Desaix

Orbx quality indeed, congrats Tony

I think there are no touch down smoke on X-Life, only in World Traffic but maybe I'm wrong. For sure I can see them with WT v2 and SkyMaxx, not always because the animation trigger does not work everytime.

For waht I read 9 out of 10 Xplane (me included) users left FSX for exactly the opposite reason.

Tony, can you provide a link for last version of Norway as well... Thanx

Cmon, I don't think they need more emails about weather and seasons. Everywhere in XP forums you read about complains about cloud FPS, few layers, basic depiction of complex cloud formations, not to mention how much people is tired of flying everytime in summer. Don't get me wrong, on theory I like more detailed default aircrafts but in practice who cares about those, almost all XP users buy payware aircrafts, I think they should invest resources where people would expect bigger jumps forward.

No changes on weather system is a big disappointment. I hope they just kept something for later announcement because looking at REX news for other platform we risk to stay several steps behind. Weather depiction and trees looking is what should be improved for sightseeing.

Anybody had the chance to hear him talking about XP future?

Could be the poor automatic translation but I see no timeline, just speculation. With new interested brought by IXEG and PMDG it would be really nice if REX could announce something regarding weather, but hopes are dim since strangely they abandoned XP10 even with a good product already developed for XP9.

I knew I had to wait...

Same here, but with a 770 I have some more motivations

I usually wait a couple of patches before buying a complex aircraft but I guess this will be an exception...

EPWA Warsaw and TALLIN both payware are two masterpiece in my opinion. I bought both during black friday's discount session and It's a pleasure to fly there. Regarding freeware there are great sceneries (apart from the org) at XPFR xplane france site, some are unmissable like Marseille and les Isles de la Societè http://xpfr.org/?body=scene_accueil&sc=310 http://xpfr.org/?body=scene_accueil&sc=166

If it wasn't for the demo though, I would still struggle with FSX. It let me enjoy the great lighting system of X-Plane and the, now unmissable, better deepness of field of view, at least for my perception of a 3D environment. I even bought PR3D but eventually asked money back after the trial period because of what I consider a more gamey view. It was version 2.3 IIRC and it could be that new version 3 is much better. Of course weather is still lacking realism in X-Plane, that should be the main focus of the LR team right now. Distance weather is still way inferior to Pr3D with ASN or OPUSFX addons

Last update reports that KBOS will be released when... it's ready Last images on org are indeed stunning for a freeware scenery.

Have you tried REAL TERRA HAZE plugin. It lets you play with near and far lights intensity and bloom.