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1. J Derdauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to Www Oo awn Set Contrived wn Set Hello World wn Set Holy Dawn n Cat TenlanaA wn Set Iceland QJ ow gt N a Be Blew A e A r Bo 0 F 0 A 0 D Figure 12 Page 23 To select another theme in the Sunrise category either click on one of the two arrows under the small screenshot on the right hand side of the screen to scroll to the next theme in the list or scroll down and select another theme from the drop down menu on the left hand side of the window and choose a theme Click on any name in the list and watch it appear in the big and small screens as in Figure 13 In this example we have selected the Dawn Set Red Varanasi Sunrise theme now move on to the Daytime Theme by clicking on the Daytime tab in the upper right hand corner of the menu An example of this window is shown in Fig 14 below In this example Day Set New Blue was selected Now scroll through the choices and again pick one S2004 zd P a i a i Bo i Sie X Engineering Flight Simulator Technology a 7 f Nay theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX M SkySelection Use the arrows on the right to select the type f of sky textures that you want to install Red Varanasi Very distinct and vibrant colors mixed with just the right amount of dark hues to dazzle the morning sky Dawn Set Red Var
2. A ai IN Poi m 4 Utah a Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random w y scenario around tji Furnac Si r N Bich 3 Dallas Oe AA 7 h l Ay k if _ U Laie ICAO AIRPORT p gis Ph cute Pecos S TEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create your weather theme Then click the GENERATE button to create the weather situation for your region you selected The weather situation t will be generated on the map to the right SEASON winter Sia eee SEVERE E ie mow The weather may not generate in flight simulator above due to limited weath WX TEXTURES Seaain FLIGHT PLAN Figure 44 Page 56 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology RE Kee Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner RANDOMWEAIHER Use this window to create a STEP 1 Select Weather Region Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random we scenario around ICAO AIRPORT STEP 2 Create Weather Theme k on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create your r theme Then click the GENERATE button to create the situation for your region you selected The weather situation be generated on the map to the right SEASON SEVERALLY SEVERE options random weather The weather may Figure 45 configuration manager theme for flight simulator in flight simulat or abno FLIGHT PLAN help about REX due to l
3. Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX MAIN Jsethe Quick CONFIGURE WEATHERLOAD PROCEDURE FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION DESTINATION AIRPORT ICAO WEATHER SETTINGS USE REAL TIME WEATHER USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME USE ARCHIVED WEATHER CANCEL Figure 6 Here you are presented with several more choices Of course the weather engine must know where you wish to fly and which weather you wish to use Enter in the DEPARTURE and ARRIVAL airports and then select either USE REAL TIME WEATHER USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME or USE ARCHIVED WEATHER These choices will be explained in more detail later but basically you can either use real time weather let REX randomly create the weather or use weather downloaded and saved from a previous flight The CANCEL button will take you back to the MAIN menu Figure 3 and you can start all over again if you wish Once the choices have been made click on the OK button and REX will download the weather in the case of the real time weather and will begin to install the textures into FS2004 This is REX installing a set of textures pulled from the extensive set of possibilities that can be found by examining the choices on the THEME CREATION page based on what REX understands the weather to be The loading of these textures will take anywhere from 1 8 minutes depending on the choices made on the OPTIONS pa
4. Low Level Visibility Slider This is a new feature for REX and as discussed under the Enable Metar Real Visibility section above this slider is how you can eliminate the low level haze issue seen in FS2004 The slider has the following values by using the mouse to grab the slider and moving it left and right 10 20 30 40 and 50 Statute Miles SM Move this slider further to the right to see what value is best This will take some experimenting and combined with the Enable Metar Real Visibility option may allow a satisfactory solution to the haze problem Every user will have their own ideas about this and hopefully most users can arrive at a satisfactory compromise between haze and reality We realize that this is not an optimum solution for everyone but FS2004 does not allow many other choices in this regard WX Engine Update Range The REX weather engine does not use time as a basis for when to update but rather uses distance traveled instead You therefore can adjust the frequency the weather engine updates by adjusting this slider to the left or right increasing or decreasing the update radius This effectively adjusts the distance you have to travel before the weather engine will update If you want the weather engine to update less frequently increase the update radius by moving the slider to the right Move the slider to the left if you want the weather engine to update more frequently The slider can be moved by grabbing the slider bar wi
5. Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 45 RE DST52001 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued After the route is finished click on the NAV LOG button on the lower right hand corner of the WAYPOINT TOOLS menu to bring up the navigation logs Figure 34 shows the NAV LOG screen that that first appears Pressing the FLIGHT PLAN and WX LOG buttons opens the flight plan Figure 35 and the weather log Figure 36 These logs contain much valuable information related to the flight and should be reviewed carefully The scroll bars at the bottom of each log facilitate reading of the data The pages cannot be re sized at this time within the REX GUI RE D 5200 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX p m FLIGHT Click on the waypoint on the left to modify the flight plan or click the zoom buttons to zoom a into the region below b WAYPOINT TOOLS NAVIGATION ROC print Use this tool to adjust your fight plan 1 Aircraft Number B Destination 5 Clearance Waypoint Distance nm CF34 KLAX 0 a AHIB TAHIB 305 ABOP WABOP 223 Waypoints Route Altitude Distance Fusi Speed Cd KDEN 60 p Kax A o M o o a e 3o 21 M 450 THB amp 3o00 305 Mm 450 __wapop s mooo 222 480 _ KDEN 1 0 Copyright 2009 Real Environment Xtreme Not to be use
6. System Bill Collin Texture Artist Stephen Lyon Reference Photographer Bill Barrette Product Manual Website Development FD amp CM www fuchsdesign com Publisher The FlightSim Store www flightsimstore com Beta Testing Team Adrian Lehmann Jay Kae John Venema Heiko Glatthorn Siggi Palma Bart Bartholomay Phil Hore John Murcutt Eberhard Haberkorn Wolter van der Spoel Rick Brown Bill Barrette Luke Lewis Victor N Merculief Jr and Nick Vanderbilt Product Website www realenvironmentxtreme com Support Forum www realenvironmentxtreme com forum index php Message of Gratitude We would like to extend a very special thanks to our families who have endured the hardships with us as we developed REX Your support and encouragement saw us through the tough development cycle and we are happy to share this excitement with you Also a huge shout of appreciation goes out to our beta testing team Their service and expertise has been vital to REX We selected a talented and patient group of individuals and we are very grateful to you all We consider each of you dear friends Finally we would like to thank all of you in the flight sim community your patience support and feed back inspired us to create the best product possible This is your milestone too and we hope that you are as proud of it as we are Enjoy Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 67 FS2004 Engineering Fligh
7. TO USE IN THIS FLIGHT Sircratt Passengers Twin Engine Long R 4150 z600 AIRCRAFT FILTER USE THE FILTERS BELOW TO SELECT THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT YOU WANT TO FLY OR Sm RESET CANCEL Figure 29 The other fields will have a very similar pop up menu and the method of using these menus is the same as described below for the AIRCRAFT SELECTION MENU There are four headers labeled Aircraft Type Range and Passengers along with a list under each of the available choices To select an aircraft simply click on the aircraft and it will automatically be added to the field in the flight planner along with a default altitude and airspeed that is added to the respective fields These can be changed by editing the fields afterwards Additionally you can filter for the AIRCRAFT TYPE and AIRCRAFT RANGE as well as add in new aircraft types by clicking on ADD NEW Clicking on the two filters will display a drop down menu with the available choices Click on one of those and the available aircraft that meet the criteria of the filter will be displayed in the aircraft menu above Choose one of the aircraft RESET clears the search allowing the search to be redone Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 41 REM EN Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued ADD A NEW AIRCRAFT USE THIS FORM TO ADD A NEW AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRCRAFT LIST AIRCRAFT MANUFACTUR
8. Users can still enjoy the wonderful textures that REX provides NOTE Another thing that can be done at this time is to navigate to your REX program folder typically C Program Files Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 and locate the file rexwxengine2 exe with its new icon Right click on this file and select and select Create Shortcut This will place a shortcut to the weather engine on your desktop if you don t currently have one You can drag this icon to your desktop Quick Launch area if you like Clicking on this icon will start the weather engine whether FS2004 or the REX GUI is running or not This can come in handy for a number of reasons but mainly it gives you a convenient way to restart the weather engine in the event a problem arises and you need to stop and start it OR you stopped the weather engine by accident and need to restart Enable Auto Launch Flight Simulator This allows REX to autostart FS2004 from within the REX GUI This is a handy feature that is activated any time you select FLY NOW when in REX Minimize REX when Flight Simulator Started So that you don t have to manually minimize the REX GUI after you have started a flight we have provided this option Whenever FLY NOW is pressed the menu will return to the MAIN menu and the REX GUI will minimize to the taskbar As we ll be described later in the manual FLY NOW is the button that actually starts your flight and is used after you have finished with all your tasks
9. along the bottom of the screen that force REX to refresh weather allow REX to choose and install textures to FS2004 that best represent the weather shown on the screen allow the flight plan to be saved and allow the flight to be started To the right is a map showing wind speeds red and direction blue arrows and an indication of rain or stormy weather as illustrated by the green through purple colors with increasing storm strength turbulence weather advisories icing hail and a number of other weather related conditions The far right hand side are zoom buttons that allow a closer look at the route This is part of what REX calls the Weather Avoidance System or WASys for short and is described in more detail later in this manual Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 44 OT ors Flight Planner Menu continued WAYPOINT CONFIGURATION Click on the DELETE button to remove this waypoint DELETE 34 9302279576059 114 510495976934 Click on the 400 button to add a waypoint after this waypoint Waypoint Latitude Longitude HM s49 29 93033319 111 014697 SOM 30 54535635 115 955652 PFE 31 3542472 1 113 519386 OLS 31 41495635 110 846891 EMZ 31 42137486 110 864644 MAFBI 31 42912242 110 859214 z LITT c J21 A JCCOFCI 110 ADW ANMT Llll Search for a Waypoint below Figure 33 The WAYPOINT TOOLS menu shows the waypoints chosen
