usb777 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Just heard about The Microsoft Flight Simulator Steam Edition. Anybody know more about it? Read it runs on the computer better. Mike G. Intel Core i7-4770K, ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO Motherboard, , 8GB Memory , EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 6GB Video Card,Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply,Windows 7 64bit, Corsair Hydro Series H55 CPU Cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdr1944 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 So you search "steam" on this forum and make your up own mind. Army Engineer Veteran..Busted for insubordination Nam-1966 :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Dovetail have simply made "a few tweaks that may improve performance of FSX for some users" and also made it multiplayer via Steam, so if you're happy with your FSX now, it's not worth buying it again on Steam unless you're having performance issues (especially with Win 8.1) which the new tweaks "may" cure, or you're into multiplay. FSX is 8 years old now and we sometimes hear people asking "where can I buy it?", so by making it easily available on Steam, Dovetail will be introducing it to a whole new generation of flight simmers and that's bound to be good for the sim, giving it a new lease of life for years to come..:) Here's what Dovetail themselves say- “The main reason you would even consider picking up FSX: Steam Edition if you already have a significant FSX-O[riginal] setup is the implementation of Steam for multiplayer purposes. That's the big single thing we've done is replaced GameSpy with Steam. Yes, there have been a few tweaks made that may improve the performance of FSX for some users, but if you already have the simulator we're making no secret about the fact that at this point, what we're offering to you is limited. The people we're hoping to attract first and foremost are those to whom FSX will be a brand new experience, rather than those who have already invested a great deal of time and energy into the hobby. We know this will be a little disappointing to those who had hoped for a revolutionary rebirth of the simulator, but we've got a way to go before we can talk about our future plans. At the moment we're focusing on introducing FSX to a new generation of flight simulation fans.†MORE- http://www.winbeta.org/news/take-skies-once-more-flight-simulator-x-steam-edition-dovetail-games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvarn Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Don't get it just for the multiplayer. There are much better alternatives to the type of play the MS multiplayer communities offered and the technology is probably not better using Steam. As a way for new FSX owners to purchase FSX and get going, I'm all for it. -Pv- 2 carrot salad, 10.41 liter bucket, electric doorbell, 17 inch fan, 12X14, 85 Dbm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachson1 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I just bought it & am impressed so far. Not sure if I can use all my old addons though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooneybravodes Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Dovetail and Steam are simply the new distributors for FSX. A few minor bug fixes, but no new wonder drugs. A few things in the back ground were changed. Steam likes the few dollars of income. No real changes at all. If you don't have FSX and want it buy it, other wise forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alverthein Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 As I have previously said, I have Steam and it runs great in the natural form...on my rig....with default aircraft....The thing now is that I have zillions of addons like aircraft etc...and my payware aircraft like PMDG will not load on Steam.....so I still use the original FSX.....as it is fine and dandy... but at the $5 initial cost for me to buy Steam ...that is a no brainer....for the future.....that is less than a six pack of beer.....I am waiting to see what happens and if my payware upgrades to Steam...so I say...Buy Steam ....you cannot go wrong....FSX is now over $100 to purchase which is a lot of scheckles.....al v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskancrab Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'm waiting for my PMDG 737 NGX to install on the Steam Edition that'll be the ultimate test... but so far I'm more than impressed with the stability of the release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveh2112 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 i'm very disappointed with the stream edition. it doesn't have a proper SDK, it can't run the orbx libs so many orbx features don't work, especially the free Yosemite pach which looks awesom, it doesn't run fsrecorder so i can't make a formation flight air show thing i'm going to go buy the MS gold version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvarn Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 With time, more things will work eventually. Future support and improvement is not possible with the boxed, but possible with the Steam. https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286416-Steam-Edition-Updates https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286758-Steam-Invasion https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286272-FSX-Stream https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286295-FSX-Steam https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286250-FSX-boxed-future https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286225-Unavailability-of-FSX-for-sale https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286200-Jetways-on-steam-edition https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?286062-Installed-FSX-on-Steam-and https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?285850-FSX-SE-separate-forum https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?285817-FSX-now-on-Steam-Good-Bad-Maybe https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?285793-FSX-Steam-Edition-Will-boxed-Addons-still-work https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?285785-the-steam-edition https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?285661-Article-FSX-Steam-Edition-Released -Pv- 2 carrot salad, 10.41 liter bucket, electric doorbell, 17 inch fan, 12X14, 85 Dbm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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