Lawyer+Pilot

Consumers have every right to demand that merchants deliver products that are suited for their intended purpose. When a merchant merchant treats those same paying customers with such hostility, voicing your opinion in a public forum is the best way to respond (See Yelp, Epinions, etc.). If that merchant can best be described as an a-hole, then deserves mentioning as well.

Ok, but FSX Assist just automates what many of us do using Word Not Allowed's or NickN's guide. Describe a scenario where you get 100+ FPS, though. What are your PC specs (cpu, gpu, etc.)? What are your FSX display settings? What aircraft? What scenery (mesh, landclass, texture sets in use)? What resolution are your "heavy cloud" textures? Seriously, if FSX Assist is enough to get you 100 FPS using settings, and under conditions, that the majority of simmers use, then someone ought to tell Word Not Allowed and NickN. They've been slaving away on their setup guides for some time now. NickN could have ended world hunger with all of the effort and time he's put into his bible.

Uhh, 100+ FPS?? With zero AI traffic, no weather, default airports, default aircraft, sliders full left, no AA, and no AF, all at a crystal clear 640x480 resolution? Otherwise, please do share your fsx.cfg. You just might have found the holy grail we've all been looking for.

Yeah, it's a real shame RC5 is dead. ProATC-X had hope until the devs abandoned it. At one point, they were updating it on a regular basis. Now I haven't heard or seen anything from them in months. The only thing they've developed, as far as I can tell, is an empty promise. Perhaps I'll give VOX a try.

Yeah, the color of those spikes is totally off. Should be more red--with stars and doilies on top.

Yeah, that's unacceptable. Are you using a mesh (FS Global, etc.)? Just wandering if the mesh would fix this, or this is simply Vector being Vector.

+1 I've been on the fence and have been monitoring this thread constantly. Sure, some people go a little overboard, but who cares? The last thing we need is big brother watching over us.

$6 isn't a whole lot of money, but that's just sloppy and unprofessional. I was on the fence as it was. What a disaster of a release.

Has anyone been able to get the 10% discount to work for owners of FTXG? Orbx said that FSS would automatically apply the discount, but I got all the way to the "Confirm Order" page, and the price is unchanged. Just curious if others have had any luck.

I love FTXG and my various FTX areas, but I'm passing on this one. At least for now.

So, except for a dissenter or two, it sounds like the consensus is that this hits the mark. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks, Tim and REX team for your commitment. Happy Holidays!

We'll call that a "mixed" review. Haha!

Hmmm. Now I'm torn again. I spend most of my time above 30,000ft, so I'm much more concerned about clouds and sky textures. If water is the big sell here, I might have to pass. I like the sound of faster loading, but I'm a little bummed that you can't load weather influenced textures based on historical weather.

I thought the same thing, although it may just be because he's skirting the treetops. It looks like hot air balloons are invading the U.S. Rob, is that FTX Global vector lighting that's making the enormous lights? Or is it REX? I've just never seen that before. Then again, I don't spend that much time at 100ft agl in my 777.

Thanks, everyone! I suppose I'll have to take the plunge. One more question: Does the interface allow you to load weather influenced textures, too? If so, the improved loading time could be very useful. At the moment, I seldom bother with weather influenced textures because I don't care to wait for the painfully slow process.