10. by REX or imported from another flight plan If you would like to add or delete waypoints from this list click on the waypoint to be deleted If a waypoint needs to be added it will be added AFTER the waypoint in the current list is clicked on As an example in Figure 32 if a waypoint needs to be added AFTER CF34 click on CF34 When CF34 is clicked on the WAYPOINT CONFIGURATION menu shown in Figure 33 is displayed In the upper right hand corner is the DELETE button This will delete the waypoint from the route In the center is a list of available waypoints Scroll down until the needed waypoint is found or to make this process easier the waypoint can be searched for by using the Search for a Waypoint below box Simply type the name of the waypoint into the box and press SEARCH If the waypoint is in the database it will be displayed in the waypoint list as will any other waypoints with the same name Once the waypoint is in the list in the center area of the screen click on ADD WAYPOINT and the new waypoint will be displayed in the list in the WAYPOINT TOOLS as well as in the route on the map to the right discussed below Since there is a lot going on behind the scenes there will be a small delay between 2 10 seconds between clicking on ADD WAYPOINT or DELETE and the waypoint actually adding to or deleting from the list so please be patient with this process CANCEL returns to the WAYPOINT TOOLS menu and cancels any pending actions Real
11. by clicking the SAVE button A few notes about this menu need to be mentioned here 1 This menu controls what textures are installed into FS2004 As such any changes made to this menu will not take affect until the textures are reloaded into FS2004 2 Textures cannot be loaded into FS2004 while FS2004 is running Many users have made the mistake of trying to install textures while FS2004 was running The result is a crash in FS2004 REX or both So if you get a crash a hang or some other unexplained behavior while doing this process quickly check to see if FS2004 is running 3 Use of the 1024 textures can and will cause performance issues for some lower end systems Use of the higher resolution textures will result in lower frame rates and performance whereas use of the lower resolution textures will result in lower quality If performance issues are experienced try the lower resolution textures These lower resolution textures are still exceptional and many people find that they like and use these textures even though they have higher end systems 4 Once the textures have been loaded into FS2004 un checking the box does NOT cause them to be uninstalled It means that you can load the textures into FS2004 and then uncheck that box and REX won t install them again in the future As described below for the water textures this can save a lot of time The down side is that the RESTORE feature on the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page must be used if y
12. circles At a glance one can evaluate if the route chosen is appropriate given the expected weather en route If the route needs to changed go back to the WAYPOINT TOOLS menu and make the changes Once the route has been created and the navigation logs reviewed there are four buttons along the bottom of the screen that need to be considered The first one is the RELOAD WX button This button is used if a fresh download of weather is desired for any reason an example of which is a significant amount of time has passed while setting up and evaluating the flight plan and it is necessary to know if the weather has changed during this time Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 48 FRE gt RF2004 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued Next is the WX TEXTURES button This button is used if you would like REX to analyze the weather conditions and pick a set of textures that match the weather conditions downloaded by REX either real time REX generated random or archived weather Press this button and REX will begin installing textures into FS2004 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT FS2004 IS NOT RUNNING DURING THIS STEP and that only textures selected in the OPTIONS page will be installed Since REX can only load textures when FS2004 is not running some of you may be interested to know how REX picks textures when you are flying between airports that are far apart an
13. create your own themes Click this button if you want to start with a flight plan Figure 7 Figure 8 The I want to create button is for the user that wants to create the texture themes used by FS2004 to display in the simulator environment Clicking on this button displays the window shown in Figure 9 the THEME CREATION window This is the same window that comes up when the theme creation tab along the top of the MAIN menu is clicked The I want to follow a flight plan is for the user that wants to create or import a flight plan view potential weather that may be present along the flight path analyze the various navigation logs that REX creates and have the program choose and install textures appropriate for the weather Clicking on this button displays the FLIGHT PLANNER menu shown in Figure 10 These two features are described in more detail later Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 20 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Ne F mga Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main Te a flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX M THEMECREATION click on ie Sac i i ie i apea A eor y chi pes ions anytime by Select a Theme to Install L Sky Theme Cloud Theme Inland Water Ocean Water Tropical Water BRIGHT CUMULUS 48 INLAND BLUE 1 OCEAN BLUE 1 HAWAII Runway Taxiways Taxiway Markings Sun Lighting Effects Sounds CALM
14. self explanatory Choose one of these three and watch how the settings in the other areas of this page change If you want to set your own custom settings choose CUSTOM You need to save the settings in the OPTIONS and CONFIGURATION MANAGER pages every time one or both of these pages are visited We have found that a significant number of users had problems because one or more of these settings either changed without them knowing or they refused to save To ensure that these settings remain we have decided to require the users to save them each time they visit these pages whether changes are actually made or not We apologize for this apparent nuisance but we feel it is necessary Once you have selected your desired options click on the SAVE button to save them Once the options have been saved the MAIN menu will appear The setup of REX is now finished Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 14 gt SF52004 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Congratulations you have successfully installed and set up REX and are now ready to use the program Have a look at the MAIN menu window shown below in Figure 3 TFS2004 ie i x Engineering Flight Simulator Technology i i main theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX MAIN Use the Quick Start buttons below to jump into areas that interest you or use the menu bar above QUICK START
15. to select from Now go back and click on each of the subtheme tabs and confirm that the selections you made are still there Click on the SAVE button to save your selections Clicking CANCEL will cancel whatever changes were made and return to the THEME CREATION menu After clicking the SAVE button the THEME CREATION window is returned and a new picture will be displayed in the Sky Theme window namely the Daytime subtheme choice which will now represent the entire Sky Theme Page 26 b Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Clicking on the Cloud Theme window in the THEME CREATION screen opens the Cloud Theme menu shown in Figure 16 Notice that 3D Clouds is highlighted and the selection shown is one of the beautiful High Definition cloud themes Cumulus Set 53 HD Enabled There are only two tabs this time 3D Clouds which are the cumulus clouds and Cirrus Clouds which are cirrus clouds Click on the drop down menu or scroll with the arrow keys to view the various selections The clouds have resolutions from 512 x 512 to 1024 x 1024 and the 1024 textures are known as High Definition HD in FS2004 RE x00 Eo Engineering Flight Simulator Technology kier i main ir ani flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX CloudSelection Use the arrows on the right to select the C estore type of cloud structures you want to install Cumulus Fair Weather Cumulus This type of doud usually me
16. 172 NUQ UA OV PAO120007 TM 2136 FLUNKN TP C172 SK OVC025 TOP040 Figure 39 Page 51 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Notice that the empty data fields are now populated with weather data including the metar data winds aloft TAF forecasts and PIREP reports Metar winds are referenced to true north not magnetic north Pressing the VIEW WEATHER button brings up the figure shown in Figure 40 Note that you can view weather in different parts of the world by clicking on the headers for the various continents along the top of the map RE XT 2008 i man Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner i fly now options configuration manager help about REX REAL TIMEWEATH ER Enter in and search for an ICAO Airport to search for their weather conditions SEARCH LATEST SATELLITE PICTURES ai Australia N Africa S Africa KLAX Nearest Wx Station KLAX Ee ae 74 Bi 4 ay conni E a ak N 10 SM i Se ta Le A VISIBILITY METAR REPORT KLAX 334 86KTS Vv OFT 39 000 FT 2G20KT P6SM 25 BKNOSO SATELLITE PICTURES USED WITH PERMISSION FROM ACCUWEATHER COM AND ACCUWEATHER INC PIREPS REPORTS Civ72 ALL PICTURES ARE COPYWRITTEN BY ACCUWEATHER COM a e Figure 40 The function of the five buttons along the bottom of the screen have already been described above but the WX AVOIDANCE button deserves a bit more discussion Pressing the WX AVOIDANCE button displays the scre
17. 5 e x Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Main Menu continued Quick Start Buttons This section is for those that don t like messing around with selecting textures weather generating flight plans or reading through page after page of manuals to learn how to use these features REX has 3 large buttons on the MAIN menu page and are designed to provide a flow from start to finish The button on the far left is the I just want to fly button It s the choice if you want the program to do everything It will randomly select the textures from the THEME CREATION page according to the settings selected on the OPTIONS page and will then create a flight plan according to the departure and destination airports selected create or download the real weather and finally will start FS2004 and inject the weather into FS2004 The second button from the left is the I like to create button and pressing this will allow you to create themes chosen from the THEME CREATION page but makes REX select the weather and inject it into FS2004 The third button from the left is the I want to follow a flight plan button This allows you to generate a flight plan by using the FLIGHT PLANNER menu Below is a step by step description of what each button actually performs just want to fly just want to fly lick this button if WOU Want Real SAk Tanment Xtreme to do all the nas Figure 4 Clicking on this button brings up the window shown in Figu
18. 9 Page 64 ee an oe Engineering Flight Simulator Technology WideFS amp REX FS2004 continued Procedure for just utilizing the REX Weather Engine for FS2004 Make certain to follow the REX FS2004 manual instructions for setting up your FS2004 on your primary computer to run REX FS2004 1 On the CONFIGURATION MANAGER screen of REX FS2004 make sure to uncheck the option Enable Auto Launch Flight Simulator 2 Start WideFS on your secondary computer 3 Launch FS2004 on your primary computer and wait until WideFS says it is connected 4 As part of the programs you launch on your secondary computer launch the REX WEATHER ENGINE FS2004 shortcut that was installed on your desktop 5 You will see the weather change on your primary computer and you must wait until it is fully loaded Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 65 RE 200 gt oe Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Contact amp Product Technical Support The developers at Real Environment Simulations prides itself on top forum support Our public support forum is located at http realenvironmentxtreme com forum index php OUR METHOD OF SERVICE PACKS AND UPDATES Although we try to perfect our products before release we know there will be unique times when not everything will work quite as we would have liked Thus we strive to provide the latest updates and service packs in a timely manner These w
19. BUTTONS want to follow a 7 fliaht Tal Click this button if you want Real Click this button if you want to Click this button if you want to Environment Xtreme to do all the create your own themes start with a flight plan work Figure 3 There are three large buttons along the bottom and nine small tabs along the top The three large buttons are the QUICK START BUTTONS discussed earlier and allow you to quickly perform certain actions These will each be described in more detail below The main button takes you from any place in the program to this page The theme creation button takes you to the area where the textures for clouds water airport environment runway taxiways sky sun lightning and lights can be experimented with selected and installed into FS2004 The flight planner tab takes you to the flight planning and preflight weather section Weather can also be injected into FS2004 from this page The weather tab takes you to the custom weather real time weather center The fly now tab starts the weather engine and is usually the last step prior to flying The options and configuration manager tabs take you to the pages that have already been discussed The help button sends you to the area where this manual is located and the about REX button takes you to the area containing information on REX the version number the people behind it and a message of gratitude to you the user for having purchased our product Page 1
