Scenery/Utilities questions

[strykerpsg]

FSX Pros,

I'm starting a fresh install of FSX, since I'm TDY and had some time to re-download the plethora of files I've bought through the years. This is also a perfect opportunity to clean up what I really want in my hangar, as well as upgrade some of the utilities that make it look fantastic.

What I have purchased over the years scenery:
Orbx PNW and Australia and many airports
Flight 1 GEX/UTX
Photo real....not gonna use. Looks too muddy down low
FS Genesis meshes
Aerosoft Sceneries and airports

Utilties purchased through the years:
My Traffic X 5.4C
REX
Accu Feel


So, having found the thread below, should I just forget about GEX/UTX and go with Orbx FTX Global, vector and Open LC to add the realism and higher fidelity accuracy for the lower level GA/Military flights or does it mesh well with FS Genesis and GEX/UTX?

Anyway, seeing all the great releases and some older one's that finally got fixed, I just had to re-install. Plus it helped that I was able to find an interim joystick until I return and fix my Warthog.


http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?84362-Orbx-FTX-Global-VECTOR/page2&highlight=utx+orbx

So, please fire away with your opinions, advice and what has or has not worked for you over the last year.

Cheers,
Matt

[Naismith]

IMO all the Orbx stuff is fabulous. I ditched Ultimate Terrain and GSX when Global and Vector came out and am glad I did. They all go together seamlessly. I got Pilots 2010 Mesh as opposed to FSGenesis. and that seems to work well, there is the odd anomaly but I have seen very few.

[expat]

Am a neophyte on wide coverage, add on scenery. I do have Orbx PNW and PF. They are excellent. Have freeware mesh in the regions I fly. Never went for the GEX/UTX stuff.

Tempted to try FTX Global - can anyone say why this is a "must have"? Are there any disadvantages? What is Vector and Open LC?

[strykerpsg]

IMO all the Orbx stuff is fabulous. I ditched Ultimate Terrain and GSX when Global and Vector came out and am glad I did. They all go together seamlessly. I got Pilots 2010 Mesh as opposed to FSGenesis. and that seems to work well, there is the odd anomaly but I have seen very few.

Thanks Naismith. I am leaning toward ditching the UTX and GEX stuff as well. It just seems the more Orbx stuff that releases, the more potential for it to lash with other non-Orbx stuff if switch X isn't set when installing item Y. I am really impressed with what Orbx is putting out and forecasting, just gives immersiveness beyond even what they started with a few years ago.

[dougal]

I have a lot of UTX and GEX stuff. My 'beef' with it now, is all the "£$%^& updates and how they have to be installed. When doing a reinstall, its takes an age to install UTX and GEX along with all the updates.

It's waaaaaay past time that the installation file had all the updates consolidated and included.

[strykerpsg]

LOL! +1^ from former installs.

On a side note, does the larger Orbs stuff ever go on sale? I've bought more than a few of their airports this way and some of the original files, but honestly haven't kept up with prices and sales for last year or so since the fatal crash and deployment.

[Dimus]

I have both UTX/GEX and ORBX Global/Vector/OpenLC Europe. For FSX I am faithful to GEX as I feel it makes my local area look more convincing colour wise. I use the ORBX combination in P3D, simply because GEX is not licenced for P3D, and I must say that it does look very good too. In the end it is a matter of taste and how a specific area "feels" with each product.

[strykerpsg]

In the end it is a matter of taste and how a specific area "feels" with each product.


That's my feeling now, towards the Orbx stuff versus the Flight1 stuff. It was all not bad in the beginning, but the merging, updates and hoping it all work well together gets a bit old. I think it just simplifies and hopefully in the end, most of what I choose will easily port into Prepar3d too.