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1. gt essen tid Ho High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package FRE essential OVERDRIVE Fi f J High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package VERSION ae JER BE RT RT BER RR RER BE HERE TR TR KR R fe a Sane e t fg Di eg Er s m Zeg e e e EE 3 8 PRODUCTMANUALY3 3 3 7 REX STUDIOS TABLE OF CONTENTS d gt wee 7 T a L L EE 3 IMPORTANT READ FIRST BEFORE INSTALLING e 8 Recommended FSX SCUINGS ici ceterrcicensscnsinicsecsecteteeaticndttverectnteaniindeecndiseea Neites 9 Recommended Prepar3D Settings ENEE 12 DEER EE e 13 General Configuration Manager 14 Weather Engine Configuration seggt 18 Visibility edel le 22 Wind Ree de UEL EN 24 Godd el Ree 26 ORIG AS Ma KA 8 TE 28 Q ick Start EE 30 Eet 33 REX Download Kee 42 Beie Ge GE 43 MS MAC SE SEE nena vce hence E N E N E E E 58 E Deele 64 Weather Engine Operations Ave EEN 65 REX Database TOO EE 68 Hk 9 6 0 ci apes 0 ON aa E A E E NANE AE A OEO TEO 69 BEIEN 70 SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ _ _ _______ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 2 REX OVERVIEW as REX is a 15 time award winning photo realistic texture package weather engine amp flight planner for FSX PREPAR3D FS2004 and X Plane REX allows control of environment water and airport textures as well as lighting effects that are critical to
2. M a Ze e engl a gt V EE EE a A E CA LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX REX COMMUNITY FLIGHT CENTER REX COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS on the flight plan link below to import a flight plan Or click the IMPORT button to import a flight plan from another flight planne LivewireExpress American Flight d E d A D H I D A L i q LJ D COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS fachn The COMMUNITY FLIGHT ee IGT ID AIRLINE DEP TIME 11 30 13 45 12 15 00 00 09 30 15 45 13 15 19 30 00 00 00 00 PLANS area contains all of the community shared flight plans uploaded by fellow REX users Looking at this screen you will notice the main area within the center of the screen containing specific information for each shared flight PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 damosta28 Matteo 1 teiri alain sskweather JAM Brad_oc chn1 IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN The main area of COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS consists of FLIGHT ID AIRLINE DEPARTURE TIME DEPARTURE ARRIVAL and AUTHOR To import a community shared flight plan select the FLIGHT ID text link and the flight plan will download and load into REX This process might take a moment depending on the complexity of the flight plan selected GAME PAGE 57 a ee ep eel Ee unt WEATHER ENGINE z SS ee O a E E RE
3. TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX v vV al F XT Lj R E Click pictures below to select textures in each category or click the dropdown menu to choose pre built texture themes Randomize will automatically select texture variations Sky Textures gt Cloud Textures inland Water Textures Ocean Water Textures Tropical Water Textures 0 REX NATURAL DAY CUMULUS 23 DEEP BLUE EYES OCEAN BLUE HEAVENLY BEYOND Wave Animation Runway Taxiways Airport Environment Sun Lighting Sounds zz E SPARKLING ING CUGK TO PREVIEW Default pm ie DELETE e INSTALL Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 The TEXTURES area consists of 9 categories of DELETE will delete texture themes from the drop texture selections down menu Highlighting a theme name and selecting DELETE will remove it from the list Clicking ON any one of the 9 RANDOMIZE allows REX to randomly choose rectangular windows expands textures from each of the 9 texture categories each section so you may select more textures within that genre RANDOMIZE is a great feature If you wish to save all textures within your own and ensures a UNIQUE and custom texture theme click the SAVE button and Interesting flig ht each time you will be prompted to name your theme Clicking on the SOUND ICON allows INSTALL will place the selected textures into FSX you to preview the sounds available A P3D The name of the in
4. TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN v v WATER ANIMATION Sparkling No doubt the best effect of wave animations REX has to offer Wave Animation Sparkling CANCEL SELECT Default ye DELETE INSTALL Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 REX water animation will only function if Low 2X or higher is selected within FSX GAME PRODUCTMAI V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 41 REX DOWNLOAD CENTER DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN Y DOWNLOAD CENTER The DOWNLOAD CENTER is a method in which REX Game Studios can pass along new and updated material developed for FSX P3D to our customers The process of installing re installing new material is handled within the back end of REX Think of the download center as a marketplace for new things that add life to FSX P3D a En me amp Weather Package FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW lt map jen OPTIONS LICENSED FOR AND PREPAR CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP Download new and updated material developed for FSX and PREPAR3D Freeware and payware both supported FREE STUFF z Grass Textures Enhanced grass and environment bitmap for FSX Author REX Game Studios Water Environment Reflection This package fixes the swirly and pixelated look of the shader 1x water within FSX giving a smoother more Author REX Game Studios INSTALL Pages 1 of 2 With the simple click of a but
5. If selecting an airport to search then navigate to another module of REX you will be provided regular alerts of the next flight scheduled to depart from that airport The CANCEL SUBSCRIPTION button is used to cancel your FlightAware subscription at any time However doing so will immediately halt all FlightAware actions within REX GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 46 ee High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package f A AA SA CREDIR DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHE S REX COMMUNITY FLIGHT C US AIRWAYS A321 First Lunch Economy Food Origin Terminal 4 Phoenix AZ Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl AWE16 3 00 PM Filed Speed 455 kts Filed Altitude 35000 ft Filed Duration 04 46 00 NEW SHARED TEXTURE THEME BY SKYY HIGH AIRWAYS CAE GCGCENSELCHEI HE FSX AND PREPARSD R FyNow OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX ENTER POWERED BY On Time Kan FlightAware Destination Terminal 7 New York NY John F Kennedy Intl 7 44 PM Filed Route SJN6 ABQ GCK SPI VHP ROD DJB JHW J70 LVZ LENDY6 d VA q l Q ke I 0 U gt gt Z 2 2 o LU IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN Skyy High Airways created the new theme Hawaiian Dream for the category FAIR WEATHER Once the flight plan has been successfully loaded into REX you are presented with the preliminary flight plan information as seen above including name of air carrier type of aircraft sc
6. OR SEARCH FOR SCHEDULED FLIGHTS Airport ICAO Code rs FEE GET FuicHTs Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Location Phoenix AZ Status VFR KPHX 050051Z 29007G14KT 10SM FEW120 39 M01 A2971 RMK AO2 SLP038 T03891011 ARR FLIGHT ID AIRLINE AIRCRAFT DEP ARR DEP TIME TIME AWE18 US AIRWAYS A321 KPHX KJFK 10 27 PM 2 39AM COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS DAL1994 DELTAAIR LI B738 KPHX KJFK 7 10 AM 11 19 AM IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN DAL2123 DELTAAIR LI B738 KPHX KJFK 11 50 AM 4 01 PM With FlightAware incorporated Into REX you re able to search for You may search routes between two airports real world real time IFR flights using the Departure ICAO CODE and Arrival scheduled ata single airport or ICAO CODE fields In the sample above KPHX is selected as departure and KJFK as arrival Click the routes between two airports GET FLIGHTS button to retrieve all flights within You re provided details about these parameters Once the servers return results fields are populated with data including departure the flight and able to Import the airport information airline flight ID airline aircraft flight plan into FSX P3D via REX departure and arrival times Simply click on a flight ID link to load the FlightAware plan into the REX flight planning module This may take some time depending on the complexity of the flight plan filed REX will provide up to date flight notifications via the weather engine while in flight
7. Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER CONFIGURATION MANAGER VISIBILITY CONFIGURATION Use this slide height of the visibility layer Enable real visibility Enable real visibility smoothing Oo gt Zz Fb us J I oO I Fw gt Delete WEA REAL WEATHER VISIBILITY SETTINGS Enable Real Visibility Utilizes actual visibility setting provided by the metar report Turning off this feature causes REX to use a default setting of 20NM or to use the settings provided in the GLOBAL VISIBILITY LAYERS Enable Real Visibility Smoothing Helps create more smoothness to the visibility across regions Because of the limitations of the FSX visibility plane we re still able to produce a smooth transition vertically AND horizontally However this will also cause metar reports to not accurately report the visibility for each station PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 FLY NOW HELP ABOUT REX OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER r to set the visibility distance and then set the Click the ADD LAYER button to add SM 10 ADD LAYER CLOUDS Visibility Ceiling FOG GENERATION SETTINGS Enable Real Weather Fog When turned on rex Utilizes special processes to create a more realistic fog representation vertically and horizontally based upon the metar report Enable Stratus Clouds As Fog To add more depth to fog within FSX P3D we have coded an option for you to allow the REX weathe
8. CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN CONFIGURATION MANAGER WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION WEATHER ENGINE MODE INITIAL WEATHER DELAY TIMER se this slider to set the time ch you want to delay WX PLUS STANDARD eainer eng ne from njeci ng weather at Stari up MODE MODE i i y mm GENERAL WEATHER ENGINE SETTINGS Time 1 Minutes E WEATHER SURFACE REGION se this slider to set the weather surface region your aircrafi eather will inject again D D i Small Region DE LJ y LA D VISIBILITY WEATHER REFRESH RATE se this slider to set the time interval in which you want the weather engine to inject weather into the simulato j I WEATHER ENGINE 3D smoothing Every 15 Minutes WEATHER INJECTION ALTITUDE SETTINGS Enable minimum weather injection altitude Avg Accurate Avg Stations INITIAL WEATHER DELAY TIMER region the timer is reset This works for WXPLUS Sets the initiation time in which REX begins to mode but the update times are different than inject weather into FSX P3D Select a starting time in STANDARD mode If you don t fly out of the between 1 and 5 minutes A shorter wait time weather region but the timer resets then the allows the REX weather engine to inject weather region area is also reset while you re still configuring a FSX P3D flight HER INJEC IN IT EGION Selects the size Sets the minimum alt
9. FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS KLAX KDEN Alternate Aircraft KCOS BOEING 757 Departure Arrival Use the fields below to set a profile name flight type airline airport parking and departure time of the flight plan you want to share with the REX Community Tim REX Developer Profile Name Flight Type Airline Name Airport Parking GATE 101 Departure Time local 00 00 CANCEL GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 54 FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS Departure Alternate Arrival Aircraft Use the fields below to set a profile name flight type airline airport parking and departure time of the flight plan you want to share with the REX Community Airline Name Departure Time local The other fields that need to be selected or filled in are FLIGHT TYPE AIRLINE NAME AIRPORT p gegen PARKING and DEPARTURE TIME local When all degen fields are completed selecting CANCEL will return you back to the FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS area while selecting SHARE will upload your plan to the REX ern eens data servers for immediate use by all other REX ID WAYPOINT TYPE LAT Lone customers within the community 6350 ARRVD REP PT 33 985564 116 732858 J 6405 CADE REP PT 34 206584 115 342872 The waypoint ID column of the FLIGHT PLAN CIKUS RNAVWP 33972297 118 503494 WAYPOINTS area is used to add amp delete 8467 DYPSO REPPT 234744364 waypoints Selecting on ANY ID link will open the EE WAYPOINT CONFIGURATION Thi
10. JILL id Use this control to co e the er yo o use from Re l Just wani SA Xtreme i i eo tto follow a ght plan WEATHER SETTINGS J H Use Real Weather Data Use REX Random Weather Themes Use Archived Weather Data Time is GMT Essential to do all the work NEW SHARED TEXTURE THEME BY WILL GILBERTSEN By selecting I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW A FLIGHT PLAN you will be presented with the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE window You may select real world real time weather random weather or archived weather on your flight within FSX P3D This area is for the user that wants to create or import a flight plan view potential weather that may be present along the flight path real time weather analyze the various navigation logs that REX creates and have REX choose and install textures appropriate for the weather Will Gilbertsen created the new theme REX realism theme for the category FAIR WEATHER You may also interface with FlightAware s real world live flight plans and upload browse flight plans with the rest of the REX online community The descriptions above for the three QUICK START buttons are explained in greater detail in their respective chapters Please view and read these chapters to fully realize what each feature is capable of eege REX GAME STUDIOS ga PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 32 TEXTURES Boom Ke COF Sess Er Fis Fo High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN
11. PAGE 65 WEATHER ENGINE REX WX o ee Tem cit Load Weather am ET eme Smooth Cloud Transitions wa ee EIS e 5 mis a9 ft z ENER More options will appear Opacity roa IN Ge 4 e e ae Soka ia simply by right clicking wrens Fl seme on the frame of the REX Wx Synoptic Interpolation Compton THAR Wx Micro Interpolation oi iana i ES WX weather eng ne Wx 3D Smoothing SH HIT Wx Engine Plus Torr ait On x This allows you to set vnRetecheaance RAR ts important parameters ge ema o eee ae which are summarized SS on the following table PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Forces weather to manually be injected into FSX P3D This will override any minimum SEN altitude level set within the CONFIGURATION MANAGER 1 In Standard Weather mode this causes the clouds to build up gradually however you lose all other weather functions It is more for effect than anything else Smooth Cloud Transitions 2 In WXPLUS mode this sets the rate in which weather changes within FSX P3D to 5 This causes the weather to change dynamically as you fly Search Metar Allows you to search for metar data from an ICAO within the weather database Changes the REX WX gauge visibility to allow you to view behind the gauge while Opacity in game and in windowed mode When checked ON this allows REX to continue to download latest metar and weather WX Download data in the backgro