20. ER AIRCRAFT MAME AIRCRAFT TYPE Was SPEED KTS Was RANGE NM CRUSING ALTITUDE FT OF PASSENGERS CANCEL Figure 30 If the required aircraft is not present in the list of available aircraft new aircraft can be added by clicking on the ADD NEW button The ADD A NEW AIRCRAFT menu shown in Figure 30 is displayed Fill in the required information and click OK and the aircraft will be added to the aircraft list Click on this new aircraft in the list and the aircraft and the altitude and air speed will be filled into the respective fields The CANCEL button returns to the AIRCRAFT SELECTION menu Pressing CANCEL again returns the main FLIGHT PLANNER menu Figure 31 shows a completed form for a flight from Los Angeles KLAX to Denver KDEN with Colorado Springs KCOS as an alternate in a Boeing 757 at a modified altitude of 37 000 FL370 at a modified speed of 450 kts Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 42 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology gs00 p j a Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight weather fly now options configuration manager y help about REX As FLIGHTPLANNER Use this window to create a new flight plan Or click the Browse button to load a flight plan from Flight Simulator FLIGHT PLANNER Aircraft BOEING 757 Departure Arrival Alternate Altitude Airspeed Figure 31 At thi
21. GER FSS FOLDER LOCATION CONFIGURATION SETTING LOW ee Se eS eS eS me Click on the Browse button below to set Enable Auto Launch REX Weather Engine Use the slider belo he on of your main FS9 Folder low level visib BACKUP RESTORATION Enable TStorm dominance when CB reported in METAR WX ENGINE UPDATE RANGE i i A E TONA ct from the drop down below your latest RESTORE Figure 1 2 ttOO N Cc HUG VIUCErsS When opened for the first time REX will automatically try and locate your fs9 exe file location This is VERY IMPORTANT as it enables REX to communicate with and transfer textures to FS2004 If the process fails you will see a blank field in the location that needs to be completed Notice that in Step 1 a yellow Completed alert next to each button indicates that the files were found by REX and this step is marked as completed Make sure that each of these steps have the Completed alert next to them The areas displaying Not Completed mean that these areas need your attention before you can move on If REX does not find your fs9 exe folder click on Browse and browse to wherever you installed FS2004 and click on the folder containing the fs9 exe When this area shows the yellow Completed It is safe to move on to Step 2 Page 6 RE200 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Configuration continued Step 2 Backup Files In case an uninstall or reinstall is necessary REX saves a backup copy of all the text
22. ING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUP TION LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES EVEN IF REX HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is a Copyrighted trademark of Microsoft Corporation REX and Real Environment Xtreme are brands of Real Environment Simulations Inc Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 68
23. LAKE ASPHALT RUNWAY 02 4 HAZARD TO COME WINTER FEELINGS Theme Loaded Sunday November 22 2009 10 31 33 PM a R S2004 pa e Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation EE weather options configuration manager help about REX y from Flight Simulator e FLIGHTPLANNER Use this window to cre a new flight plan Or click the Browse button to load a flight plan FLIGHT PLANNER Aircraft Departure Arrival Alternate Altitude Airspeed Flight Type Figure 10 Page 21 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology grg This menu consists of 10 theme windows a Select a Theme to Install dropdown selection and 4 buttons on the center and bottom right hand side of the screen The themes are selected by clicking on of the 10 rectangular windows described in more detail below selecting a theme and saving it before moving on to the next theme window When all themes have been selected the SAVE button is used to name and save the overall theme The INSTALL button is used to load the textures into FS2004 The name of the installed theme is displayed in the lower left hand corner of the screen as well as the Select a Theme to Install window in the upper right hand corner The Select a Theme to Install drop down menu contains a list of themes shipped with REX AND any themes created by you Highlighting a theme name will cause it to be loaded into the 10 windows of the Theme Creation screen and instal
24. N menu R S2004 Sige Engineering Flight Simulator Technology ie i main theme creation rge mere weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y from Flight Simulator u FLIGHTPLANNER Use this window to create a new flight plan Or click the Browse button to load a flight plan f FLIGHT PLANNER Aircraft Departure Arrival Alternate Altitude Airspeed Flight Type Figure 27 Page 39 REM 200 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued Before the flight planner screen appears a message box Figure 28 will pop up asking you to choose what weather you wish to use There are three choices available USE REAL TIME WEATHER REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME or ARCHIVED WEATHER Each of these will be described in detail in the WEATHER menu section of this manual If you select USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME you must first create your weather theme A prompt will come up reminding you of this and then display the REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME menu lf USE ARCHIVED WEATHER is selected a listing of available archived data will show in the drop down menu of Figure 28 and you must make a selection first before moving on to the FLIGHT PLANNER menu We will illustrate the use of the flight planner with the real time weather option CONFIGURE WEATHER LOASD PROCEDURE USE THIS CONTROL TO CONFIGURE THE FLIGHT PLAN AND THE TYPE OF WEATHER YOU WANT TO USE IN FLIGHT SIMULATOR A
25. ND REAL ENVIRONMENT XTREME THEN CLICK THE OF BUTTON TO CONTINUE WEATHER SETTINGS USE REAL TIME WEATHER USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME USE ARCHIVED WEATHER CANCEL Figure 28 Looking at Figure 27 more carefully you will see a group of flight plan import options along the left hand side a series of searchable fields in the center of the menu that need to be filled in and a SUBMIT button at the bottom right of the screen The flight plan options on the left hand side of the screen allow you to import previously created flight plans from either REX FS2004 FSBUILD or FS Commander Simply click on the BROWSE button and locate the flight plan desired and click on the SUBMIT button and the flight plan will be loaded into the REX flight planner If some of the fields are missing an orange prompt will come up as a reminder of the required fields that need be filled in Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 40 RE DST52001 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued To create a flight plan enter in the aircraft departure arrival and alternate airports in the appropriate fields All these fields can be searched by pressing the ADD AIRCRAFT or SEARCH buttons Figure 29 shows an example of the menu that comes up in this case the aircraft field AIRCRAFT SELECTION CLICK ON THE ONE OF THE LINKS BELOW TO LOAD THE AIRCRAFT THAT YOU WANT
26. Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 E _ Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Table of Contents TELLES LT i E N A E AA O ATA ne A O I A A EN A E O eee tae E N eer 3 IVERNE ee E A E E E E E cet easensyaeeeeeanseesees 4 Installation and Configuration ManageEr ee sseessessseseesseessessseesseesseoseeoseesseesscoecoseesseeseceoseesseeseoseesseesseeseesseessee 6 Unina all FO CCIE sce ce cece sta ce Nene EENE EEEE ATENON EERE E ieni ENE FNO ENEE TEENER NENTE 11 JOON E E E E 12 EREN E E S AT A EN AA TE A E E E E N NEE 15 Theme Creation MenU ssesssesssessseesseessseessseosseosseesserosscosseosseroserosseeosscosseesseeoseroseosseesseroseeosserosseossersserosseoseossersseeos 22 FONT EIDET NO n AE 39 Wer ODU earen E E S 50 PEY NOW eie E E E A E E 60 MVS E EE E E E 61 Wide Paa REN Fe 2 E E E E ETE ecceeneeecmnoseatecee ee 64 Contact amp Product Technical SUPOT cosas ass cece cazecasceszscs seasecocsen onssenaansvazeranacsderansvaserensrscatarseate tasesinscistensigeateans 66 Development and Beta TEAM ccssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesssessssssssssssssssssssesesesesesesesessseseseseseseseseseseneneneees 67 S E ecg cee cc dees ccc Gee ccs A E A A A E AAE A E E A IAE E 68 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 2 RO Cie Engineering Flight Simulator Technology REX FS2004 Introduction Welcome to Real Environment Xtr
27. SIMULATOR AND REAL ENVIRONMENT XTREME THEN CLICK THE OF BUTTON TO CONTINUE WEATHER SETTINGS USE REAL TIME WEATHER USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME CANCEL Figure 48 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 59 FREES 2004 d Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Fly Now The last tab on the main menu that needs some discussion is the FLY NOW tab and along with a detailed discussion of the WASys After all the flight planning downloading of weather analyzing of weather maps navigation logs and flight plans along with the loading of textures it s time to get flying The interface between you and actually getting a flight started is the FLY NOW button Anytime FLY NOW is pressed whether it be from the MAIN menu fly now tab or from one of the other submenus REX is given the instruction to start its protocol Most users are going to check the Enable Auto Launch REX Weather Engine Enable Auto Launch Flight Simulator and Minimize REX when Flight Simulator Started options FS2004 will immediately start a few seconds later the REX weather engine will start as evidenced by the appearance of the WASys screen and the REX GUI will switch to the MAIN menu and minimize to the taskbar If some or all of the options above are not checked you will have to manually start FS2004 and or the REX weather engine and manually minimize the REX GUI to the taskbar Figure 49 shows this star
28. WASys screen shown in Figure 43 but will instead get the screen as shown in Figure 47 after clicking on the GENERATE button Note that Miele op you will see the weather patterns on the WASys ye E screen but will not get the map The map requires d an internet connection Not having the map does not affect how REX will generate and export weather to FS2004 and so the Random feature works without an internet connection E H bang coe cE le D a i SNOW FOG Figure 47 Page 58 REM 200 ai Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Weather Menu continued Archived Weather From the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE menu shown in Figure 48 place a bullet in USE ARCHIVED WEATHER and then choose an archived weather file from the drop down list below The list will contain all the weather files that are available These are stored in the REX Program folder Previously downloaded real time weather along with previously generated REX random weather can be used Once an acceptable data file is selected showing and highlighted in the drop down menu click on OK to use this weather The WEATHER main page as shown by Figure 38 will then appear unless an airport was already loaded into that page in which case a page similar to Figure 39 will appear with all the weather data filled in and ready to go CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE USE THIS CONTROL TO CONFIGURE THE FLIGHT FLAN AND THE TYPE OF WEATHER YOU WANT TO USE IN FLIGHT
29. WX allows you to force the weather engine to download and inject fresh weather and is what s used to start the weather download and injection process if the weather engine is started manually MINIMIZE allows you to drop the WASys screen down to an icon that will reside in the right hand corner of your system taskbar where clicking on this icon brings the WASys screen back TURN OFF shuts off the weather engine and the WASys screen a handy feature if the weather engine needs to be turned off or stopped and restarted for some reason The WASys screen can be moved around your desktop screen by grabbing it with the mouse and moving it to any location you desire It cannot be re sized however at this time Page 61 A4FS2004 r Engineering Flight Simulator Technology ON OFF g Weather Radar ON lt OFF Storm Scope ON OFF g Turbulence jk faa Triuerptial Arch Raps as a icing Hail a ep r k e i E Arizona Fani lt A ON OFF Wind Shear ee ZOOM OMN OFF Altimeter ON OFF WX Conditions J ON OFF WX Alerts Friday Movember 27 2009 4 25 52 PM Figure 51 Once FS2004 has loaded a flight the weather engine will take a few minutes downloading processing and injecting the weather into FS2004 after which the WASys map appears on the screen as shown in Figure 51 In this case an aircraft sitting on the tarmac at the Los Angeles International airport KLAX The download progress can be viewed via the progress bar in
