January 19, 201313 yr Anyone using MS FLIGHT in windows 8? Tried to find it through the new Metro "Store" tab, but it isn't listed there... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 19, 201313 yr Hi jcomm, I just know that lots of people are having problems running FLIGHT on windows 8. From what I have seen I don't like it much and will not be changing if I don't have to! Steve
January 19, 201313 yr I am running FSX on Win8 pro x64 with no problems, on my hp dv6 6096 laptop. No issues, no crashes, FSX icon should be on the start menu, if not got to fsx folder and place it on your desktop. Ivan Majetic ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO; 7900X3D; NZXT KRAKEN ELITE 360, GIGABYTE RTX 4080; G.SKILL TridentZ NEO RGB DDR5 64 Gb, WD HDD 2TB, SAMSUNG 980PRO, SAMSUNG 970EVO Plus 2x, ALIENWARE 3423DWF
January 19, 201313 yr Author Ok! Thx for your posts. I am now on Win8, and so far am enjoying it, although I really didn't have to change (one of those impulses and the fact that it was available for only €29 until the end of January...). DCS World works great, and even some applications (like Office 2003) supposedly not compatible with win8... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 19, 201313 yr I am running FSX on Win8 pro x64 with no problems, on my hp dv6 6096 laptop. No issues, no crashes, FSX icon should be on the start menu, if not got to fsx folder and place it on your desktop. You do realize Jcomm was asking about Microsoft Flight don't you? Anyhow nice to know FSX will run on Win.8. You might want to post that in the FSX forum so anyone else that is curious will know. Thank you. Rick $Silver Donor EAA 1317610 I7-7700K @ 4.5ghz, MSI Z270 Gaming MB, 32gb 3200, Geforce RTX2080 Super O/C, 28" Samsung 4k Monitor, Various SSD, HD, and peripherals
January 19, 201313 yr You do realize Jcomm was asking about Microsoft Flight don't you? LOL yes I realized that after I submitted my post Ivan Majetic ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO; 7900X3D; NZXT KRAKEN ELITE 360, GIGABYTE RTX 4080; G.SKILL TridentZ NEO RGB DDR5 64 Gb, WD HDD 2TB, SAMSUNG 980PRO, SAMSUNG 970EVO Plus 2x, ALIENWARE 3423DWF
January 19, 201313 yr You can still get flight from Steam or here http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/ Just remember to run as Admin in Win8 and it should work fine. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 19, 201313 yr Author Thx Hiflyer. I still have both accounts to get it from. I actually bought the C46 from Steam when it was released. I might give it a try, since with my "new rig" I would be able to run it at ULTRA settings.... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 19, 201313 yr Yikes, hate to think what your old rig was like, as even my old E8400 + HD4850 would put down a respectable minimum framerate of 45 in MS Flight on all the highest settings .
January 19, 201313 yr Author respectable minimum framerate of 45 I don't now how much it was giving ... BTW, how do you get the FPS info in MS FLIGHT without using some other app? Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 20, 201313 yr I am assuming that DCS and XP10 finally tempted you into getting a better rig? We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
January 20, 201313 yr Commercial Member Hi jcomm, I just know that lots of people are having problems running FLIGHT on windows 8. From what I have seen I don't like it much and will not be changing if I don't have to! Steve I've had zero issues running Flight on Windows 8. I'd never think of switching back to Windows 7. Windows 8 is so much faster and looks so much more clean. The flat style is something I never thought I'd be a fan of, but have grown to like it more than the Aero look. Brandon Filer
January 20, 201313 yr Author I am assuming that DCS and XP10 finally tempted you into getting a better rig? Nope, just DCS I've had zero issues running Flight on Windows 8. I'd never think of switching back to Windows 7. Windows 8 is so much faster and looks so much more clean. The flat style is something I never thought I'd be a fan of, but have grown to like it more than the Aero look. Yes this is also my feel. I wouldn't expect liking even the Metro interface more than the one I registered for $5 soon after installing Win8 to get back to a win7-style Start Menu, and reverted back to win8 default :-). I confirm no problems until now other than not being able to properly post at AVSIM because the carriage return is non-functional in it's forums on IE10 :-(. I have to write all in the same line .... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
January 20, 201313 yr Does Flight experience the problems with joysticks reported when using FSX and Prepa3d with Win8? Gerry Howard
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