dallyborr

Hey, don't worry, i'm not one of them. That was just my opinion. A matter of fact, i don't even fly on Ariane or PMDG. But got both of them. I use PSS 757.And for the name, thats my real one. I'm from Serbia, and my real name is Dalibor, age 35...and so on.That was only my opinion, nothing else. :(

Simple answer! Go for Ariane!Why? Simple, cause it is "BOEING 737NG"! Everything, from model, flaps, interior...look like and act like real thing. Yes, frame rate in VC is poor, but what else to expect from cockpit where ALL buttons, switches etc WORK, in FS2004. FSX version don't have that kind of problem, i mean FPS. And yes, it is better than every 737 PMDG model.Maybe PMDG was good for his time, but not any more. PMDG don't have real looking VC, Ariane does! Flaps on PMDG are waaaay tooo big, than it should be, Ariane have them as they are in real life. Ariane have problems with gauges refresh rate, PMDG have problems with whole VC, with FPS. Overhead panel in PMDG is just simple 2d texture, there is no 3d buttons, and still it is very poor on FPS...I don't want to start WAR, again, between PMDG fans and Ariane fans. But thats a truth. As i said, PMDG was good for his time, but now Ariane is better. Simple as pie! Maybe PMDG is goin' to make better one, cause they work on new 737NGX, who knows. For now, Ariane 737NG is a REAL DEAL.

If you have payware stuff like, GE pro, Flight Environment, FS Elemental, Ultimate terrain series, than don't bother you self with Howards Mix. Cause it is not even close to stuff mentioned above. But if you don't have it, than go for it. And if you chose anyway to install it, better find some water replacement textures for it. Cause for some reason, creator think that brown color of the water is cool or something.

For the weather, Active Sky. And for the clouds try "FS Elemental". It look something like this: That's me on FL310.

I don't like Howards Mix, use some other things instead.Try this, it's a perfect combination:Clouds: FS ElementalWater: FS ElementalSky Textures: Flight Environment, GE ProGround textures ( GLOBAL ): GE Pro