12. customize textures further This technique is illustrated below with the INLAND WATER selection NOTE The exact same procedure is used to modify the OCEAN WATER and the TROPICAL WATER textures The INLAND WATER TEXTURES window is shown above There are two tabs Inland Blue and Inland Brown a drop down selection window and four sliders There are also two pictures above the drop down selection menu The left displays the original water texture and the right displays the real time changes you make to the textures via the sliders The sliders are moved one by one to the left and right causing changes to the water textures PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 i ee Sb ee nd FSX AND PREPARSD FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX Plankton CANCEL SELECT save DELETE Save INSTALL As the example above displays Deep Blue Eyes is selected within the Inland Blue area and displays the changes when the top slider Plankton is moved to the left The color of the texture on the right side picture changes accordingly Similarly the other sliders can be adjusted until the water has just the right look When all adjustments to INLAND WATER have been completed including both INLAND BLUE and INLAND BROWN tabs select SAVE to save all the changes made You will be prompted to give each water texture theme a name Choose the SELECT button to commit to your selection or select the CANCEL bu
13. in which REX Game Studios can pass along new amp updated material developed for FSX or P3D to our customers The TEXTURES area allows you to choose and create textures to be installed into FSX P3D The FLIGHT CENTER is where you may create or import flight plans as well as use real world flight plans via FlightAware The WEATHER button takes you to the custom weather real time weather center FLY NOW starts the REX weather engine and FSX P3D OPTIONS is where you tailor the configuration of texture installation as well as optimize texture content The CONFIGURATION MANAGER is a main hub for setting up all facets of REX HELP opens the help manual ABOUT REX navigates you to the section containing crucial program information GAME PRODUCTMAI V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 13 essential Ir amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER CONFIGURATION MANAGER GENERAL CONFIGURATION ation of your main simulator folder location C Program Files x86 Microsoft Games Mi BROWSE FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX YOUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED BACKUP RESTORE FORGOT YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD Enter a profile name for your shared files P3D NOT ACTIVATED win Enable in application notifications Hi Enable application sounds Click CREATE to backup your textures Select from the list below Click RESTORE to reset the configuration settings RESTORE SIMULATOR FOLDER LOCATION Click BROWSE and nav
14. of REX Game Studios 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 PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 Q REX GAME STUDIOS LA GE Se z Be 25 f Support Services This SOFTWARE PRODUCT is provided as is however REX Game Studios 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 realenvironmentxtreme com g Termination Without prejudice to any other rights REX Game Studios 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 photographs 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 Game Studios or its suppliers All title and intellectual property rights in and to additional third party libraries and content which are used under the terms of those components distribution which may be accessed thr
15. this slider to set the time interval in which you want ather engine to inject weather into the simulato Every 15 Minutes tion altitude WEATHER INJECTION ALTITUDE SETTINGS Enable minimum weather injec SINCERA FAIRER ENGINE SET LING Enable REX Weather Engine Allows the REX weather engine to be used for weather related tasks If you wish to use another weather engine simply uncheck this box Enable Auto Start the REX Weather Engine Enabling this option will cause REX to start the weather engine when REX starts FSX P3D Enable Auto Launch the Flight Simulator Allows REX to autostart FSX P3D from within the REX GUI Uncheck this option if using REX in a network situation Enable VATSIM Weather data The default weather source for REX is NOAA however we also provide the VATSIM weather data that comes directly from the VATSIM weather servers PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN WEATHER ENGINE MODE WX PLUS STANDARD MODE MODE o mm GENERAL WEATHER ENGINE SETTINGS VISIBILITY sD smoothing Avg Accurate Avg Stations Enable Green Message Bar Within FSX Turns ON or OFF the green info bar within FSX Be aware that this information bar also advises the status of weather injection so if you notice the weather not injecting be certain to check this feature is set to ON Enable Weather Download Every 30 Mins Enables
16. with the weather engine running are download processes interpolating processes injection rates and region sizes Q REX GAME STUDIOS PAGE 5 REX OVERVIEW el INTERPOLATION PROCESS Metar stations that report weather data today do not reflect the number of weather stations within FSX P3D Many of the stations in FSX P3D do not report real weather in real life However we wanted to be sure all stations in FSX P3D have weather to report We populated the REX database with all of the weather stations from FSX P3D then take real weather data and bump it up against that database Those that match real weather data is used Those that don t have weather we look to the closest neighbor to get the closest possible match REX allows you to adjust this reading Some weather stations don t have a very close neighbor Using this process alone would have eliminated about 2000 stations reporting weather This would have caused huge gaps in some areas Within the CONFIGURATION MANAGER you have the ability to set the range of stations to interpolate weather data This gives FSX and P3D a more rich and smooth flight experience e REX Game Studios F h A 27 has joined with are and embedded 8 t W the technology of FlightAware into REX Below is a quick but brief overview of what FlightAware can do With FlightAware inside REX you re able to search for real world real time IFR flights scheduled at a single airport
17. x fo GE 7 Meis d GE o GZ 2 j i i A x J lt By SA ei H Si L i g i d k K E ES wegl p i ir f CS e KEN d hed ki y h Co K i Kei Ke j re bf de 8 Si SC D e kel i N IL d gi WI VAN DN AN IA em Wi D F A DALA P Sy fi i HR D gt r a ONG AT L i mt dkk i gg SDN RU WW d j KI VU AY R VW a WW A ER REE I V V em NE en A IL AN A 3 di Ces m gf I E WT Dh H wf JI Ai A s Sg LA ud A e E A oo amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER CONFIGURATION MANAGER GENER SIML Use this form to create your user account so that in case settings can be restored automatically Cp Email Address Confirm Email Username Password Confirm Password RESTORE BACKUP RESTORE CONFIGURATION Upon clicking the BACKUP button the information form appears as seen above If a profile name has already been entered prior to entering this section the USERNAME is automatically populated Be careful only ONE backup may be created To create an account fill in the appropriate information E mail Address Confirm E mail Username Password and Confirm Password Select CREATE FLY NOW OPTIONS Gd a CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX you need to re install REX Essential your user CREATE CREATE RESTORE To restore your user settings fill in your Username and Password and select RESTORE Select CAN
18. 8 WEATHER ENGINE REAL TIME WEATHER ENGINE continued LICENSED FOR AND PREPAR essentisl Io amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX NA V REAL TIME WEATHER Regen ren 6 5 2013 1Z 250 106KTS TEMPERATURE 20C 68 F KLAX 042354Z 0500 0606 26012KT P6SM m FEW030 FM050400 25008KT P6SM e DEWPOINT 14C 57F 30 000 240 100KTS 22 BKN012 FM050800 VRBOSKT P6SM OVC017 FM051600 25005KT P6SM BKN022 FM052000 25012KT P6SM PRESSURE 1013 MB n i SCT025 FM060300 26007KT P6SM 210 34KTS BKNO12 29 91 IN VISIBILITY 10 SM 10 000 195 17KTS 190 15KTS KLAX 050053Z 25014KT 10SM SCT015 20 14 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02000139 250 14KTS 20C RELOAD WX SEARCH VIEW WEATHER WX TEXTURES WX AVOIDANCE FLIGHT PLAN FLY NOW To retrieve weather type in an airport code ICAO WX AVOIDANCE is the weather avoidance system or search for an airport using the SEARCH button then click SUBMIT Notice that the empty data After viewing this area fields are now populated with weather data return back to the WEATHER menu and select FLY including the metar data winds aloft temperatures NOW to start FSX P3D and the REX weather engine aloft TAF forecasts and PIREP reports FLIGHT PLAN displays the FLIGHT PLANNER FLY NOW starts FSX P3D minimizes REX and starts the REX WX weather engine the module that There are 7 buttons on the bottom of this screen injects we
19. AL TIME WEATHER ENGINE P A VW a Ho Lee LICENSED FOR High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Seege FSX AND PREPARSD DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX ww Y QUICK STAR CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE REX Developer 2 e y yntrol to configure the flight plan and the type of weather you want to use from Rea 28 Kl t to follow a ght plan just wani WEATHER SETTINGS Use Real Weather Data Use REX Random Weather Themes Use Archived Weather Data Time is GMT CANCEL Selecting WEATHER from the top navigation If you selected ENABLE VATSIM WEATHER in the bar displays the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD CONFIGURATION MANAGER then the data that s PROCEDURE menu as shown above In order to available will be retrieved from the VATSIM network access the WEATHER page the type of weather servers you would like to use must be selected There are 3 types of weather you can use Real time weather The real weather option is used by selecting random weather or archived historic weather Use Real Weather Data and then selecting OK CANCEL returns to the previous screen The first is real time weather This Is a real time download of all the metars and weather data available over the entire globe from the NOAA servers as well as TAFs and PIREPS submitted by REAL pilots all over the world GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 5
20. ALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 29 QUICK START MENU eem SE SE S Ge e G LA ee Fido High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN Yy QUICK START just want to fly En ar a mengt WANT TO FLY Allows REX to randomly select and install textures into FSX P3D then opens both the flight simulator and the REX Weather Engine PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 7 like to create want to follow a J bk flight plan want to follow a flight plan LIKE TO CREATE Allows you to create texture themes select and install textures sounds or share browse textures with the rest of the REX community FOLLOW A FLIGHT PLAN Allows creation of flight plans with real time random or archived weather interface with FlightAware real world live flight plans or save browse community shared flight plans GAME PAGE 30 QUICK START MENU eem 1 By selecting I JUST WANT TO FLY you will notice a dialogue box just want to fly advising REX is randomly selecting preparing and installing textures into FSX P3D There are two choices here 1 selecting CANCEL immediately stop the process or 2 allow REX to carry out the process If cancelled you will be returned to the MAIN screen REX TEXTURE ENGINE Real Environment Xtreme is now running the process to convert and load y
21. ANAGER CLOUD CONFIGURATION MAXIMUM TURBULENCE Use this slider to level for cloud turbulence I I Turbulence 1 MAXIMUM CLOUD ICING setup the set the maximum Use this slider to for cloud icing maximum lieve i CLOUD RATIOS GENERAL VISIBILITY W Z D Z W Y W i d W gt Use this slider to configure Cumulus Enable Cloud Icing Turns ON or OFF cloud icing Select this option to provide more realistic icing effects while in flight Enable Cloud Turbulence Turns ON or OFF cloud turbulence Enable Global Cirrus Cloud Deck When enabled a global layer of cirrus type clouds will appear Enable Global Cumulus Cloud Deck When enabled a global layer of cumulus type clouds will appear CUMULUS DEFINITION E uffy TER CLOUD STORM ENHANCEMENTS MM Enable enhanced thunderstorms MM Enable enhanced lightning MM Enable storm scud STRATUS DEFINITION Chaotic Stable CLOUD TURB SHEARIICING EJ Enable cloud icing Ej Enable cloud turbulence CUMULONIMBUS DEFINITION Any Towering GLOBAL CLOUD LAYERS WM Enable global cirrus cloud deck BM Enable global cumulus cloud deck MM Enable realistic haze layer Enable Realistic Haze Layer In IFR conditions this will help immersion This setting will create hard edges when fog intersects with terrain and causes a cloud type formation to follow the aircraft Changes structure representation of cumulus clo
22. ANAGER HELP ABOUT REN y al F XT LI R E 5S Click pictures below to select textures in each category or click the dropdown menu to choose hess SHARE YOUR TEXTURE THEME lations Use the fields below to set a name category and description of the texture theme you want to share with the B RANDOMIZE REX Community Sky Textures al Water Textures Profile Name Tim REX Developer Theme Name Desert Perfection REX NATURAL DAY Theme Category DUSTSTORM X NLY BEYOND Wave Animation CANCEL SHARE SPARKLING TO PREVIEW Default SS T Sa DELETE sau INSTALL Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 Once you are satisfied with your texture selections TEXTURE THEME SAVED and wish to share them with fellow REX community users click the SHARE button Your texture theme has been uploaded to the REX Community Within this window you will need to enter a THEME NAME and choose a THEME CATEGORY Once the fields are entered selecting SHARE will confirm the addition of your creation to the database Now others from within the REX community will be able to search find load and experiment with your texture selections inside of FSX P3D GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 35 TEXTURES SKY TEXTURES WINDOW EXPANDED essenticl k0 amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES y FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER SKY TEXTURES Dawn Set REX Natural Dawn X BROWSE Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 The 9 texture window
