Wow so much has changed since I last posted in here (it's been over a year I think). I've been lurking in the background for a bit but have been twitching to get serious with FSX and stop the occasional mucking about. And now Orbx have given most of the UK their treatment (and released global) I can't think of a better time!!
So... I took advantage of the Flightsimstore Orbx DVD sale and the postman delivered Wales, Pasific fjords and northern rockies today (I just missed out on England). Being a bit impatient and wanting to check out the local scenery I purchased Scotland last week but only got round to installing it at the weekend. I don't think my settings are right as it just doesnt look good. Towns seem to be choppy and cut off randomly, I saw part of a golf course in the middle of one the other day and roads were going through the middle of buildings. Hopefully it is some rogue setting thats wrong and an easy fix.
I've also got major issues with REX. I purchased this last year but never really got it working properly. I installed REX essentials, the SP2 update then the latest Overdrive update. Everything seems fine until I start flying in FSX. "[REX] - Assembling Real-Time WeatherData..." is displayed at the top left for a few seconds followed by the game freezing with a "The weather theme could not be loaded. Please check that this file exists and try again." error. Clicking ok returns to the flight until the next REX refresh about a minute later. My FSX folder path in REX is set to the main FSX folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X). Thats the correct folder yeah?
This has all been installed fresh over the last week.. FSX Gold -> REX -> ftx Scotland. Not got any other addons installed. So have you guys any idea what's going wrong?
My hardware: i5-2500K (running stock), 8GB RAM, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, Win7 (x64), 120GB SSD
FSX images to show the quality issue: