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Steam is on sale again for $5

Roger said:
Okay I'm thick! How do I just download and not install:dizzy:
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i think you may have to do a full install..then uninstall parts of it..not sure...there is a Que that i believe you can have it there until you are ready for it..not sure though
 
ejoiner said:
Im still unclear as to why anybody with a fully functioning FSX set up on their HD would want this.
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Updates. Not the "I want 64bit so I can finally install even more useless high definition junk!" level of updates, but the "My presently installed level of high definition junk doesn't make FSX crash that often anymore!" level. Plus fixes for some other crashes.

Pete Dowson is a huge fan of FSXSE, by the way and that should tell you something...



Roger said:
Okay I'm thick! How do I just download and not install:dizzy:
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Not possible. Downloading also means installing it.
 
ejoiner said:
Im still unclear as to why anybody with a fully functioning FSX set up on their HD would want this. I figured it would just be for stray newbies.
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for me personally,i have an older PC and its not even made for simming..once i got FSX ready on it...i got those dreeded OOMs all the time..or it just wouldnt load on start up..ect..on and on....

i got the FSX.SE version and i can actually fly planes i never could even get to work before...i dont know if some files remain on their servers,i dont think you can even play it offline,though i did somewhere were it says offline flight has been fixed..
 
I notice that there a number of Steam edition addons, for sale. Does this mean that my collection of addons won't 100% work with the Steam Edition? What's the difference between a normal addon and a SE variant?
 
arrowmaker said:
I notice that there a number of Steam edition addons, for sale. Does this mean that my collection of addons won't 100% work with the Steam Edition? What's the difference between a normal addon and a SE variant?
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Am not completely certain, but I believe that MOST FSX addons will work with SE. There are some that do not, i.e. some sceneries), but believe the makers of such incompatible addons are working to fix that. NC

As for why I have Steam FSX? For me, it works much smoother and faster. That's enough reasons for me. I am not alone in my assessment, either. NC
 
Navy Chief said:
As for why I have Steam FSX? For me, it works much smoother and faster. That's enough reasons for me. I am not alone in my assessment, either. NC
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I guess I'll have to investigate. As long as my Orbx sceneries work with it then I'll probably go ahead and make a purchase.
 
you can purchase and not download it - it just goes into your Steam library as owned but not installed.

I bought it at the first go round because I wanted to see what the new group was going to do with it...
I have the discs installed on my PC and installed the SE on my laptop so I could mess with it - see how it performs, add some scenery and aircraft.

I know my disc media wont last forever...so I bought the SE,
I know the developers plan to tweak it and try to make it better
I know current 3rd party developers are continuing to add new content and most have already made adjustments for the SE
It seems to me that 5.00 is a very cheap insurance policy if nothing else - but its much more than that.
 
I'll be getting it...... after my major upgrade tomorrow .... provided Purolater can deliver as promised and as long as the components all work fine ... fingers crossed. :jump: :biggrin-new:
 
I think this is a good opportunity for me to get the Steam edition. Dovetail games did make a number of changes to the FSX engine code to improve performance. From the videos that I have seen, textures seem to load a little faster, sim play seems a little smoother and the dreaded OOM error is greatly reduced. The downside has been that you must be on the internet to fly the FSX Steam Edition (soon to be fixed) and some add-ons are not compatible. As the Steam Edition has become more popular, most add-on developers have made their products Steam compatible. No, it's not a 64-bit version of FSX, but neither is Prepar3D, but the Steam Edition is a lot less expensive than P3D and does not require DX11.
 
I'm tempted to get it - one nagging worry though: would it interfere in any way with my existing installation of FSX?
 
Question for the Steam users: Can I install FSX:SE on more than one machine or is my purchase for a single machine?

I'd like to test drive a dual FSX:MS and FSX:SE install on another machine and get the hang of the dual install/shared folders (a la Doug Dowson's installation) before I put my gaming machine at risk.
 
Dovetail is just trying to milk it for every penny they can before they release their next flight simulator. Microsoft Flight II.

FSX is on it's last legs.
 
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