REX Real Environment Xtreme is a technologically & artistically advanced, hi-definition texture utility for the simulator pilot who requires a more advanced feature set. The content is produced. How to install REX - REAL ENVIRONMENT XTREME + OVERDRIVE FOR FSX I bought rex the downloadable version and i have problem about how to install it! Becouse there are a lot of file.exe and other file that i don't know. Dec 28, 2010  Real Environment Xtreme OverDrive for FS2004 released. Real Environment Simulations is pleased to announce the release of REX OverDrive for FS2004.

• Real Environment Xtreme Overdrive

Product Information Publishers: Description: Environmental enhancement package for FS9. Download Size: 926 MB + 7 MB Patch Format: Download Simulation Type: FS9 Reviewed by: AVSIM Staff Reviewer - February 14, 2010 Introduction Sometimes you just know. Walk up to a BMW M5, Mercedes Benz AMG65 or similar class of vehicle and you feel it before you even touch the door.

Real Environment Xtreme Overdrive

Years ago I owned an amazing Audi A6 Bi-Turbo and even before I drove the car, I knew. The designers did it right. Then as you slide into the driver’s seat, that tingling sensation runs down your spine.

You just know it will take months to wipe the smile off your face. Enter Real Environment Xtreme for FS2004. From the first time I visited the Rex2 website, I knew the product would be exceptional. From a marketing standpoint, their website is among the best I’ve ever seen, and having developed commercial websites myself, I definitely know what to look for. I consciously critique every website I visit and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t find a single element of their website that wasn’t flawless given their intended goal.

One Beautiful Website In an effort to describe what REX FS2004 is and does, I tried to come up with a coherent and accurate description. Unfortunately nothing I came up with even comes close to the introduction the manual provides, which says: “ REX is a full weather environment creation, display, and manipulation program which includes a robust selection of beautiful user or automatically selectable sky, cloud themes and other environment textures, real world and custom weather generators, and real time weather reporting & updating.

A feature that stands out is the automatic selection of real time, real world textures based on the actual weather at the arrival and departure airports. In addition, REX allows you to control many of the FS9 water textures and effects, airport environment textures, sun textures, and lighting effects that are so critical to the enjoyment of and immersion in the flight simulator experience. Finally, REX also has full flight planning and in-flight weather monitoring tools to enhance the realism. All of these features can be fully manipulated to your individual taste. Now that’s what I call an introduction.

The most well respected and successful CEO’s in the world will tell you hiring the right people for any given area of responsibility is paramount in their company’s success. The REX design team is a group of highly skilled professionals, each a leader in their chosen field. There are five team members outlined on the REX, and it is important to bring you excerpts from their individual bio’s as it will definitely reflect the level of professionalism this company brings to the table. Tim Fuchs - Developer, Lead Artistic & Texture Development 'Tim is a multi degree-level fine artist disciplined in computer graphics as well as natural media.

He comes from a working background, and contributed his talents to some of the largest companies in the world, including Adobe Systems, Motorola, FOX Entertainment Group and AlliedSignal Aerospace. Tim continues to devote quality artistic work and strives for realism and excellence in every texture he creates. As you can see from his work on X Graphics or his award-winning freeware application for FS9, Real Environment Professional, the level of commitment to enhancing the Flight Simulator environment is unsurpassed.

Tim brings to REX a pinpoint vision of accurate environment representation and the quality inherent in this package is a true testament of his dedication.' Reed Stough - Systems Developer 'Reed brings to the REX team over 10 years experience in computer programming, business analysis and project management. He also brings a unique perspective in the area of Meteorology in which since he was a kid, has been fascinated with the dynamics of weather and storms. He has worked for the National Weather Service and back when he lived in Indiana he used to chase thunderstorms and tornadoes as a storm spotter. Reed has written papers for college credit in regards to how to forecast thunderstorm outbreaks and severe weather events. He became fascinated with Microsoft's Flight Simulator since version 5 and had a vision to make the weather a more dominant feature of the simulation.

Thus, Reed developed the Weather Maker product line of weather engines since version 2002, and has been one of the leading forces in the industry in pushing the development to new levels. He is determined to bring the most realistic experience in weather to all flight simulator enthusiasts.' Bill Collins - Texture Artist 'Bill continues to shock and awe with every engaging texture he creates. Coming from Foundation 9 Entertainment, Bill understands the necessity for realism in graphics production. He is a member of the International Game Developers Association and has accumulated countless awards on many big name titles.'

Chan Raiu - GUI Programmer 'Chan heads up the GUI development with an intricate eye for detail. He brings to REX over 15 years of high level programming expertise and systems analysis, and has worked alongside Mr. Fuchs on many known projects for Adobe Systems and Motorola.' Stephen Lyon (CFI-PPL) - Photographer/Pilot/Marketing Consultant 'Mr. Lyon's work is viewed worldwide, from as far back as 20+ years as a professional photographer for clients ranging from Pepsi to the Ford Motor Company. His talents for the 'shutter' never cease to amaze.

In 1999 he received his PPL and had expanded his focus to not only product photography, but nature. His exceptional work on Real Environment Xtreme™ is evident every time you look above.

All skies in REX have been shot from his lens, as well as most of the cloud types. Lyon also brings to the table 25+ years marketing experience and manages his ad agency on a daily basis.” When you are looking at REX for the first time, there is little doubt it took a group of highly experienced artists like the ones above to accomplish everything REX brings to the FS2004 community. One final note about the developer. I have corresponded with Tim Fuchs numerous times during this review process. I can’t think of many people as genuinely down to earth as he is.