30. X M T METT MAIS Load an Inland water theme using the drop down menu ETRY rm below Then use the sliders to the right to customize Plankton Inland Blue Water Inland Blue 1 X Inland Blue 1 Inland Blue Template 1 Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one Figure 17 Page 28 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology The sliders are moved one by one to the left and right to cause changes to the water theme As an example Inland Brown 1 is selected on the Inland Brown water tab in Figure 18 and displays the affect when the top three sliders in the Inland Brown window Plankton are moved to the right gt S2004 e x Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main re yer flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX M T ETa MEIG Load an Inland water theme using the drop down menu B E BrO below Then use the sliders to the right to customize Plankton Inland Brown 1 Inland Brown Template 1 Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one Figure 18 Page 29 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology REDK200 o a mm Engineering Flight Simulator Technology pas l we main p flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y T ETa MS Load an Inland water theme using the drop down menu A SE r below Then use the sliders to the right to customize Plankton Inland Brown 1 Inland B
31. X GUI are not completely visible opening up a program any program maximizing it and then closing it again usually returns the screen to a normal state Alternatively you can try pressing F5 to refresh the screen after returning to the desktop After this process has finished you are returned to the MAIN menu Figure 3 and all you need to do at this point is to click on the fly now tab at the top of the menu to start flying FS2004 will start as will the REX weather engine as evidenced by the presence of the WASys screen Figure 49 if these options are enabled in the CONFIGURATION page If they are not enabled you will get a prompt stating you must now start FS2004 If the Enable the REX weather Engine is not checked you will need to manually start the weather engine or another weather engine of your choice You now start a flight as normal in FS2004 press the FS2004 Fly Now button and once FS2004 has loaded up the flight the REX weather engine will download and inject the weather Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 19 i 2 Engin sering FI ight Simulator Technology Ie Main Menu continued Quick Start Buttons continued Next is the I like to create and I want to follow a flight plan buttons as shown below in Figures 7 amp 8 below I like to create want to follow a flight plan I want to follow a Fi like to create y flight plan Click this button if you want to
32. acted or authorized by REX 1 GRANT OF LICENSE This EULA grants you the following rights a You may install access and run a SINGLE copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on a SINGLE personal computer for your personal non commercial non profit use Any party or organization seeking to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT under license for commercial use should contact REX at www realenvironmentxtreme com b This SOFTWARE PRODUCT is for personal entertainment purposes only and may not be used for flight training purposes This SOFTWARE PRODUCT is not part of an approved training program under the standards of any aviation regulatory agency or body worldwide whether private or government c Separation of Components The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed as a single product Its original component parts created by REX may not be separated for use for other software or projects d Trademarks This EULA does not grant you any rights in connection with any trademarks or service marks of REX e Rental You may not rent lease or lend the SOFTWARE PRODUCT You may not charge admission or fees for any simulator entertainment or training device which breaches this EULA by use of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT therein f Support Services This SOFTWARE PRODUCT is provided as is however REX will provide provision of support services in relation to the operation installation or remedy of issues arising to the use of the SOFTWARE at its official support website at www realenvir
33. anasi X Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one om mun Figure 13 Page 24 52004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology RE xo _ _ie i _ 5 x Eam Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main th eme flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y SkySelection Use the arrows on the right to select the type of sky textures that you want to install This is great for a dear blue day New Blue Day Set New Blue X Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 14 Page 25 FREDE 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather options configuration manager help about REX y of sky textures that you want to install SkySelection Use the arrows on the right to select the type f E ORO Painted Desert Hues of color paint highlights and shadows maintaining a great horizon Dusk Set Painted Desert X mmaa Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one meena Figure 15 When finished choosing a Daytime theme move on to the Sunset Theme An example is shown above in Figure 15 Here we have chosen the very beautiful Dusk Set Painted Desert Notice that the Sky Theme then is made up of 3 sub themes Sunrise Daytime and Sunset and that there are a lot of choices of each
34. ans fair weather conditions but may be a litte turbulent Cumulus Set 53 HD Enabled A Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 16 Notice the Cirrus Clouds tab make a selection and click on the SAVE or CANCEL buttons as before Page 27 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology The choices in the next set of windows the Inland Ocean Water and Tropical Water are all modified the same way but differently than the previous windows Sliders are additionally used to change the look of the textures further than just the themes themselves The number of named themes for the water is less than with the other windows but the variations are potentially limitless with the sliders This technique will be illustrated in detail here with the Inland Water Window The exact same procedure is used to modify the Ocean Water and the Tropical Water options Figure 17 shows the Inland Water Window Notice that there are two tabs Inland Blue and Inland Brown a drop down window with a few water themes listed four sliders Plankton Saturation Brightness and Contrast and two windows above the drop down menu window the left of which shows what the last saved water looked like and the right window shows the effect of changes you make to this theme RE E ES i A Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main pm flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about RE
35. awkbox advanced voice client servinfo etc Requirements You must have a Registered Copy of FSUIPC and WideFS Please note the license requirements have changed for these products Install WideFS on your secondary FS2004 computer 1 Be sure to read the instructions manual for WideFS before you proceed further with these instructions IMPORTANT NOTE Real Environment Extreme does not provide technical support for operating WideFS Please direct any technical questions in regards to how to operate WideFS to Peter Dowson 2 Place the WideServer dll and WideServer ini files in the FS2004 Modules folder 3 Make sure that the FSUIPC dIl is also placed in the FS2004 Modules folder Procedure from the Fly Now menu item on the main REX interface Make certain to follow the REX FS2004 manual instructions for setting up your FS2004 on your primary computer to run REX FS2004 1 On the CONFIGURATION screen of REX FS2004 make sure to uncheck the option Enable Auto Launch Flight Simulator 2 Start WideFS on your secondary computer 3 Launch FS2004 on your primary computer and wait until WideFS says it is connected 4 As part of the programs you launch on your secondary computer launch REX FS2004 then select the FLY NOW from the menu item 5 You will see the weather change on your primary computer and you must wait until it is fully loaded Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 200
36. d for real navigation NAV LOG Figure 34 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 46 FS2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued FS2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX p IA FLIGHT Click on the waypoint on the left to modify the flight plan or click the zoom buttons ti a into the region below WAYPOINT TOOLS FLIGHT PLAN print Use this tool to adjust your fight plan 2 Aircraft ID 3 Aircraft Type True Airspeed P Departure Point Departure Time Click on the waypoint below to edit it or delete it BOEING 757 Waypoint Distance nm KLAX 0 CF34 202 9 Destination 10 Est Time Enroute 11 Remarks KDEN 1 hrs 27 mins Est Distance 747 TAHIB 305 12 Fuel On Board 13 Alternate Airport 14 Pilot Name WABOP 223 KCOS KDEN 60 16 Color Of Aircraft 17 Destination Contact Telephone Optional CLOSE FLIGHT PLAN ON ARRIVAL Copyright 2009 Real Environment Xtreme Not to be used for real navigation NAV LOG Figure 35 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 47 FREES 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued FS2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configurati
37. d the weather is potentially very different The program will look at both airports as well as the en route weather and make the best estimation of the textures that are going to be needed If the two airports are different such as one being tropical and one is not then the program can select textures that will represent tropical thunderstorms typical of Hawaii as well as clouds more typical of San Francisco and there will be little overlap For a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles where the clouds are somewhat the same REX selects and downloads enough textures that the weather engine has enough variety to choose from so that it can pick which textures to use from that pool and depict two different BUT similar weather scenarios fairly accurately Pressing the SAVE button displays a dialogue box that will allow the current flight plan to be saved in pln format Type in a name and the file will be saved to the REX program folder under Flight Plans typically C Program Files Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 FlightPlans This flight plan can be imported into FS2004 via the use of the FS2004 flight planner load function after browsing to the REX flight plans folder Pressing the FLY NOW button this starts the process by starting FS2004 if enabled in the CONFIGURATION menu the weather engine if enabled in the CONFIGURATION menu and minimizing REX to the taskbar if enabled in the CONFIGURATION menu after returning to the MAIN menu If th
38. e FLIGHT PLANNER menu is left for any reason it can be returned to without losing the previous work by clicking on the flight planner tab of the MAIN menu however the weather will have to be refreshed After the weather has refreshed the previous flight plan will show up in the FLIGHT PLANNER menu Clicking SUBMIT again will return to the previous menu with the WAYPOINT TOOLS NAV LOGS and WASys map Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 49 gt SF52004 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Weather Menu Real Time Weather From the MAIN menu Fig 3 press the weather tab along the top of the MAIN menu to display the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE menu as shown earlier in Figure 28 and again here as Figure 37 In order to access the WEATHER main page the type of weather used must be selected We will now describe the various types of weather available to REX users Real Time weather random REX created weather and REX archived weather CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE USE THIS CONTROL TO CONFIGURE THE FLIGHT PLAN AND THE TYPE OF WEATHER YOU WANT TO USE IN FLIGHT SIMULATOR AND REAL ENVIRONMENT XTREME THEN CLICK THE OF BUTTON TO CONTINUE WEATHER SETTINGS USE REAL TIME WEATHER USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME USE ARCHIVED WEATHER CANCEL Figure 37 The first type of weather data is real time weather familiar to most FS2004 users as real world weather This is a
