c119 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 For the first time i'm interested in flight simulation, i'd like Microsoft Flight Simulator. A seller has said me MFS isn't compatible with Windows 8 ... is this possible ? Thanks to who will reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooneybravodes Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 FS2004 default with sliders maxed, runs perfect under windows 8/8.1/8.1 update 1. Do not be fooled by the people who have joined the windows 8 hate group. Installed default, in it's own folder and installed on an external hard drive. It works with the new windows 10 preview also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c119 Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Thanks for the reply. Why on an external hard drive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooneybravodes Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Thanks for the reply. Why on an external hard drive ? Just another hard drive. Sort of a drive to copy the folder to. No special reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdf369 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 It's recommended to avoid installing FSX to c:\Program Files(x86) which is the default install location, as Windows security may cause some headaches. Install to c:\FSX or c:\FS9 or some other drive if you have one. Mine is installed in F:\FSX which is an SSD. I'm running FSX on Win8.1 with no problems. I've seen reports that Windows disconnects their joysticks/controllers after some time. I'm using FSUIPC and have not seen this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooneybravodes Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Another fable. it's the payware creators, not Flight Simulator or Windows. Many of them know nothing about the changes in Windows versions from XP. Flight Simulator and Windows are NOT to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikewear1 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 No issues on default file location on Windows 8.1...compatibility mode on. Help please: I'm having problems with file downloads. Privacy settings are OK for cookies...also set flightsim.com as allowed site. Still getting error screen. Help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c119 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thank you guys for your advices ! I've bought Flight Simulator X, and on my computer with Windows 8 it goes very well ! Think about one month ago a seller told me "No, FS is not compatible with Windows 8" .... almost i had lost all my hopes to get FSX. But so, why so many people say Windows 8 and FSX are incompatible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 But so, why so many people say Windows 8 and FSX are incompatible ? Some people do have trouble with FSX and Windows 8, and this combined with the many people who don't like Windows 8 in general, leads to some claiming the sim doesn't work at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c119 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 In fact, in my laptop, Windows 8 and FSX Professional Edition are working very well ! I have added airplane Fairchild C 119 Italian Air Force and the Lockheed U2, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronshenhao Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 It does work, but gets glitchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikeHerk67 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Yes, all the versions of FS work fine using windows 8. Depending on where you load FS or addons, such as in the default Program Files (x86) folder, you'll need to right click and choose "Run as Administrator." That's usually where folks have problems. As recommened in other replies, you can always load FS on C:\ or any other external drive or partition. Just make sure, when you download addons, that you choose the path where you have the Flight Simulator installed. There are time when addons don't give you the choice, I can think of a couple I have that when using them, I need run them in the administrator mode. I've never found comptibility problems using both as long as I know the path where the addon is located. Of course if you''re sharing a computer, only you as administror would have access anything that needs to be started in the administrator mode. Actually, I believe FS runs better in Windows 8 than in eariler versions of Windows. If you're adding external programs that don't get through the security settings, you may want to avoid them instead of disabiling the security. If you know security is the problem, and you trust it, you can always go into the security "settings" and manually allow any individual program to through the security wall. Most of the nay sayers of Windows 8 simply don't know how to use it. It took me awhile as I'm not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to programming. :) Herk Acer Predator AG3620-UR308, 3rd Gen. Intel Core i7-3770 processor 3.4GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology up to 3.9GHz (8MB Cache), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 SC (2GB), 2 TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, 12GB DDR3 SDRAM, Windows 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c119 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Thanks NikeHerk77 for the resume. Yes it goes well on my Windows 8, also under the folder x86 ... surely i already had the Administrator position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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