Need advice on FS9 scenery enhancement

[SSI01]

I am seriously considering enhancing the FS9 scenery I have beyond the downloads for specific airports, water effects, and clouds I am currently using. I am wondering what scenery program produces effects such as those seen in this beautiful screenshot showing Milton Shupe's latest effort that I just copied, and am using solely for illustrative purposes:



The clarity of the mountains, tree textures, and cloud textures is what I'm looking for on my machine.

The objective is to reach the above level of detail without overstressing the video card or sucking up memory to the shriveling point. A reasonable price would be nice, too.

Any input would be most helpful.

[EMatheson]

Get FSX or P3D!
That screenie is from FSX using payware scenery addons.
But if you were to spend money on FS9 in an effort to approach that, invest in Tongass Fjords and REX
http://secure.simmarket.com/fsaddon-...s-fjords.phtml
http://secure.simmarket.com/rex-real...r-fs2004.phtml

I have them both and they are both worth the money... (now in my poor college student days I wish I had that money to spend on living, but I don't regret the expense in retrospect)

[rich12545]

And mesh. Go to fsgenesis before the sale ends.

And FScene ground scenery.

And Feng trees freeware.

And Ultimate Terrain.

[SSI01]

Many thanks for the advice, and I will investigate. Thanks again!

[JDTinballs]

erm... if you like a bargain, look no further.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...Free-Version-2

Jamie

[SSI01]

Gee, thanks - I went to the link, nothing there except the thread, I looked for a link but didn't find one in the original posting - where do you find these tutorials?

[norab]

I'll see if I can find my copy and PM you if I do, but you might try PMing OBIO, he wrote it and probably still has a copy. I would suggest you read the thread through, it has a lot of good suggestions. HTH

[JDTinballs]

Gee, thanks - I went to the link, nothing there except the thread, I looked for a link but didn't find one in the original posting - where do you find these tutorials?

sorry SSI01,

it may have been an attachment and lost when the rest were, seems everyones attachments have gone, including my albums.

[Sunny9850]

And of course lets not kid ourselves....if your graphic card is already breathing hard running FS at your present detail and settings, chances are that the more you improve on the visuals the more asthmatic it will become until you need to bring out the paddles and the gel. Very very rarely is there a free lunch in FS.

I don't know about this particular shot you posted as an example, but I have a good friend down under who had a true artists instinct for composing screen shots. And while he constantly upgraded his system both in soft- and hardware he normally used the PAUSE key to really get the best quality ones. Pause increase the FS fidelity settings and then take the shot.
That is one great improvement in FSX actually because you can save a graphics setting strictly for that purpose and another one for flying and simply swap back and forth.

Cheers
Stefan

[norab]

Okay SS101, found the file so check your PMs. I don't think OBIO will mind, It is solely his work and he deserves all the credit for it
so I will try and attach it here, but it may not work given the recent problems with attachments. here goes




Making FS9 Look Great for FREE V2.txt

[Sunny9850]

Actually the whole thing is at the very top of the Forum under Tips and Tweaks with many additional posts from other members.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...weaks-and-Tips

Cheers
Stefan

[norab]

unfortunately while the post is still there the attachment of the guide has disappeared, that is why I reposted it here

[SSI01]

Thank you Sunny & Norab; family currently here from out of town, will investigative all suggestions ASAP and report what I've discovered re: sim appearance and performance.

[SSI01]

Folks I'm not sure this is connected with the download from RhumbaFlappy's site or not - when attempting to start FS9 I get the startup screen, then get to the "select aircraft" screen, with the windowed aircraft rotating, etc - and then the screen begins to rapidly go on and off, very rapidly. I can maneuver my mouse across the screen, with difficulty, and was able to back out of FS9. I noted this didn't start until I completely downloaded all the 5, 7, and 8 files from RhumbaFlappy's site. I haven't installed them yet, just put them in a folder on my desktop. According to Avast, I'm virus-free, and the same thing with MalwareBytes. Not sure what's causing this. I tried running another sim this morning and discovered it wouldn't run as it says it failed to recognize DirectX9.

[Sunny9850]

Never heard of anything going kaput just because you downloaded files, except of course for a real sneaky virus. The RumbaFlappy files have at least not done anything to my systems when I used them....but that was ages ago. And things may have happened along the way.

Stefan