39. eable with the 60 nm setting If you are experiencing an unacceptable loss of performance try lowering the slider setting until the performance loss is acceptable After the update is finished the new weather will be injected into FS2004 Sometimes this weather can be quite different than what was depicted before the update started This effect will be more dramatic when using high update radius settings than with lower settings If you want less pronounced weather changes after weather updating try using lower slider settings After this Step 4 is completed the SAVE button can be clicked and all settings from Steps 1 to 4 will be saved Upon reopening this page all the Steps should display a yellow Completed alert by each step After the save process is complete you will be taken to the OPTIONS page We highly recommend at this point to save to a DVD all the files you downloaded as well as the Initial_Backup folder you just made found in the Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 program folder in the Themes Backup folder in case you need to reinstall REX again for some reason This will save you the time and trouble of re downloading them all again Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 10 RO Chen iem Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Uninstall Procedure If you ever need to uninstall REX be sure to first restore your FS2004 default textures by going to the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page and c
40. ed or checked unchecked such as Enable Auto Launch REX Weather Engine option Menu names are also spelled exactly as you can see them on screen and highlighted in bold as in this example FLIGHT PLANNER Messages and notations that are on screen in color will also be in color in this manual in their color such as Completed Drive directory folder and file names and other computer locations and commands will be shown in italics and bolded such as C Program Files Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Thank you for choosing Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 for your flight simulator environment add on We are confident that you will enjoy Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 5 pe cer Engineering Flight Simulator Technology When installation is completed you should see that REX is now in your Program Files list and you should have an REX icon and REX Weather Engine on your desktop Double click on the REX icon or select REX from your Program Files menu and REX will start After the program starts your screen will show the CONFIGURATION MANAGER and should look like below Figure 1 This is the page that allows REX to know where FS2004 critical files are located as well as allowing you to setup and customize important feature specific parameters i of Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuratic er about REX o CONFIGURATION MVANA
41. eme a complete weather environment and flight planning add on for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 The development team of Real Environment Xtreme is committed to maximizing the weather and flight realism experienced by its flight simulator customers and we feel the REX has come a long way towards achieving this goal REX is not a finished product but a living breathing work in progress and we have plans to introduce new features in the future as we develop and evaluate them This User Manual is divided into several parts 1 An overview to give new and previous users alike an idea of what REX is capable of 2 An installation section 3 A large section detailing every feature of REX Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 3 FRE gt RF2004 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Overview REX is a full weather environment creation display and manipulation program which includes a robust selection of beautiful user or automatically selectable sky cloud themes and other environment textures real world and custom weather generators and real time weather reporting amp updating A feature that stands out is the automatic selection of real time real world textures based on the actual weather at the arrival and departure airports In addition REX allows you to control many of the FS9 water textures and effects airport environment textures sun textures and lighting effects tha
42. en shown in Figure 41 This is the REX internal WASys screen and is very similar in function to the in flight WASys screen that is displayed when FLY NOW is clicked Page 52 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology 2004 p yr Engineering Flight Simulator Technology i theme creation flight planner a gy options configuration manager help about REX Weather Avoidance System o a KLAX AE eS PRS i yzo wON OFF P i wre Duck v Valea amp Rapids ps Cub cnal P ha a Dit ahs pi r sya z Wes siaa A ON D z J Ae A Fair Sky i a ataa Hri fy aster Ouch i Ai A A 5 7 N 3 4 J Puo afai Oak Osh x a emp 18 ON OFF 4 5 Drtch p a Dallas Ditt SENA Cryst r BOE Lateral tog k f 8 me f are pis sa n oral he a i 7 tS Re 4 AOA iuenprtial Cudes Ditch a or R E Anthon Poso Canat Ae X A ash apie Pecos On Altimeter 1014 MB ON OFF icing Hail See TE RT Wind Dir gt Arizona Vamity Ditch Ai reset 3 Wind Spd 08 KTS ON OFF Wind Gusts JFF Visibility aoe Altimeter TAF FORECAST WX Condition Friday November 27 2009 4 08 15 PM SCT030 BKNO6O mmn Figure 41 The WASys screen is explained in more detail later in this manual in the FLY NOW section Note the weather data for the airport KLAX in this case is shown along the left hand edge of the WASys screen Pressing the BACK button takes you back to the main WEATHER menu o
43. ence Displays areas of potential icing or hail as in the case of thunderstorms Dark Icing Hail blue is light icing Light Blue moderate icing Yellow represents severe icing or Hail Displays the wind direction wind speed and possible wind shear Wind Wind Shear shear is represented by various degrees of pink color Altimeter Displays the overall altimeter readings at various airports Displays the possible weather conditions at various airports such as VFR Wx Conditions MVFR or IFR Displays where the possible icing or convective areas are going to be in an Wx Alerts bas hour This will be included with an overlay of the latest weather radar Zoom Allow you to zoom in or out from your current location To change the data displayed click on the outside blue button adjacent to the data that you want to view Notice that the inside button toggles between On and Off as the outer button is clicked and the data on the screen changes to reflect the choice As you are flying along and eventually pass the update radius slider distance you set in the CONFIGURATION MANAGER the weather will start to update Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 63 RE 200 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology WideFS amp REX FS2004 Running REX FS2004 with WideFS is quite simple You would install REX FS2004 on your secondary computer along with your other programs such as squ
44. er Tropical Water Wavs Runway Taxiways Airport Environment Sun Lighting and Effects We will discuss each window and how to use them However after setting up one window the other windows will be easily understood Clicking on the Sky Theme window displays the window shown below in Figure 12 in this case with the drop down menu highlighted and is called the Sky Selection window To understand how these windows work let s take a detailed look On the left hand side of the window there is a picture of what the selected Sky Theme looks like in game The name African Dawn is shown in the drop down menu just under the large screenshot On the right hand side is a screenshot of the what the theme consists of including a short description below it Note also the 3 tabs in the upper right hand corner of the menu These identify the current theme as a Sunrise theme There are also Daytime amp Sunset themes to consider F gt 2004 em i g x i s p ec a Engineering Flight Simulator Technology OS a main th jeme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y Sky Selection Use the arrows on the right to select the type of sky textures that you want to install African Dawn Our most realistic set of dawn colors A very photographic experience Yawn Set African Dawn X awn Set African Dawn awn Set Authentic wn Set Blue Dawn wn Set Candy wn Set Caribbeanmon ae
45. es Ever wanted to fly in snow in Hawaii or the tropics You can with this feature The main benefit of this feature though is that the weather can be a completely and different random weather scenario each time you fly and you can fly in some unusual weather scenarios not often seen in real life Additionally REX can choose textures that will best represent this weather and install them into FS2004 for you This menu is accessed by placing a bullet in USE RANDOM WEATHER THEME and pressing OK Pressing CANCEL returns the MAIN menu The menu that is displayed is shown in Figure 42 Page 54 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology This screen is characterized by two halves the left half which contains the steps needed to create random weather and the right hand side which contains the map showing the generated weather as well as the WX TEXTURES WX AVOIDANCE FLIGHT PLAN and FLY NOW buttons There are two steps to generating random weather A location in the form of an airport needs to be specified This is done in Step 1 via the Select Weather Region window Type in the ICAO code of the airport or use the SEARCH button and search for it Next the weather generator needs to know what kind of weather you desire This is achieved by selecting the season desired in the SEASON box and by selecting the severity of weather desired in the SEVERITY box The next step is to actually generate the weather This is where the fun begins Figures 43 45 below
46. exciting things planned for this Stay tuned After all selections have been made in the THEME CREATION area click SAVE and you will be prompted to give a name to the newly created theme If desired click on INSTALL now and the new theme will be installed into FS2004 The next time FS2004 is started these textures will show in all their glory no matter what weather engine is used Textures cannot be loaded into FS2004 while FS2004 is running Many users have made the mistake of trying to install textures while FS2004 was running The result is a crash in FS2004 REX or both So if you get a crash a hang or some other unexplained behavior while doing this process quickly check to see if FS2004 is running Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 38 pe ner Engineering Flight Simulator Technology The FLIGHT PLANNER is used when you desire to create or import an existing flight plan review the weather along the route and review and print out nav logs flight plans and weather logs Use the capabilities of REX to examine this weather and carefully choose and install into FS2004 the textures that best represent the weather in the area you wish to fly The FLIGHT PLANNER main menu is shown below in Figure 27 and is accessed by clicking on either the I want to follow a flight plan large quick start button on the MAIN menu Figure 3 or by clicking on the flight planner tab along the top of the MAI
47. f Figure 39 After you have finished viewing the WASys window returned back to the WEATHER menu and all details of the flight have been confirmed satisfactory click on the FLY NOW button to start the flight Page 53 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology 4 a Cena Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner fly now options configuration manager help about REX RANDOMWEAIH ER Use this window to create a random weather theme for flight simulator STEP 1 Select Weather Region Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random weather scenario around ICAO AIRPORT A S TEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create your weather theme Then click the GENERATE button to create the weather situation for your region you selected The weather situation will be generated on the map to the right SEASON SEVERITY A LIGHT The weather may not generate in flight simulator above due to limited weather stations Figure 42 The second type of weather data is a very interesting new feature of REX called USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEME This is a feature that allows the program to generate a large number of random weather scenarios for any location you desire As it is way outside the scope of this product for this weather to be based on real world actual seasonal trends specific for each place on Earth it allows for some interesting possibiliti
