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I am a user of FSX.

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FSRecorder has tons of custom assignable cameras, for spot, VC, and tower views, all at the touch of a button. And it's free.  Combine that with F1 view, and you have your walk function as well.  I always felt that the FSX cameras were a step backwards from the FS9 ones in that you can't create new custom views on the fly. (at least in no way that I'm aware of)

FS9 can look almost as good as FSX.

But it takes spending money on the right payware addons for it, and even then, you're only getting FS9 to the point of what FSX looks like out of the Box.

Put a couple of addons in FSX(free or pay) and you'll have something that FS9 can never touch due to it's texture resolution limitations. (provided you have the hardware to handle it.)

It's all down to what you can be happy with in the looks vs. performance battle.

For me, FSX will always look better no matter what I do to my FS9, (and I've done it all now I think.) However, I also know, that FSX is never going to run as smooth and reliably on my machine as FS9 will.  In order for it to do so, I have to lower the settings to the point that it looks like FS9, minus any traffic and weather.

In FS9, all my sliders are maxed, I have nonstop traffic at all gates, and the weather is spectacular with HDE, and it runs glass smooth for me with no graphical or performance glitches.

If I could get that in FSX, I would switch in a second. 

Neither is better than the other, as they both do the exact same function, for different levels of hardware. It's all in how much realism you can afford, and what makes you happy.

Some people are perfectly happy with the never ending tweaking of their sims.  Others just want to fly, and not worry about FPS & stutters.

I'm one of the latter.

1) You can use the autogen sdk to apply more (or at least properly placed, i.e. clumped together) trees and buildings, to the tune of 300 buildings and 600 bits of vegitaion per square kilometer. (but it's a pain in the butt, trust me)

The rest is as Joe stated.

From my limited experience with FSX, I can say that it beats FS9 in the eye candy arena, HOWEVER, with the right add-ons, FS9 can look pretty darn good too. Like Shane said, I don't mind if my sim isn't as spectacular as "X", 'cause I can fly it fast! 

Yeah with the right addons, the average FS9 can come pretty close graphically.  The graphical gap between the two sims don't see all that large to me; at least, if we throw in a few addons for FS9.  Sometimes it can even look better, depending on how you look at it.

Having done some of my own flying in real life, I find that FS9 looks pretty stellar as it is with the right tweaks.  When comparing what I see outside the window of my own crate and the monitor for my sim, I often cannot think of what more to improve on graphically when I have my favorite addons installed. 

My one and only complaint is that FS9 does not have those ripply and reflective water effects you see in FSX at low altitude. Its a bummer really 

...the funny thing is...

I occasionally compare my FSX, with most of its sliders maxed, with my FS 2004 with all its sliders maxed...
..and I never cease to be amazed just how wonderful my FS 2004 scenery appears with my various Freeware+Payware, scenery, etc, add-ons collected over the years, compared to my FSX which always looks unexciting ....!
...and my FS 2004 runs "smoothly" locked at 20 FPS wherever I go, (essential for Multiplayer activity)... ...!

So.....given the choice in my daily flights?....FS 2004 takes priority over my FSX for all-round satisfaction....and FUN!

Paul...G-BPLF..FS 2004...FS Navigator...(and FSX)...... ...!

P.S....then only thing I miss in FS 2004 is the "moving traffic" in FSX.....my FS 2004 shows fixed traffic on my roads...which is OK......!

....my FS 2004 shows fixed traffic on my roads...which is OK......!

very realistic if you have been living in the UK recently!

Zaphod (the stationary.)

....my FS 2004 shows fixed traffic on my roads...which is OK......!

very realistic if you have been living in the UK recently!

Zaphod (the stationary.)

Tee-Hee.... ...!

The bloody snow and ice on the roads has put a temporary stop to my daily (traffic-free) Motorcycling to the Shops...so its bloody Public Transport (Buses) and loaded Shopping Bags.... and stuck in bloody traffic jams!.... ...!

I hate the Winter!...roll on Summer...and traffic-free Motorcycling!... 8-)...!

Happy Crimbo, Zaph!......!

Paul...My Trusty Cessna 150 Aerobat takes me well above all the stationary traffic on my FS 2004 roads!... ...!

.... ....!

Merry Christmas to you too Fozz, and to all at SimV.

Zaphod.

[quote]FSRecorder has tons of custom assignable cameras, for spot, VC, and tower views, all at the touch of a button. And it's free.

FS9 can look almost as good as FSX.

Is it just me or do planes in FSX look slightly more elongated than those in FS9.

FS9 can look almost as good as FSX.

Is it just me or do planes in FSX look slightly more elongated than those in FS9.

I have ground environment for 2004 and wonder what payware you gentlemen would suggest to enhance scenery for X10? What about Ultimate Terrain USA/Europe?

I have ground environment for 2004 and wonder what payware you gentlemen would suggest to enhance scenery for X10? What about Ultimate Terrain USA/Europe?

Denis
I'm glad to see you are still with us, I thought you had walked away in frustration.....yes UT is a great improvement to the over-all quality of FS, add some specific scenery areas to those two add-ons and you should be fairly happy with the over-all look of your FS world.....from there I would spend a few bucks on a few planes that you really like.
Did you ever get your yoke and pedals figured out?
Cheers
Rom

ROM:  Yes, thank you, still here and still amazed at this wonderful thing called Flight Sim. I have had a yoke and pedals for some weeks now and  as noted in here by others, it adds great pleasure to the sim experience.  Still have problems downloading and I suppose this is due to my majoring in english Lit in college. I can undersdtand "Finnegans wake" but am damned if I can figure out how to download aircraft and scenery. I had a young relative  here who just did two years in the US Air Force academy and he couldn't figure it out, either (I am not kidding).  I have a Dell XPS game machine and a very good video card which I rec'd for my 78th birthday, so it isn't the machine. Just simple tech ignorance on my part. And possibly a little senility tossed in.