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You know that Hawaii mod, does that actually make FSX run better in that area comapred to the standard scenery?
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andyuk1 said:
The night lighting, despite what it says on the box is not there - it was withdrawn just before release...but it is on it's way as is water masks for inland area's such as lakes, 60cm hi-res London and full Autogen. Check the Horizon forums for updates.
willhub I don't have Hawaii, but the uk scenery is the same 1.2m resolution - and it does run better than default scenery even with autogen, so I would imagine Hawaii would be the same.
one problem with all the photo sceneries (I had the Southern Horizon one)
are the airports ...
most of my enjoyment of FSX is landing and taking off ...
well because of differences in Microsofts location/height of airports vs exact reality you can and do get some very annoying problems ...
(1) a lot of aiports look like they are on top of a small cliff- looks stupid
(2) some airports have more than one runway - the proper microsoft one + the "photo" realistic one - looks ridiculous too
its a pity really
mark.
are the airports ...
most of my enjoyment of FSX is landing and taking off ...
well because of differences in Microsofts location/height of airports vs exact reality you can and do get some very annoying problems ...
(1) a lot of aiports look like they are on top of a small cliff- looks stupid
(2) some airports have more than one runway - the proper microsoft one + the "photo" realistic one - looks ridiculous too
its a pity really
mark.
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Ok. So which is the best site for downloading all the add-ons?
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My other question is if I am intending to buy the Horizons Photographic scenary series am I wasting my money buying the Sky Active & x Graphics add-on?
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Ok. Thanks for the advice.
So i presume that the Horizons photographic series is an actual representation of the real world whereas the X graphics package enhances the standard graphics?
Also, where is the best place to get all my downloads from?
So i presume that the Horizons photographic series is an actual representation of the real world whereas the X graphics package enhances the standard graphics?
Also, where is the best place to get all my downloads from?
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Nice pics buckster, have u got active sky x there ?
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So should I download Active Sky & the x graphics package or should I by the Horizons photographic scenary series?
Or if I purchased both Active Sky & X Graphics with the photographic scenary series would they work well together?
In other words what is the difference?
Or if I purchased both Active Sky & X Graphics with the photographic scenary series would they work well together?
In other words what is the difference?
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Microsoft force feedback, which I bought about three years ago.
When I take off, I can feel the wheels rumbling on the tarmac.
If I crash it goes berserk, and bounces up and down on my desk for a few seconds
cheers
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Kezmo - yes
X-Graphics - improves texutres for all sorts of things what I'd call "environmental" - like clouds, runways, sunsets etc etc. Doesn't effect (as far as I am aware) the main ground textures- ie it will work in perfect harmony with the Horizon photorealistic addon
ActiveskyX (buy them as a bundle) - is a programme that runs in the background, pulls of reeal-time weather data off its own server - and uses it to create the most realistic weather possible (at the moment) - and if you use it in-conjunction with X-Graphics - then it'll pick textures etc to make it look even better
in X-Graphics - you have lots of different "texture" packs - all with different apprearances - so you can really customise it.
X-Graphics - improves texutres for all sorts of things what I'd call "environmental" - like clouds, runways, sunsets etc etc. Doesn't effect (as far as I am aware) the main ground textures- ie it will work in perfect harmony with the Horizon photorealistic addon
ActiveskyX (buy them as a bundle) - is a programme that runs in the background, pulls of reeal-time weather data off its own server - and uses it to create the most realistic weather possible (at the moment) - and if you use it in-conjunction with X-Graphics - then it'll pick textures etc to make it look even better
in X-Graphics - you have lots of different "texture" packs - all with different apprearances - so you can really customise it.
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Well not played fsx for i while, just dusted off the x52 , downloaded x graphics and x sky in the week after seeing the shots on here lately , also got some new planes 
On x graphics i see u can set it to different profiles and then it writes the data to the fsx instalation, what about x sky ? do i need to leave this running while playing fsx ?
On x graphics i see u can set it to different profiles and then it writes the data to the fsx instalation, what about x sky ? do i need to leave this running while playing fsx ?
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I've not started playing FSX properly yet, but I notice heaps of controls, I'm not trying to sound surprised as it is a Flight Simulator, but it seems really hard to control the plains and all the controls lol.