48. ge as discussed earlier Only texture types that have been selected in the OPTIONS page will be installed into FS2004 Those that are unchecked in the OPTIONS page will NOT be installed into FS2004 Page 18 FRE R720 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Main Menu continued Quick Start Buttons continued Be aware that this process will overwrite any textures that were previously installed into FS2004 and that there is no way to recover what was there unless the theme was saved Please note whenever you install a theme make sure to save that theme even if it is a Random theme as you may want to use it again Whenever textures load in FS2004 from this menu or other menus described in this manual you might experience a period of flashing black squares on the screen Although alarming at first these black squares won t do anything and will go away after the texture load process is finished In particular everything will go smoothly until the cumulus omp texture begins the conversion process This behavior results from the ImageTool program that is used to decompress and convert the textures and there is nothing that we can do about it at this time unless we were to completely change the entire process by which textures are un encrypted decompressed and converted into useable bitmaps We are working on considering other means to deal with this If there are still black squares remaining on the screen or some parts of the RE
49. ill be made available for download through our forum section marked Knowledge Base and Techni cal Support We will announce when a new service pack and update has been made available For definition purposes a service pack is small fix that needed to be made to the program An update is an enhancement to the original product this might include additional features or textures for download We will try to make all the service packs and updates as minimal as possible when it comes to download size READ THE FAQ ON OUR SUPPORT FORUM FIRST There will be a Frequently Asked Questions FAQ pinned topic in the support forums We ask that you please read through this topic before you post a support question Often you may find that a certain question has already been asked by someone else What to Include in Your Support Forum Requests This is what we d like to see provided for each request you log e A separate post on the REX support forum for each issue e Include your ORDER NUMBER from your REX purchase at the Flightsimstore com e A screen shot to highlight what you are talking about e Detailed comments in your post about what you are reporting on Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 66 RE gt RF2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Development amp Beta Testing Team Tim Fuchs Lead Texture Artist GUI Designer Reed Stough Software Architect GUI Programmer Chan Raiu Mapping
50. imited weather stations PLAN Page 57 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology And finally snow in Honolulu We bring you Figure 46 RE S2004 Sige Engineering Flight Simulator Technology ili theme creation flight planner veather fly now options configuration manager help about REX RANDOMWEAIH ER Use this windov create a random weather theme for flight simulator STEP 1 Select Weather Region Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random weather scenario around ICAO AIRPORT STEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arro n the selection boxes below to create your weather rah Then click TE ouiin yn to create weather situation for your rec you s vill be generated on the map to the rig ht SEASON Sie eminem A SEVERE The weather may not generate in flight simulator above due to limited weather stations Figure 46 After the desired random weather is chosen the WX TEXTURES button allows the program to install textures into FS2004 that best represent the chosen weather conditions The WX AVOIDANCE button will bring up the WASys screen as described earlier The FLIGHT PLAN button and the FLY NOW button starts the flight as described previously To get from this menu to any of the other menus on the MAIN menu simply click on one of the tabs across the top of the MAIN menu You can still use the Random weather feature without an internet connection however you will not get the
51. in the REX GUI Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 7 S te Se Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Configuration continued Enable Metar Real Visibility This option overrides the visibility slider whenever the weather station metar of the airport you are flying around shows a visibility of less than 10 SM REX allows with user control the visibility level to be forced from 10 50 SM When selected this completely eliminates the low level visibility no matter what the visibility actually is supposed to be However many users will find this solution somewhat unrealistic and so we made an effort to allow low level visibility under conditions when the metar is calling for limited visibility Checking this option allows the lower visibility to be displayed if the metar is calling for this Enable VATSIM Weather Many of our users fly regularly on the VATSIM Network Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network www vatsim net This network has its own weather servers Because this can cause a lot of trouble with REX s own weather many users have asked if we could have the REX weather engine be able to download the weather data from the VATSIM servers instead of only from the server normally used Check this box if you want REX to download weather data from the VATSIM servers We are considering adding this feature in the future for other networks such as IVAO Enable Realistic Storm Wind Shea
52. ion manager help about REX M T Tropical Water Load a tropical water using the drop down menu below Then use the sliders to the right to customize Plankton ropical Water Algae Fields 7 Algae Fields Very common in the Pacific regions of the world this set yields much activity on the ocean floor Derdauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 21 We highly recommend that users that have an interest in experimenting with these texture sets try out all the various texture modification tools described in these last few pages and find out what looks best to you When you are flying in different locations you may want to use different themes As an example coral reefs found at the Great Barrier Reef are not going to be found in the shallows around Hawaii nor is dark brown muddy water going to found in the rivers around San Francisco An important thing to remember is that landclass files are what ultimately determine what is found in a certain location within FS2004 REX only provides the textures It s the landclass that actually calls them up and into the simulator You may want to consider purchasing some high quality landclass add ons now available for FS2004 The Wave Animation Runway Taxiway Airport Environment and Sun Lighting windows are all the same as Sky Theme and Cloud Theme windows in terms of how to modify them Whereas the Waves Figure 22 has only one theme to modify the Run
53. led into FS2004 when INSTALL is selected The DELETE button is used to delete themes from the drop down menu Highlighting a theme name and pressing the DELETE button will remove it from the list after the deletion confirmation The RANDOM button allows REX to randomly choose themes from each of the 10 windows automatically This is a great feature to use and is one way to have a unique and interesting flight every time There are thousands of combinations possible THESE ARE RANDOM TEXTURE THEMES NOT RANDOM WEATHER REX has a random weather generator that will be discussed later for this purpose Ey g s Engineering Flight Simulator Technology iar main im flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y THEMECREATION This window represents your current theme setup You may change your selections anytime by clicking on one of the images below or by clicking the randomize button Select a Theme to Install EE Sky Theme Cloud Theme Inland Water Ocean Water Tropical Water rT a CUMULUS 48 INLAND BLUE 1 OCEAN BLUE 1 HAWAII Runway Taxiways Taxiway Markings Sun Lighting Effects Sounds CALM LAKE ASPHALT RUNWAY 02 HAZARD TO COME WINTER FEELINGS ee nnn ae DELETE Figure 11 Page 22 52004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology These ten windows are the meat and potatoes of creating custom themes in REX The ten windows consist of Sky Theme Cloud Theme Inland Water Ocean Wat
54. lick on the RESTORE button After this restore has completed close REX and go to the Windows Control Panel Add or Remove Programs and click on Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 and select Remove This will uninstall REX from your system After this process completes browse to the location where you installed REX FS2004 normally C Program Files Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 and delete that particular folder After this is finished browse to C User Documents and Settings Local Settings Application Data for Windows XP and C Users Your Name AppData Local Real_Environment_Simulati for Windows Vista and delete that folder VERY IMPORTANT FSX users of REX2 Be very carefull not to delete those folders that pertain to REX2 for FSX You can use a registry cleaner to remove any REX registry entries if you want to make sure that REX is completely uninstalled Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 11 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Immediately after the settings in the CONFIGURATION MANAGER have been completed the OPTIONS page is displayed Figure 2 This is the area where you can customize many aspects of how REX will create and display the texture themes The selection process simply involves placing or removing a check in the box next to the desired option The menu is divided into three sections 1 settings that control which textures are installed into FS2004 2 settings that contr
55. of flight Jets are a good example here Typically the descent point is about 100 120 nm away from the airport If the slider is set at 300 nm the weather may not update at all again until arrival at the airport Another danger with this is that the airport may lie just outside this radius and the weather will update just upon final approach A good strategy if using 240 or 300 nm slider settings is to force a weather update either just before descent or somewhere along the descent path that is convenient NOT when there is a long line of online traffic behind you carefully set up by the controller with very little room for error by use of the LOAD WX button on the WASys screen described later 5 The slider can be changed during a flight by first closing down the weather engine changing the Slider in the REX GUI followed by restarting the weather engine and re downloading the weather This is one of those cases where having the weather engine icon in your taskbar as described earlier is convenient as it makes this task quick and easy 6 The update radius slider also determines how much data will be downloaded and processed at each update The higher settings will require the weather engine to download more data than the lower settings During the time that the weather engine is downloading and processing data you may experience a moment or two of stuttering or a drop in frame rate This effect will be heightened for the 300 nm setting and less notic
56. ol the resolution of textures and 3 an overall system performance section where you can allow REX to decide which settings are best depending on the capabilities of your computer system The green DE SELECT button allows you to easily and quickly deselect select all settings on this menu FRE 1200 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner weather fly now configuration manager help about REX s OPTIONS Use this window to control the textures and resolutions you want Real Environment Xtreme to load into Flight Simulator 9 AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT SKY THEMES CLOUD THEMES Ej Taxiway Markings MA Sky Dawn Ej Cumulus Clouds El Airport Signs Sky Day Cirrus Clouds 1024 x 1024 HD High Definition Mi DXxXT3 Optimized Clouds 512x512 3D CLOUD RESOLUTIONS RUNWAY TAXIWAY WATER THEMES SUN AND FLARE CIRRUS CLOUD RESOLUTIONS BEN Ej Sun and Flare 1024 x 1024 HD High Definition Inland Water Ej Sun Effect 512x512 Ocean Water Ej Tropical Water LIGHT THEMES WATER RESOLUTIONS Ej Runway Lights ENVIRONMENT REFLECTION LIGHTNING EFFECTS Ej Aircraft Strobe Ej Environment Reflection Ej Lightning Ej Landing Lights OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE Automatically set your performance levels by using the drop down list below Figure 2 Page 12 FREES e Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Options continued When the selection of settings is complete you must save them
