers alongside the high level clouds and all other textures. I suppose the program has an option screen where you can tell it what to install and what to not install. If you do install low level clouds with REX they will overwrite the Soft clouds (if you had those installed) but if that happens you can simply reinstall the soft clouds once more. And you ALWAYS have low and high clouds at the same time. REX offers low and high clouds (just as the sim itself does) and soft clouds only offers low level clouds. Whatever you do, you always will have low and high level clouds. If everything confuses you: simply install whatever you want with REX and then install Soft clouds afterwards. That way you always will be sure that you have soft clouds in the sim. Thanks, that explains it..... :smile:
May 1, 201610 yr I still don't understand this issue when you have Soft Clouds and Rex4 texture direct as two separate programs. I understand that there is a patch where you can combine them both, but I haven't used that yet. http://www.avsim.com...re-direct-r2781 If I have soft clouds, that apparently from what I have read so far, all I get is Low level clouds only. If I use Rex 4 texture direct, then I get all the higher level clouds. Bob the easiest solution is to combine the 2 using the patch and all you got to do is to tick the low level clouds in rex4 and that's it you can choose whatever clouds you want and as long you got the tick against low level clouds you will get the soft clouds as well as the other set from rex4 I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
May 1, 201610 yr Bob the easiest solution is to combine the 2 using the patch and all you got to do is to tick the low level clouds in rex4 and that's it you can choose whatever clouds you want and as long you got the tick against low level clouds you will get the soft clouds as well as the other set from rex4 Yes, I was going to do that, but somehow I lost the registration number for soft clouds, which is strange because I am very careful about saving all emails when I purchase something. I need the registration to install the patch. I sent REX an email asking if there is any way to get the registration number.
May 1, 201610 yr Bob the easiest solution is to combine the 2 using the patch and all you got to do is to tick the low level clouds in rex4 and that's it you can choose whatever clouds you want and as long you got the tick against low level clouds you will get the soft clouds as well as the other set from rex4 This sound like a good plan. After I combine these two, what does my REX Essentials + OD do for me? Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
May 1, 201610 yr This sound like a good plan. After I combine these two, what does my REX Essentials + OD do for me? It will give you extra textures too choose from, since you can combine texture from both(rexe and rex4) if you so desire so many combinations to choose from I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
May 1, 201610 yr It will give you extra textures too choose from, since you can combine texture from both(rexe and rex4) if you so desire so many combinations to choose from Thanks for answering the question. These are some fairly huge files. It would be nice to be able to not have to load up a GB to get some clouds. Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
May 2, 201610 yr Author Yes, use REX to install the cloud textures into P3D that you like the look of and ASN will use those textures to render the weather. Hi Gordon! Do i need to connect asn to rex 4 texture direct via the general settings and clicking the weather engine? Francis Pattugalan
May 2, 201610 yr Moderator Hi Gordon! Do i need to connect asn to rex 4 texture direct via the general settings and clicking the weather engine? NO - just run rex and install the textures. Then close REX. Then run ASN - that's it. REX does not need to be running after you install the textures if you are using ASN as your weather engine. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
May 2, 201610 yr Thanks for answering the question. These are some fairly huge files. It would be nice to be able to not have to load up a GB to get some clouds. Regards, Ray Only one set of every possible texture will be copied into the P3D folder and used by the sim. The sim itself does absolutely nothing with all the REX textures that comes with the program: they only take up space. You can install REX on any disk you want, doesn't have to be the sim disk. In the end P3D will load about just as much data in the sim as with default textures. Having 10 GB of data in your REX folder doesn't mean P3D will load 10 GB of data too. :wink: You will only have more options too choose from, that's all. (Imho you will have way too many options too choose from... I've been flying with the same clouds for years now and have no need for REX. The skies look beautiful and different anytime anyway.)
May 2, 201610 yr OK. I think I got the big cloudy picture now. Thanks everyone. I see ASN is on sale again today for 30% off. Does anyone think I need this in addition to my REXe +OD, REX4 and Soft Clouds? Regards, Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
May 2, 201610 yr I see ASN is on sale again today for 30% off. Does anyone think I need this in addition to my REXe +OD, REX4 and Soft Clouds? If you want the best Weather engine, yes you need it
May 2, 201610 yr I see ASN is on sale again today for 30% off. Does anyone think I need this in addition to my REXe +OD, REX4 and Soft Clouds? Hello Ray IMO As of this moment ASN is a much better weather/cloud injector than REX Ess + OD, the transitions are smooth as silk, it has many options (probably too many . Plus you get windshear alerts, inflight METARS and if you tune in 122.00, .02 or .05 you'll get weather services at destination, closest weather station and flight services. You can also add a pupup weather gauge and some vendors have integrated ASN weather into their cockpit instruments. Once we get the sp4 for REX Ess +OD, we will have to see which engine is better, and REX is also working on a new weather radar. Cheers. Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
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