GEX Europe has been released!

[papab]

Feel a bit dumb, but what is and where can I get landclass?
Realy want to buy GEX Europe to get some improvement over here, but need some help...
Got REX, is it compatible? and landclass should be installed prior to GEX Europe?
Do you People think it's worth the price?
Regards and many thanks

Here is a link from a posting that NICK N put on their forum explaining Landclass
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=24965

Go get Ultimate Terrain Europe and GEX-Europe

Get UT here:http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=utxeurope

Another good product is SceneryTech
Here: http://www.scenerytech.com/


They have (under the products/landclass tab) an FAQ section that will answer a lot of your questions
You will be amazed how the look changes

 

[SpaceWeevil]

GEX is definitely growing on me - this is installed over UTX. LOD and mesh detail are max, scenery very dense, autogen dense and a bit of good old English haze. These shots are all in Dorset between Compton Abbas and Bournemouth. I've never liked the UTX roads and streams! Frames with dense autogen are about the same as the stock textures with it set to normal, so GEX seems to go one notch better as stated. It is stuttering a bit though, something I'd almost completely cured.

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[NickN]

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The 1.01 GEX Europe patch is LIVE in your GEX Europe interface.

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=32348


Have a great weekend everyone! To everyone on both sides of the pond :ernae:

(love that last shot above)

Make sure you shut moving traffic down in the UTX tool.. its the only way to take the car footprint off FSX even with car slider set to zero in FSX. UTX addresses car traffic somewhat even if the sider is set to zero

 

[JamesChams]

Thanks Mr. Nick N. and Team!
I know your doing your best to meet everyone's expectations and do it right; I appreciate that!

 

[UnknownGuest12]

Unable to download..,got "recovering from error, retrying in 30 seconds" twice at about 1 GB...
No problem with Ultimate Terrain Europe wich I previously downloaded.
Any ideas?
Thanks, regards

 

[Lotus]

As someone who spends about 95% percent of his FSX time torquing through the Alps, and usually between the trees, I've been eagerly awaiting this release. Bought (and patched) last night and can't stop gawking. Fantastic work! Just *lovely*.

Thanks,

-Mike

 

[Dimus]

I have posted this on Simforums but wish to repeat it here.

I can understand why some people might get discouraged by some screenshots posted. However, the screenshots only, do not give full justice to these textures. One has to experience their lighting effects dynamically in the sim. After all a monye back policy is offered if one is not satisfied.

I am mostly interested in my home country and after a few flights I can say that I am totally satisfied. A good landclass for one's area of interest is a must. I have UTX which seems to work well for Greece.

I took a flight yestersay from Sparta to Kalamata and took these shots. I chose an early morning time to examine the effects and shadows of the morning sun. Autogen is at 3/4 in these:

 

[IanHenry]

The update is a massive improvement, the fields still look a little small in Scotlan though!. Thanks Nick, I'm sure this product will just get better and better.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
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[arrowmaker]

Damn! Decisions, decisions. I was all set to purchase the FScene4X Total Pack, as the price is currently only around $40 US. Now after seeing these screenshots I may have to reconsider, especially as I have UTX - Europe installed.

Am I correct in assuming it's a case of one or the other, ie I can't have both FScene4X and GEX installed together because they essentially do the same thing?

 

[NickN]

unable to download..,got "recovering from error, retrying in 30 seconds" twice at about 1 gb...
No problem with ultimate terrain europe wich i previously downloaded.
Any ideas?
Thanks, regards

sorry for the caps.... key stuck

download from server 2 link.. See the gex forum top for the release post and alternate dl link

full version on the server includes the 1.01 patch

edit: noticed the forum fixes caps-lock issues

 

[NickN]

damn! Decisions, decisions. I was all set to purchase the fscene4x total pack, as the price is currently only around $40 us. Now after seeing these screenshots i may have to reconsider, especially as i have utx - europe installed.

Am i correct in assuming it's a case of one or the other, ie i can't have both fscene4x and gex installed together because they essentially do the same thing?

you can not use both and they can damage europe if you install the usa version of fscene because textures are shared
other areas of the world may also share with usa/europe therefore i can not tell you what say south america will do to europe but i know it will make some changes if they overwrite them all. what it comes down to is you will probably know right away if a fscene area takes out a europe texture. rerun the gex interface and install the gex versions after a fscene area install if it shows in the gex area

 

[NickN]

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very glad to hear this.. Ian

the update will pull a small portion of the dynamic response out of the textures but we found a way to retain enough whereby we could address your concerns and maintain what they must do technically by our standards

scotland is so beautiful in rw and very tough in fsx to deliver the look even with the payware lc's.. which is another reason we are considering a lc addon for gex users that allow us to trim the areas so they use the gex texture database better.

