FSBreak 29: IVAO, REX 2.0, and your feedback




FSBreak - The Flight Simulator Podcast show

Summary: Hosted by Eric McClintock, Brendan Farmer, Danton, Vybhava Srinivasan, and Josh Rice. Listen Here: FS-GS Experience Danton tells us more about his experience with FS-GS, a professional Flight Simulator tweaking service. More about their "Level II" service: This service is conducted through live chat and involves a detailed investigation of the hardware and software environment of the users machine. We will investigate the problem and use hands on methods to enhance both the machine performance and the graphic software performance. On this level we will also make recommendations to the user regarding hardware or software upgrades that may be necessary and we will follow through with detailed descriptions of installation methods. Danton is very pleased with it, as are many other customers! You can find out more about the service at fs-gs.com. Real Environment Extreme 2.0 Released Completely re-written Weather Engine that is detached from flight planner. They also Added new Random Weather Generator system. Completely re-written Flight Planner. Simplified processes and added ability to load/delete previously created flight plans. Ability for user to import FSX/FS9 flight plans. Added new waypoint mapping feature. Improved overhead performance throughout. Improved graphic user interface. Increased speed of graphical map overlay generation. Increased process performance. Enhanced realistic Thunderstorm Shear/Turbulence. Added support for VATSIM weather Added the ability to add/delete waypoints within the flight planner. These items are just a few among the long list of features #38; fixes. The update is free to existing customers. X-Plane: Inside Passage #38; Final Frontier Airports On Sale The sale lasts until August 14th! Inside Passage Scenery Pack: 75+ Airports 600 Miles of custom scenery from Vancouver to Prince Rupert, BC. Includes Mountains #38; Glaciers, as well as airports. Final Frontier, Alaska Scenery Pack: Covers the South East panhandle of Alaska - From Misty Fjords National to Skagway. More than 120 Airports #38; Seaplane bases. The pack includes thousands of miles of scenery, including mountains, airports, seaplane bases, and ships. It also includes winter textures. Inside Passage + Final Frontier Pack: $34.95 for both. [Link] Orbx Hervey Bay Airport for FSX Orbx Simulation Systems is pleased to announce the immediate availablility of FTX YHBA Hervey Bay Airport. Key Features: Uses photoreal imagery captured directly overhead from an aircraft. More than 100 square km of 60cm photo real scenery of the surrounding township... 16cm resolution around the airport and surrounding areas. The entire township is reproduced in precise detail, with custom modelled marina, shops, hotels, apartments, jetty and much more. The detail on the ground is such that you can drive a vehicle around on the roads and peek into shop windows, walk along the piers or boardwalks or even land a helicopter at the marina pontoon. Includes: Full GA AI traffic. GPS Nav Approach Support Airport Terminal, Hangers, vehicles, etc. Price: ~$34.00 [Link] Interview: Vybhava Srinivasan from IVAO This week we spent about an hour talking with Vybhava Srinivasan, who serves as the PR Director, NPO Assistant Secretary, and NPO Governor #17 for IVAO. Check out IVAO at IVAO.aero! Recommendations Danton tells us more about Aerosoft's African Airstrip Adventures, and shares his screenshots! More information on African Airstrip Adventures: African Airstrip Adventures (AAA) is a cross over product that merges an advanced mission mode with high definition scenery. This addon will bring you closer to the fascination, the wildlife and the beauty of Kenya/Africa. The African Airstrip Adventures take FSX to the adventure level. With this addon you can finally experience all the wildlife yo