After muddling around for too long with half decent helicopters in FSX and P3D I decided to go for a more realistic experience in Xplane.
Last weekend I bit the bullet and installed Xplane and bought the Dreamfoil 407 in the Xplane.org-store sale.
Since I am completely new to Xplane I’m intrigued but also a bit overwhelmed by the amount of mods and addons available for Xplane.
Are there any essential mods, (training) scenario’s, plugins, Lua-scripts, utilities etc. that you would recommend specifically to enhance helicopter flying in Xplane?
I will tell you my personal preference. A lot of people will throw a huge list of “must-have” addons. I don’t personally follow that path.
I installed some orthophoto textures (Ortho4XP), looked for a couple of airports in my region, got the 407 and other helicopters over time and that’s pretty much it.
Filling X-Plane with plugins makes the sim slower and you get a higher chance of the software crashing. It’s also easier for me to maintain it.
The only thing I really pay attention to is scenery in the regions I want to fly at.
I’ve learned that the simpler everything is, the more time I spend simming instead of having to fix or tweak stuff.
You’re welcome. That is my personal take on it. I used to have lots of cool stuff on my sims when I was younger (not that I am THAT old) but over time I realized it’s just not worth the hassle for me.
“Keep it simple” has worked wonders. I have a backup of my scenery and aircraft and if I need to reinstall, I just need to install the sim, copy the aircraft and scenery (and possibly a plugin or two if I’m using one for anything a bit more specific – like missions or sling loading) and I’m all set.
I completely agree…I guess wisdom comes with age…
I have that problem with P3D…too much eyecandy, tweaks and mods that made the sim slow and a pain to maintain and up to date.
Thanks for preventing me from making the same mistake with X-plane.
