REX finds your FSX CFG file and FSX folder and takes you through the various options that can be configured, enabled, or disabled. Initial configuration: After the splash screen the user is taken to the configuration manager in preparation for the initial set up. Installation of the patch however did require that it was pointed in the direction of REX. Installation was relatively straightforward, and took approximately 20 minutes. I must say I was a little surprised I haven’t waited that long for an add-on to download in a long time. The files took two hours and forty minutes to download on my connection. It’s a pity that this information isn’t more easily accessible, I’m sure some, in a rush, will have downloaded and installed the files with the download tool only to be surprised to find REX 1.0 on their hard drives rather than REX 2.0 The bottom download contains an information text file that explains this.
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After installation it’s necessary to download the 2.0 update manually.
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It is important to remember that the download tool does not install the latest update. But don’t panic, the uppermost is the FSS2Go Download Tool designed to download all eight files in one go. The purchaser is presented with no less than eleven downloads.
REX is available from ‘The Flightsim Store’. You could be forgiven for thinking that is the extent of the products impressive feature list, but no, REX also includes a built in Weather Engine and Flight Planner. Add to the mix photo realistic asphalt, concrete runway textures, realistic taxi-way markings and airport signage and you get some appreciation for the scope of the product.īut REX isn’t finished yet multiple variations of sun and lens flare are available, and new lightning bolt algorithms promise a spectacular experience in thunderstorms. Ultra realistic high definition clouds, sky colour enhancements and realistic water environments are just the begging. Make no mistake, REX2 is an ambitious product. Two years of research & development culminated in REX, and now the developer brings us its latest incarnation, REX2. Source material was laser drum-scanned and then the artwork and textures were maintained in high definition format to allow the detail and clarity to become evident within FSX. This high definition texture utility was created mostly from high resolution film as opposed to digital photography. Promoted as ‘a first of its kind’ product, REX is a complete photo-realistic, professional graphics package for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X, fashioned from state-of-the-art photography.