23. CEL to cancel the process and return to the main CONFIGURATION MANAGER FORGOT YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD If you misplaced or forgotten your previously saved account information click the red link You will be directed to the web specifically a page setup for retrieving account information You will be required to enter your email address used during the initial sign up process The DOWNLOAD CENTER cannot be used if you haven t CREATED a BACKUP profile The DOWNLOAD CENTER will appear empty until this is completed PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 REX GAME STUDIOS ___ PAGE 15 d us Pn GIE Se FER BE id Seg af a rt amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX CONFIGURATION MANAGER YOUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED GENERAL CONFIGURATION Click BROWSE to set the location of your main Click BACKUP to save your global REX configuration simulator folder locatior C Program Files x86 Microsoft Games Mi BROWSE BACKUP RESTORE FORGOT YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD Enter a profile name for your shared files Purchase REX access rights to Prepar3D PURCHASE P3D NOT ACTIVATED EH Enable in application notifications Hi Enable application sounds Click CREATE to backup your textures the list below to RESTORE your previous RE to reset the configuration settings oe e g Initial Backup z RESTORE CREATE RESTORE REX ACCESS RIGHTS TO PREPAR3
24. D To initiate the license upon reinstallation of REX REX was heavily developed to work with Prepar3D simply select the RESTORE button within the hence the small charge to use REX within P3D BACKUP RESTORE CONFIGURATION area and Purchasing a REX P3D license will unlock all the follow the directions features specific to the P3D platform To purchase a license and access the features SEENEN specific to P3D select the PURCHASE NOW TEE button You will be presented with a purchase screen Fill out the necessary information and EE submit Once submitted and approved you ee a will immediately be given a receipt confirming SE purchase as seen on the right If approval has been PURCHASE NE denied you will immediately be notified Following ER sauso approval a user account is created on the REX Toa suso data servers and will be used to backup your configuration and access status TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION If you need technical assistance please visit our support forum as we do not offer telephone support at this time Following approval the words P3D ACTIVATED REX Game Studios Support Forum CLICK HERE will be viewed within this area and the PURCHASE NOW button will be removed You will not be asked again to purchase the REX P3D license upon reinstallation of REX This is a one time only fee Please print this page for your records REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 16 kal
25. Default BROWSE DELETE er ve Sa INSTALL Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 Select BROWSE on the TEXTURES page and the window in the sample above appears You may search select and load texture themes that other REX users have created BROWSE and SHARE are great features utilizing REX EDGE Technology With REX EDGE you have the Section A in the sample ability to share i above represents the available texture themes your customized textu re themes Once you choose a texture set to experiment with with the whole REX Community click the THEME ID number to automatically load the desired theme into your REX You may narrow If you create that killer look and would like to share the available criteria by using the SEARCH function it with others you now have the ability to do that 26 Shown section B You may exit this screen at any time by selecting Or with the simple click of a CANCEL to return to the main TEXTURES page button you can install another user s customized texture theme You must select the INSTALL in a matter of seconds button for textures to install into FSX P3D We have added categories to texture themes so that you can search by creator name or texture theme category GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 34 TEXTURES LA ee KT High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION M
26. EXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER essential el Ho High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX FLYNOW CONFIGURATION MANAGER WIND CONFIGURATION MAXIMUM WIND TURBULENCE Use this slider to set the maximum for wind turbulence MAXIMUM Use this slid WIND SHEAR VISIBILITY d LE LJ Z m D WEATHER ENGINE WIND TURBULENCE SHEAR E Enable real weather winds MM Enable real weather w nd smoothinc Ej Enable wind turbulence VO Enable wind shear MAXIMUM WIND TURBULENCE Sets the maximum severity of the winds at the surface and aloft This level ranges from one 1 to five 5 1 referencing the lowest and 5 representing the most extreme conditions MAXIMUM WIND SHEAR Sets the maximum effect of wind shear at the surface and aloft This level ranges from one 1 to four 4 1 referencing the lowest and 4 representing the most extreme conditions WIND TURBULENCE SHEAR Enable Real Weather Winds Turns ON or OFF the real weather wind provided by NOAA VATSIM RADIOSONDE reports If turned OFF you may use the GLOBAL WIND LAYER function to set your own wind levels PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 SET GLOBAL WIND LAYERS ADD LAYER Direction Height Enable Real Weather Wind Smoothing Defaults winds from current location of aircraft at all levels and forces weather stations surrounding the aircraft with the same wind
27. HICS section of the FSX cfg file This can be located in your c Users lt your account name gt AppData Roaming Microsoft FSX If the AppData folder is hidden you will need to change the VIEW settings as outlined here Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button clicking Control Panel clicking Appearance and Personalization and then clicking Folder Options Click the View tab Under Advanced settings click Show hidden files and folders and then click OK 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 unselected or checked unchecked such as Enable 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 CENTER Drive directory folder and file names and other computer locations and commands will be shown in italics and bolded such as C REX Essential Plus SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ _ _ ______ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 8 ege SSS RECOMMENDED FSX SETTINGS lt _ ses fesfrertfrerze fi SETTINGS rt e O Flight EN b SETTINGS DISPLAY HOME FREE FLIGHT MISSIONS MULTIPLAYER PILOT RECORDS LEARNING CENI SETTINGS _ Visual settings Cloud draw distance 100mi 160km Thermal visualizatio
28. It amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX CONFIGURATION MANAGER YOUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED GENERAL CONFIGURATION on of your main simulator folder location C Program Files x86 Microsoft Games Mi BROWSE BACKUP RESTORE FORGOT YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD Enter a profile name for your shared files P3D NOT ACTIVATED PURCHASE NOW Enable in application notifications Hi Enable application sounds Click CREATE to backup your textures Select from the list below to RESTORE your previous backup Click RESTORE to reset the configuration settings DE j g Initial Backup z RESTORE CREATE RESTORE CREATE RESTORE BACKUP TEXTURES REX backs up textures that are installed within CREATE will backup all FSX P3D textures When your sim now If no other texture add ons have backup process is final a folder with the name been installed then the backup will consist of FSX Initial Backup is displayed in the backup default files If you installed a similar add on similar window RESTORE restores the files to what to REX the backup will contain these files and NOT they were before REX was installed REX saves a FSX default files If default FSX textures are desired backup copy of all textures and other files that are in the backup other add ons must be restored or modified by REX uninstalled before running the REX backup If the need arises to uninstal
29. KPHX Alternate VIEW TEMPS ALOFT 1000FT VIEW WINDS ALOFT DIR FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS ID WAYPOINT DIST NM FLT TIME 3000FT 2 00 23 360 1 360 1 4 00 48 360 1 360 1 360 1 65 31 380 1 360 23 360 1 345 21 The 6 buttons along the bottom of the FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS screen allows REX to perform certain tasks after your desired flight plan is ready BACK navigates you back to the previous screen RELOAD WX reloads the most current weather This is handy if you have taken time in preparing your flight plan and you would like to make sure you are presented with the latest weather data WX TEXTURES analyzes weather conditions and chooses a set of textures that match Select WX TEXTURES and REX will begin installing textures into flight simulator WX AVOIDANCE is a real time weather view with the flight plan overlaid upon the map This is known as the Weather Avoidance System WASys and is described in more detail later in this manual PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX Distance Total Time 10000FT 18000FT 24000FT 30000FT S5000FT 39000FT E 210 46 215 32 235 52 225 50 245 67 245 104 280 21 295 21 295 52 275 75 255 91 230 71 295 27 305 34 295 38 295 44 300 50 310 65 295 54 300 75 280 67 290 85 200 102 300 122 340 40 290 65 300 137 295 153 300 168 305 145 FLY NOW SAVE displays a dialogue box which allows the
30. PAGE 51 e ect x essential Gl Sech LICENSED FOR amp Weather Package AND PREPAR MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX v N REX COMMUNITY FLIGHT CENTER IMPORT Use this form to add a new aircraft to the aircraft list Aircraft Manufacturer Aircraft Name Aircraft Type Maximum Speed Maximum Range Crusing Altitude FT of Passengers REAL FLIGHT PLANS COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS SUBMIT CLEAR FIELDS To create a flight plan enter information in the If the required aircraft is not present within the list appropriate fields Some of these fields can be of available aircraft new aircraft may be added by searched by selecting the ADD AIRCRAFT or clicking ADD NEW The ADD A NEW AIRCRAFT SEARCH buttons menu is shown above To select an aircraft simply click on the aircraft Fill in the required information select SAVE and the name and it will automatically be added to the field aircraft will be added to the aircraft list in the flight planner along with a default altitude Click on this new aircraft within list and the aircraft and airspeed that is added to the respective fields altitude and air speed will be populated into their These values can be changed by editing the fields respective fields CANCEL returns to the AIRCRAFT afterwards SELECTION menu REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 52 e ect x essential Gl Sech LICENSED FOR
31. PLETE amp REALISTIC FLIGHT PLANNING CAPABILITIES INCLUDING WEATHER ALONG A ROUTE EXPORT DIRECTLY TO FLIGHT SIMULATOR FOR EXTRA REALISM WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP CAE LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPAR SD ABOUT REX SERIE SUBSCRIBE Eer NOW on 1 99 SUBSCRIPTION usp COST PER MONTH WEATHER DOWNLOAD PROCESS Converting Taf Reports After selecting the type of weather you wish to use for your flight select OK The first screen within the FLIGHT CENTER is shown above This area is labeled REAL FLIGHT PLANS as seen on the large vertical tab to the left side of the screen The two other sections within the new FLIGHT CENTER are COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS and IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN as seen on the large vertical tabs to the right side of the screen The REAL FLIGHT PLANS area is for users who wish to use the FlightAware technology built into REX This a subscription based service IMPORTANT NOTE CANCELLATION AND PRIVACY POLIC your subscriptior at any time Once cancelled we will stop c ount the following mm COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN Please wait until completed To subscribe for the built in FlightAware technology within REX click SUBSCRIBE NOW You will be presented with the payment area as seen on the following page Be sure to accurately complete all areas of the form to ensure correct processing Sorry but PayPal payments will not
32. REX EDGE Technology is REX Game Studios version of its own It s an array of dedicated servers setup to handle the transfer of large amounts of data to be utilized not only within REX but in all future projects This technology has allowed us to expand the connectivity of REX All REX users are now connected in various ways to each other thus allowing them to share their creations with other folks around the world who are using REX With REX EDGE you have the ability to share your texture themes with other REX community users Suppose you created that killer look and wanted to share it with others you now have the ability to do that Or with the simple click of a button you can install another users settings in a matter of seconds We have added categories to themes so that you can now search for themes by creator name or theme category cloud technology With REX EDGE Technology we also have included the ability to back up your application settings For example If you create 100 different themes you will never lose them if you have created a backup restore account It s that simple With this new function you will be able to restore your application settings automatically if a re install is required REX EDGE also allows us to bring together a repository of weather data Every 10 minutes we are downloading and storing the latest weather information from NOAA and VATSIM We have implemented the storin
33. THIN FSX AND OR PREPARSD 1 REX is compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X with SP2 or Acceleration Pack and Lockheed Martin s Prepar3D v 1 3 and above NO NEVER install REX into the main FSX or P3D folder Due to the extra security measures Microsoft placed on the Program Files x86 folder we HIGHLY recommend installing REX outside of this folder Not doing so may lead to issues with the operation of REX For Windows 8 users REX MUST be installed outside of the Program Files x86 folder 4 Windows 8 users MUST install REX outside of the Program Files x86 folder 5 If REX FSX or Prepar3D are installed into the program files x86 directory UAC User Account Control MUST be turned OFF in Windows to allow the proper communication between the two 6 IF FSX or Prepar3D is installed in the Program Files folder you may need to set Permissions and Sharing so that REX may write the necessary files into the simulator 7 We recommend turning OFF all virus scanners while FSX is running 8 The SimConnect file included with REX is available in case the version of SimConnect currently installed with FSX becomes corrupt If you are experiencing issues with weather loading procedures you can try re installing using the available SimConnect msi within the REX directory 9 If you wish to view high definition textures within FSX you must make sure to set this value in the FSX cfg file Add TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD 4096 within the GRAP
