FSX-SE FSX Steam Released! (80% off sale?)

[gerlicity 0]

I was in the process of saying essentially the same thing. There's a surprising amount of disinformation floating around about now... :Whistle:

 

Interestingly enough, I note that those who are paying in Russian Rubles are only paying a 'converted price' of $1.44...

https://steamdb.info/app/314160/

...what a deal! :Straight Face:

 

Be careful with that.. Steam has started to apply region lock in some games

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

Good to see Saitek all over that fsxinsider.com. I hope they get a boost in sales so some of their gear comes down in price even more. This will be good for them

 

 

 

Now, what's a little scary is that I can't seem to find ANY of the updates to the original boxed version (SP1 and 2), which www.fsinsider.com used to host.

 

Not a surprise....MS can't support FSX forever. They have handed over the torch now

[Mean Aerodynamic Chord 269]

Not a surprise....MS can't support FSX forever. They have handed over the torch now

Well this is dumb. Dovetail promised that FSX normal would keep working.

 

 

I have Gold Edition, so it doesn't affect me, but this is still bad.

[tf51d 284]

Well this is dumb. Dovetail promised that FSX normal would keep working.

 

 

I have Gold Edition, so it doesn't affect me, but this is still bad.

I believe that the AVSIM libraries are hosting FSX SP1 and SP2 patches.

[Mean Aerodynamic Chord 269]

I believe that the AVSIM libraries are hosting FSX SP1 and SP2 patches.

Well... I'm dumb. I just googled for the patches and it seems that the site with the actual patches is still up, but hidden: 

 

http://www.microsoft.com/Products/Games/FSInsider/downloads/Pages/default.aspx

 

 

Nevermind folks... I guess you'll just have to bookmark it if you don't use Gold Edition. 

[styckx 1,871]

I actually didn't realise it was the Steam Christmas sale until after I'd started the thread. But still, that doesn't mean Dovetail had to apply a wopping 80% off, you've gotta give them credit for that.

 

as an aside, all the DCS World modules are also on sale, MiG-21 50% off? sit in my cart next to FSX ..

 

Dovetail has done this numerous and countless times with their Train Simulator.. Hacking the price to $5.00. They want the core sim in the palm of everyones hands as quickly as possible.. The core is the loss leader to all the DLC.  Which I have no doubt they will start selling for FSX:SE

[jime59 58]

Bought it, installed it, tested it, all under 15 minutes. I made the obligatory changes to the config file and it runs great. Everything is separate from your installed copy of FSX, if you have it already installed, and there hasn't been any problems ot interference between the two as of yet. You can''t go wrong for $5 on this. If you're familiar with the workings of FSX's file structure then you should have no problems getting your add-ons to work. At least they didnt block it so you couldn't use any of your existing add-ons. For those on the fence..... don't be.          Just buy it.

 

 

jime

[brendan19 0]

SDK isn't working for me in ADE.

[WfordJr 1]

Speaking of the SDK, someone at DTG royally screwed the pooch with that. They left out some of the most important tools, such as...

 

Speaking of the SDK, someone at DTG royally screwed the pooch with that. They left out some of the most important tools, such as...

 

THAT they did!! Intentionally perhaps? I'm deleting it until FSUIPC, simconnect and everything works. Cant use ASN, PMDG etc, etc.

[Buziel-411 4]

 

I see. So this is not actually multiplayer server traffic, just people playing online or offline and with some version that Steam is picking up as FSX.

 

While the player count does include people flying both online and offline, the only "version" of FSX it counts is the Steam Edition. While people can add other programs, such as normal FSX or Prepar3D, to their Steam library, the player count will not include them.

 

So, that number means at least 1,000 people bought the new Steam Edition and are all flying around right now!

[flyinion 280]

Has anyone with the "usual" joystick/controller disconnect problems on Win8/8.1 with non-steam FSX tried them on the Steam version to see if that has been fixed as part of the supposed compatibility with 8.1 updates?  Definitely a valid concern since the "common fix" of using FSUIPC won't work right now.  I picked up a copy to put on the "virtual shelf" just because for $5 I can live with that price if I never install it lol, but I'm curious about the controller dropouts.  I know supposedly Win10 has fixed those anyway, but it's not released so the same problem could be "added to it" at any point before release as they continue to add features to it.

[Brian Doney 127]

While the player count does include people flying both online and offline, the only "version" of FSX it counts is the Steam Edition. While people can add other programs, such as normal FSX or Prepar3D, to their Steam library, the player count will not include them.

 

So, that number means at least 1,000 people bought the new Steam Edition and are all flying around right now!

 

Absolutely correct.

 

In fact, the only real benefit to adding non-Steam titles to your library, from a community standpoint, is so that those on your friends list can see when/what you are playing. To put it another way, if I were to add FSX standard to my library, those on my friends list would see when I am in game, but anyone not on my friends list would see me as simply being Online when looking at my profile page.

 

There are no statistics counted for non-Steam applications added by the user. It is simply a way to unify your library of Steam/non-Steam titles using Steam as a launcher of sorts, and in most cases, to allow the use of the Steam community interface while running a non-Steam title.

 

I understand to a certain degree why those unfamiliar with Steam might be a bit angsty about the whole thing, but, there are quite a large number of us here that have been using Steam for a long, long time. It's really not a big deal.

[gizmosellsbunnys 106]

THAT they did!! Intentionally perhaps? I'm deleting it until FSUIPC, simconnect and everything works. Cant use ASN, PMDG etc, etc.

I doubt it gonna be P3d type migration somewhat they will make steam installers.

 

Dovetail just giving the addicts fsx for free to sell tons dovetail DLC.

[Johnny19 344]

So, bottom line for starters, is it safe to install FSX:SE on the same machine with FSX, without worrying that will #### up existing sim?

[ZKOKQ 984]

So, bottom line for starters, is it safe to install FSX:SE on the same machine with FSX, without worrying that will #### up existing sim?

I have for testing purposes, and no issues. Has not wiped my DVD version out