I like scotland with utx europe and scenerytech europe layered and enabled (st can be disabled in-game too) with utx but your likes may be different

please remember you share textures with your neighbors all over europe and we did try to give everyone something of their area to enjoy

we will be making changes to textures in v1.02 and have planned on trying to increase some fields but i do not know how much that will effect scotland directly till we go through the punchlist for that change


and one other thing too.. those textures you see in scotland that are usually found in the hills/mts there that have what appear as very a very thin dusting of snow on them in early winter?, those are used in the alps and up in norway/sweden. you are seeing the sim share textures and the only way to change that is through a custom lc. we had to make sure everyone was covered and in the process that required give-n-take so we went with a fine dusting on those instead of a hard covering of then. Winter textures start showing in the sim in northern EU on November 1st due to the season file.. hard winter (full snow) follows as the months progress and we have no control over that. We may look at the season file too in a patch.

enjoy

 

[rayharris51]

Unable to download..,got "recovering from error, retrying in 30 seconds" twice at about 1 GB...
No problem with Ultimate Terrain Europe wich I previously downloaded.
Any ideas?
Thanks, regards

Hi

First thanks to Nick and Anthony for their stunning effort for us folks in Europe. Hasn't done any harm to the US either. Advice to people still looking; dont look at the screen shots, get the package and use it. People who say stills don't do it justice are right. It's a totally immersive 3d experience.

I had exactly the same problem downloading from the cdn2 server where it kept stopping after 1,05Gb with a CRC file error. I just switched to their alternative Flight1 server and it downloaded fine.


Ray

 

[IanHenry]

Thanks Nick and Ant for you help addressing peoples problems. I appreciate that when you "push the boundaries" it's not always going to be immediately to everyone's taste, but as I said in my earlier post I have every confidence in yourselves and your product.
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[Dimus]

After lots of flying in Greece I decided to head north. Here I am in the fabulus Lionheart's Tailwind Trigear over the terrific springtime landscapes of Norway. Enjoy!

 

[papab]

Dimus
Fantastic shots....
GEX E sure makes the sim a lot of fun!
Rick

 

[Cazzie]

Kudos Nick, got the patch downloaded this morning and installed. Then installed the 1.01 GEX -Europe textures and left with the wife while I defragged.

Just took a flight after I got back. I do like the way GEX does not interfere with the Auto-gen whatsoever, all trees, builds, roads, etc. are in place. You just made a great improvement better.

Now, a special favor for the GEX-team or some special scenery person, put the horse in Folkstone near the Chunnel!

Caz

 

[wiltzei]

Dimus, could you share your HDR plugin config, please?

 

[Dimus]

Of course. I am still experimenting with it but the shots above were taken with the following:

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=0
InitProxyFunctions=0
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UseEffect=1
AlternativeDepth=1
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QuadVertexBuffer=0
EnableShaders_3_0=1
UseMRTRendering=0
AdditionalConfigFile=enbseries2.ini
[EFFECT]
EnableBloom=1
EnableOcclusion=0
EnableReflection=0
EnableMotionBlur=0
EnableWater=0
EnableShadow=0
DepthBias=0
EnableDepthOfField=0
[INPUT]
KeyUseEffect=123
KeyBloom=120
KeyOcclusion=121
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KeyCombination=16
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ReflectionPower=100
ChromePower=100
UseCurrentFrameReflection=1
ReflectionQuality=1
ReflectionSourceSpecular=50
ReflectionSourceTFactor=50
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ReflectionDepthBias=0
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ReflectionSinglePass=1
UseEnvBump=0
EnvBumpAmount=100
EnvBumpOffset=100
ReflectionFlip=0
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BloomPowerDay=7
BloomFadeTime=1000
BloomConstantDay=1
BloomQuality=0
BloomScreenLevelDay=80
BloomCurveDay=0
BloomPowerNight=18
BloomConstantNight=2
BloomCurveNight=0
BloomScreenLevelNight=20
BloomAdaptationScreenLevel=40
BloomAdaptationMultiplier=50
BloomAllowOversaturation=1
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UseFilter=1
OcclusionQuality=2
FilterQuality=1
DarkeningLevel=30
BrighteningLevel=30
IlluminationLevel=30
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UseAmbientOcclusion=1
UseIndirectLighting=1
FadeDistance=50
UseForAlphaTest=0
UseForAlphaBlend=0

[COLORCORRECTION]
DarkeningAmountDay=30
ScreenLevelDay=70
ScreenLevelNight=1
DarkeningAmountNight=15
GammaCurveDay=0
GammaCurveNight=-2
ColorSaturationDay=1
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UsePaletteTexture=0
[WATER]
UseWaterDeep=0
WaterDeepness=20
WaterQuality=0
[SHADOW]
ShadowFadeStart=40
ShadowFadeEnd=80
ShadowAmountDay=100
ShadowAmountNight=30
ShadowScreenLevelDay=60
ShadowScreenLevelNight=20
ShadowQuality=1
UseShadowFilter=0
FilterQuality=2
ShadowBlurRange=30
[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=0
MaxAnisotropy=8
ForceDisplayRefreshRate=0
DisplayRefreshRateHz=60
[MOTIONBLUR]
MotionBlurQuality=1
MotionBlurVelocity=0
MotionBlurRotation=0
[PERPIXELLIGHTING]
SpecularColorMin=0
SpecularColorMax=100
SpecularColorMultiplier=100
SpecularGlossinessMin=0
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[DEPTHOFFIELD]
DOFQuality=2
DOFNumberOfPasses=1
DOFFocusRange=50
DOFBlurinessRange=10

I am thiking of reducing the bloom effect a bit.

 

[Dimus]

A few more shots in Ireland on a flight from EIKN to EICM.