34. TURES and REX will begin installing textures into flight simulator WX AVOIDANCE is a real time weather view with the flight plan overlaid upon the map This is known as the Weather Avoidance System WASys and is described in more detail later in this manual GCGCENSELCHEI HE FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX BOEING 757 Distance 37000 450 Total Time SOOOFT 10000FT 18000FT 24000FT 30000FT S5000FT 39000FT 235 21 125 15 200 25 180 50 190 48 215 48 225 54 360 1 210 46 215 32 235 52 225 50 245 67 245 104 360 1 300 13 280 75 270 69 265 85 270 104 275 114 FLY NOW SAVE displays a dialogue box which allows the current flight plan to be saved in pln format These flight plans can be imported into FSX P3D Plans that are saved in this section are saved to your REX FlightPlans folder as well as your DOCUMENTS FLIGHT SIMULATOR X FILES Upon clicking SAVE the flight plan is saved REX is minimized the REX WASys is opened as well as flight simulator FLY NOW starts the process of opening flight simulator and the weather engine if enabled in the CONFIGURATION menu It is very important that FSX P3D is NOT running before selecting the WX TEXTURES process GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 56 S W FLIGHT CENTER COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS DE lessen High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER
35. This area is the single most important area in regards to cloud visuals If Simple clouds is checked FSX will NOT utilize REX textures Select Detailed clouds for full functionality of REX cloud textures The Cloud coverage density slider presents an important roll in terms of weather depiction as well as visuals The following two pages display a visual demonstration what each setting represents Each screenshot represents the same exact weather the only difference is the Cloud coverage density slider setting PAGE 9 RECOMMENDED FSX SETTINGS be SE wey r bg rr A E be As E eg me Cloud detail O Simple clouds ei Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density Low Cloud detail O Simple clouds ei Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density Medium SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ ________ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 10 RECOMMENDED FSX SETTING oa iniia oi _ Cloud detail O Simple clouds ei Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density High LZ mz 7 _ Cloud detail O Simple clouds ei Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density Maximum OTCU_i i i Se REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 11 RECOMMENDED PREPAR3D SETTINGS Cloud draw distance 100 mi Thermal visualization The most critical settings within Prepar3D in regards to REX interaction i
36. a notepad file containing pertinent information about the flight plan You may save or print this plan for a more interesting flight LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX Distance Total Time 39000FT 10000FT 18000FT 24000FT 30000FT S5000FT 210 46 215 32 235 52 225 50 245 67 245 104 280 21 295 21 295 52 275 75 255 91 230 71 295 27 305 34 295 38 295 44 300 50 310 65 295 54 300 75 280 67 290 85 200 102 300 122 340 40 290 65 300 137 295 153 300 168 305 145 FLY NOW The VIEW WINDS and TEMPS ALOFT options great features in REX The winds and temperatures aloft are provided by actual real balloon data through NOAA This data is downloaded from NOAA twice a day and stored on the REX EDGE servers storing current and past upper level data allowing you to fly in the most current weather or if you choose to fly in archive weather the upper level data for that day is also available GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 48 KN SHARE YOUR FLIGHT FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS Departure KPH Altemate RIFF Arrival KJFK Aircraft 2321 Use the fields below to set a profile name flight type airline airport parking and departure time of the flight plan you want to share with the REX Community Airline Name US Airways Airport Parking GATE 10 ki Pomered by REN a ses ge CC emmmer g ZECRASOZOeGE Share your flight plans with fellow REX community user
37. al wind layers speeds and direction This module overwrites default weather if the Enabled Real Weather Winds is happens disable this feature to give more smooth realistic transition experience between clear cloudy and storm conditions PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 GAME unchecked This defaults the FSX P3D winds to the layers created within this module You may set maximum wind speed in KTS direction and wind layer height This overrides ALL other wind settings PAGE 25 De DOWNLOAD CENTER essential a High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER CONFIGURATION MANAGER CLOUD CONFIGURATION MAXIMUM TURBULENCE Use this slider to level for cloud turbulence I I Turbulence 1 MAXIMUM CLOUD ICING setup the set the maximum Use this slider to for cloud icing maximum lieve i CLOUD RATIOS GENERAL VISIBILITY W Z D Z W Y W i d W gt Use this slider to configure Cumulus Defines maximum level that clouds exert turbulence Ranges from minimum level one 1 to maximum five 5 5 Will definitely shake and bake your passengers This doesn t mean each cloud will experience level 5 turbulence it simply means that you may experience up to level 5 turbulence Sets maximum level in which icing will be experienced when flying through clouds Minimum level one 1 means very little to maximum level five 5 This does
38. amp Weather Package AND PREPAR MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX v N ADD AIRCRAFT BROWSE IMPORT SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH REAL FLIGHT PLANS COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS PTA T T a tr vvaypoll ke Flight Type SUBMIT CLEAR FIELDS As shown above a completed flight plan form At this point the data entry is finished and the plan is set up for a flight from Los Angeles KLAX to can be submitted by selecting SUBMIT A message Denver KDEN with Colorado Springs KCOS asan will be displayed stating that REX is processing the alternate The aircraft is a Boeing 757 at a modified flight plan altitude of 37 000 FL370 with a modified speed of 450 kts and 6 desired waypoints REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 53 FLIGHT CENTER IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN continued LA l essentiaHo High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER S FLIGHT PLANNER FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS SE Departure Arrival DATE OF WEATHER KLAX KDEN 6 5 2013 1Z Aircraft Cruising Altitude Alternate Cruise Speed FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS View WINDS ALOFT VIEW TEMPS ALOFT ID WAYPOINT DIST NM DIR FLT TIME 1000FT 35N16 135 067 00 16 360 1 200 13 24 AROGE 133 070 00 15 360 1 360 1 26 ACTOR 124 070 00 14 360 1 360 1 When REX has completed the compiling of the flight plan the screen above appears Th
39. ather into the flight simulator RELOAD WX forces a download of weather data The SEARCH WEATHER feature allows you to search for specific weather conditions such as CLEAR FOGGY RAIN SNOW and THUNDERSTORMS VIEW WEATHER allows you to view weather in different parts of the world WX TEXTURES allows REX to choose the best textures to represent the weather eege REX GAME STUDIOS sa en PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 59 WEATHER ENGINE RANDOM WEATHER ENGINE e oe Sesseriticltt0 High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER v V DOWNLOAD CENTER RANDOM WEATHER TEP 1 Select Weather Region Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random weather scenario around os ICAO AIRPORT SEARCH STEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create your men harman Than iris tan e E HI a ireren gegen zl e Ab e weather theme Then click the GENERATE button to create the i weather situation for yo n you selected The weather situation Q our regio will be generated on the map to the right SEASON a WINTER _ a LIGHT P SEVERITY RANDOM WEATHER generates a large number of random weather scenarios for any location on the globe 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 pos
40. be accepted Please note that flight details are limited outside of the United States REX Game Studios incurs costs with use of this service each time a user interacts with FlightAware REX Game Studios does not store personal payment information e g credit card information on it s servers or databases Payment information ts transmitted securely using encryption technology and processed through a secure third party payment gateway The FlightAware subscription based service is not mandatory to take full advantage of other built in flight planning features PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 GAME PAGE 44 DE Messenrart BE High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Gre DOWNLOAD CENTER mer CRR Serene ENTER USER ACCOUNT AND BILLING INFORMATION x LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPAR3D ONE FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER Yy ae m age E NE D OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ES REX mue ENTER CREDIT DEBIT CARD INFORMATION First Name Credit Card Type Visa sx Last Name Credit Card Email Address Expiration Date 05 2012 Username 3 Digit Security Code Password This is the 3 digit code on the back of your Confirm Password Ba VISA MasterCard or Discover Card StreetAddress WS WW Ge DISCOVER City Country REX Game Studios does not store personal payment information e g credit card information on its servers or databases Paym
41. current flight plan to be saved in pln format These flight plans can be imported into FSX P3D Plans that are saved in this section are saved to your REX FlightPlans folder as well as your DOCUMENTS FLIGHT SIMULATOR X FILES Upon clicking SAVE the flight plan is saved REX is minimized the REX WASys is opened as well as flight simulator FLY NOW starts the process of opening flight simulator and the weather engine if enabled in the CONFIGURATION menu It is very important that FSX P3D is NOT running before selecting the WX TEXTURES process GAME PAGE 50 e ect x essential Gl Sech LICENSED FOR amp Weather Package AND PREPAR MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX v N SUBMIT A FLIGHT PLAN ADD AIRCRAFT BROWSE IMPORT SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH REAL FLIGHT PLANS Airspeed COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS PTA T T a tr vvaypoll ke Flight Type IFR SUBMIT CLEAR FIELDS Within the IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN area you may 1 Create a flight plan to be used within FSX P3D 2 Import a previously created flight plan from FSX P3D or other 3rd party flight planners To accomplish this simply click the IMPORT button and locate the plan you wish to import into REX 3 Browse and load a previously saved REX flight plan To accomplish this simply click the BROWSE button and locate the plan you wish to import into REX REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7
42. download of weather from our weather sources every 30 minutes to ensure you receive the latest updated METARS Enable Weather Data Download This feature turns ON or OFF the ability for REX to download weather from its weather sources This is a great option to use if simply using REX for textures as there is no wait time on start up GAME PAGE 20 WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION continued e LA ee LL THD High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION INITIAL WEATHER DELAY TIMER se this slider to set the time in which you want to eather engine from injecting weather at start up Time 1 Minutes WEATHER SURFACE REGION se this slider to set the weather surface region your aircraft will fly before the weather will inject again Small Region WEATHER REFRESH RATE se this slider to set the time interval in which you want d DE LJ y LA D WEATHER ENGINE ather engine to inject weather into the simulato Every 15 Minutes tion altitude WEATHER INJECTION ALTITUDE SETTINGS Enable minimum weather injec WWEATRAER INTERPOLATION SETTIN Weather interpolation is the process of interpolating weather from weather feeds allowing REX to fill in gaps where weather is missing in FSX P3D For more accuracy this slider should be moved towards the left However few stations will actually receive interpolation Moving the slider to the right wil
43. ent Information is transmitted United States X CANCEL STUDIOS Auth S REX securely using encryption technology and processed through a secure third party payment gateway WEATHER DOWNLOAD PROCESS 888 399 0421 M F 9am 5pm MST Please wait until completed Converting Taf Reports After entering information click PAY NOW and you will be connected with Authorize net to complete and process payment Once payment is processed you will be emailed a receipt within 24 hours DC V essentia High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Se DOWNLOAD CENTER B MAIN TEXTURES Access to the FlightAware area within REX is unlocked Authorize Net immediately as seen below REX Game Studios is a verified Authorize Net merchant Ex LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD EEN EEST T E EE FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX S REX COMMUNITY FLIGHT CENTER POWERED BY FlightAware SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS BETWEEN AIRPORTS Arrival OC OR SEARCH FOR SCHEDULED FLIGHTS Airport ICAO Code Airport Status FLIGHT ID PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 AIRLINE GET FLIGHTS GET FLIGHTS Location AIRCRAFT DEP TIME ARR TIME COMMUNITY FLIGHT PLANS IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN GAME PAGE 45 GCGCENSELCHEI HE FSX AND PREPARSD FlightAware SEARCH FOR FLIGHTS BETWEEN AIRPORTS Departure ICAO Code SEARCH
44. g and archiving of real upper level wind and temperature data from world s radiosonde reports This is extremely exciting to us in that instead of providing a forecast we are now the only one providing accurate real time winds aloft data We have found that this data has significantly reduced the quick changes in winds shifts aloft Though we are still bound by the limits of FSX technology this still brings a realism not found before in the flight sim community PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 REX GAME STUDIOS PAGE 4 REX OVERVIEW Another example of how REX EDGE is used within REX is after you configure the program you ll be prompted to setup a user account thus creating a user profile on our cloud servers When you save your user configuration in REX it will be saved locally on your machine and also on our cloud servers If for some reason you ever need to re install Windows OR REX all you have to do is simply login and your original settings will be reset from our servers You will not be required to login each time you open REX as that is done for you automatically If no internet connection is present you ll still be able to use REX but you will not be able to utilize this specific feature Outside of REX EDGE we sped up the process of installing textures We ve added the ability to reduce the install time with the click of a button This will only install key textures such as sky clouds wave animati
45. hedule status origin destination gate assignments metar filed speed filed altitude filed duration and finally the filed route PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 Selecting BACK will return you to the previous screen while selecting LOAD PLAN will actually parse create and load the FlightAware flight plan in REX Again this process may take some time depending on the complexity of the route filed Please be patient while this process is parsed GAME PAGE 47 S essenticl ko High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Rex MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER Yy DOWNLOAD CENTER WEATHER FLIGHT PLANNER FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS ie Departure Arrival 6 5 2013 1Z Aircraft Cruising Altitude Cruise Speed DATE OF WEATHER KPHX Alternate FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS VIEW TEMP SJALOFT FLT TIME VIEW WINDS ALOFT ID WAYPOINT DIST NM DIR 1000FT 3000FT 2 173 00 23 360 1 360 1 4 368 00 48 360 1 360 1 199 360 1 65 31 113 380 1 360 23 360 1 345 21 Presented above is the chosen FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS screen This example illustrates the result after a FlightAware flight plan is submitted Note the section labelled FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS This area displays crucial flight plan information along the route including wind speeds winds aloft details waypoints distance to next waypoint total distance total time and waypoint ID s There are two buttons labeled NAV LOG and SHARE The NAV LOG button opens
46. igate to the main simulator installation folder In the example above on a Windows 7 32 bit system the location is as follows C Program Files x86 Microsoft Games Microsoft Flight Simulator X ENTER YOUR PROFILE NAME This area allows you to attach a profile name to the various community shared features within REX SOUND AND NOTIFICATION SETTINGS Enable in application notifications Allows you to enable disable all in application notifications such as community flight plan and texture sharing etc All notifications appear on the bottom of the REX application interface and is also known as the INFORMATION CENTER Enable application sounds Allows you to enable disable the program sound effects to RESTORE your previous backup Initial Backup 7 CREATE RESTORE RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS Restores all of your REX settings program wide to factory default BACKUP RESTORE CONFIGURATION Allows the backup and restoration of all REX configuration options and texture theme settings via the REX Data Servers A very useful feature that allows you to fully recover all of your REX settings in case you need to perform a reinstall of the REX This feature takes a snapshot of your settings and stores them for future use It is extremely important that you do not create more than one account or you may lose functionality REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 14 Ca 1 8 d e l Ph i j 7 z d os
47. ightning Landing Lights YOUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED Automatically set your performance levels by using the drop down list below Custom e DESELECT Once textures have been loaded into FSX P3D Performance Settings Drop Down Menu Contains four system performance levels you may choose from It means you can load the textures into The bottom three are self explanatory Choose one of flight simulator and then uncheck that box and REX these three and watch how the settings in the other won t install them again in the future areas of this page change If you would like your own custom settings choose CUSTOM We HIGHLY recommend the use of Installing textures ta kes between DXT5 Optimized Clouds DXT5 is the 4 and 12 minutes IF all boxes most flexible general purpose compression are checked The time can be Ode ie I ifi DXT5 Optimized Clouds setting The same significantly reduced aown to 1 goes for the Wave Animation setting 32 minute by de selecting all the bit is much more demanding on the GPU water textu re boxes thus if problems arise with the use of the 32 bit setting select the DXT 1 option and i be sure to install the textures into flight If you would like to experiment with a variety of simulator for the changes to take affect textures and don t want to wait the load times we recommend you install water textures ONCE then de select ALL water texture boxes n IIN REX GAME STUDIOS ao PRODUCTIMANU
48. igure the flight plan and the type of weather you want to use from Rea mg EET Use this control to co Just wani Environment Xtreme WEATHER SETTINGS Use Real Weather Data Use REX Random Weather Themes Use Archived Weather Data Time is GMT The FLIGHT CENTER is used when you wish to create or import an existing flight plan review the weather along the route and review print out the flight nav and weather logs You may use the capabilities of REX to examine this weather and carefully choose and install textures into flight simulator that best represent the weather for the route FlightAware You may also interface with FlightAware s real world live flight plans and upload or browse flight plans with the rest of the REX community with REX EDGE Technology PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 REX Developer iL CrM es t to follow a ght plan CANCEL Upon entering the FLIGHT CENTER you are presented with the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE dialogue box as seen above You may select real world real time weather random weather or archived weather on your flight within FSX P3D Each of these will be described in detail within the WEATHER section of this manual GAME PAGE 43 LA LL High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Hix ees DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER M g Scosche RES ee ee CENTER al E Live Flight Plans CLUDING DESTINATION INTO REX FOR COM
49. ion Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random we scenario around D x i is A r ICAO AIRPORT KLAX SEARCH Califone Vi y A S TEP 2 Create Weather Theme PB a Arizona D v to create your button to create the y The weather situation will be generates d on the map to the right not generate in flight simulator above due to limited weather stations GENERATE WX TEXTURES FLIGHT PLAN WX AVOIDANCE FLY NOW RANDOM WEATHER SCENARIO Do you want to use this random weather scenario CANCEL eS essential Ho WE eae imental amp Weather Package TSX AND PREPARSD DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX M RANDOM WEATHER S TEP 1 Select Weather Region Enter or search for an ICAO Airport to create a random weather ICAO AIRPORT S TEP 2 Create Weather Theme Click on the arrows in the selection boxes below to create you 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 SEVERITY GENERATE WX TEXTURES FLIGHT PLAN WX AVOIDANCE RANDOM WEATHER SCENARIO Do you want to use this random weather scenario CANCEL REA OIUDIUS PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 61 WEATHER ENGINE Ka SC RANDOM WEATHER ENGINE Ken AVATLABL Se Vi ER SE IMPORTANT NOTE You may still use the random weathe
50. ion which allows REX to decide this process quickly check to see if flight simulator which settings are best suitable depending on the Is running capabilities of your computer system The DE SELECT button allows you to easily and quickly deselect select all settings on this menu Use of the 4096 or 2048 textures will cause serious performance Issues for most lower end systems If performance Issues are experienced try using the lower resolution textures These lower resolution textures are still exceptional and many people find that they desire and use these textures even though they have higher end systems REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 28 OPTIONS MANAGER al amp Weather Package Saas MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX NA K OPTIONS MANAGER OPTIMIZATION sg 096 x 4096 HD High Definition 8 HD High Definition Runway Markings Cumulus Clouds Runway Bump Map Cirrus Clouds ech N Taxiway Markings if Bom A CI Gi Airport Signs EC EJ BS XT5 Optimized Clouds Taxiway Bump Map Wave Animation Airport Parking Space Mi DX10 Optimized Inland Water Enhance Surface Refraction Ocean Water 024 x 1024 Tropical Water 512x512 Sun and Flare Asphalt Runway Sun Effect Concrete Runway W DX10 Optimized Precipitation Sounds Asphalt Taxiway Thunder Sounds Concrete Taxiway Wind Sounds Runway Lights Aircraft Strobe I DXT1 L
51. is example illustrates the result after a flight plan is submitted Note the section labelled FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS This area displays crucial flight plan information along the route including wind speeds winds aloft details waypoints distance to next waypoint total distance total time and waypoint ID s There are two buttons labeled NAV LOG and SHARE The NAV LOG button opens a notepad file containing pertinent information about the flight plan You may save or print this plan for a more interesting flight 3000FT X GCGCENSELCHEI HE FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX BOEING 757 37000 450 748 01 27 24000FT Distance Total Time SOOOFT 10000FT 18000FT SOOOOFT 35000FT 39000FT 235 21 125 15 200 25 180 50 190 48 215 48 225 54 360 1 210 46 215 32 235 52 225 50 245 67 245 104 360 1 300 13 280 75 270 69 265 85 270 104 275 114 FLY NOW SHARE allows you to share your flight plans with fellow REX community users If you already entered a PROFILE NAME in the CONFIGURATION MANAGER then this field is automatically completed Complete all fields including FLIGHT TYPE AIRLINE NAME AIRPORT PARKING and DEPARTURE TIME local When all fields are completed click SHARE and your plan is uploaded to the REX data servers for immediate use by all other REX users within the community Select CANCEL to return back to the FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS area SHARE YOUR FLIGHT
52. itude in feet in which the of the weather region travelled before weather weather engine will engage and inject weather into refreshes Ranges from 4 225 sq miles up to FSX P3D The weather engine will perform an initial covering the entire globe If you travel outside the weather load however consecutive injections will weather region REX refreshes the weather region be based upon the altitude of your aircraft and the and resets the timer or if passing the time setting minimum injection altitude During descent the for refresh REX will reset your region size weather will not inject after the aircraft descends below the minimum altitude This feature is not functional in WX PLUS mode You may force a weather injection by selecting the LOAD Je REX weather engine to refresh weather WEATHER menu item on the based on time If flying sede of the weather REX Weather Engine WASys PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 19 CONFIGURATION MANAGER WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION continued esse kal ln High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package RE DOWNLOAD CENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION INITIAL WEATHER DELAY TIMER se this slider to set the time in which you want to eather engine from injecting weather at start up Time 1 WEATHER SURFACE REGION se this slider to set the weather surface region your nject again GENERAL W Z i Z mj x W S d W z WEATHER REFRESH RATE se
53. l REX be sure to first restore your FSX P3D default textures by navigating to the CONFIGURATION MANAGER page and clicking the RESTORE button within the CREATE RESTORE BACKUP TEXTURES area After the restore completes quit REX and go to the Windows Control Panel Add or Remove Programs and remove REX This will uninstall REX from your system After this process completes browse to the location where you installed REX and delete any remaining folders Running a registry cleaner is HIGHLY advised to remove any residual registry entries We suggest a free program cCleaner available at www piriform com ccleaner REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 17 CONFIGURATION MANAGER n WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION WXPLUS VS STANDARD MODES WHAT IS WXPLUS MODE The WXPLUS mode of the REX WHAT IS STANDARD MODE The STANDARD mode of the weather engine can be compared WY PLUS re STANDARD REX weather engine is focused to using a weather theme within FSX P3D The weather is handled more globally WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING THIS MODE 1 Weather is loaded instantaneous unless the 3D smoothing option has been enabled 2 No sky flashing when loading occurs 3 Very little FPS hit when loading weather 4 Weather can appear fuller and contain more depth vertically 5 Weather transitions can be controlled better WHAT ARE SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF WXPLUS MODE 1 Enabling 3D smoothing Interpolati
54. l increase the number of stations for weather but the weather will be less accurate Enable Weather 3D Smoothing Injects weather ahead of the aircraft while in flight after initial weather injection Removes sudden jerkiness or changes during normal weather injection Enable Synoptic Weather Interpolation Creates custom weather stations over a distance filling in gaps in weather where it might be missing during flight Extremely useful when flying in desert areas Or over oceans PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN WEATHER ENGINE MODE WX PLUS STANDARD MODE MODE o mm GENERAL WEATHER ENGINE SETTINGS VISIBILITY sD smoothing Avg Accurate Avg Stations Enable Micro Weather Interpolation Creates custom weather stations near the aircraft and utilizes better smoothing techniques so sudden changes are not rapid during takeoff flight and landing ONLY available in STANDARD MODE Enable FSX P3D Weather Interpolation Causes REX to download all the weather for every weather station within FSX P3D from its servers to later be injected during weather engine operations NOAA and VATSIM supply weather for approximately 50 of weather stations within FSX This feature ensures all weather stations receive weather ONLY available in STANDARD MODE GAME PAGE 21 VISIBILITY CONFIGURATION LOC SS essential Ho ental amp
