REX 4 TEXTURE DIRECT VS. REX 4 TEXTURE DIRECT WITH SOFT CLOUDS VS. REX ESSENTIAL PLUS WITH OVERDRIVE

[✈ Aerostrix]

Can i have some help deciding which one is best to get. Also what is the difference. Right now they are all on sale so i'm trying to decide the best one.

[jpwm.smeets]

I have all three. Texture direct gives textures only, soft clouds makes them more soft including fog etc. Essential plus overdrive gives the possibility to download actual weather at your departure and gives weather information at your destination. It also makes it possible to do your flightplanning.
I would say, expensive though it is, go for essential and give your textures an extra boost with texture direct and soft clouds.
With all that, you have a, in my opinion, beautiful weather system.
Hans

[P HON solo]

What he said. I also have all three. I've used all three up to yesterday. Now I am using mostly Rex EP w/Overdrive. Reason being because I also use Active Sky Next and the combination of them both give me a super realistic weather machine. It may differ from sytem to system. Not sure. I was getting a blue haze from REX Texture Direct /SoftClouds. Not sure why.

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Originally posted by P HON solo:

What he said. I also have all three. I've used all three up to yesterday. Now I am using mostly Rex EP w/Overdrive. Reason being because I also use Active Sky Next and the combination of them both give me a super realistic weather machine. It may differ from sytem to system. Not sure. I was getting a blue haze from REX Texture Direct /SoftClouds. Not sure why.

You need to set "In cloud visibility reduction" off via Visibility options on ASN. It will remove blue blur.

I'm using Rex 4 texture direct + softcloud with active sky next, no need to set destination, it's really have a real time weather engine like on the TV News for everywhere in the world. So just start FSX/P3D + ASN and play.

High cloud look really realistic and soft cloud look really good for puff kind of cloud like in the real world.

ORBX Global texture, vector, FTX mesh should go along with it too for maximum realism.

[✈ Aerostrix]

So basically REX essential plus with overdrive is REX texture direct with a weather system added?

[jpwm.smeets]

Yes true, but with rex 4 and soft clouds you get better and much more realistic textures.
Hans