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Piper Aztec Steams ahead

I could, post install, just migrate the stuff to my standard FSX install. Fact is, I still need FSX:SE, which I do not have...
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Theoretically, though I've tried to do this with a different product and not yet succeeded. Hopefully I've just missed copying something, but possibly there is a code check in there somewhere.
Note I've done a LOT of moving stuff between P3D, FSX and FSX-SE so I'm not totally clueless...
Also note you don't get to install something with Steam, it just does it for you automatically.
Which is usually for the good.

FSX-SE is regularly availably at 70% discount so literally just a few quid - good, but indicative of Dovetail's cost model - a loss leader to sell a bucket-load of DLC.

And FSX-SE IS better than FSX.

Cheers
Keith
 
question is... is it available through steam, as DLC for fsx:se, or a SE compatible installer... you can do both, and many developers catering to this are offering both or an installer pointed at...

And yes, you can install things into steam games externally, not just FSX.
 
Nothing like following the development of an aircraft you're excited about only to find out you won't be able to get it.......unless you go out and buy another version of the SAME sim you already have. I certainly won't be buying steam because it makes as much sense as buying another house or car exactly like the one you already have just so you can get another color. Just lost a customer AH. Somehow I don't think you'll care very much anyway. Edit: no angel with a halo emoticon response required


truly disappointed FORMER customer here :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
jandmbear said:
Nothing like following the development of an aircraft you're excited about only to find out you won't be able to get it.......unless you go out and buy another version of the SAME sim you already have. I certainly won't be buying steam because it makes as much sense as buying another house or car exactly like the one you already have just so you can get another color. Just lost a customer AH. Somehow I don't think you'll care very much anyway. Edit: no angel with a halo emoticon response required


truly disappointed FORMER customer here :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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it would be the same - except if you buy a Steam version of your house or car, you can go anywhere in the world (that has an internet signal) and have your house or car there in seconds - without any additional cost..and if you lose your house or car (or your physical FSX discs) you can just download the Steam version over and over and over - with no added cost.
 
Maybe I'm jaundiced, but a Steam-only product will surely only be available through Steam?

Re Alabeo, their products (and Caranedo's) usually LOOK better than competitors, but underneath the eye-candy can be a different experience...

Cheers
Keith
 
i dont get all this banter,somewhere up there,if you read Bazzar's reply to fireketten,he said to be patient ,that we would all understand in time...well thats what i got from it,i also feel he was telling us that once AH's commitment to dovetail on this plane..it would become avalible to all platforms...bazzar?..tell me if im way wrong.......but bottomline..for me..i will most likely get the alebo version AND this one in time.
 
I have the Swift from AH, it is nice plane and it is very sad, that they do not going to make Aztec for non-steam version of FSX.
 
I have only the FSX / Steam version in my ASUS laptop. I can't load the boxed version of FSX........I have built it up just like it was in my windows 7 rig. I manually install everything. Don't worry. Just move the files in.
:wavey:......and thank you all for all you creations for FSX!
 
Personally, I'd be happy if I could get all my FSX content through Steam. A full reinstall of all my FTX products takes literally a couple of days to figure out what's been updated, download new installers, unwrap and install them one by one... Just the thought of how easy that would be in Steam...

:pop4:

Sorry, started daydreaming there. I'm sure I had another point to add to the conversation, but I'll leave it at that, since now I'm kinda depressed!
 
keithb77 said:
Maybe I'm jaundiced, but a Steam-only product will surely only be available through Steam?

Re Alabeo, their products (and Caranedo's) usually LOOK better than competitors, but underneath the eye-candy can be a different experience...

Cheers
Keith
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The person who is developing the flight model for the Alabeo Aztec is Bernt Stolle, a professional pilot and highly-regarded designer of flight models. Bernt Stolle says that he has a special attachment for the Aztec since it is the plane that he got his multi-engine rating in.

So, I doubt that the Alabeo Aztec will be "a different experience...underneath the eye-candy."
 
Sorry to Hijack the thread

I want the Aztec

So if I install FSX steam on my computer ( different hard drive) will that ruin my normal FSX installation as it will overwrite FSX config and such things?

Thanks for an answer

Roland
 
Aeroplane Heaven have made a business decision with one of their products, which is their good right to do, like it or not. Depending the results (Sales!) they may or may not change their strategy for future products. Time will tell if they've made the right decision I guess.
 
JimH said:
The person who is developing the flight model for the Alabeo Aztec is Bernt Stolle, a professional pilot and highly-regarded designer of flight models. Bernt Stolle says that he has a special attachment for the Aztec since it is the plane that he got his multi-engine rating in.

So, I doubt that the Alabeo Aztec will be "a different experience...underneath the eye-candy."
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Oh, the flight model will be perfect... its Bernt, but it will have the frame performance of a still live drawing in charcoal.
 
thefrog said:
Perhaps you should qualify that by adding "on my machine". I get no performance hit with Alabeo on mine.
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I shall qualify that...

I like to fly with pretty scenery, my rig munches the latest AAA studio games on high settings, 8 cores, 16gb ram, dual GTX 660 cards and P3D3.

I like to have more than two trees and a hut to populate a town, with full settings, most addons run perfectly at 40-50fps. Including A2A accusim aircraft. And I mean full... everything on max. It's great. It looks stunning, and it flys smoothly at the aforementioned FPS.

Anything by Alabeo and Carenado released in the last 2 years or so since the Sr22., takes a huge steaming performance dump. Sim performance grinds, and the quality suffers hugely.

qualified enough?
 
Everyone has different hardware/software drivers, settings, preferences and expectations. On my system (with how I like to configure things) P3Dv3 represented a 30-50% frame rate hit compared with FSX and even at that the anti-aliasing was still far from satisfactory. Consequently I uninstalled it two days ago and will continue with only FSX, until I have a more powerful system. Ironically Alabeo aircraft have a negligible impact on my system.
 
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