FSX: Stunning FREEWARE Mount Everest scenery in HD

A high definition showcase of the freeware Mt Everest scenery created by Frank Dainese. Please note that that it's just the ground scenery that's freeware, The clouds are by REX [Real Environment Xtreme] which is payware.

You can obtain the files from Flightsim.com or Avsim.com - you'll need to sign up 1st (it's free). Go to the scenery library & search Everest - There's 2 zip archives to download. You'll need to extract the files using a program like winzip or winrar. If you don't have either of these, go to download .com & search UNZIP, you will find several freeware extractors.

Instructions are contained within the readme file in the zip, but in brief, simply copy the main folder from each zip to your FSX/addon scenery folder. Then when you start FSX go to the scenery library [from the settings tab] and add the 2 new folders.

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.

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[marty051892]

Can someone please tell me the name of the piece and the composer? I always remembered this tune, but never the name of it...

[pjvenner]

@marty051892 : It's in the red box @ the start ;)

[Dalekv]

Excellent video, but the compression used for the music track hurts my ears. Honest.

[pjvenner]

@Dalekv : Thanks for the comment. I think you mean the screeching sound? That's wind/engine noise from the game - you still hear it when the music goes silent.

[Mat7Sohai]

music like hitler moment

[pjvenner]

@Mat7Sohai : It's a Soviet Russian piece so I'd say more Lenin than Hitler ;)

[piano77man77]

The scenery is breathtaking! Amazing video!!

[snooppupc130jrketmas]

love the music.

[VivaLaEmil1]

lol: fuel 6%

[ExpertSwimmer]

you are almost out of fuel, it says 4% at the end. Holy crap you are about to crash on the highest mountain in the world, if you lived then you will be on the TV show called "I Shouldn't Be Alive" !!!

[marty051892]

@pjvenner oh i must have overlooked it. Thank you.

[gary72carol61]

The graphics are outstanding! but the audio sounds like your underwater! especially where we have the view of looking out the windows in the aircraft. Also I notice that the frames per second often drops way below 30 frames. This is causing the jerk that we see which doesn`t help because I find when I upload HD videos on youtube they have a jerk in them yet my originals play fine.

All in all a great video to watch. I just hope next time the jerk and poor audio are solved. :)

[raptor3040]

I´ve already flown on the same area but with a King Air 350, and really suffered going out from that place.