Hello and happy new year.

Seeing that SFD Global it’s on sale I was wondering if you guys recommend it. 
 

Currently I’m using only Global Forest and occasionally XP Map Enhancement. 
 

I am not running Simheaven at this time waiting to see what the Pro version brings.

Thanks. 
 

https://store.x-plane.org/SFD-Global_p_1060.html

I have SFD Global and I use the Urban and Terrain textures when I'm not running XPME. I use SimHeaven and these two together with GF2 and it works good with some heavy-FPS aircraft.

I don't use the whole package anymore, not since XP11 days. Just the terrain as it look a bit better than default. Just a bit though. I don't think I'd spend money on it but if it suits you, go for it.

Great. Thanks for the info. 

I am using it in XP-12 and happy with it.  I don't use Ortho, ME, AO or Sim heaven. 

Mind that the product has last been updated in 2019, so there is zero official X-Plane 12 compatibility.

Better read some user feedback regarding its use in XP12 before spending money: https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/266603-sfd-global-and-x-plane-12/?page=1

The post show 2019 but in fact there a much newer update from Mister X in here https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/195634-sfd-global-additional-files-3d-trees-on-autogen-for-x-plane-12/

Thanks for all the feedback. I think I am going to wait for whatever comes out next. 

2 hours ago, Samaritano said:

Thanks for all the feedback. I think I am going to wait for whatever comes out next. 

FWIW, I just installed it for the first time since XP11.

the autogen makes a huge improvement for the areas it’s designed for (e.g., SoCal, where the houses are representative. 

The ground textures aren’t going to replace ortho tiles, of course. 

but it’s more than enough of an improvement that one going to leave it installed and see about integrating it with SimHeaven. 

the Default houses and sim heaven don’t appeal to me, particularly as a regular helo pilot. So for the cost of a single airport, IMHO it’s worth it. 🤙

and another FWIW, i recently installed it to the 12.4 Beta because I wasn't satisfied with X-America buildings. Works like a charm, even with Global Forests and 3rd party ortho images.

Someone said there's a (fairly involved) way of getting SFDG objects to replace the XA objects, and I may give that a try. But for now, color me happy!