Anthony, you have become one of FS's greatest creator's.Paul S:-)

Hi Guys, We are always looking for ways to improve GE Pro and customer feedback is our best source of information on where areas can be improved. I will definately be looking to add more to the help file to enable users to get going. Possibly a quick start section which will give the user 5 gound sets, 10 sky sets, obtain a Metar for a circuit then install textures and fly.Thank you for you comments, these more than anything else make the development time spent on GE Pro worth while :-)Thank YouCarl

Hi,I purchased GE Pro yesterday (full price) and to be honest, I don't see that much difference between my previous Bev textures and GE Pro. Certainly not fifty dollars worth. I understand GE Pro's ability to match ground textures with cloud cover etc, but find the process a bit daunting (I still have 37 hours worth of texture generating time.! LOL). Plus GE Pro adds one more delay (texture selection based upon metars) to give me subtle differences I'm not sure I can appreciate.(SRI) I don't need a huge number of options as I'm not an artist or designer; I are a pilot! :)LOL. The metar process is spotty at best (major cities only) defeating the value of GE Pro IMHO. Why not read the metar values from the AV6 Nav Log? I am using ASV6, UT USA and Canada, FS Genesis mesh and Bev Textures. Please understand that I DO NOT have a critical eye concerning details on textures. But the advertised "a revolutionary package that completely transforms your FS world environment." ...... well ..... it didn't. :) I'll give it another 29 days to evolve or grow on me. After having said all this, I CERTAINLY could have screwed up the install. :) Thank you for your excellent support here. Bob...

> The metar process is spotty at>best (major cities only) defeating the value of GE Pro IMHO.>Why not read the metar values from the AV6 Nav Log? I agree Bob. The lack of integration of the METAR's with available locations is terrible IMO. And as you, that seems to be the whole point/benifit of this program...especially as I only fly under current conditions.I'll give it a couple weeks to see if revisions are made, but it is frustrating. When it works, it works great....but there are issues to fix.

>Hi,>>I purchased GE Pro yesterday (full price) and to be honest, I>don't see that much difference between my previous Bev>textures and GE Pro. Certainly not fifty dollars worth. I>understand GE Pro's ability to match ground textures with>cloud cover etc, but find the process a bit daunting (I still>have 37 hours worth of texture generating time.! LOL). Plus GE>Pro adds one more delay (texture selection based upon metars)>to give me subtle differences I'm not sure I can>appreciate.(SRI) >>I don't need a huge number of options as I'm not an artist or>designer; I are a pilot! :)LOL. The metar process is spotty at>best (major cities only) defeating the value of GE Pro IMHO.>Why not read the metar values from the AV6 Nav Log? >>I am using ASV6, UT USA and Canada, FS Genesis mesh and Bev>Textures. Please understand that I DO NOT have a critical eye>concerning details on textures. But the advertised "a>revolutionary package that completely transforms your FS world>environment." ...... well ..... it didn't. :) I'll give it>another 29 days to evolve or grow on me. After having said all>this, I CERTAINLY could have screwed up the install. :) Thank>you for your excellent support here. >>Bob...>>>Bob,Im not sure why you have 37 hours to wait, unless you are creating many more ground texture sets than you initially need. Each one takes 15 to 20 minutes but to get started you can use the default ones, or just create one or 2 new ones.GE Pro ONLY changes the sky and ground textures and it uses the same METAR data as AS, etc....So you can load the weather from AS, load a set of textures from GEP to match those conditions, and be flying in just a few minutes.Hope this helps

>GE Pro ONLY changes the sky and ground textures and it uses>the same METAR data as AS, etc....So you can load the weather>from AS, load a set of textures from GEP to match those>conditions, and be flying in just a few minutes.Yea, but AS gets METAR's from every availiable airport. GE Pro does not at this time.

yes, but no matter what the weather is, its still only going to load one set of texures. It will pick the best based on an average of conditions, or you can just choose and load your own.There is still no need to wait 37 hours :-)

That wasn't my point, and I don't think it was Bob's either.I went into FS/GE Pro last night, and could not find a METAR within 200 miles of the location I was taking off from.On the other hand, ASv6 had no problem finding real weather from my departing airport.

Last I heard, or read in another thread, they are adding 17,000 airports to the next patch, that should definatly give ya options

I hope that is the case. But in all honesty, this program should not have been released without that ability.

Don't take this wrong but I'm not sure you fully understand what GEP does. It's not like AS, where the weather is updated at different locations dynamically. If its partly cloudy where you are, or partly cloudy 200 miles away, its still partly cloudy, and those are the textures GEP will load. It will only load one set and those wont change, regardless of the weather, until you exit FS and load another set.I use AS with GEP, and simply check the METARS for a general look at the weather enroute, then load a GEP texture set appropriate to the average conditions. Most of the texture changes are so subtle you won't notice them anyway.For some situations, I dont want real world weather and create my own, select the texture set from GEP, and manually load it. It's the best of both worlds, auto, or manually. Either one only takes a minute or 2 to complete.

I understand exactly how GE Pro works. And it should be able to find my METAR from the location I am going to fly from, and change the textures accordingly. Then ASv6 will create the actual weather for that location. I get it.Problem is I have had to find *similar* METAR's 1500 miles away (via GW Pro) to use after checking the actual conditions via the NOAA web site. ASv6 has no problem doing it's job via my loaction.This program should be more intuative than it is right now.I'm a 'bugger' for accuracy and real time flying. Perhaps many are not.

Im sure it will be improved based on player feedback, but for now you could simply look at the METAR in AS, and load textures to match, there is no need to look for similar metars if you dont want to.I think they also said that they are going to intergtate a weather engine and FE as well into GEP eventually, which will solve the problem.

>I'm a 'bugger' for accuracy and real time flying. >Perhaps many are not. Well, I am, and all those I know are, like my five kids, and three friends who are using FS. We all use real weather when flying.

Hi Bkeske,You are absolutely right, and I'm a "bugger" for accuracy and real time flying too. In fact, it is just the opposite and I think many ARE.You have nothing to worry about sir, those 17000 airports will be added ASAP, because as I said Carl is working on it 24/7.