Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - Great FS9 weather/environment programs??

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Great FS9 weather/environment programs??

DVA9436
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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 10:52 ET by Christian Bay

Hey guys recently I have thought about purchasing a weather/environment program for FS9 to make my flight sim experience more realistic. Do yall have any suggestions?

Christian Bay (DVA9436)

DVA9589
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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 10:56 ET by Randy Donnelly

Two suggestions actually. REX for textures. Active sky Evolution for an engine/ weather generator.

Randy Donnelly

First Officer, A320

Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 11:09 ET by Christian Bay

About how much does these products cost?

Christian Bay (DVA9436)

DVA3943
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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 11:15 ET by Trevor Woolley

Take a look at Flight1.com

or Simmarket.com

Trevor Woolley (DVA3943)

Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 11:27 ET by Christian Bay

have you guys heard good things about Active sky evolution?

Christian Bay (DVA9436)

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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 13:06 ET by Dan Turner

Randy Donnelly wrote:

Two suggestions actually. REX for textures. Active sky Evolution for an engine/ weather generator.

DVA7016
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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 13:18 ET by Alan Barber

Christian - I use ASE. Great program. Used to have some problems with sudden cloud shifts in FS9 but that seems to have been fixed with the latest version. The do release frequent updates. I use this in tandem with REX, all in all very happy with results.

Alan Barber

Senior Captain, B767-300

DVA4215
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 14:11 ET by Kyle Hatch

Both are outstanding products! You will not be disappointed!

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 14:35 ET by Christian Bay

How do you get just the REX textures without purchasing their full program?

Christian Bay (DVA9436)

Posted onPost created on May 19 2011 14:46 ET by Kyle Hatch

They have a freeware version you could try, its an older one and not as great as their payware but it is still good. http://www.flightsimworld.com/downloads/viewfile/1375.html But as far as I know, there is only one way to get the REX textures, and thats to purchase their full program.

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

Posted onPost created on May 20 2011 15:33 ET by Christian Bay

Thanks man! that freeware version actually looks pretty good! Do you know of any freeware weather addons?

Christian Bay (DVA9436)

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Posted onPost created on May 20 2011 15:51 ET by Gideon Sober

ActiveSky 6.5 and Ground Environment Pro is the way to go for FS2004. Both programs work together and adjust the textures according to the weather.

http://www2.hifisim.com/
http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=gepro

Gideon Sober

Senior Captain, B727-200

DVA3794
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Posted onPost created on May 20 2011 17:07 ET by Vincenzo Musumeci

Gideon Sober wrote:

ActiveSky 6.5 and Ground Environment Pro is the way to go for FS2004. Both programs work together and adjust the textures according to the weather.

http://www2.hifisim.com/

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=gepro

+1.....
It was my set up for FS9

Vincenzo Musumeci (DVA3794)

DVA9401
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Posted onPost created on May 22 2011 10:40 ET by Paul Hale

I was running AS6.5 with REX on fs9 and was pretty happy, however i have just purchased ASE and coupled that with REX and i can say it is awesome, well worth every penny.

Paul Hale (DVA9401)

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Posted onPost created on May 22 2011 16:14 ET by Tom Preziuso

This may be a dumb question but how do you "couple them to work together?

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 22 2011 16:15 ET by Tom Preziuso

I forgot to ask, will this work for FSX as well?

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 22 2011 16:33 ET by Kyle Hatch

Tom Preziuso wrote:

I forgot to ask, will this work for FSX as well?

Yes, ASE and REX both work for FSX (Just make sure you buy the FSX versions!)

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

Posted onPost created on May 23 2011 08:30 ET by Paul Hale

Paul Hale wrote:

I was running AS6.5 with REX on fs9 and was pretty happy, however i have just purchased ASE and coupled that with REX and i can say it is awesome, well worth every penny.

Tom Preziuso wrote:

This may be a dumb question but how do you "couple them to work together?

Sorry Tom what i meant by coupled had been explained earlier in the thread, Use REX for the textures and use ASE for the weather engine, that gets the best results in my opinion.

Paul Hale (DVA9401)

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:07 ET by Tom Preziuso

I guess what I mean is how do you set them both up to run together for the best results?

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:13 ET by Kyle Hatch

One is a texture program(mainly), one is a weather program. So you just install both of them and disable REX weather and thats all.

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:15 ET by Tom Preziuso

ok thanks

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:20 ET by Tom Preziuso

I have FSX, what version should I be getting. Active Sky X or Active Sky 6.5

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:27 ET by Kyle Hatch

Tom Preziuso wrote:

I have FSX, what version should I be getting. Active Sky X or Active Sky 6.5

Active Sky X

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

DVA8452
Captain, A320
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Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 21:28 ET by Justin Lawrence

Tom Preziuso wrote:

I have FSX, what version should I be getting. Active Sky X or Active Sky 6.5

Active Sky Evolution

Justin Lawrence

Captain, A320

Posted onPost created on May 26 2011 22:32 ET by Tom Preziuso

Which is the best version to download, east coast 1, east coast 2 or west coast or can you install all 3

Tom Preziuso

Captain, B757-200

DVA9716
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Posted onPost created on June 01 2011 11:42 ET by Kenneth Dickerson

ASE +1
Plus if you have FS Build the winds aloft work like a champ in the planning.

Kenneth Dickerson

First Officer, A330-300

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