Hallo!

I restart with flightsim after 2 years. I have almost all my addons from 2 years ago and I am planning to make a comeback.

But now I have some questions, wich products are the best to go. 

question 1:

I have ORBX global base, vector, openlc and trees HD (Is the Orbx building a way to go?)

So can I use 'FS Global Ultimate NG 2020 or is this the samen as openLC? Is this an extra add-on or is the Orbx product the same?

 

Question 2

What's the most realistic weather set up. I will use Active Sky p3dv5 as engine but do I use Rex Sky force 3d, ASCA or Truesky...?

And what about envtex and envshade? Are you using this together with truesky or is this not necessary? 

 

Sorry for all the questions but some round up is needed after 2 years!

 

Thanx a lot!!!

 

28 minutes ago, Dyckmans91 said:

Sorry for all the questions but some round up is needed after 2 years!

No worries, many of us have been through pause then come-back 😉

28 minutes ago, Dyckmans91 said:

question 1:

I have ORBX global base, vector, openlc and trees HD (Is the Orbx building a way to go?)

So can I use 'FS Global Ultimate NG 2020 or is this the samen as openLC? Is this an extra add-on or is the Orbx product the same?

FS Global Ultimate is a distinct product and provides a mesh worldwide. It has nothing to do with OpenLC (landclass).

However FS Global Ultimate has been designed to be compatible with OrbX products.

If you mostly fly liners, you don't need it.

You might also encounter flatten problem at 3rd party addons airports even if FS Global Ultimate comes with a "fix-it" functionality.

And welcome back in the community 🙂

 

 

15 minutes ago, Simicro said:

No worries, many of us have been through pause then come-back 😉

FS Global Ultimate is a distinct product and provides a mesh worldwide. It has nothing to do with OpenLC (landclass).

However FS Global Ultimate has been designed to be compatible with OrbX products.

If you mostly fly liners, you don't need it.

You might also encounter flatten problem at 3rd party addons airports even if FS Global Ultimate comes with a "fix-it" functionality.

And welcome back in the community 🙂

 

 

Thanx for the welcome and for the informations!

and yes i fly liners allways so i will delete fs global from my wishlist at the moment!

Antthing about the weather question?

For weather, Active Sky for P3D v4/5 is the way to go. It's a no brainer.

For  Rex Sky force 3d, ASCA or Truesky, it depends on your taste... difficult to say. Personally I've tried Rex Sky force 3d. It's ok but once I had to reinstall my sim and decided to go with the default sky and clouds, etc. that are not so bad.

envtex and envshade : they change the color, lights... It's beautiful on screenshots but I was not impressed. Plus addon aircrafts developers (eg. PMDG, Aerosoft) do not recommend the use of shaders to avoid potential problems. Of  course you will find guys using shaders and who do not have problems. Personally I decided that I can do without them. 

 

3 minutes ago, Simicro said:

For weather, Active Sky for P3D v4/5 is the way to go. It's a no brainer.

For  Rex Sky force 3d, ASCA or Truesky, it depends on your taste... difficult to say. Personally I've tried Rex Sky force 3d. It's ok but once I had to reinstall my sim and decided to go with the default sky and clouds, etc. that are not so bad.

envtex and envshade : they change the color, lights... It's beautiful on screenshots but I was not impressed. Plus addon aircrafts developers (eg. PMDG, Aerosoft) do not recommend the use of shaders to avoid potential problems. Of  course you will find guys using shaders and who do not have problems. Personally I decided that I can do without them. 

 

Thanx for the clear info!