The big difference is also in the way X-Enviro covers a much larger area around the present aircraft position, allowing for smooth and sound transitions.

Lets wait for SMPv4 and see the reviews on it though personally will upgrade to v4 because i have v3 already but i want to share one screenshot for x-enviro at 36,000 feet above NYCI unticked light scattering in x-enviro settings and i changed manually in data ref editor the value of the following line to 20 "atmo/inscatter_gain_raleigh=20", x-enviro light scattering was setting it to 2, This gave me the blue haze. I will ask x-enviro if they can give us a slider for this value. http://www.xsquawkbox.net/xpsdk/mediawiki/DataRefEditor img hosting

Uuuuh yeah!

That sir, is an amazing shot!

Absolutely brilliant!

Which scenery is this?

Hi Roland,

 

I understand your "pain"... As a DCS World user, I buy their ultra sophisticated ww2 and helicopter modules and sometimes wait more than a year for the final release, but they're still pretty much high standards from the early release!

 

Same applies to Aerofly FS 2, IL2 Battle of Stalingrad and probably many other sims...

 

I guess it has to do with the user base, and the required investment.

 

But heck, even PMDG fails!  See what happened to their 777, and I have reported some months ago a bug in the display of the speed tape, before first flap retraction, and it was never updated, and probably will not be...

 

And, AFAIK, X-Enviro is already very usable!

 

Quick question...the DCS world shows the Nevada packet as "pre-order".  Is that pack available now for use with DCS.  I'd like to fly around that area in the F-86, but only if it's not "Beta".  The DCS world seems so much better than when I tried it a few years back!

Thanks

 

Bill

Quick question...the DCS world shows the Nevada packet as "pre-order".  Is that pack available now for use with DCS.  I'd like to fly around that area in the F-86, but only if it's not "Beta".  The DCS world seems so much better than when I tried it a few years back!

Thanks

 

Bill

 

 

It's still beta, and the engine is gradually being updated to a 2.5 combination of DCS 2 and DCs 1.5, but even in beta stage it's amazing and well worth the money. You won't regret it.

Confirmed - still in beta, but really worth the use anyway :-)

Uuuuh yeah!

That sir, is an amazing shot!

Absolutely brilliant!

Which scenery is this?

Thanks! DD design NYC

So I Finally Pick it up last night.

 

After a day testing and analyzing I came to the conclusion; Personally by far, one of the best XP plugin I've bought that single handed revolutionizes my in-flight sim experience.

 

As with every product; now one product is ever perfect out the door, the good thing with this is, it leaves room for fabulous growth. They're things that was done correct and things that needs adding or fine tuning, ( I'm sure the developers have a To Add List) this plugin will only improve going forward.

The developers have heard and answered the cries of the XP community with the need for a better weather engine, I think they have produce a fantastic product working within the confines of XP.

 

My 2cent; a very very good first impression, thank you to the developers at xEnviro, and welcome.

So I Finally Pick it up last night.

 

After a day testing and analyzing I came to the conclusion; Personally by far, one of the best XP plugin I've bought that single handed revolutionizes my in-flight sim experience.

 

As with every product; now one product is ever perfect out the door, the good thing with this is, it leaves room for fabulous growth. They're things that was done correct and things that needs adding or fine tuning, ( I'm sure the developers have a To Add List) this plugin will only improve going forward.

The developers have heard and answered the cries of the XP community with the need for a better weather engine, I think they have produce a fantastic product working within the confines of XP.

 

My 2cent; a very very good first impression, thank you to the developers at xEnviro, and welcome.

I agree...

I bought this Friday night when it came out. And although it still needs some tweaking I'm enjoying it much more then the "cotton ball' clouds look of  SMPv3. Just the fact that the weather extends all the way to the horizon and that it produces a great mix of cloud types looks much more appealing to me. For a Version 1 I see it only getting better!

I agree...

I bought this Friday night when it came out. And although it still needs some tweaking I'm enjoying it much more then the "cotton ball' clouds look of  SMPv3. Just the fact that the weather extends all the way to the horizon and that it produces a great mix of cloud types looks much more appealing to me. For a Version 1 I see it only getting better!

 

Yeah, it's definitely not a finished product but so far I'm quite happy with the way it looks compared to what I see out of the window when I fly. Looking forward to the improvements they make over the product's lifetime. God knows we've paid enough for them....

 

Looking at the preview shots for SMP4 it doesn't look like a huge improvement over 3, rather than the cotton balls seem to have had a facelift to make them look more dramatic. I've had every version so far but always deleted after a couple of months because, amazing though it looks in screenshots (and it really does look drop-dead gorgeous at times), the clouds seldom really reflected what I see in real life. More like an idealised version of what we would prefer clouds to look like. In fact in some ways they remind me of the types of cloud I see in renaissance paintings:

 

Not seeing any VC rain on windshield - anyone know why ? thanks 

So far everything i've seen online i've liked (even the videos that showed it's negative aspects). What i like is the look of the weather systems and mainly the fact that it covers a large area so there is no harsh transitions which i absolutely can't handle and is the main reason i go back to p3d/active sky over xp10.

The only thing that i am concerned about is that there are some videos where it shows that there appears to be a lack of wind interaction with the airplane. no turbulance in stormy weather...

Can anybody confirm if there is an issue with the wind and turbulance in xenviro?

I just tried payware crj2 thats XP11 ready now went to KRDU - using xenviro with vc rain drops OMG was awesome - I am speechless - xenviro Rocks

 

Heres a great site to look up all kinds of weather - when you pick a zone make sure you hit filter button after - zone K was the US and Hawaii

 

Enjoy this site its very cool

 

http://www.badbadweather.com/

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http://www.badbadweather.com/

So I take it that the VC rain drops are a feature of the add-on rather than the sim ?

So I take it that the VC rain drops are a feature of the add-on rather than the sim ?

 

At least in the demo not sure about the finished XP11 product

Unfortunately I'm not sure they're a product of xEnviro, at least I don't get any on my aircraft in XP11.

 

Are they not just a feature of the crj2?