The right way to install FSX mods

So many problems are caused by wrong installing , let’s put a stop to it

I got alot of questions about problems that caused by wrong installing of the mods , and i had to reply with the must bumming reply ever for a heavy fsx modders.. “reinstall”.
So i’m sick of pepole get bummed over me and decided to write this guide , that will make you understand the way mods are working and why we need to install them right.
Because as they say  “bring your kid a fish – he sated for a day , teach you kid to catch a fish – he sated for life”
okay.. let’s start:

The way mods are working on programs

there are servral way’s of how mods are working but we are only going to relate to the fsx way.
did you know that everything you see on your gameplay is a result of a fast running images – textures
the texture’s build the image you see in the game. so lets say there is a house texture that looks like an ice shack and in the game folder it called “iceshack.dds” but we want it to look like a skycraper .
all we need to do is create a new texture of a skycraper and name it skycraper , format the file to “.dds” extention and replace the file with the existing file.

What’s the problem most pepole facing

well again lets say there is an iceshack texture and tow addons that are desinged to work together but in one addon there is a better iceshack texture then the other .
now if you install both of the addons in the same time , both of the mods will replace iceshack.dds in the same time. the installers are not desinged to handale file crush problem and they’re just skipping the file!
so there’s no file named iceshack.dds in the game. therefore, no iceshack texture! the game fsx just like other games had a function called library check (i won’t expend because it’s not relevent.)
in the library check there is a file that points to the exact place of each file . but no one informed the library check that “iceshack.dds” is unavaiable. that when the bug occurs.

What we can do to prevent the bug’s that prevent’s us from playing

Well ,  the only thing you can do is install right , or beat the heck out of your computer and hope he learned he’s lesson (KIDDING!, DONT DO THAT!)
here’s the right way to install fsx addons:

(Click the picture in order to see it ..)

Generally speaking , this is the right way to install the mods but we need to face a new problem , GEX Requiers UTX texture’s so i came up with a way that worked perfectly for me.
all you need to do is install the GEX and then after we get the applying screen of GEX we install UTX . applying it , and then applying the GEX .

after you done with the texture mods , your free to install any kind of mod you’d like.

RECOMMENDED MODS: REX , ENB , Shade for FSX ,Ultimate Weather FX , AES , Ezdok Camera

Hope you enjoy this guide!

Sahar Haziza.