>Thanks for the catch on the text.You're welcome. (I see it's already corrected: very good! I have found errors here and there more often but very often the company who 'owns' the site doesn't do anything about it... which doesn't make me feel better about that specific company...). How many errors do I have to find in order to get a coupon for a free or cheaper copy? ;)Anyway, it all looks very cool, but... I have one more question. It seems clouds are VERY important in X-Graphics. But will I see a huge difference if I do NOT buy Active Sky also? I mean, don't you need that in order to get all those beatifull clouds placed up in the air in the right place?Okay, one more (or maybe I should visit a specific forum for this all?): is it possible to get WANTED unrealistic results with both programs? Like beatifull stormy coulds and skies but... without the actual wind that normally comes with it...? I'm asking because I (am one of those guys who) always fly with winds turned off because I do not have rudderpedals... and landing in a crosswind is quit hard than.Feel free to elaborate and promote the programs at will! :(

wow.I want to know what kind of computer you took those screen shots with... I need one. lolhttp://www.hifisim.com/screenshots.php?directory=fsxe&img=1

Hi again,ASX is a weather generator, X Graphics is a graphics upgrade that also upgrades clouds. If you're justing looking for enhanced graphics with default weather then just X Graphics will work great. If you want a much more realistic and challenging weather experience will full graphical weather mapping, weather gauge, hurricanes, etc, then look into ASX :)X Graphics is not related to weather generation so it won't do anything regarding limiting winds, etc. But ASX fully supports this by providing minimum and maximum settings in many categories (winds, visibility, turbulence, etc). Maximum Surface Wind would be the one you want, you can even set this to 0.Best,

And thx again. ;) X-Graphics is defenitely on my list of addons to watch closely. I'm also very interested in the waterimprovements (for instance different inland waters, if I'm right) because although I love water at 2x high (ever since SP1) I do no really like it for rivers and small lakes. The waves are just too big and the color is too bright. Couldn't really find any good pictures off the different possibilities on the X-Graphics site, but I'm sure they will popup during the comings days. I have the idea a lot of people have been wating for these programs, so... I'll keep an eye on the screenshotforum too!ASX also has my interests but because I usually fly with a few scattered clouds and no real weather I doubt if I need that one (keeping in mind the cost, that is). Anyway, it's nice to see some real quality addons for FSX appear now! :)

Looks great, I'll be watching the screenshot gallery. 70 bucks is a bit on the steep side for me, but I'm sure it's worth it. It'll be nice to get some better cloud textures floating around the fsx skies.

W00t!! Downloading the bundle now ... been waiting for this!!!

Does X Graphics have enhanced lighting? The neat 3D feature of UT was the city lighting which looked like it had dimensions e.g. height.

Hi Len,No lighting for cities. Need to wait for UT for X or GE for Z.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Thanks. That's ok. I'm so excited about this (I had AS 2004.5) I've just purchased the bundled version and am downloading now.

I just bought it. It is amazing. There is so much between the two programs to discover it will take a while to see all they can do.But the attention to detail in program interface, ease of use, and number of options is incredible. The numbers of combinations of settings of textures is overwhelming-clouds, sky, airports,water,roads and rails, light and sound .The weather display screen is a thing of beauty...When persons ask why it has taken so long for add in programs like this to come out the answer is here. It is just an exponential improvement over the fs9 version. I can't figure out how they got it out this quickly. Congratulations to the Hifi team and lucky us!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/172764.jpg

Hi All,Thanks everyone who has posted so far! We are experiencing a great release to this point!! Wait until a hurricane pops up and it actually shows up on the weather map and the conditions appear in FSX. Surprised that nobody has a shot of X Gauge yet. For those that have not seen X Gauge, it is a true FS gauge that shows the weather map inside your plane, so no need for a second monitor or to switch out of FSX.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

Does it smooth out the rapid wind changes I see in the default FSX weather engine,also does it fix the sudden and abrupt visablity changes?If it does this I will order It tommorowJohn

Is light bloom on to have the sun and reflections look that way? If so FPS at least for me would be about 2 at the airport.I get about 15FPS now at airports about medium settings without bloom and autogen. I'm guessing adding all that would give me a slide show.Any ideas on performance with all the eye candy?

Hi, "Is light bloom on to have the sun and reflections look that way?"not needed light bloom on, most shots are without bloom, water reflection are water not related to bloom. You will be fine with bloom off. ThanksChris Willishttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-dev-sigbanner.jpg

You mean like this? Feel like I finally have my Garmin 496 along for the ride!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/172766.jpg