It is always a pleasure to hear from him and he addresses people with the utmost respect and honestly. If even half of the people we communicate with on a daily basis were such a pleasure to talk to, the world would be a much better place. It is extremely important to add some perspective here. I am a Flight Simulation scenery fanatic. I own UTX, GEX, FEX, REX2, UT(FS9), FSScene (USA for FSX and FS9), Ground Environment (FS9), just to name a FEW. It should be obvious I don’t/can’t use them all at the same time, but in an effort to generate the most realistic scenery available, I buy everything that comes down the proverbial road. As a scenery (environmental) product for FS9, it was very difficult to keep an open mind given the limitations of that version of Flight Simulator.

When I would criticize something during testing, often it was a result of what FS9 could and could not do. Given my initial enthusiasm, I assure you, I will give you a comprehensive and honest review on this product. Test System Dell XPS720 DuoCore2.66MHz 4Gb RAM 667MHz nVidia 9800GTX+512M SB X-Fi Extreme Music CH Fighterstick, Yoke, Throttles and Rudder FEX, UTX, GEX Flying Time: 25 hours Installation and Documentation I recommend visiting the REX FS2004 before purchase as it is an excellent guide to “What you get”. We will go over that in a bit. When you click Buy Now, you are taken to FlightSimStore.com to complete your transaction. I should note, if you haven’t decided to purchase yet, the FlightSimStore.com has several images to further entice you. If you haven’t purchased from them before, you must create an account, then on to actually purchasing the product.

After downloading the file you are emailed the authorization information to activate REX and away you go. Installation is easy and straightforward. When you first run REX it will guide you through several pages where you locate the root FS9 folder, backup your original textures and select various configuration settings. From there you are taken to the Options screen where you select various items such as cloud and water themes, types of runways and taxiways, cloud resolution and lighting to name a few. The REX Configuration Manager The REX Options screen The installation process also includes setting up the REX WASys weather avoidance system.

The REX manual states: “ The Weather Avoidance System (WASys) and is one of the most important and extensively used screens in the entire REX program. This system allows you to follow the weather along the flight path in real time as well as allowing you to directly interface with the weather engine.” REX WASys The WASys tool is a very cool feature both aesthetically and functionally. It mimics an onboard weather radar system and brings an amazing level of realism to the cockpit. I’ll go into this program in more detail a little further into this review. Once the entire REX FS2004 program is installed, users should download and install a 7MB critical patch which can be found in their REX 2004 of the REX website. What the patch addresses is clearly outlined on the link I provided above.

Once installed, you will find several new items in your start menu. From the Real Environment Xtreme 2004 folder you will see the following links: Check for updates REX 2004 PDF Manual REX.exe REX Support Weather Engine Uninstall The sole document is a 10MB 68 page PDF manual, exceptional in quality, clarity and ease of understanding.

It is extremely well written with attention to detail and images galore. REX FS2004 Manual ( Reviewers note: Throughout this review I will occasionally use text from the manual where it is appropriate. The only text used will be where the manual describes a feature or function in detail and rewriting it would take from the full description. The text, where it is used, will be italicized.) User Interface and Textures The user interface (GUI) and texture areas of the REX FS2004 product warrant a dedicated section in this review. The REX GUI is by far one of the highest quality programs I’ve ever come across, even outside the flight simulation world. I literally have 100+ commercial add-ons for FSX and FS9; dozens of industry standard professional video editing and graphic design programs, and have seen a plethora of user interfaces in recent years.

From a developer’s point of view, the REX GUI is nearly flawless. There are a few areas where you are required to save a configuration, even if you didn’t make any changes, but given the complexity of the program, there was no other alternative. I commend the REX team on raising the bar that all current and future environmental add-ons will be measured.

Creating the environmental, water and ground textures (runway and taxiway) for REX fS2004 was approached with the highest possible quality in mind. The website states: “ REX is a technologically & artistically advanced, hi-definition texture utility for the simulator pilot who requires a more advanced feature set. The content is produced from extremely hi-resolution film photography, NOT digital, with the upmost artistic attention to detail. Source material is then laser drum-scanned and our proprietary artwork and textures are maintained in hi-definition format to allow its amazing detail and clarity to become evident within the simulation environment.” Again, given the experience level of the REX team, there was no compromising on quality here. REX FS2004 The REX FS2004 product page outlines what features this title offers.

User-friendly intuitive and visually pleasing interface – NEW - Full-featured NEW built-in Weather Engine (Built on Real Life meteorological algorithms using synoptic, meso-scale, and micro environment weather formulas for Real and Custom weather) – NEW - Flight Planner (Ability to create and file a Flight Plan using true to life flight requirements) – NEW - New feature never before seen in FS2004. Sky coloring now reflects on all water surfaces during dawn and dusk hours. – Hi-definition, ultra-realistic photo-real 3D clouds (stratus, wispy, cumulus and highly realistic rendering of cirrus clouds as seen in the real world) – Sky color environments (Includes smoothing horizon transition & visibility smoothing for dawn, day, dusk & night) – Convincingly real water environments with tropical reef simulation (end user color controllable, including tropical with reef simulations, inland and ocean, wave turbulence/frequency, environment variants & coloring. Printing If you wish to print this review or read it offline at your leisure, right click on the link below, and select 'save as' Standard Disclaimer The review above is a subjective assessment of the product by the author.

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