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No. Not at this time.

Hi, Tom, I have taken note of this too, and I'm sure the REX guys will look into it. I am running the same operating system as you, and anytime I quit REX, it quits completely. Looking at the task manager, I see nothing about REX running at all.

Hi, David, Many of the products up now are from similar/same image sources. We have discussed this some in the past here, but to put it short...the products are that way by choice, you could say. It's not a limitation of X-Plane, however, with the varying imagery colors throughout, coming up with a routine that would color correct further than what had already been done (it was a lot of color correcting already) was producing uneven transitions of colors. Additionally, X-Plane has a tendency to contribute a lot more light in midday situations sometimes washing colors out, but we are working on ways to overcome this. With that said... RealScenery Northern California is due to hit the market soon, and is a product of a little more than a year in development. We wrote many pieces of proprietary software to achieve new and better results in many areas, including night lighting, color correcting routines, and a new source of imagery for the product. It's much more vibrant in color, and a great joy to fly around. This will be part of the enhanced line of products, and will cost slightly more due to the added work and development time vs. a regular RealScenery package. You can find out a bit more on Enhanced products here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=532.0 and more finalized screenshots here: http://www.realscenery.com/flash_galleries/ca/norcal.html

Great! Then this discussion is over! You're a good man, no doubt. I look forward to seeing your contributions and enhancements to this product. One would most certainly think so, right? Given that he does have the backing of Boeing, I'm anxiously awaiting the final product and taking her for a spin. I'm assuming the systems will be nothing short of superb through the work of a plug-in to get it all right according to any Boeing spec he has. Have a good night, dpny! No harm, no foul!

Without stepping on too many toes... It's not Morten's job to go around passing data that has been given to him in confidence. It's not easily found for a reason. I do know, without a doubt, that the material that XPFW has on hand is often times sensitive enough and requested to not be shared to outside parties on behalf of those whom provide it. Even on the XPFW team alone, there's only a select few allowed to access the information. Heinz stands to make money off of this product. He can do his own research and requesting should he feel the need to, but given he's indicated he doesn't have the data in question, then he's made the decision not to do so, or can't get access to it for whatever reason. I do appreciate you coming forth and admitting your affiliation to this project. It makes sense you would want to protect it. In the end, we'll just have to see the finished piece. Best of luck to you and the team. I look forward to purchasing and reviewing the product!

What is the proof for this? All I have seen is some speculation here, which has spiraled into personal attacks on him. Morten, if you really don't like putting down other designer's work, and are truly interested in a cohesive X-Plane community, you could always offer to help Heinz out with information he may not have. Actually, Heinz has directly stated the product will be quite pricey "because it is licensed." It's not speculated. I have no real motive to want or need to find the post, but it's in the 787 thread in the aircraft development forum (I believe) where Heinz has stated this. Check it out if you wish. That said, Heinz does some good work overall. I like a lot of his GA planes. I do believe that as of now given the hints of a pricey product by Heinz himself, that this would indeed be an out of proportion cost. Of course, the 787 isn't finished just yet, so there's room to improve what has been seen. I know your interest is more into the flight model and not the "pretty" side of things (as you've previously stated), so we'll chalk this up to a "everyone's taste buds are different" situation.

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Good plan. Look, you don't have to convince me of anything. I'm a Mac user. To put it even further, so is Tim at REX. Let's put this to rest please. It's an aimless debate that doesn't apply to us in the same way it would majority. Porting and figuring out a way to get it into the Mac side does not scare us. Ensuring there is a good ROI for the investment is the key part in a project like REX. Some companies and people work differently. In the case of REX, it's a matter of viability. As we're the only one's who know the actual sales numbers, it's up to us to decide what is and is not worth investment in time. Fow now, the best thing you can do is stay tuned. REX is here, their ideal idea is to stick with X-Plane. If they do so, you can bet that includes supporting Mac. Again, viability is key at this point.

