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The Best Payware & Freeware addons
EHM-0654 Murray:
Oh, you simple fools...
Think big Phil. You already know Gary Summons work (UK2000 scenery) so no point in recommending that to you, so how about the photographic VFR scenery and the VFR terrain vol.1 (got them both, and love them both...)
Then there's the weather addons for FS2004... I cannot recommend ActiveSky 5 (ASV) enough... the Active Sky team have managed to improve on what in my opinion was already the best weather engine out there (mostly thanks to the FS Sky World author)
Then there are the airplanes, as already mentioned PMDG do what is without doubt the best 737NG, 744 and B1900 models, and there are a number of other really accurate payware models (don't ask me about Airbus, I fly the 737-800 for preference...)
And finally, if you want to take your simming to wife-worrying levels, you could build yourself a sim-pit: Project Magenta GC/MCP/[M]CDU and overhead software, FDS hardware, Phidgets automation systems (mucho, mucho denaro, but
EHM-1703 Philip:
Thanks Murray,
I would love to go for the sim pit, but i think that will have to be a work in progress over the next few years, of course, unless I win the lottery! I see from your screen shots that yours is coming on quite nicely.
I think I need to get to grips flying on IVAO before I start thinking about a wide system..... I have my new PC running FS2004 and I currently have a 17" widescreen sony A117 laptop running IVAE whilst I fly and I also use this for my charts. I have a little baby sony TR1mp (10.4 inch screen) Laptop that I will bring in to the fold at a later date when I have the money to go for the PM and WideFS setup. I have some reservations about using the latter as it is quite underpowered and graphically chalenged shall we say.
I'm not to sure about the networking for this setup either. My ADSL comes in downstairs and as its a new house, I have no phone socket in my study/cockpit so I use a wireless router for my internet. Do you think the PM and WideFS systems will work adequately over a wifi network?
cheers,
Phil
EHM-0654 Murray:
Phil,
Easily. Think about it like this:-
PM talks to FS using FSUIPC/WideFS (all internal of your network) and will do so happily over an 802.11b (11mbps) network; I've done this myself (only got an 802.11g adapter for my laptop recently). None of that software wants or needs Internet access (other than to download updates to it, o' course...)
The only software (from the list in above posts) that will need Internet access is IVAP, IVAE/ServInfo and ActiveSky/FS-Meteo/<insert favourite METAR engine>, and again, all that lot should run happily over 802.11b.
If you intend to go to a big setup (and yes, I include my humble beginnings in that statement) I'd suggest you use wired networking for the FS half of things (FS, FSUIPC/WideFS, PM) as they generate a fair bit of network traffic, and "save" your wireless bandwidth for your Internet traffic.
EHM-1703 Philip:
Thanks Murray,
Well I suppose I had better start saving, the wife will have to forget about the Audi TT I think...... Maybe she would be happy with a Hyundia Getz instead!
Cheers,
Phil
EHM-1001 Robert:
Hehe, Hyundai Getz is a nice&easy car for women ;) I am sure she will be satisfied.
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