Real Environment Xtreme v2 out now.

[mutley 4,487]

The much anticipated V2 REX is available now, I'm updating as I write!

If you purchased the original REX then login to your account and you will see a 91.21mb update to upgrade you to V2.

Here is the general list of REX 2.0 fixes/additions:

- Completely re-written Weather Engine. Detached from flight planner. Added new Random Weather Generator system.

- Completely re-written Flight Planner. Simplified processes and added ability to load/delete previously created flight plans. Ability for user to import FSX/FS9 flight plans. Added new waypoint mapping feature. Added support for importing FlightSim Commander 8 flight plans and FS Build flight plans into REX

- Improved overhead performance throughout.

- Improved graphic user interface.

- Increased speed of graphical map overlay generation.

- Increased process performance.

- Increased WASYS screen size for better readability.

- New improved weather observation system for real weather.

- Removed weather themes from Theme section. This was previously confusing for most users.

- Simplified Main Window button configuration for smarter work flow.

- Moved the custom configuration feature from the Configuration window to the Options window.

- Auto remove &, symbols. A previous problem with the Weather Engine & Flight Planner.

- Enhanced realistic Thunderstorm Shear/Turbulence

- Enhanced WX texture configuration. Added new parameters to search required departure/arrival airports to verify weather. All textures coded for WX texture matching.

- Updated help documentation reflecting new version.

- Fixed wind direction issues.

- Fixed OS regional setting requirement.

- Fixed low-level visibility issue.

- Fixed issue with real weather not displaying properly.

- Fixed issue with configuration backups not working.

- Fixed issue with FSX.cfg and FSX folder location displaying error message.

- Fixed issue with temperatures aloft being too warm.

- Fixed slow weather engine load time.

- Fixed double cirrus cloud issues.

- Fixed issue with weather not displaying in the Real Weather section.

- Fixed text errors on various screens.

- Fixed issue with FSX.cfg location causing the Weather Engine to close abruptly.

- Fixed foreign waypoint generation with flight plan.

- Fixed DX10 issue with the Sparkling wave animation.

- Fixed various transparent cloud issues.

- Added support for VATSIM weather

- Added the ability to add/delete waypoints within the flight planner.

- Added winds aloft at FL 390 and above.

- Added ability for user to set default minimum visibility range.

- Added real METAR visibility setting. Bypasses visibility settings slider in REX, for exact visibility matching within FSX.

- Added ability to cancel start of weather engine.

- Added code to look at state of FSX before loading.

- Added ability to refresh the Weather Engine.

- Added ability to minimize the Weather Engine.

- Added ability to manually start the load process of the Weather Engine.

- Added ability to automatically start the Weather Engine with start of FSX, without the need to open the REX interface.

- Added zoom feature to Flight Planner mapping feature.

- Added read-only code ensuring actions would not occur while a process was working.

- Added ability to delete themes.

- Added validation to all text boxes on REX interface.

- Added check box to Configuration to auto minimize REX after weather engine loads.

- Added suneffect.cfg in the options manager

- Added spotlight specific for RealAir's Beechcraft Duke.

I'm looking forward to this one!

[rob16584 42]

Thanks for the HU Mut!

[rob16584 42]

V2 is much better than V1

[mutley 4,487]

Yep I agree, I have been using it today and the en-route weather feature is good, I'll still use Active Sky A though.

[rob16584 42]

Plus it doesn't take as long to load up FSX when you hit 'i just wanna fly'

It gets a big thumbs up from me