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FSX: Stunning FREEWARE Mount Everest scenery in HD

A high definition showcase of the freeware Mt Everest scenery created by Frank Dainese. Please see my previous Everest video for details of where to download the necessary files. Please note that that it’s just the ground scenery that’s freeware, The clouds are by REX [Real Environment Xtreme] which is payware.

UPDATE: When I made these clips I forgot to install the high resolution mesh and because of that the mountains look a little too smooth & rounded. I’ve re-installed the mesh & it looks much better now. I may remake the video at a later date. For now you can see the difference by looking at my older FSX Everest video [see the video response to this].

Computer spec:

Original manufacturer: Packard Bell

AMD Athlon64 x2 4000+ 2.1Ghz [tried overclocking but this caused stability issues]

3Gb DDR2.

512Mb XFX Nvidia GeForce 9600GT

120Gb Seagate SATA drive with a dual-boot configuration for Vista/XP

1TB Seagate SATA drive for demanding programs & media

*I run FSX under XP and installed it to the secondary HDD

DISPLAY SETTINGS USED:

GRAPHICS TAB
Filtering: ANISOTROPIC
Anti-aliasing: ON
Global Testure res: MAV
Lens flare: ON
Light bloom: OFF
Advance animations: ON

AIRCRAFT TAB
Aircraft casts shadows on ground: ON
Aircraft casts shadows on itself: OFF
Landing lights illuminate ground: ON

SCENERY TAB
LOD radius: MAX
Mesh complexity: 30
Mesh resolution: 5m
Texture resolution: 1m
Water effects: MAX
Land detail textures: ON
Scenery complexity: MAX
Autogen density: SPARSE
Ground scenery shadows: OFF
Special effects detail: MAX

WEATHER TAB
Cloud draw distance: 70MILES
Thermal Visualisation: NONE
DETAILED CLOUDS ON

I don’t know if these are optimal but they seem to work for me in most scenarios. I generally like high traffic levels – it’s amazing how many commercial airliners I see flying overhead when I’m flying round Everest, but I use Traffic X AND some WOAI traffic so it severely hits performance around major airports.

Duration : 0:4:5


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25 Responses to “FSX: Stunning FREEWARE Mount Everest scenery in HD”

  1. HA! I have your …
    HA! I have your exact same computer!

  2. nice vid,

    in the …
    nice vid,

    in the description, u said that u FSX on xp, why not 7 ? is better on xp ?

  3. Amazing!
    Amazing!

  4. For the people that …
    For the people that want it in HD:
    Get the scenery, get REX (Real Enviroment Extreme)
    And hope that ur comp wont go up in flames. (Dual core + is required for REX)

  5. that’s great scenery
    that’s great scenery

  6. The Scenery is …
    The Scenery is great but you need much Ram for it.

  7. nice scenery .
    nice scenery .

  8. JustinnnnChannel on June 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    What are you PC …
    What are you PC Specs?

  9. JustinnnnChannel on June 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Tip:
    As he said: …
    Tip:
    As he said: If you got a slow connection. hit a button on the right upper corner on the video.
    you’ll see it. =)

  10. simulator do many …
    simulator do many calculations per second, so a possessor would benefit most. Most other games will benifit more from a capable video card and plenty of ram

  11. How do I make my pc …
    How do I make my pc into a super gaming pc?

  12. @pjvenner after …
    @pjvenner after downloading a scenery where i will put it for example donload aircraft on sim objects how about the scenery?

  13. @Lvieru96 That’s …
    @Lvieru96 That’s what I’d advise – SP1 as a minimum. Some report further boosts from SP2 but for me that wasn’t such a big deal – if you can add more RAM at a later date I’m pretty sure you’ll see a noticeable difference from that.

  14. thnx, i got 2gb ram …
    thnx, i got 2gb ram, il use gamebooster to pause the programs that use up my ram while playing it.
    so if i get fsx i should download service pack 1?

  15. snooppupc130jrketmas on June 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    love the music.
    love the music.

  16. @Lvieru96 I’m no …
    @Lvieru96 I’m no expert on this but I know that FSX [with at least Service Pack 1] likes multi-core processors and doesn’t seem to care much for the graphics card. I don’t know how much RAM you have but GB for GB I would expect you to get similar performance.

  17. thanks ;)
    butt i …
    thanks ;)
    butt i did a mistake, its suposed to be ql-64 instead of 66 ;)
    do u think i could run the same fps as in this video? we have similar cpu ’s
    both have dual cores at 2.1ghz ;)

  18. @Lvieru96 I think …
    @Lvieru96 I think that’s a better processor than I have & FSX is very CPU/memory intensive… The graphics card shouldn’t be a problem – In my experience changing from basic integrated graphics to the 9600 made very little difference, but adding 2GB system RAM gave a noticeable boost in performance.

  19. how will my laptop …
    how will my laptop run fsx with a ati radeon 3200 and AMD athlon x2 QL-66 at 2.1ghz?

  20. looks better than a …
    looks better than a good portion of the payware out there …THX. 5/5

  21. Nice video! 5* of …
    Nice video! 5* of course! ;)

  22. The scenery is …
    The scenery is breathtaking! Amazing video!!

  23. lufthansaturkish on June 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    where you get the …
    where you get the scenery

  24. Try placing the …
    Try placing the files in folders in [fsx folder]/scenery/world and activating it in the scenery library. It’s running fine in my add-on scenery folder though.

  25. HaransProductions on June 10th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    I download it and …
    I download it and followed the steps but it doesnt work

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