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I've just installed, and the default setting is great. But  wading through all the help files, I can't find an answer to the question that bugs me: once I've created my own ground and sky texture sets, what then? When I launch  Fs9, where and how do I identify and select the sets I want to use?

You don't. GE Pro can do that for you. If you start up GE Pro you'll find a button with something like WX control on it. Click that. Fill in your departure and destination and GE Pro will select the right ground textures for you based on the actual weather at that moment.

Crash

You can make your own ground textures if you want but you have to chose which ones you want FS to use as you can not select them at the start of each flight ( But if you make new ground for say a airport then you can either use the one you made or the default one. But you have to replace the original file with your file before starting FS. You can not just pick the ground you want at the startup of FS.
If you use something like GE PRO it will pick the ground according to the season .

Fs by default already does that but some do not like the textures it uses. 8-)

Ground colour > Create *Select however many you want, but this takes a LONG time, I would suggest leaving it overnight*

To customise these sets *NOTE: These sets have to ALREADY have been created*

Ground colour > 'Left hand menu' Colourize > And make the changes you want  ;)

Thanks, everyone. Your replies much appreciated.  I should have explained that I'm a technodummy, because frankly I'm still confused. As a low and slow pilot in both real and virtual worlds, I never fly long enough or far enough to make use of the GE PRO weather change facility. At present I have only the default setting, but I'm very happy with that. So the question is simply whether, for my kind of flying, there's any point in installing any of the many available ground and sky texture sets, since they seem to be geared solely to distance flights. If I'm wrong, then I still don't know if or how I could make use of them for, say, an hour's local flight arouind Seattle...

If you only fly for short distances, you could do the following. Let Ge Pro make 1 set of textures for all the options available. Then when it is finished (will take some time and is only needed 1 time) put in WX Control only your departure airport. GE Pro will then select the right ground textures based on the actual weather at that moment in that area.

The next time you go flying just set your departure airport again in GE Pro and it will do the same thing. Different kind of weather, different ground textures.

Crash (hope it made a little sense)

You are a true Simmerknight, Sir, and I'm much obliged. It does indeed make lots of sense, and is exactly what I needed to know.  :)

Your welcome.

Happy simming,

Crash