GEX Europe has been released!

[Dimus]

A few shots from Wales. This flight started at Swansea and ended on a small field north of Cardiff:

 

[papab]

Fantastic shots!!

 

[guzler]

Hmmm,

All these screen shots are making this grow on me. lan for early 2010 - a new rig to enjoy smooth framerates and non blurry terrain on FSX !!!!

 

[Dimus]

I have a few freeware UK2000 airports and always felt that they were out of place colourwise with the default textures. I tried them out with GEX and I think they fit nicely now. Two first shots are from Old Warden and the next Middle Wallop and Nottingham. I am tempted now to buy the whole set.

 

[rohan]

Dimus,
those screenshots all look excellent - I particularly like the Old Warden shots. But, as I have not yet started using FSX, could someone please tell me if all scenery textures look like the last two shots in post 121 (Wales) ? I'm asking about the last two, taken at very low level, where the ground just looks like it's covered by a lot of smeared coloured blobs. Do all texture sets look like this when seen from this height, or is this the sort of problem mentioned by several people earlier in this thread ?
thanks in advance for any clarification / explanation,
regards,
Ro
:ernae:

 

[Dimus]

rohan,

The textures in the shots are GEX textures, not default FSX. The deafault FSX textures are shown on Roger's post (No61) I believe. GEX textures do have that appearance in order to give a 3d look which is actually light sensitive when seen from a height. In my opinion they are at their best from a height of 700ft and above, which is not that bad. However, their appearance in the sim is dynamic and can not be judged by screenshots only. You have to experience their performance live in the sim.

It's all a matter of personal taste and preference.

 

[some1]

But, as I have not yet started using FSX, could someone please tell me if all scenery textures look like the last two shots in post 121 (Wales) ?

Also keep in mind that Dimus uses a free mod that changes lighting in the sim. Stock FSX doesn't have colors,contrast and bloom as seen on these shots.

 

[Cazzie]

Some1,

Stock FSX has Bloom, but it's a frame hog, Vlad's Bloom mod doesn't eat frame rates and is adjustable, something else you cannot do with FSX's Bloom. It works in FS9 as well. In FSX, the effect is too dark in the default settings. Here's the download link: http://speedskater.ru/download/arccv...e_for_MSFS.rar

The update made GEX-E even better.

Caz

 

[some1]

Some1,

Stock FSX has Bloom, but it's a frame hog, Vlad's Bloom mod doesn't eat frame rates and is adjustable, something else you cannot do with FSX's Bloom. It works in FS9 as well. In FSX, the effect is too dark in the default settings. Here's the download link: http://speedskater.ru/download/arccv...e_for_MSFS.rar

Caz

I know what it is, but rohan may think it's the GEX itself

 

[Dimus]

Also keep in mind that Dimus uses a free mod that changes lighting in the sim. Stock FSX doesn't have colors,contrast and bloom as seen on these shots.

In these shots the configuration in the ENB light mod was set more or less as per Nick's suggestions found in the GEX forum here:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=32482

 

[Dimus]

The adventures over Europe are endless. These are from a flight from Rieti to Pescara over the Appenines. Dusk time. Unfortunately I forgot to switch on my landing lights and spoiled the external shots but the terrain shows in good effect:

 

[Dimus]

A few more: