Trying to make FS more realistic

[MobilePCPilot]

Hi everyone,

Before FSP I just used FS9 to practice MVFR/IFR flying.

Now I run a little air charter. And I want to have FS to be as realistic as possible.

So in that endeavor I have added a lot of FS add-ons. I want to see if I have missed any that will make FS more realistic.

- Real Scene 2004 - 30 meter terrain mesh (with the FS9.cfg file "TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21" so FS9 displays the 30 meter mesh) Mountainous approaches are much more realistic.

- USA Roads - For the other kind of IFR flying. I Fallow Roads. (I don't really, but it makes the metropolitan areas look better.)

- Active Sky 6 - To get real weather and forecasts.

- Flight Environment - This makes the sky and water look beautiful and you just want to look outside.

- Ultimate Traffic - I fly out of KFCM which is a reliever airport of KMSP. Hearing and seeing all of the Northwest Airlines traffic adds a lot of realism.

- Reality XP's Garmin GNS-430XP, Bendix WX500, Sandel ST3400 - I'm an avionics tech in the real world so having good and realistic avionics is important to me. The Garmin GNS-430/530 have dominated the avionics world ever since there introduction. Because of panel space I use the 430 and love navigating/flight planning with this unit. The WX500 is mostly a curiosity in FS. But it is nice to have a realistic radar in the panel. Sandel ST3400 is a terrain/traffic/topo map/RMI indicator. When doing nighttime approaches into mountainous areas some kind of terrain indicator is really nice to have.

I plan on getting Radar Contact 4 when I start flying the heavies. I don't enjoy flying in "the system" and until I need the help I say no thankyou to ATC.

I'm also waiting for Birds Eye View Winter. When it comes out I want to get the whole set.

I fly in the great lakes states & Canada so I don't have any specific area scenery.

Well did I miss any non-aircraft add-ons that brings more realism to FS?

TIA

-Todd Giencke

[Cydon Prax]

Yes, on AVSIM.COM

Do a search for a program called ''silverwings''

BACK UP YOUR WEATHER AND SCENERY before trying it, it screwed with my FS until I fixed my weather since I had some weather
addon.

But afterwards, FS will never be the same. Just try it out for 1 day to get used to seeing forests, hundreds of roads, houses aligned with
the roads, ect. I have all the settings maxed on my fs with silverwings and--- well... taking off from a random un-addoned airport in the
middle of nowhere is intresting with that mod!

[CowlFlapsOpen]

Add a Real world planner (download Golden Eagle from FlightPrep) and order a few VFR sectionals from Sporty's. Then add FlightKeeper to review flight
performance and parameters.

[MobilePCPilot]

Just a quick note...

For my real world flying I use http://www.fltplan.com for my flight planning. I works very well for FS flying also. And free!

I'll look into Flight Keeper and silverwings

Thanks

-Todd Giencke

[fruitfly]

Here; this thread will give you some ideas!

http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...#pid107808

[Dutch64]

fruitfly wrote:
Here; this thread will give you some ideas!

http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...#pid107808

The best thread on the forum for sure

[fruitfly]

Dutch, I thought you were working!
As for me, I'm on sick leave. Hehe! But this time I'm not enjoying it - this time the illness has spoiled me sick leave!!
Anyway, if God gives health, there'll be many more sick leaves...



Post Edited ( 01-09-06 13:46 )

[Dutch64]

I'm on standby this week..... Some people don't call that work

[Ryanamur]

fruitfly wrote:
Here; this thread will give you some ideas!

http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/showth...#pid107808

Darn, you beat me to it. Mind you, that's THE best thread on the forum. Quite insightful!

Phil

[detpilot]

If you are serious about practicing IFR flight, I higly recommend the RXP Flightline T gauges. They are the basic six instruments, but about 10 times
smoother both in the panel and VC. You'll be amazed at how much easier it is to fly with those gauges.