"How to have a beautiful and powerful FS2004?"
This is the holy question that comes up when we confronted with FS9 FSX. FSX is fine, okay, but the equipment needed to make this jewel "playable" is, for most of us, out of reach next budget or investments. FS9, remains As most of the documentation of performance, but FS9 did not say his last word! His greatest strength: his entire flock of additions available through the net, which I offer an overview of those I selected. Snapshots different:
=> For those wishing to make these additions to their MSDS, know that the order in which they were written is the order in which I recommend to install them, preferably on a FS virgin . This list is valid only for FS9 ... for those who are still on FSX, it's never too late to reconsider that choice! ;-D Your FS may distinguish very roughly into three main parts
- The sky (including clouds)
- The soil (including the sea, lakes and rivers)
- The airport environment
Each part will match one or more additions
- The sky> HDE v2 / v2 Sunmod
- Soil> Set Texture alternative Lennhart ('s FS2004 Replacement Textures Lennhart) / FS NEW
2.0 - Water> REPro
- The airport environment> REPro (+ another tutorial ) / AEU7 & AEU8
- Various Effects> Bloom (ENBSeries) / Massive Thunderstorm (+ Patch) / Real Touchdown effect
PRESENTATION OF ADDONS From my meager experience, I recommend you uninstall / reinstall your FS (do a defragmentation pass). The result is not guaranteed on an FS as amended, and try not advisable since you could be totally and completely beuguer FS9 anyway be forced to go through the box "resettlement". Some steps require advanced manipulations. Feel free to ask for help if you can not do, because of course, the risk 0 does not exist, and I do not want to be responsible for a large hammer on a computer unbootable more.
If you do not know, do not do it! Ask for help!
0.a) the patch 9.1 on your FS9 virgin.
This operation can only be done on a blank FS9. This patch contains small patches too boring to quote or explain but necessary.
0.b) In case you want to redo your FS: Make a copy of your entire FS9 (this is called "make a back up) on a CD or a hard disk different from the one you FS have installed (to avoid confusion during installation).
This step is vital, almost, because in case of bad manipulation ' This folder contains a copy of your original FS and you will not have to reinstall everything. At each facility:
sure to read the text file readme / readme included : because he has good instructions for installing the addon.
0.c) Download all addons generally available either from
AVSIM, or from
Flightsim (Free registration required). Otherwise, the link for the download is provided.
1) "Lennhart's FS2004 Replacement Textures" from the site
FSNordic . This pack consists of 6 parts. I insist:
read the readme for this addon! This pack will replace the ground textures in your FS day by other, more detailed and worked.
2) "FS Night Environment Upgrade or FSNight2/NEU2 (Avsim and Flightsim). This pack replaces your ground textures night of your FS. There are two versions, 1 and 2, each containing a different set of lights. Personally, I recommend 2, which gives a much more realistic your night flights. Again, read the readme
.
3) "High Definition Environment v2" or HDEv2 (AVSIM). This pack contains a set of texture to the sky and clouds, and texture for reflections (envmap) * on aircraft, and a soil texture on the details. Clouds and sky are made photorealistic textures produced by Pablo Diaz you can choose the resolution based on your hardware configuration. Read the readme included.
4) "Sun mod v2" or sunmodv2 (AVSIM) is a small pack a few textures improving the appearance of the sun in SF.
5) We arrive at the most visible: the airport environment. The facility consists of two steps.
5.a) "Airport Environment Upgrade 7 & 8" or AEU7 & 8 (Flightsim). A pack of replacement textures, some aspects of your airport default FS whose buildings and soil textures and slopes (low quality) and a file halo.bmp, we will not use. Here we are interested, these are the textures night / day of airport buildings default FS9. Read the readme
5.b ') "Real Environment Pro (AVSIM). This little app is the precursor free version of REX 2.0 and contains a set of texture to the whole environment of your FS, both to the airport, the ground, sky and water. A selection screen allows you to refine the textures to install, and a button "Backup"
(which I highly recommend to use before installation) for textures already present, and therefore remains the easiest way not to crash. Among all the small bazaar, we retain:
- The Beacons track
- The landing lights for aircraft
- Textures for runway and taxiway
- Textures water AquaPro
- Option TreeGen and Option 3D environment bitmap.
Do not check the rest and click "Install" to start copying the new textures. Small clarification on the selection of runway textures: as expected the weather (for simmers who were still preparing their flights;-P), choose the right set: snow, rain or dry. The difference is not very visible and if you do not know what to take, keep as a default, the set of textures 'dry'
5.b.'') [optional] I suggest you apply to this small handling fs9.cfg through e c
tutorial posted on my blog and had brought a little more to a lot of those who have tried it. Attention manipulation fs9.cfg is risky.
Please make a copy of fs9.cfg , it may still be useful.
6) the ENBSeries. Ini or "Bloom Effect": It is included with HDEv2, so you'll see by downloading HDEv2-3) -. More information here
; We have a file that adds a light effect in FS9. Originally produced for ATM and incorporating more subtle functions, it has been adapted for FS and one is used as the "bloom". However, the results are very widely in different configurations each, but still provide a big boon if properly configured. In addition,
misconfiguration can impact on your framerate extremely violent (images / sec). To help you find, there
a document in English that will provide information necessary for the proper setting of this small file. To completely disable this effect, turn right file in the root directory of your FS9
7) The update, first time drivers for your graphics card (ATI or NVidia) can solve some problems on its own display. Then, know that the correct configuration of the graphics card and can improve the image and framerate. I can not tell you how to configure your graphics card, because again, the impact is very different depending on each equipment. For owners of ATI cards compatible with the ATI Catalyst Control Center, it is however an option to boost the framerate a bit: the "Catalyst AI" algorithms using which I can neither explain the establishment or operation, it can improve your framerate more or less radical (at home, doubling the framerate
! ). It's worth a try. Uncheck the "Disable Catalyst AI" and put the cursor on Standard in Subpart "3D". That should keep; P-Note
no backup possible on this option! If you feel uncomfortable, do not touch anything!
* For best results, I recommend you disable the "reflection" in the "Device" FS9 graphics options. Well now, with all that, your FS is expected to have much more speed and reach FSX, all for free. There course almost as many combinations of addons that configuration, but with the amount of addons available on the Internet, I encourage you to do your own tests, because in the end, copy the FS someone is not very funny and even less when it does not work. Anyway, for me, here is a very general way how I achieved a more than satisfactory with my FS ... FSX has better watch out! FS9 and still has very bright future!
Remember to make your flight more realistic scenes of the thousands available through the web. Add to all this a few landmesh (there
on this site to left for France) and some of landclass (
those of Arnaud Clere for France!) and of course the regular updating RadioAids Hervé Sors
on the site of IVAO France . To complete this exhibit, burn in your mind that Flight Simulator is a bit like a woman: beautiful and graceful, provided that we know what the dress;-D
THE RESULT BY THE IMAGE COMING! Give me time to do some good screenshots in all situations to show that
FS9's still alive! The article will be edited to add a few catches screen. Remember to refer to "Raw Images" and "Images retouched" the blog to see more old pictures;-P
Always seek perfection, because of new addons coming in regularly on the web, more than FSX FS2004 okay, but enough anyway, besides the technical change, and despite all that said, it remains the FSX simulator preferred future ... or not (X-10 Plane looks very promising, and even more realistic!)
PS: For those who are still hesitant about FSX and you know what you have to do until ! = P