55. lankton Tropical Water Heavenly Beyond Heavenly Beyond Different depths of rock coral and sand populate this extremely detailed set It truly is heavenly CANCEL SELECT Ave ne Default Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 BROWSE DELETE oa oa INSTALL We highly recommend that users who have an The Wave Animation Runway Taxiways Airport interest in experimenting with these texture sets Environment and Sun Lighting area are all the try out all the various texture modification tools same as the Sky Textures and Cloud Textures described in these last few pages and find out areas in regards to how you select textures what looks best to you When flying in different Whereas the Wave Animation has only one theme locations you may want to use different texture to modify the Runway Taxiways and Airport themes For example coral reefs found in Hawaii as Environment themes each have 4 tabs that can seen above are not going to be found at the Great be selected from and the Sun Lighting area has 6 Barrier Reef tabs that can selected from The landclass and water classification files within the simulator are what ultimately determine what textures are found in certain locations around the globe REX only provides textures GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 40 TEXTURES a Me S essential 0 W nd p LICENSED FOR High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Sg FSX AND PREPARSD DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN
56. ly means fair weather conditions but may be a little turbulent Detault a Sse BROWSE DELETE E o Ene INSTALL Theme Created Thursday September 29 2011 Clicking on the CLOUD TEXTURES window displays i _ the screen above Notice that the 3D CLOUDS tab Click On the drop down menu or is highlighted and the selection shown is a High select the arrow keys to view the Definition HD cloud theme labeled as Cumulus various texture selections Set 31 Cumulus HD Enabled There are only two tabs 3D CLOUDS which contain cumulus stratus Choose your desired texture set and click on the and wispy clouds and the CIRRUS CLOUDS tab SELECT button to commit to it or select the CANCEL button to exit the screen and return to the main If high definition clouds are desired you must TEXTURES page The same applied for the CIRRUS choose a set that displays the HD logo within the CLOUDS tab make a selection and click on the window pane SELECT or CANCEL buttons as previously described GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 37 LA l essentialHo High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES S INLAND WATER TEXTURES inland Blue Water Deep Blue Eyes Deep Blue Eyes A great starting point for your inland blue waterclass Default Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 The choices for INLAND OCEAN WATER and TROPICAL WATER are modified the same way however the sliders are used to
57. mier Glen Mobley Gary Davis Jim Tzirikidis Robert Swan Alexander Ther James Holcomb Douglas Reid Charles Earl Ed Gallagher Sean Naylor Steve T Midgley REX Game Studios Corporate rexgamestudios com Product Website realenvironmentxtreme com Support Forum realenvironmentxtreme com forums SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ _______ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 69 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EU d gt Ge fw EE SE E END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR Real Environment Xtreme REX Enhancement Add on For Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin PREPAR3D IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and REX Game Studios LLC for the REX software product identified above which includes computer software and includes associated media and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE PRODUCT The SOFTWARE PRODUCT also includes any updates and supplements to the original SOFTWARE PRODUCT which may be provided to you by REX Game Studios By accessing or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA do not use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual propert
58. n Ke Simulation settings FH Download winds aloft data with real world weather vw Disable turbulence and thermal effects on aircraft Rate at which weather changes over time No change The most critical settings within FSX in regards to REX interaction is the SETTINGS DISPLAY WEATHER screen Please change FSX settings to what is shown above VISUAL SETTINGS Cloud draw distance instructs FSX how far to draw clouds If the setting is set to full right 110mi the cirrus clouds will appear cut off in the distance Backing this off to 100mi will rectify this issue still giving a great distance to view clouds Thermal visualization allows you to view thermals while in flight SIMULATION SETTINGS Download winds aloft data with real world weather In order to prevent the inherent wind issues prevalent within FSX make sure this option is NOT selected PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 GRAPHICS AIRCRAFT SCENERY Global settings custom Y Q REX GAME STUDIOS TRAFFIC t Reset Defaults j WEATHER Cloud detail O Simple clouds ei Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density Maximum o Disable turbulence and thermal effects on aircraft This option must be turned ON in order to prevent the inherent wind issues prevalent within FSX Rate at which weather changes over time In order to take full potential of the REX weather engine this option should always be set to NO CHANGE CLOUD DETAIL
59. n opening REX you ll be presented with the opening screen as seen above The installed version number is located on the upper right hand portion of the screen while the program loading process is updated via the green status bar Immediately following start up the CONFIGURATION MANAGER is displayed The CONFIGURATION MANAGER is separated into five core areas General Weather Engine Visibility Wind and Cloud settings The following pages will describe each section in detail WEATHER DOWNLOAD PROCESS Please wait until completed Interpreting NOAA Metar Data Notice upon start up that the WEATHER DOWNLOAD PROCESS immediately initiates During this process REX is downloading the latest or archived METAR TAF PIREPS and upper air data from our proprietary REX EDGE servers Following the data download it is parsed for later use within the various sections of the application and ultimately within the REX weather engine modes If you re using REX as a texture add on ONLY and don t wish to wait for load times upon startup un check Enable Weather Data Download from within the CONFIGURATION MANAGER This feature turns ON or OFF the ability for REX to download weather from its weather sources DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX You navigate the program via the MAIN NAVIGATION BAR Choices presented are as follows The DOWNLOAD CENTER is a new area
60. n t mean you will experience level 5 icing in each cloud scenario but it is the maximum allowed level Determines the ratio of clouds used at mid low levels If cumulus is selected the majority of the lower level clouds will be of cumulus form If CUMULUS DEFINITION E uffy TER CLOUD STORM ENHANCEMENTS MM Enable enhanced thunderstorms MM Enable enhanced lightning MM Enable storm scud STRATUS DEFINITION Chaotic Stable CLOUD TURB SHEARIICING EJ Enable cloud icing Ej Enable cloud turbulence CUMULONIMBUS DEFINITION Any Towering GLOBAL CLOUD LAYERS BB Enable global cirr BM Enable global cumulus c us Cloud deck oud deck MM Enable realistic haze layer middle is selected a mixture of cumulus and stratus is used If stratus is selected the majority of clouds will be of stratus form Enable Enhanced Thunderstorms Causes FSX P3D to use maximum level of severity enhancing representation of thunderstorms Enable Enhanced Lightning Creates a more realistic view of lightning giving more depth to the way thunderstorms are represented Enable Storm Scud Applies an added feeling of meanness to the thunderstorm You will experience more intimidating cloud structures with this setting enabled GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 26 De DOWNLOAD CENTER essential a High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER CONFIGURATION M
61. on allows the WXPLUS mode to create more in depth weather in where fronts and systems are more visible in the distance Produces something similar to the STANDARD MODE but lacks the accuracy 2 Enabling Synoptic Interpolation allows the creation of custom weather stations to fill in gaps where weather stations are missing such as deserts or oceans HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM STANDARD MODE WXPLUS mode loads weather based upon the airport or reporting station closest to the user s aircraft Thus the weather is loaded more globally WHAT ARE SOME FSX LIMITATIONS USING THIS MODE 1 The FSX does not provide a means to allow for smooth transitions between weather loads Though we have added internal code functions to compensate for this there are still limits Areas affected by this would be cloud changes wind shifts and visibility changes 2 The loss of accuracy over time if you enable smoothing features on loading weather reported with each individual airport or weather stations within FSX P3D WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING THIS MODE 1 Weather appears fuller and contains more depth horizontally 2 More accuracy at each weather station 3 The effect of approaching weather systems WHAT ARE SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES OF STANDARD MODE 1 Enabling 3D Smoothing Interpolation allows the STANDARD mode to not change the weather directly at the aircraft during flight This reduces the rapid changes in clouds winds and
62. ons and runways taxiways This process eliminates the need for decompressing large water textures and resetting to correct resolutions before install REX EDGE technology also opens up a huge amount of potential in other areas with future projects thus allowing us to connect all of our technologies together PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH WEATHER ENGINE We added a completely new and unique technology WEATHER CUBED Weather Cubed looks at all areas surrounding the aircraft We offer many of these settings within the configuration manager but many of these features are now handled internally with the use of the weather data platform in place Since most of the processes run outside of FSX P3D were able to compute complex math processes in order to help the weather engine apply as much realism as possible The integration of real winds and temperatures aloft are now inherent within REX We tap into the data sources that provides real temperatures and winds aloft for the world provided by balloon data REX allows you to configure winds visibility and clouds but also allows you to balance the injection process of the weather You can get better frame rates by controlling how the weather is injected over time In other words we allow you to adjust how each weather station is loaded over a period of time We give you the ability to fine tune your weather injection process The other areas you can modify
63. or between routes between two airports You re provided details about the flight and then able to import the flight plan into FSX P3D via REX If you decide to fly a real time real world route REX provides current flight notifications via the weather engine while in flight REX will give the most realistic experience possible with real world real time flight plans from most major airlines across the world REX includes temperatures and winds aloft on the interface within the NAV LOG in flight as well as updated current SIDS STARS Intersections Waypoints for better representation of flight plans PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 Q REX GAME STUDIOS PAGE 6 REX OVERVIEW Bach SHARE YOUR FLIGHT PLAN Say you flown a really interesting flight plan you created through REX a 3rd party flight planner FlightAware or even FSX P3D and now you wish to share it with others or save it for later With REX EDGE Technology we provide the means to share your flight plans with other REX users around the world We also provide a means to create a flight plan but now when you create a flight plan either by FlightAware importing a flight plan from FSX P3D other third party planners importing a community flight plan or creating your own you will be provided a detailed view You can view the plan along with all of the associated waypoints including real winds aloft data for each waypoint So programming your FMC wi
64. ough 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 Game Studios BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION 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 Game Studios HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES REX Real Environment Xtreme REX Edge and Weather Cubed are copyright brands of REX Game Studios LLC Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a Copyrighted trademark of Microsoft Corporation PREPAR3D is a Registered trademark of Lockheed Martin Corporation PAGE 70
65. our textures Please wait this process will take several minutes CANCEL By selecting I LIKE TO CREATE you will be navigated to the main TEXTURES page as seen below This area is for the user who would like to select textures create texture themes and share or browse textures with the rest of the REX online community This section is described in greater detail in the TEXTURES section P e ee EEN e 2 like to create gt DFE gt lt essenitisl Hom f wf ne ja DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX T E XT U R E Click pictures below to select textures in each category or click the dropdown menu to choose pre built texture themes Randomize will automatically select texture variations Sky Textures Cloud Textures Inland Water Textures Ocean Water Textures Tropical Water Textures EP REX NATURAL DAY CUMULUS 23 DEEP BLUE EYES OCEAN BLUE HEAVENLY BEYOND Wave Animation Runway Taxiways Airport Environment Sun Lighting Sounds d SPARKLING ASPHALT RUNWAY 01 PARKING 1 CUGK TO PREVIEW Default gc DELETE i INSTALL Theme Created Thursday September 29 2011 GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 31 want to follow a flight plan TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX bw Ki QUICK STARK URE ontrol to configure the flight plan and the type of weather you want to use fr z
