I have been flight simming at least weekly since retiring 6 years ago on Tuesdays from 2pm to 4pm with friends on JoinFS and Teamspeak3. I was using FSX, then moved to P3Dv3. Found that most FSX planes still work fine but most addon scenery doesn’t but still happy with the move up. However P3Dv4 (64 bit) is a no go for me, as I will not give up FSPassenger (one of the things I use to make flying interesting).
Just got my internet download speed up to 200 from 20 a couple months ago. Then last week came across a YouTube video describing how to get “FSEarth Tiles†to work with FSX and P3D. Later I found Anderson had posted this “how to†here at this site a couple years ago ( I missed it some how).
The issue I had with commercial products is they were TOO LARGE in size. I get it that the whole product is at Level 1 but you just don’t need that detail everywhere. FSEarth Tiles is perfect because I get to choose exactly what I want covered and at what detail level.
Being able to download PHOTO REAL earth tiles from all over the world has really made P3D come alive. I started as was suggested by downloading the images at level 3 and then any City or smaller particular area at level 1 or 2. The whole state of Ohio was only 4.7 gig and then I added all of Cincinnati (my home town) inside the I-275 loop at level 1 for an additional 1.5 gig. The result is fantastic. Then I added Kentucky at 6 gig, Indiana at 3.6 gig. Our group also flies a lot in Florida and that was another 13 gig.
My wife and I were planning on traveling to New Hampshire this June on vacation (but everything is shut down now). So, I downloaded Vermont and NH for another 3.3 gig, so I could fly to Mount Washington, which was our destination for going there.
So, the “8 things†that keep me interested and in the air flying with P3D/FSX are planes from Flightsim, Teamspeak3, JoinFS, Active Sky Next, LittleNavMap, FSPassenger, FreeMeshX Global and now FSEarth Tiles. Heck 6 of the 8 things are totally free.
How do you keep FSX interesting?
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I have been flight simming at least weekly since retiring 6 years ago on Tuesdays from 2pm to 4pm with friends on JoinFS and Teamspeak3. I was using FSX, then moved to P3Dv3. Found that most FSX planes still work fine but most addon scenery doesn’t but still happy with the move up. However P3Dv4 (64 bit) is a no go for me, as I will not give up FSPassenger (one of the things I use to make flying interesting).
Just got my internet download speed up to 200 from 20 a couple months ago. Then last week came across a YouTube video describing how to get “FSEarth Tiles†to work with FSX and P3D. Later I found Anderson had posted this “how to†here at this site a couple years ago ( I missed it some how).
https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?17223-Build-Your-Own-VFR-Scenery-With-FSEarthTiles
The issue I had with commercial products is they were TOO LARGE in size. I get it that the whole product is at Level 1 but you just don’t need that detail everywhere. FSEarth Tiles is perfect because I get to choose exactly what I want covered and at what detail level.
Being able to download PHOTO REAL earth tiles from all over the world has really made P3D come alive. I started as was suggested by downloading the images at level 3 and then any City or smaller particular area at level 1 or 2. The whole state of Ohio was only 4.7 gig and then I added all of Cincinnati (my home town) inside the I-275 loop at level 1 for an additional 1.5 gig. The result is fantastic. Then I added Kentucky at 6 gig, Indiana at 3.6 gig. Our group also flies a lot in Florida and that was another 13 gig.
My wife and I were planning on traveling to New Hampshire this June on vacation (but everything is shut down now). So, I downloaded Vermont and NH for another 3.3 gig, so I could fly to Mount Washington, which was our destination for going there.
So, the “8 things†that keep me interested and in the air flying with P3D/FSX are planes from Flightsim, Teamspeak3, JoinFS, Active Sky Next, LittleNavMap, FSPassenger, FreeMeshX Global and now FSEarth Tiles. Heck 6 of the 8 things are totally free.