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Post by Lawndart » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:08 pm

Absoultely georgeous! A complete photo-realistic, hi-def graphics package & weather tool for MSFS called:
Real Environment Xtreme 2 for Flight Simulator X
REX wrote:Real Environment Xtreme Technology

REX is a technologically & artistically advanced, hi-definition texture utility for the simulator pilot who requires a more advanced feature set. The content is produced from extremely hi-resolution film photography, NOT digital, with the upmost artistic attention to detail. Source material is then laser drum-scanned and our proprietary artwork and textures are maintained in hi-definition format to allow its amazing detail and clarity to become evident within the simulation environment. Just take a look at our Gallery section to see what we mean.

Real Environment Xtreme Features

– User-friendly intuative and visually pleasing interface

– Full-featured NEW built-in Weather Engine (Built on Real Life meteorological algorithms using synoptic, meso-scale, and micro environment weather formulas for Real and Custom weather)

– Flight Planner (Ability to create and file a Flight Plan using true to life flight requirements)

– Hi-definition, ultra-realistic photo-real 3D clouds (stratus, wispy, cumulus and highly realistic rendering of cirrus clouds as seen in the real world)

– Sky color environments (Includes smoothing horizon transition & visibility smoothing for dawn, day, dusk & night)

– Convincingly real water environments with tropical reef simulation (end user color controllable, including tropical with reef simulations, inland and ocean, wave turbulence/frequency, environment variants & coloring. Also new realistic type of wave and reflection included in many variations for shader 1x and shader 2x INCLUDING DX10 Compatible)

– Airport environments (photo-real asphalt & concrete runway textures, new runway and ground bump-mapping, asphalt taxiways, concrete taxiways, realistic taxiway markings, airport signage, airport parking and general photorealistic airport ground scenery)

– Multiple variations of sun, lens flare & brand NEW lightning bolt algorithms, which creates a visually stunning array of lightning situations

– Fully integrated to select Sky, Cloud, Water, Airport, and Effect Themes based upon weather situation, season, and other synoptic, meso-scale, and micro weather conditions

– Enhanced Cloud Simulation to give a more 3D volumetric feel to cloud structures and the atmosphere

– Lighting environments (runway lighting including simulated ground glow, stunningly realistic aircraft spotlights with variations for small to large aircraft, aircraft strobe lights, variations for add-on aircraft as well)

– 3d cloud & water resolution options for performance preference

– Flexibility to work in tandem with other vendor weather & texture packages
Videos can be found at Real Environment Xtreme Showcase on Vimeo. Here are a few examples:



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Post by Luse » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:53 am

I have the 1st edition, heavily recommended. 8)
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Post by Gunner » Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:36 am

Luse wrote:I have the 1st edition, heavily recommended. 8)
Does it require DirectX 10 (Vista) to look like the screenies, or is XP OK?
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Post by Lawndart » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:13 pm

@Gunner, have you checked their forums: http://realenvironmentxtreme.com/forum/index.php

Let us know if you find out about DX10 vs. DX9. There are a lot of stickies, FAQs etc. I'm going to have a look myself later... :P

Not many FSX add-ons gets me excited anymore, but this one has me wanting to do some civilian/leisure flying again for the first time in many years.
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Post by Luse » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:54 pm

XP works just fine for me, being a Delta Virtual pilot I don't get much time below FL250, but when I do go for easy flights, it astounds me.

But as always, something tells me that DX10 would only improve on my XP graphics.
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Post by Lawndart » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:53 pm

Reading through some DX10 posts, sounds like it's not all roses, but lots of shader issues etc. Still haven't found anything on the difference running REX on DX9...
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