66. r engine Is clicking the FLY NOW button When FLY NOW is clicked REX is given the instruction to start its protocol Most users are going to check the Enable REX Weather Engine Enable auto start the REX weather engine and Enable auto launch the flight simulator options Flight simulator will immediately start A few seconds later the REX weather engine REX WX will start as evidenced by the appearance of the REX WX screen and the REX main program will minimize to the task bar PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 a mme aa The REX WX is one of the most important and extensively used interfaces within 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 image above shows the weather engine waiting to connect to flight simulator Note the 4 buttons along the bottom 2 zoom buttons with a and label and a LOAD WEATHER button LOAD WEATHER allows you to force the weather engine to download and inject weather manually OFF ON shuts off the weather engine and closes the REX WX The REX WX screen is moveable however it cannot be re sized GAME PAGE 64 WEATHER ENGINE REX WX __ a Gees eee oles ON OFF Storm PETSA Bone Geen GET GC Or COMME H i iz tee E MSE Once flight simulator loads a flight the weather engine will take a few moments processing and injecting wea
67. r engine to utilize stratus clouds This gives you a feeling of transition as you fly out of a fog deck STUDIOS PAGE 22 VISIBILITY CONFIGURATION continued LOC SS essential Ho ental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX CONFIGURATION MANAGER VISIBILITY CONFIGURATION Use this slider to set the visibility distance and then set the Enable real visibility height of the visibility layer Click the ADD LAYER button to add Enable real visibility smoothing 10 sm ADD LAYER CLOUDS Oo gt Zz Fb us J I oO I Fw gt Delete Visibility Ceiling WEA SET GLOBAL VISIBILITY LAYERS We realize this is not an Custom set your own visibility layers that override real visibility settings You may set a range and then optimum solution for everyone select the layer height by foot above ground level however FSX does not allow The slider has the following values by using the many other choices in this mouse to grab the slider and moving it left to right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50and60sm regard Using this feature will This will take some experimenting and will yield a supersede real weather visibility satisfactory solution to the haze problem eS SS REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 23 CONF GURATION MANAGER WIND CONFIGURATION REX MAIN T
68. r feature without an internet connection however you will receive the screen as shown above This screen says MAPPING WEBSERVICE NOT AVAILABLE INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED This does NOT affect how REX will generate and import weather into FSX P3D SPECIAL NOTE Because REX RANDOM WEATHER is stored locally on your hard drive NO map overlays such as precipitation can be viewed on the WASys while in flight This will change in future versions of REX SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ _ _ _______ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 62 WEATHER ENGINE ARCHIVED WEATHER ENGINE essential Ho al amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER S RANDOM WEm gogezoeg w STEP 1 Select Weather LICENSED FOR AND PREPAR FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX Use this control to configure the flight plan and the type of weather you want to use Environment Xtreme WEATHER SETTINGS ICAO AIRPORT Use Real Weather Data e STEP 2 Create Weather Use REX Random Weather Themes Use Archived Weather Data Time is GMT 6 5 2013 By SEVERITY _ 4 GENERATE In REX we offer you the ability to use archived weather historic providing archive data from both NOAA and VATSIM Archive data for upper level winds and temperatures aloft are also included These historic records go back only so far however we will be adding more years of historical data throughout
69. s If you already entered a PROFILE NAME in the CONFIGURATION MANAGER then this field is automatically completed Complete all fields including FLIGHT TYPE AIRLINE NAME AIRPORT PARKING and DEPARTURE TIME local When all fields are completed click SHARE Your plan is uploaded to the REX data servers for immediate use by all other REX users within the community Select CANCEL to return back to the FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS area WAYPOINT CONFIGURATION SL OSS LIKE The waypoint ID column of the FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS area Click on the DELETE button to remove tis waypoint is used to add amp delete waypoints Selecting on ANY ID link will PRIMY BS open the WAYPOINT CONFIGURATION as seen on the right wiet dee This is where you may add delete or search waypoints ID WAYPOINT TYPE LAT LONG EE EE Select the ID link of the waypoint you want to delete or search for it via the SEARCH field then click DELETE to remove the waypoint from the current flight plan To add a waypoint select or search the desired waypoint then click ADD WAYPOINT The flight plan will now be updated Search for a Waypoint below CANCEL GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 49 e LA l essentiaHo High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER Yy DOWNLOAD CENTER FLIGHT PLANNER LIGHT PLAN DETAILS S Departure Arrival 6 5 2013 1Z Aircraft Cruising Altitude Cruise Speed DATE OF WEATHER
70. s are crucial in selecting your desired textures within REX Read further as we discuss each window and how to use them Clicking on the SKY TEXTURES window displays the screen as shown above Let s take a detailed look at how these windows work On the left side of the window there is a picture of how the selected SKY TEXTURE appears in game The name REX Natural Dawn is selected and displayed in the drop down menu just under the large screenshot On the right side is a basic color view of the sky including a short description PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 Q REX GAME STUDIOS LICENSED FOR AND PREPAR FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX Sunrise ORO Rich colors that bring depth to the sky SELECT INSTALL To select another texture in the SUNRISE category either click on one of the two arrows under the small screenshot on the right side of the screen or use the drop down menu to select another texture set Click on any name within the dropdown list to select that set Find your desired texture and click on SELECT to commit to it or CANCEL to exit the current screen PAGE 36 DECE S essential tis agree LG LICENSED FOR High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Ser FSX AND PREPARSD DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT BEN N Y CLOUD TEXTURES Cumulus Fair Weather Cumulus This type of cloud usual
71. s is where you may add delete or search waypoints Search for a Waypoint below Select the ID link of the waypoint you want to E delete or search for it via the SEARCH field then click DELETE to remove the waypoint from the ADD current flight plan To add a waypoint select or elie search the desired waypoint then click ADD eee WAYPOINT The flight plan will now be updated slices REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 55 FLIGHT CENTER IMPORT OR CREATE A FLIGHT PLAN continued LA l essentiaHo High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER S DOWNLOAD CENTER oe ee Kgl PLANNER DATE OF WEATHER KLAX 6 5 2013 1Z Aircraft Cruising Altitude Alternate Cruise Speed VIEW WINDS ALOFT VIEW TEMPS ALOFT FLT TIME FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS ID WAYPOINT DIST NM DIR 1000FT 3000FT 35N16 067 00 16 360 1 200 13 AROGE 070 00 15 360 1 360 1 ACTOR 00 14 360 1 360 1 The 6 buttons along the bottom of the FLIGHT PLAN DETAILS screen allows REX to perform certain tasks after your desired flight plan is ready BACK navigates you back to the previous screen RELOAD WX reloads the most current weather This is handy if you have taken time in preparing your flight plan and you would like to make sure you are presented with the latest weather data WX TEXTURES analyzes weather conditions and chooses a set of textures that match Select WX TEX
72. s the SETTINGS DISPLAY WEATHER screen Please change Prepar3D settings to what is shown above The Cloud draw distance setting instructs Prepar3D how far to draw clouds If the setting is set to full right 110mi cirrus clouds will appear cut off in the distance Backing this off to 100mi will rectify this issue while still giving a great distance to view clouds PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 SSS EE eem Custom 011161010016111010100100000100110001 IC p eta j Simple clouds Detailed clouds Cloud coverage density Maximum None v Disable turbulence and thermal effects on aircraft Rate at which weather changes over time No change Thermal visualization allows you to view thermals while in flight This area is the single most important area in regards to cloud visuals If Simple clouds is checked Prepar3D will NOT utilize REX textures Select Detailed clouds for full functionality of REX cloud textures Many folks aren t aware of this however the Cloud coverage density slider presents an important roll in terms of weather depiction and visuals Please view the previous two pages in regards to this setting as it functions the same within FSX GAME PAGE 12 START UP PROCEDURES lt lt Sa ILD 3 3 3 2013 0604 HH a SG r me HO High Definiti SE Veather Package Engineering Simulation Tech nology COPYRIGHT 2007 2013 REX GAME STUDIOS LLC Upo
73. sibilities Ever wanted to fly in a snow storm in Hawaii You can with this feature Additionally REX can choose textures that will best represent the weather and install them into flight simulator for you RANDOM WEATHER is accessed by selecting USE REX RANDOM WEATHER THEMES PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX FLY NOW This screen is characterized by two halves the left side which contains the steps needed to create random weather and the right side which contains the map showing the generated weather as well as the WX TEXTURES WX AVOIDANCE FLIGHT PLAN and FLY NOW buttons Type in the ICAO code of the airport or use SEARCH Select the season desired from the SEASON selector and by selecting the severity of weather by the SEVERITY selector Next generate the weather by clicking the GENERATE button WX TEXTURES allows the program to install textures into flight simulator that best represents the chosen weather conditions WX AVOIDANCE will open the REX WX screen as described earlier The FLIGHT PLAN and FLY NOW buttons starts the flight as described previously GAME PAGE 60 WEATHER ENGINE e E d fessentioltHo BEE LICENSED FOR mental amp Weather Package TSX AND PREPAR D DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX M RANDOM WEATHER STEP 1 Select Weather Reg
74. stalled theme is displayed within REX as a compilation rather than on the lower left hand corner of the screen wm A A asingle sound source preview allowing 7 d you a full auditory experience of what SELECT A TEXTURE THEME This drop down REX is capable of while in flight selection menu contains a list of texture themes If no sound is audible make sure shipped with REX and any themes created by I you Highlighting a theme name will cause it to ENABLE APPLICATION SOUNDS is be loaded into the 9 smaller windows and will be i installed into flight simulator when the INSTALL checked ON in the GENERAL section button is clicked of the CONFIGURATION MANAGER GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 33 TEXTURES LA ee KT High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHE FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATIONMANAGER HELP ABOUT REN Ki Y sl E XT LI R S Click pict select textures in each category or click the dropdown menu to choose SPARED TEXTURE THEMES iations Click on the Theme ID link to load the theme content into REX THEME ID CREATOR THEME CATEGORY RANDOMIZE Sky Textures al Water Textures ANONYMOUS FAIR WEATHER em nemme ne mem en FoxA anarie FAIR WEATHER 6 3 2013 S REX NATURAL DAY NLY BEYOND Enter in the theme name or theme creator to ch for i me Wave Animation 5 ell SPARKLING TO PREVIEW Or select a shared theme by category CANCEL
75. t Minimize Close PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Instructs the weather engine to inject weather ahead of the aircraft while in flight WX 3D Smoothing after the initial weather injection This removes sudden jerkiness or changes during normal weather injection Displays the WXPLUS mode as active if checked If unchecked STANDARD weather injection mode is enabled WX Engine Plus WX Refresh Region Allows you to change the size of the weather flight region while in game Allows you to set the weather injection speed Using longer periods of time between WX Refresh Balance injections reduce frame hits but prolongs the interjects process Likewise decreasing the injection time increase frame hits but reduces prolong injection periods Sets weather gauge as top most screen ONLY works when flight simulator is in Top M ope windowed mode Minimize Minimizes weather gauge to task bar Close Closes the REX weather engine and re opens the main REX interface REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 67 A a 2 REX DATABASE TOOL os oes j RESTORE Click the RESTORE button to repair and compact the REX Database i To use locate the file labelled rexrepairdb exe The REX Database Tool na located within the main REX Essential PLUS OverDrive simple utility used to optimize folder MAKE CERTAIN to right click this exe file the data base operations of the and select RUN AS ADMIN You will notice a small window as seen in
76. the enjoyment and immersion within the flight simulator experience All of these features may be fully manipulated to your individual tastes STANDARD WX PLUS arm New in REX is the WXPLUS mode a second weather engine mode utilizing the weather theme process which injects live historic or even random weather into FSX P3D We have also included the Synoptic and Micro weather station features which adds more depth Weather Engine Plus injects real weather including real winds and temperatures aloft To sum it up there are two modes in which to inject weather into FSX P3D the Standard Station mode or the Weather Engine Plus mode PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 Q REX GAME STUDIOS Also included within REX are the synoptic and micro weather station processes which allow for trans oceanic flights utilizing realtime weather This technique populates areas with few weather stations for a more robust weather experience allowing you to experience the effect of real frontal systems Synoptic weather stations handle large areas of weather which in turn produces the effect of large weather systems Micro Weather Stations help with transitioning from local weather conditions helping with fog wind and precipitation transitions Microsoft Flight Simulator 3D PAGE 3 REX OVERVIEW et n A Our new DOWNLOAD CENTER allows us to provide new FSX and Prepar3D content to our user base in a timely manner
