Simviation Forum - GEX Still Worth It?

Feb 28^th, 2010 at 9:14am

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I finally bought FSX Gold Edition and installed it on a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64. I have also installed REX. Now I am considering purchasing GEX NA for FSX. It it still worth it for $34.99 or is there something better out there?

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 9:39am

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I think it is.

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 12:28pm

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Since I had UTX for Canada and USA already installed, I installed GEX North America over them. The UTX for Alaska had not been released so I had a chance, in Alaska, to look at GEX directly over default. Quite an improvement but I've got to say, with UTX Alaska finally in there, the icing was on the cake.

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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 1:59pm

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GEX USA/Canada has just been updated (lots of textures have been replaced). The new version is available from today.

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Reply #4 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:08am

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So which one would you recommend for North America, GEX or UTX? Right now I'm just looking for continental U.S. coverage.

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Reply #5 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:56am

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usapatriot wrote on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:08am:

So which one would you recommend for North America, GEX or UTX? Right now I'm just looking for continental U.S. coverage.

If you're making a choice, go with UTX USA then add UTX Canada. Finally GEX North America.

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Reply #6 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 2:20pm

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olderndirt wrote on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:56am:

usapatriot wrote on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:08am:

So which one would you recommend for North America, GEX or UTX? Right now I'm just looking for continental U.S. coverage.

If you're making a choice, go with UTX USA then add UTX Canada. Finally GEX North America.

Why both? Don't they do the same thing?

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Reply #7 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 3:40pm

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I can say they are not the same thing, although the explanation escapes me at the moment. GEX is quite framerate friendly. But I have read there is an order in which to install for best results.

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Reply #8 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 10:58pm

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From what I see, UTX is the essential and GEX makes it more complete by adding extra textures. As for scenery layering, GEX is like FSG in that it's attached to scenery folders in FSX, not in the scenery library - believe it moves, stores and replaces default stuff.

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Reply #9 - Mar 2^nd, 2010 at 7:57pm

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UTX is sort of an underlying foundation relative to GEX. Specifically, UTX corrects coastlines, roadways, rivers, railroads and adds some landclass layers to correct which land is rural, urban, industrial, etc. Additionally, they add new land classifications for universities, sports arenas, cemetaries and others.

In contrast, GEX is a total replacement of all the ground textures. It is a major overhaul of FSX. It makes what you see much more convincing and I find it very aesthetically pleasing. To me, UTX + GEX + REX is a fantastic combination and I feel that GEX is defintely worth the money.

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