August 21, 20232 yr What are some must have global scenery add-ons that enhance the sim... I'm talking about add-ons that work across the world or at least a broad region. Ideally minimal impact to performance. Please mention if they are freeware or payware. I'm guessing a few good ones I've used in the past are: - GAIST (ship traffic) - what's the FPS impact? (freeware) - Marinas: https://nl.flightsim.to/file/38499/mamudesign-marinas (freeware - is this still good?) - Runway lighting? https://flightsim.to/file/28286/unknown-s-runway-lights (freeware) - REX airport textures? (payware - is this worth it?)
August 21, 20232 yr I‘d add Powerlines and Solar Farms and especially We Love VFR to the list (both freeware on flightsim.to). Project Lifts (also free on flightsim.to) is nice as well. Edited August 21, 20232 yr by Shack95 i9-11900K, RTX 4090, 32 GB ram, Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, TCA Airbus sidestick and quadrant, Reverb G2
August 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Virtual-Chris said: What are some must have global scenery add-ons that enhance the sim... I'm talking about add-ons that work across the world or at least a broad region. Ideally minimal impact to performance. Please mention if they are freeware or payware. I'm guessing a few good ones I've used in the past are: - GAIST (ship traffic) - what's the FPS impact? (freeware) - Marinas: https://nl.flightsim.to/file/38499/mamudesign-marinas (freeware - is this still good?) - Runway lighting? https://flightsim.to/file/28286/unknown-s-runway-lights (freeware) - REX airport textures? (payware - is this worth it?) flightsim.to and select most popular/downloaded SAR Pilot. Flight Sim'ing since the beginning.
August 21, 20232 yr If you're flying GA aircraft, then as @Shack95 mentions above, We Love VFR is a fantastic global scenery add on. There's three regions available (all freeware): Region 1: https://flightsim.to/file/2605/we-love-vfr-region-1 (covering Europe & Africa) Region 2: https://flightsim.to/file/16674/we-love-vfr-region-2 (covering North & South America) Region 3: https://flightsim.to/file/52211/we-love-vfr-region-3 (covering Asia and Oceania) While not "global", if you fly in Southern California then the freeware airport sceneries by @vbazillio are a must-download. You can really see the care and love he puts into each of his creations. You can find all of his offerings at: https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio. Every single airport he's published is worth the time to download, install, and discover. Edited August 21, 20232 yr by Malaromane
August 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Virtual-Chris said: - Marinas: https://nl.flightsim.to/file/38499/mamudesign-marinas (freeware - is this still good?) Really good - worth having. Bert
August 21, 20232 yr A great list here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/your-top-5-world-enhancement-mods/509855
August 21, 20232 yr Author Related to this, what are people using for seasons these days? Rex or Bijan or nothing?
August 21, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Virtual-Chris said: Related to this, what are people using for seasons these days? Rex or Bijan or nothing? Nothing, for me.. Bert
August 21, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said: Nothing, for me.. Yeah, I'll probably live without for now. A quick search reveals that REX has still not implemented terrain masks despite promising that a year ago, and the Bijan product seems to be neglected as well.
August 21, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said: Nothing, for me.. Same. Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
August 21, 20232 yr It just shows where we are with FS when there is only a very small handful of global addons. Gone are the days of searching for mesh, landclass, textures and terrain and road enhancements. Regards, Max (YSSY) i7-12700K | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB 3600MHz DDR4 | Gigabyte RTX4090 24Gb | Gigabyte Z690 AORUS ELITE DDR4 | Corsair HX1200 PSU
August 21, 20232 yr Honestly, the fact that Bijan's seasons mod hasn't been updated in a while doesn't mean it's not very good - because it is. I've been using it for years now and never had any issues.
August 22, 20232 yr Yeah, Bijan's yeilds the best vegetation possible in the sim. I figured the Rex product would be similar but it seems not to be; less variety of vegetation, less regionally accurate etc. It *looks* nice, but... well for instance, the jungle vegetation in PNG in Rex is basically a sea of palm trees, which isn't close to correct. Bijan's depicts a nice variety of broadleaf trees and shrubs with just an occasional palm tree... Much more accurate. I didn't expect that to make as much of a difference as it does. Bijan's is still highly recommended. Andrew Crowley
August 22, 20232 yr I'm pretty sure the seasonal ones like REX accuseason will be moot come FS2024 where it looks like we are getting seasons included. Atleast I thought I saw that... 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
August 22, 20232 yr Stay away from Bijan's, if you intend to get a vegetation addon. He has abandoned the project, it has known issues and an FPS hit to boot because he hasn't made some necessary modifications. They strung people along on their Discord for a long time while he was away, he returns, doing some weird announcement through someone else and promises an update but it never arrived. They even locked down the Discord and never opened it again. They are just stringing people along, hoping to squeeze the last money out of the project. Edited August 22, 20232 yr by Sethos [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]
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