57. on manager help about REX p PA Click on the waypoint on the left to modify the flight plan or click the zoom buttons to zoom A i FLIGHT into the region below WAYPOINT TOOLS ea a CATHER LOG n print Use this tool to adjust your flight plan Turbulenc Click on the waypoint below to edit it or delete it pee KAX SCATTERED TS00FT TOSI Z5008KTS Tht eng aan Tinta No Turbule Waypoint Distance nm No Turbule Copyright 2009 Real Environment Xtreme Not to be used for real navigation KLAX 0 CF34 202 TAHIB 305 WABOP 39 METAR WEATHER KDEN 60 METAR REPORT KLAX KLAX 272153Z 25008KT 10SM FEW015 SCT200 SCT250 18 13 A2993 RMK AOZ 01780133 KDEN KDEN 272153Z 07005KT 10SM FEW200 20 M17 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP067 T020 KCOS KCOS 272154Z 14005KT 10SM CLR 17 M21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP106 T0167120 AINI DAS ALOFT FORECAST OOo o oem O a O 18K FT KAX 2500800KT5 26128KTS 28131KTS 30145KTS 30147KTS 23443KTS Figure 36 Press the CANCEL button in the middle of the screen to return to the FLIGHT PLANNER menu The next item on the FLIGHT PLANNER page to discuss is the map in the right hand corner This map is very similar to the in flight WASys screen discussed in detail later but with a few exceptions Placing the cursor at any point on the map and then clicking allows the map to be redrawn so that that click point is now in the center of the map The flight plan route is shown on the map along with the waypoints illustrated with purple
58. onmentxtreme com g Termination Without prejudice to any other rights REX may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA In such event you must destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and all of its component parts 2 COPYRIGHT All title and copyrights in and to the original created components of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT including but not limited to any images pho tographs animations video audio music and text incorporated into the SOFTWARE PRODUCT the accompanying online documentation materials and any copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT are owned by REX or its suppliers All title and intellectual property rights in and to additional third party libraries and con tent which are used under the terms of those components distribution which may be accessed through use of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties This EULA grants you no rights to use such content This SOFTWARE PRODUCT contains documentation which is provided only in electronic form and you may print multiple copies of such electronic documentation 3 LEGAL JURISDICTION This EULA is governed by the laws of the United States 4 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL REX BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUD
59. ou desire to uninstall textures that aren t going to be overwritten by REX REX does not currently have the ability to uninstall individual texture groups 5 It will require anywhere from 4 to 8 minutes depending on your system to load the textures if all the boxes are checked This time can be significantly reduced down to 1 minute or so by un checking all the water texture boxes For those folks that want water textures and want to continue to experiment with various non water texture sets but don t want to wait the required 4 8 minutes we recommend that you load the water textures you like once then uncheck all the water texture boxes for the subsequent texture installs Because the water textures were already installed they will remain installed throughout subsequent texture installs as described above and the install time will drop significantly If you want to experiment with different water textures those water settings boxes must be checked and you will have no choice but to wait the extra time to install them 6 The water texture animations will only be visible in FS2004 when the Water effects slider in FS2004 is set to HIGH Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 13 RO aan Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Options continued Overall System Performance Settings This drop down menu contains four system performance levels you may choose from The bottom three are pretty
60. ow options configuration manager help about REX Use the buttons below to select your choice of Taxiway Markings Diagram O a Theme Loaded Sunday November 22 2009 10 31 33 PM oe lt a CD Figure 24 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 35 PRE S2004 Ge Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Theme Creation Menu continued Sun Lighting Window theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX AA wel T Sun Lighting SY ENTE R AORO MERCIE PONET w oo CANCEL SAVE ee Theme Loaded Sunday November 22 2009 10 31 33 PM oo lt lt CEED Figure 25 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 36 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Re Ke i A ali r s Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main fom flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y T Sun Lighting ST ETSY E R OE Golden Landing Light Textures Golden j Derdauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one re DELETE Figure 26 Page 37 ee An Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Theme Creation Menu continued EFFECT SOUNDS Window The EFFECTS SOUNDS window is for themes under development There are currently no windows or choices that can be made under this theme however we have some very
61. r and Updrafts Many users have asked us to make the experience of flying in stormy weather more realistic The REX weather engine enables users to have that scary experience of flying in thunderstorms and other severe weather If it is found that this also increases the FS2004 wind shifts and other wind anomalies to an unacceptable and or unrealistic level disable this feature to give more smooth realistic transition experience between clear cloudy and storm conditions Enabling will force drastic shear and turbulence with stormy conditions Enable Realistic Icing Effects This option increases the effect of cloud icing on the airframe of the aircraft Enable Thunderstorm Dominance When CB Reported In Metar This feature increases the coverage of thunderstorms when thunderstorms are found in the metar report After all choices are considered and made in Step 3 move on to Step 4 If you want to change these settings later or aren t sure yet what settings you want now don t worry these can all be changed anytime by clicking on the Configuration Manager tab on the top Navigation Menu Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 8 RE D200 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Configuration continued Step 4 Weather Settings The settings in this section will allow you to control some of the parameters that the weather engine will use to depict visibility and weather update frequency
62. re 5 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 16 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology REDS 2004 z __ Engineering Flight Simulator Technology y r i theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y MAIN QUICK START BUTT QN INSTALL WEATHER RELATED TEXTURES Would you like to install textures based upon your weather conditions Click OK to install weather related textures or CANCEL if you just want to fly CANCEL eo en ee ant Real Chick thie hidtton if ve ant to om Click this button if you want Real Click this button if you want to Click this button if you want to y ou Environment Xtreme to do all the create your own themes start with a flight plan work Figure 5 Notice the pop up dialogue box This is asking you if you want REX to choose a set of textures to load into FS2004 that best fits the current weather conditions at your location There are two choices here 1 click on CANCEL and FS2004 will immediately start up if enabled on the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page If checked on the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page REX will also minimize to the taskbar and the REX weather engine will also start up and use whatever textures were last loaded into FS2004 to depict the weather or 2 click on OK and the page shown in Figure 6 displays Page 17 gt SF52004 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology FRE ES2004 o
63. real time download of all the metars and weather data available over the whole globe from the NOAA servers as well as TAFs and pilot reports submitted by pilots all over the world If you selected ENABLE VATSIM WEATHER in the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page then the data that s available will be retrieved from the VATSIM network servers This option is selected by placing a bullet in use real time weather and then selecting OK Pressing CANCEL returns to the main menu Once the weather has finished downloading the main WEATHER page appears Figure 38 This page has a place to type in the name of an airport a SUBMIT button and SEARCH button in the upper part of the screen To retrieve the weather type in the ICAO code for the airport or search for it with the SEARCH button and click SUBMIT The weather data appears in the middle of the screen and there are 4 buttons along the bottom of the screen RELOAD WX button which forces a re download of the weather data WX TEXTURES button which allows the program to choose the best textures to represent the weather WX AVOIDANCE button which brings up the WASys menu FLIGHT PLAN button which displays the FLIGHT PLANNER and a FLY NOW button which starts the flight Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 50 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology ee s2004 gt am Engineering Flight Simulator Technology i main theme creation flight planner fl
64. rown Template 1 Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 19 Figure 19 displays the affect when some of them are then moved to the left Watch the left of the two little windows change as the sliders are moved The color in the right hand box can be seen to change from a green to a dark brown Similarly the other sliders can be adjusted until the water has just the right look When all adjustments to the Inland Water have been completed including to both tabs in the upper right hand corner click on the SAVE button to save all the changes made You will be prompted to give each water theme a name Page 30 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology N Sa M E z Engineering Flight Simulator Technology pan o main oo creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y T Ocean Water Load an Ocean water theme using the drop down menu below Then use the sliders to the right to customize Plankton r Ocean Blue 1 Ocean Blue 1 Ocean Blue Template 1 Derauit Name Save this theme or dick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 20 This same exact procedure is now used for the remaining water windows Ocean Water Figure 20 and Tropical Water Figure 21 Page 31 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology gt 2004 y Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main eer creatio n flight planner weather fly now options configurat
65. s point the data entry is finished and the plan can be submitted by pressing the SUBMIT button A message will be displayed stating that REX is processing the flight plan When finished another menu appears as illustrated in Figure 32 This is the result when a flight plan is imported into REX as discussed earlier and the SUBMIT button is selected Page 43 e le Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Flight Planner Menu continued FRERES 2001 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager about REX p IA FLIGHT Click on the waypoint on the left to modify the flight plan or click the zoom buttons to zoom A into the region below yA FLIGHT PLANNER WAYPOINT TOOLS i AR Kanaka p e Duck Valleys F otis ja Canar So Use this tool to adjust your flight plan D rR Click on the waypoint below to edit it or delete it D os a Pate g Ions mee ae eS rA Nevada i iv 7 e 4 Toler Dit th od d te sys ol Sa Sz KLAX 0 4 rae Ss 2 U Sierall CF34 202 gi Sor TAHIB 305 WABOP 223 KDEN 60 Waypoint Distance nm Figure 32 Let s take a moment to go over this screen as there is a lot of information available Note the section called WAYPOINT TOOLS on the left hand side of the screen This is the tool used to add amp delete waypoints as well as access certain navigation weather and flight plan logs discussed below There are 4 buttons
66. show three examples with KLAX as the AIRPORT WINTER as the season and SEVERE as the severity These three were obtained by clicking three successive times on the GENERATE button FRE ES2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology a main theme creation flight planner fly now options configuration manager help about REX RANDOMVVEA HER Use this window to create a random weather theme for flight simulator STEP 1 Select Weather Region EA Sey f nevada ih dy Le Later haa A i pee PSI n V E PARR A R A I P Toget Ditch Utah Pegi 3 Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random weather a Se ee Hin PEA 8 scenario around Ta ae Se ICAO AIRPORT LAX ye y Y STEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create your weather theme Then click the GENERATE button to create the weather situation for your region you selected The weather situation will be generated on the map to the right SEASON SEVERITY Bee snow The weather may not generate in flight simulator above due to limited weather stations Figure 43 Page 55 2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology FRE D 5200 i oe Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner options configuration manager help about REX RANDOMWEAIH ER create a random weather theme for flight simulator STEP 1 Select Weather Region er wart hyd Me i 4 ae f re T i en Ditch