No one is alienating anyone. I would suggest you not even go there. To put it bluntly, REX is a windows based program that is testing the waters in the XP market. If they are to invest money in development they need a worthy ROI. You can bet everything that if they are satisfied in any way with the way the Windows sales have been, then you'll be seeing a Mac version. They've already publicly mentioned it's in the process of being looked into (just like Greg did, mind you), and I'm pretty confident we'll get there. Cool down. What you need to understand is that Greg Hofer didn't have to do much to port his plug-in over to Mac. When it comes to aircraft plug-ins and compiling for cross-platform it's relatively straight forward and easy. REX is a bit more complex in that it's a PROGRAM in itself...just like X-Plane is a program. They understand, and sympathize. So much so that they are working to look into the work flow of Mac programming and porting. It's okay to say X-Plane.org This is not all REX is doing. It is one of the core features it does, and not with just one small texture set. They are MANY different texture sets and it's not even worth comparing to anything freely available. This was factored in when a price was set. No one is here to rip people off. There's a list of features and descriptiopn at: http://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=55 In short reading: "Our Intelligent Synoptic Weather Processor looks at over 20 different weather data elements to determine the best weather conditions and enables you to inject into X-Plane the correct texture representations according to current weather conditions. In REX the ISWP influences ALL textures. This gives X-Plane an even more realistic look and feel. With the ISWP the weather conditions are more true to life, giving the user control over weather influence ranges. With the ISWP using over 20 weather data elements we can give far greater detail to the weather in X-Plane." and "Included in REX for X-Plane is a tool named WASys, (Weather Avoidance System), which allows you to view the current, real-world weather. Within the WASys, you may view an overlay of Radar, Storm, Turbulence or Icing." If you wish to read more, I suggest you read the description of the product from the link above.

Tom, More on metar scanning and updates later. It seems you may be misunderstanding what I have said, but I am on the road and have limited time to answer at the moment. REX weather vs. XP's real weather: yes, the REX weather download is much more accurate than that of X-Plane's.

Hi, Tom, Nothing will continue to load after you close REX if you choose to do so. If kept open it would replace the use of X-Plane downloading weather ona consistent basis and use the REX download data instead. Remember that a weather file does NOT pertain to just one area, but rather the single file it grabs for weather pertains to the entire world. So, with that said, if you download weather in REX, load up Los Angeles, and fly to New York the weather will change as per real data from the metar.

Hi, there, Everything Kesomir has stated is correct. In regards to metar: It will update and use the real wx during your entire flight. The initial texture set install is to determine the best theme and combination of textures for the wx in the specified area and and some surroundings.

Hi, Simon, Happy to see and hear you're a happy camper! Thanks for the compliments on the install process. Enjoy your REX flights!

Hi, there, As little or much time as we may have on the project to complete it, we're not prone to give any form of specific or even estimated release times. When we have anything to post this will most certainly be the place to find it!

Hi, Rush, Please see here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=543.0

Hi, Max, You're absolutely correct. Fixed.

Hi, Kamil, I'm afraid Linux will probably not be in the future for a product like REX. The market demand is just not present there to warrant the investment and upfront costs for a team like REX. Someday this may change, but for now, I think it's safe to say "no."

Hi, Mick, REXPlane does not include ground textures. It is a weather enhancement system with some new applications in place that not even MSFS utilize at the moment. If the interest in the product is there, it has been said that REX will consider expanding as wide as has been seen with some of their previous products.

Get ready to experience a new era in flight simulation experience for X-Plane! Real Environment Simulations is pleased to announce that Real Environment Xtreme for X-Plane, has been released today. Real Environment Xtreme uses the newest hi-definition technology to bring the most realistic environment to the X-Plane platform. This new technology includes state-of-the-art photography processes, mapped to various cloud and sky textures that gives a true volumetric feel to the X-Plane world. This REX HD technology has been crafted, refined, and proven over a three year process. Real Environment Xtreme for X-Plane also offers a new Weather Synthetic Texture Processing feature that allows REX to craft the best textures for the weather situation and then uses its new Weather Data Server (WDS) to synthesize the metar reports to give the best representation of the weather within X-Plane. If this wasn't enough we have included a new Weather Avoidance Tool that provides global weather conditions for precipitation, lightning, turbulence/shear and icing. Real Environment Xtreme is available for purchase for X-Plane from X-Aviation: http://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=55

To clarify on this point for those that have not yet purchased...there are different settings you can try out based on your computer specs. This includes a selection for smaller textures should you choose that option in the configuration of REX.

Hi, Alex, It's listed under the software category. Cheers!

Hi, Alex, As of this writing X-Aviation offers re-downloads free of charge upon request through our support ticket system. With that said, it is always encouraged you keep your own backups handy!

Can you please take a screenshot of X-Plane with the plug-in admin window open?

Hi, Dan, There will be some more news and announcements regarding this, including some clarification to your concerns in the coming days. In the interim, enjoy the screenshots provided on the REX page!