77. the next several months To use archived weather click the WEATHER button on the MAIN navigation bar On the CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE menu choose USE ARCHIVED WEATHER DATA then select a weather date and time from the supplied drop down lists Once acceptable data fields are selected click OK and the WEATHER DOWNLOAD PROCESS bar appears on the bottom of the screen This PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 WX TEXTURES Q REX GAME STUDIOS FLIGHT PLAN WX AVOIDANCE FLY NOW process downloads the weather you selected for that specific date and time Weather downloaded is world wide so please be patient while REX parses this information You may use this screen as described in the REAL TIME WEATHER area of this user manual or simply click FLY NOW Upon clicking FLY NOW REX will minimize the WASys and flight simulator will open and the historic weather will be injected into flight simulator as per the date and time you selected PAGE 63 FLY NOW ore REX WEATHER ENGINE Click LOAD WEATHER D to manually start injecting weather Right click on the screen borders for additional menu options aay NOTE REX is an open ended application there is no need to file flight plans or load textures to use the REX weather engine etc You may pick and choose what you require from the application and at any time The interface between you and actually starting a flight using the REX weathe
78. the picture above Simply click the underlying core of REX Essential RESTORE button Please be patient as this process Plus OverDrive will take a minute to complete Once the database has been restored you will be alerted that the process This utility helps to speed up the program has been complete and simply clicking OK within the operations as well as reduce defragging of back prompt will automatically close the database tool end indexes and database pages IMPORTANT NOTE After running this process you will need to restore your user profile within the Configuration Manager to re acquire your settings SEN REX GAME STUDIOS _ PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 68 PRODUCT SUPPORT A EC ae A REX Game Studios prides itself on top forum support Our support forum is located at realenvironmentxtreme com forums SEARCH OUR SUPPORT FORUM FIRST We ask that you please search and read through similar help topics BEFORE you post a support question Often you may find that a certain question has already been asked by someone else and the issue has been resolved REX Game Studios is Tim Fuchs Reed Stough Chan Raiu Bill Collin Stephen Lyon Anthony Adams Angel Vargas and James Holcomb REX Game Studios Beta Testing Team Bill Barrette Eberhard Haberkorn Rick Brown Dan Schultz Peter De Roose Jay Kae Heiko Glatthorn Jesse Nichols Drew Sikora Brian Kircher Bob Getterz Tom Riley Kyle Cor
79. ther Above the 4 bottom buttons are interface displays that describe what each button s function is To change the data displayed click on the outside blue button adjacent to the data that you wish to view Notice that the interface displays toggles between ON and OFF as each subsequent outer button is clicked and the data overlays on the map change to reflect the choice You may zoom in and out of the map via the and buttons the mouse scroll wheel or simply double clicking on the map BELOW IS A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH FUNCTION OF THE REX WX DISPLAY REX WX BUTTON DESCRIPTION Displays precipitation intensity NOT cloud cover Green represents light precipitation Radar Yellow represents moderate Red represents heavy or severe oe Displays areas where possible thunderstorms are located with electrical discharges Extremely helpful especially if a storm is not precipitating Displays areas of potential cloud turbulence Green represents light choppy or light Turbulence turbulence Yellow represents moderate Red represents heavy to severe turbulence Bi Displays areas of potential icing or hail as in the case of thunderstorms Dark blue is 8 light icing Light Blue moderate icing Yellow represents severe icing or Hail Zoom Allow user to zoom in or out from current location ON OFF Ends the weather engine process and reloads the main REX interface SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ ________ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7
80. thin the latest installment of a 3rd party aircraft is much easier Within the FLIGHT CENTER we created not just the basics but realism as well as the community aspect PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 NEW ENVIRONMENT AND WEATHER SOUNDS REX now includes true environment and weather related audio Because REX Game Studios owns and operates a recording mastering studio we went through great lengths to maintain a certain sound through a meticulous mastering process bringing the sound experience to our users bh I The dynamic sounds of rain wind and thunder will simply blow you away ADDED TEXTURE PROCESSES Users with lower end systems can now select a compressed algorithm for wave animation sets with minimized visual anomalies as usually associated with this type of compression greatly enhancing the simulator performance The new REX Natural Sky texture set adds a unique tint to your dawn day and dusk skies Also now included is the ability for you to select clouds based upon the cloud type The new weather influenced process has been completely re written inside REX You will experience conditions closer to what is actually happening in the real world This process will give you a wider range of variety utilizing all textures within REX GAME STUDIOS PAGE 7 IMPORTANT READ ME IMPORTANT READ ME BELOW ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN CONSIDERATION FOR INSTALLING AND OPERATING REX WI
81. ton the original CATEGORIES 15 cm Roads without Cars REX road and highway textures for FSX Prepar3D These roads and highways do not include cars on the Author REX Game Studios 15 cm Roads with Cars REX road and highway textures for FSX Prepar3D These roads and highways do include cars on the Author REX Game Studios You dont have a profile created or you haven t restored your current profile Please navigate to the configuration manager and click either the BACKUP button if you don t have a profile or click the RESTORE button if you have a previous profile material within FSX P3D is backed up and the new material is installed If you ever need to re install the new material revisit the item you wish to install and simply click the INSTALL button The download center will be growing over time with new and fresh material from our development team It s important that FSX P3D not be open and running during the time of installation as the material may not be installed correctly REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTIVIANUALV3 3 V3 7 ABOUT REX PAGE 42 e le Seege dg High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WE Vv K WEATHER FLYNOW OPTI EA LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD Sees SARS SIRE FEE SEAN EIT EE IONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX QUICK STAR CONFIGURE WEATHER LOAD PROCEDURE Welcome bac jl to conf
82. tton to exit the screen and return to the main TEXTURES page Clicking the dropdown selection menu will allow you to select a previously saved water theme GAME PAGE 38 TEXTURES FE SEET e EET SSR LICENSED S High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package FSX AND PREPARZ D DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX NA K OCEAN WATER TEXTURES Plankton Ocean Water Ocean Blue Ocean Blue Feel the deep up and down feeling as you fly over this Ocean Blue theme CANCEL SELECT sau Detault Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 DELETE c SHARE INSTALL LICENSED FOR FSX AND PREPARSD Yt MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX e K DOWNLOAD CENTER TROPICAL WATER TEXTURES Plankton Tropical Water Heavenly Beyond Heavenly Beyond Different depths of rock coral and sand populate this extremely detailed set It truly is heavenly CANCEL SELECT SAVE Detault Wee e BROWSE DELETE SAVE are INSTALL Theme Crested Thursday September 29 2011 GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 39 TEXTURES i WK Leer LICENSED FOR High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package Seege FSX AND PREPARSD DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHTCENTER WEATHER FLYNOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX N Y P
83. ud definition from fluffy to flat Changes structure representation of stratus cloud definition from chaotic to stable Changes structure representation of cumulonimbus cloud from anvil to towering structure GAME PRODUCT V3 3 V3 7 PAGE 27 OPTIONS MANAGER i SE Hd al amp Weather Package MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLY NOW OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUT REX NA YV OPTIONS MANAGER OPTIMIZATION Runway Markings Cumulus Clouds Runway Bump Map Cirrus Clouds Taxiway Markings Airport Signs Taxiway Bump Map Wave Animation Airport Parking Space Mi DX10 Optimized Inland Water Enhance Surface Refraction Ocean Water 1024x1024 Tropical Water 512x512 Sun and Flare Asphalt Runway Sun Effect Concrete Runway W 0x10 Optimized Precipitation Sounds Asphalt Taxiway Thunder Sounds Concrete Taxiway Wind Sounds Runway Lights Aircraft Strobe Lightning Landing Lights YOUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED Automatically set your performance levels by using the drop down list below Custom O DESELECT The OPTION MANAGER controls which textures Many users make the mistake of trying to install are installed into FSX P3D The OPTIMIZATION textures while flight simulator is running The result area controls the resolution and algorithm is a program crash If a crash is encountered or of textures installed and an overall system some other unexplained behavior while initiating performance sect
84. und When UNCHECKED it turns off this process Instructs REX to download all weather for every weather station within FSX P3D from its servers to later be injected during the weather engine operations Currently NOAA and VATSIM only supply weather for approximately 50 of the actual weather stations within FSX P3D This feature ensures all weather stations receive weather WX FSX P3D Interpolation Instructs the weather engine to create custom weather stations over a distance WX Synoptic Interpolation allowing the weather engine to fill in gaps in weather where it might be missing during flight This is extremely useful when flying in desert areas or over oceans Instructs the weather engine to create custom weather stations near the aircraft This process allows the weather engine to utilize better smoothing techniques so sudden changes are not so rapid during takeoff flight and landing SE REX GAME STUDIOS _ _ _ _ ______ PRODUCTIMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 66 WX Micro Interpolation WEATHER ENGINE REX WX mits DE lt ee SE Load Weather Smooth Cloud Transitions Search Metar Opacity E de oe Feat Wx Download Sh Nee OC ST S Riv SE Tax i UI E TEU Gate fp FR Wx FSX P3D Interpolation Wo Synoptic Interpolation Wx Micro Interpolation Wx 3D Smoothing Wa Engine Plus VT Wx Refresh Region pe st ay TELE ert a Refres jeer DEU Wy Refresh Balance OFF GR OFF Top Mos
85. variables This utilizes multiple levels of winds read from the radiosonde reports When weather updates occur they occur on the fringes of the weather region so radical changes don t happen at the aircraft When the weather updates REX reads the original wind settings and compares them to the new ones from the region then modifies them slowly Enable Wind Turbulence Turns ON or OFF the effects of wind turbulence within REX If you experience drastic wind shifts in FSX try reducing MAXIMUM WIND TURBULENCE AND WIND SHEAR to 1 GAME PAGE 24 CONF GURATION MANAGER WIND CONFIGURATION continued REX DOWNLOAD CENTER MAIN TEXTURES FLIGHT CENTER WEATHER FLYNOW ae el Ho High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package CONFIGURATION MANAGER LJ Z H gt lt i LE HORN r i i be d LJ Enable Wind Shear Enables you to have that scary experience of flying in thunderstorms and other severe weather This may increase wind shifts and other wind anomalies to an unacceptable and or unrealistic level If this VISIBILITY WIND CONFIGURATION MAXIMUM WIND TURBULENCE S S ide SEI axin MAXIMUM WIND SHEAR a Use this slider to set the maximum W Delete Direction onear WIND TURBULENCE SHEAR Ej Enable real weather winds ADD LAYER Height SET GLOBAL WIND LAYERS OPTIONS CONFIGURATION MANAGER HELP ABOUTREX CLOUDS Allows customization of glob
86. visibility 2 Enabling Synoptic Interpolation allows the creation of custom weather stations at a distance to fill in large gaps between weather stations such as deserts or oceans 3 Enabling Micro Interpolation allows the creating of custom weather stations near the aircraft that can aid in handling better weather transitions near the aircraft HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WXPLUS MODE STANDARD MODE loads the weather reported by each station and not globally near the aircraft WHAT ARE SOME FSX LIMITATIONS USING THIS MODE 1 Can affect FPS due to that fact that Simconnect must be accessed via code over a longer length of time 2 Slight flicker of upper levels of sky due to Simconnect 3 Simconnect has been known to re interpret weather when injection occurs thus causing unwanted results at times 4 Loading times of weather will take longer if you set a wider Weather Region within the Configuration Manager of REX 5 FSX does not provide a means to allow for smooth transitions between weather loads We ve added internal code functions to compensate for this however there are still limits The only smooth transition this mode allows ts with clouds but the loss of accuracy is too great to utilize this function SE REX GAME STUDIOS PRODUCTMANUALV3 3 V3 7 PAGE 18 CONFIGURATION MANAGER WEATHER ENGINE CONFIGURATION e LA ee LL THD High Definition Environmental amp Weather Package DOWNLOAD
87. y laws and treaties The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is sold as a single user license and no ownership is transferred only the right to use the license software The SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be re distributed sold for non profit or profit or subscription fees repackaged delivered on CD or DVD media or any other form of electronic media by any other persons or party website organization or entity other than the official e commerce seller website s as contracted or authorized by REX Game Studios 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 us at t_fuchs 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 Game Studios 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

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