Suggestions For Best FS2004 Add-Ons?

[tcain]

Many thanks for your excellent replies! I will have to spend some time having a look at all the options!

Cheers,

Tom

[teson1]

If you've got some more time - here's one i've forgot:

Making FS9 Look Great For Free Version 2 - Sim outhouse
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...Free-Version-2

[silverheels2]

Mesh is a must if you fly in mountainous areas. Mesh, Ultimate Terrain, GEPro, and landclass are my top four.

For mesh I like these 19m meshes the best, I bought all the US states from Colorado westward and also british Columbia. I also have the FSGenesis 38m North America package installed for areas outside the 19m coverage areas and also the worldwide "buffer mesh".

http://www.fsgenesis.com/Merchant2/m...tegory_Code=9m

(you must set TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21 in your FS9.cfg to get the full benefit of this mesh)




I like this landclass:

http://www.fsgenesis.com/Merchant2/m...Category_Code=


...but I set it as a backdrop and use UT's landclass for citys and towns as a transparency overtop with the help of this file:

http://www.scenerysolutions.com/UT/Patch/FsgPatch.zip




I don't have REX so I use a freeware alternative for clouds and sky textures (I also use these in FSX). "High Definition Environment" by Pablo Diaz, actually I like the cloud textures from HDEv2.0:

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php...or=&CatID=root


...but I prefer the sky textures from HDEv1.0:

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php...or=&CatID=root




After all that then there are some must-have payware & freeware addons: FSDT airports, KLAS, KFLL, PHNL, etc. Flightzone Portland and Rhode Island. FlyTampa Seattle, Boston, and San Francisco. Holger's Columbia River Gorge, North Cascades, and Glacier Bay (all excellent freeware). 9Dragons Kai Tak (freeware). RealAir Skyhawk (free). Carenado GA aircraft. World of AI traffic. FSNavigator. Active Sky Evolution or FSMetar (free) for weather. Gotta have the Eaglesoft CitationX v2.0, QualityWings 757, and of course the PMDG 737. (FSUIPC never gets mentioned in these types of threads, but without it most of the rest of this stuff wouldn't work).

I've got almost 100 Gb worth of this sorta stuff on my backup drive, the list never ends...

Jim

hi Jim:
Just a quick question on your recommendation of the Eaglesoft Citation X. I purchased both the Eaglesoft and the Wilco. I actually like both and each has features the other does not. However, what has caused me to focus on the Wilco Citation is my inability to read the text on the MFD and EICAS screens in the 2D panel mode. Do you have a fix for that you could recommend?
Thanks

[douglas54]

Is there any new updates on airports in the United states for FS2004 Century?

[Fozzer]

...and for some more free, add-on scenery/texture effects, don't forget...

VOZ 1.8...>>> http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/...z-18-complete/

...for its selectable, colourful, seasonal effects..and its included Photographic, colourful, Koorbygen Buildings!

Paul...FS 2004...FS Navigator.......!

[Jim Robinson]

hi Jim:
Just a quick question on your recommendation of the Eaglesoft Citation X. I purchased both the Eaglesoft and the Wilco. I actually like both and each has features the other does not. However, what has caused me to focus on the Wilco Citation is my inability to read the text on the MFD and EICAS screens in the 2D panel mode. Do you have a fix for that you could recommend?
Thanks

The new 27" monitor helped quite a lot, but I seriously kept a magnifying glass next to the monitor just for that aircraft back when I was flying it a lot (and that's in addition to my 2.75x readers...)

Jim

[silverheels2]

The new 27" monitor helped quite a lot, but I seriously kept a magnifying glass next to the monitor just for that aircraft back when I was flying it a lot (and that's in addition to my 2.75x readers...)

Jim

lol! Yeah I guess I'll try that next time. Thx.

[jgf]

My old Micro$oft mouse had a thumb button for a magnify function, this was just the right size to "pop up" one or two FS9 gauges. (I see i'm not alone "standing in line for that one-way ticket to geezerville".)

[HoratioWondersocks]

Yep!
I have used a magnifying glass.
Some panels ie Alain capt) excellent MD11 for example had the peering at it like Sherlock Holmes treatment. Even now I still can't actually read the cockpit switch functions easily ,but because I have used it for so long I know what does what without the need to focus to clearly.

GEEZERPOWER RULES!

I believe July 4th has some significance for you U.S. chaps and lassies so I hope you all have a most excellent one.
Andy


PS The Alain Capt panel for the MD11 that I describe above is also a great freeware offering.
More complex than your average ,but a lot of work has gone into this and its very good.
If you use it with the FREE overland MD11 model you have an excellent package.

[Jim Robinson]

GEEZERPOWER RULES!

PS The Alain Capt panel for the MD11 that I describe above is also a great freeware offering.

Agreed on both counts! I don't known many that appreciate the Alain Capt MD11 panel for what it really is, I doubt many folks had the perserverence to get it installed and working correctly. Glad you're in that camp Andy, it's one of my all-time favorites as well!

Jim