Dallas-Fort Worth ( see the Wikipedia article here ) is a scenery developed for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) and Flight Simulator 2004 ( FS9 ). It's has been created with great attention to visual quality and performance, using the latest available programming techniques, both in FSX and FS9.
The product is sold as 2 Products in One. This means, by buying one version, you will automatically get the other for free, since activation and serial codes are shared between FSX and FS9.
Features:
Fully customized ground and runways in high resolution, both in FSX and FS9.
NEW Ground Shaders technology with 100% "Pure FSX" code.
NEW Bump mapping and Specular mapping on ground, DirectX10 Compatibile! (FSX only)
Animated custom ground vehicles, and the Skylink Train. (FSX only)
Elevated taxiways bridges, fully compatible with AI airplanes.(FSX only)
Fully 3d taxiways lighting, custom runway lights and PAPIs. (FSX only).
Intensive use of LOD techniques in order to offer the best possible performances.
High resolution building textures.
134 Jetways animated with inverse-kinematics in FSX.
NEW ParkMe™ feature: working SafeGate docking systems with automatic airplane recognition, and parking accuracy evaluation ( FSX only ), available on 133 parking stands!
NEW YouControl™ feature: custom airport actions with easy on-screen menu to trigger animations, events,etc ( FSX only ).
The FS9 version is compatible with FS9 with the 9.1 upgrade installed.The FSX version is compatible with FSX+SP2 minimum, or FSX+Acceleration Pack or FSX:Steam Edition, or Lockheed Martin Prepar3D ( the latest version of every supported major release, for example 3.4 in P3D4 or 4.4 in P3D4 ). Windows 8.1 is the minimum supported OS. This scenery fully supports DirectX 10.0. Prepar3d V5 and V6 are supported.
I'm using the FS2004 version. The product itself is excellent. A very accurate recreation of KDFW. The reason I'm giving it 1 star, is the way it installs. It makes it's own folder within your FS9 directory and installs the scenery there, NOT within the "Addon Scenery" folder like most other sceneries. It also dumps roughly 15 other files into your FS9 directory. It adds a new menu option for other sceneries you haven't got installed. It's a long read of the install .pdf file, it requires serial number activation with an internet connection.... it's just a pain in the ass. To cap it off, if you try to move the install folders to keep your scenery organised (like I do), it just will not work.
To sum it up, if you like to keep your FS install folders neat, tidy and organised, don't get this. If that sort of thing doesn't bother you, it's great.
Excellent scenery. Certainly realistic and highly detailed. You'll even find that banner between terminals A and C (something AA related). A lot of attention to detail. Night lighting is superb.
My only issue is terminal B does not have enough jetways for all of American Eagle's ops, as they are really spaced apart for mainline aircraft, not regional jets. I assume this was the configuration of the terminal in the past.