67. st about the maximum range of that aircraft Similarly a jet flying at 36 000 is flying at 500 600 kts which is about 8 10 nm min This means that an update radius of 60 nm will result in an update every 6 7 minutes For slow and low fliers a value of 60 nm is about right and for heavy iron fliers 240 works well when over populated areas 300 nm is good if flying long distances over desert oceans or where there aren t many weather stations Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 9 RE Xe Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Configuration continued 3 Users that want to fly near and around the poles will find some very unexpected behavior as the weather engine will update every 30 seconds even more often if very close to the pole N89 for example The solution here is to just turn off the weather engine with the TURN OFF button on the WASys screen as described later until lower latitudes are reached again lower being around 80N or S This is just an unavoidable consequence of how distance is calculated by the weather engine 4 You may not want the weather engine to update during climbs or descent into the airport In this case you must evaluate what these distances are and set the sliders accordingly If the slider is set too high the weather may not update for some time and the weather could not be what you expect Set it too low and updates will be occurring during critical phases
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69. t are so critical to the enjoyment of and immersion in the flight simulator experience Finally REX also has full flight planning and in flight weather monitoring tools to enhance the realism All of these features can be fully manipulated to your individual taste Once REX is installed and the various setup options have been selected you will be presented with a Main Menu that consists of several Quick Start buttons that allow you to choose using real world weather or create custom weather and 1 Just fly without the need to perform any actions REX will select all texture themes at random download real weather or custom build the weather depending on what you choose install the weather textures needed for the particular weather conditions generate a flight plan and start FS2004 2 Create custom texture themes but allow REX to accomplish all other tasks 3 Create a flight plan but allow REX to accomplish all other tasks Additionally you can access any of the REX sub menus that will allow complete customization and manipulation via a row of tabs across the top of the user interface The flight planner can import flight plans created in FS2004 flight plans created by REX previously as well as import flight plans from some of the more popular third party flight planning tools available on the market We will continue to implement the ability to import different formats as users request them If you choose not to use the Quick Start but
70. th the mouse and moving it to the desired position The available distances are 60 120 240 and 300 nm Once the aircraft has traveled beyond this radius from the last update position the weather engine will update again Below are a few tips in order to better assist in your choice 1 It s vital to realize that the weather engine will not update if the aircraft has not traveled approximately the distance the slider is set at This means that if aircraft is flying in a relatively small area around the departure airport such as sightseeing but has not traveled far enough to fly beyond the update radius the weather engine will not update It doesn t matter how long the aircraft has been flying or what route the aircraft has used nor other airports the aircraft has been to what is critical is that the aircraft needs to fly beyond that radius in order to update Also the weather will not update while the aircraft is sitting on the ground at the airport no matter how long it sits there At this point the user has two choices 1 Force a weather update by using the LOAD WX button on the WASys or 2 set the slider at a low enough value that the aircraft will easily fly beyond it 2 You will need to consider what type of aircraft you want to fly and how fast it flies A single engine Cessna has a speed of around 100 kts If the update radius is set at 300 nm that aircraft will have to fly 3 hours before the weather will update even once That is ju
71. the center of the screen Figure 51 shows the WASys screen as you will see most often Note that along the left hand side next to the 8 buttons are now interface displays that describe what each button s function is In the center is amap and in the middle of the map is an aircraft symbol that indicates where your aircraft is currently located This map will move as the flight is underway The map can also be zoomed in and out The current level of zoom is indicated by the distance label at the bottom right hand corner of the map The zoom level goes from 650 nm to 65 nm in four increments The current date and time is displayed along the bottom of the map Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 62 i Engineering Flight Simulator Technology WASys Weather Avoidance System continued The function of the buttons on the left is summarized in the table below WASys BUTTON DESCRIPTION Displays the latest precipitation intensity Green represents light precipita Weather Radar l tion Yellow represents moderate Red represents heavy or severe Displays the areas of where possible thunderstorms are located with electrical SALOPE discharges This is extremely helpful especially if a storm is not precipitating Displays the areas of potential cloud turbulence Green represents light Turbulence choppy or light turbulence Yellow represents moderate Red represents heavy to severe turbul
72. tons on the Main Menu REX offers full customization of all textures as well as the flight plan and weather creation New in REX is a weather page that displays weather details including surface and aloft winds pressure temperature symbolized metars TAF and PIREP reports of any airport entered into the search box as well as links to the weather avoidance maps and flight planner The weather data can also be refreshed at any time with the use of a LOAD WX button and this weather can then be immediately loaded into FS2004 The WASys includes a refresh weather button which re downloads and updates the weather in FS2004 a minimize button that allows the WASys to be dropped to the icon on the taskbar and a TURN OFF button that shuts down the weather engine if needed or desired Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 4 PRE X20 gt Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Additionally the overall flow of how all components work together from the FS2004 version of REX have been completely reprogrammed to work in harmony for the FS2004 platform including functionality of the weather engine flight planner random weather generator WASys and general operations In this manual buttons and tabs that can be clicked or pressed are spelled exactly as seen on screen and highlighted in bold such as the FLY NOW button or the main tab as are references to options and choices that can be selected unselect
73. tup in the early phase within a minute or two after you press FLY NOW We are almost ready to fly Just a few more minutes Weather Avoidance System Aa Aa Load WX Minimize Turn Off REX WEATHER ENGINE INITIALIZING Real Environment Xtreme is starting its initializing process Please wait Loading Station Figure 49 Real Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 60 FS2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Weather Avoidance System REX WEATHER ENGINE INITIALIZING Real Environment Xtreme is starting its initializing process Please wait Loading Station Figure 50 When the weather engine is first started the screen shown in Figure 50 above will appear This is the Weather Avoidance System WASys and is one of the most important and extensively used screens in the entire REX program This system allows you to follow the weather along the flight path in real time as well as allowing you to directly interface with the weather engine The screen above shows the weather engine waiting to download weather This is a very important screen and so it is worthwhile to spend a few minutes learning about it Note that there are 8 buttons along the left hand side 2 zoom buttons with a and label on the right hand side and 3 buttons along the top as well as a download progress bar in the center The buttons we ll discuss now are the three on top LOAD
74. ure and other files that REX will modify If necessary clicking on Restore will restore all the files to the condition that existed before REX was installed It s important to realize that REX is going to backup whatever textures you have installed now If no other add ons have been installed that modify clouds water airport environment sun or lights then the backup will consist of the FS2004 default files If you have installed any of these other add ons the backup will contain these files not FS2004 default files If default FS2004 textures are desired in the backup the other add ons must be restored uninstalled before running the REX backup When ready to create the backup file click on CREATE and REX will create this folder for you When this backup process is finished a folder with the name Initial_ Backup will be displayed in the backup window and the yellow Completed alert will be displayed below the RESTORE button Simply clicking on the RESTORE button will restore the files to what they were before REX was installed Finally move on to Step 3 Step 3 Configuration Settings Under Step 3 you will see a number of choices regarding how REX will function These settings are described below Enable Auto Launch REX Weather Engine This will allow the REX weather engine to be used for weather related tasks inside FS2004 If you wish to use another weather engine simply uncheck this box and the REX weather engine will not start
75. way Taxiway theme Figure 23 and Airport Environment Themes Figure 24 each have 4 tabs subthemes that can be modified and the Sun Lighting theme Figure 25 has 6 tabs subthemes that can modified Page 32 52004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology 22004 coe S y a o 3 ia Engineering Flight Simulator Technology aes a a main to iT flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y Calm Lake A calm wave animation showcasing the serenity of _ o E Derauit Name Save this theme or cick Random to generate a new one DELETE Figure 22 In this window Figure 22 have a look at all the different combinations of wave action and animation that are possible here Note the wave animation only works with the FS2004 water setting of HIGH Page 33 S2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology i a A theme creation flight planner weather fly now options configuration manager help about REX y Asphalt Runway 04 Asphalt Runway 4 Asphalt Runway 04 Wayi cK FEELLINGS Theme Loaded Sunday November 22 2009 10 31 33 PM GA Figure 23 al Environment Xtreme FS2004 Version 1 0 User Manual November 2009 Page 34 gt lt F52004 l Engineering Flight Simulator Technology Theme Creation Menu continued Airport Environment Window H FS2004 Engineering Flight Simulator Technology theme creation flight planner weather fly n
76. y now options configuration manager help about REX REAL i IMEWEAJI 1Ef i Enter in and search for an ICAO Airport to search for their weather conditions z Fru FP p eeaernr 8 me ry iii C ial WEATHER DEWPOINT PRESSURE VISIBILITY METAR REPORT SURFACE 10 000 FT 18 000 FT 30 000 FT 39 000 FT TAF FORECASTS PIREPS REPORTS Figure 38 After typing in an airport in this case Los Angeles KLAX and pressing SUBMIT the weather situation in Los Angeles is displayed on the screen as shown in Figure 39 below FRERES 2001 f Engineering Flight Simulator Technology main theme creation flight planner fly now options configuration manager help about REX REAL I IMEWEAJ IER Enter in and search for an ICAO Airport to search for their weather conditions rr _rr p pra ppn n m G lee AIRPORT Code KLAX SUBMIT KLAX Los Angeles Intl Los Angeles United States Nx Station KLAX arire r EELS 1014 MB 29 94 10 SM TEMP DEWPOINT PRESSURE VISIBILITY METAR REPORT KLAX 272153Z 25008KT 10SM FEW015 SCT200 SCT250 18 13 A2993 RMK A02 SLP134 T01780133 250 8KTS A 261 28KTS A 281 31KTS 301 45KTS gt 322 80KTS N 334 86KTS Vv SURFACE 5000 FT 10 000 FT 18 000 FT 30 000 FT 39 000 FT TAF FORECASTS KLAX 271747Z 2718 2824 VRBO3KT P6SM SCT200 FM272000 25010KT P6SM BKN150 FM280300 29012G20KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100 FM280800 30010KT P6SM SCT030 BKNO60 FM281200 32008KT 5SM SHRA BR SCT025 BKNO50 FM282000 29009KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKNO60 PIREPS REPORTS C

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