BARGAIN Steam "March Madness" sale

[tf51d 284]

Just a heads up the Steam March Madness sale is on now, for those who want to try out FSX Steam, it's now 70% off at $7.49, addons are 50% off.

[Ted Striker 338]

I don't have any steam products. Mainly because I don't like the idea of adding another running background program to my system. I am of course assuming that the steam program needs to be running whenever you use FSX:SE and the up coming DTG products. But knowing what happens when one assumes I'm going to ask for a confirmation here.

 

Can FSX:SE be run with the steam program completely shut down or better yet uninstalled?

 

Ted

[nerrad33 2]

Mad, yeah I'm mad, that X-Plane is still $59.99!

[N60JBravo 27]

Can FSX:SE be run with the steam program completely shut down or better yet uninstalled?

Ted

Yes, FSX can be run without the Steam program being run. I do not know if you can uninstall Steam and keep FSX:SE, I suspect uninstalling Steam will take FSX with it.

 

There is no benefit to uninstalling Steam as you would lose the ability to apply upgrades, re-install FSX and use the Steam online pipeline.

 

regards,

Joe

[Ted Striker 338]

Thanks Joe. Glad to know that it can at least be shut down completely while flying.

 

Ted

[Alan Rhodes 2]

It is no problem to use offline but you still get nagged to go online when you start FSX. Also it must connect at some point because tyu get adverts on the start screen.

[tf51d 284]

 

 

Yes, FSX can be run without the Steam program being run. I do not know if you can uninstall Steam and keep FSX:SE, I suspect uninstalling Steam will take FSX with it.

 

No the Steam program itself still has to run, but you can set it to run offline, and it won't phone home. That said, it really is not intrusive and doesn't cause any issues.  One benefit of it there is it incorporates Steam's in game interface. So you can access the internet while in game which you can use to bring up sites with charts etc..

[HighBypass 2,339]

I might just pick up the HD airport update..

[N60JBravo 27]

No the Steam program itself still has to run,

 

 

FSX:SE running and no Steam app...

[tf51d 284]

FSX:SE running and no Steam app...

 

 It won't show up in the APPs list unless you have the interface open, If you scroll down the process list to the S's you'll see Steam.EXE, and Steamwebhelper.exe running. If you look in your active task bar, you'll see the icon active, and if you try to close it, FSX will close also.

[vc10man 732]

 It won't show up in the APPs list unless you have the interface open, If you scroll down the process list to the S's you'll see Steam.EXE, and Steamwebhelper.exe running. If you look in your active task bar, you'll see the icon active, and if you try to close it, FSX will close also.

Ala like this

[tf51d 284]

Ala like this

That would be them!!

[N60JBravo 27]

YMMV, mine does.

 

I see no Steam icon on the Taskbar, therefore I can't close it.

 

If I go into the Task Manager and close down the services you noted (which are not .exes or apps) FSX keeps purring right along.

 

Not that it matters, those services aren't doing anything anyway, except consuming a little RAM that has zero affect on FSX.

[TPerson 15]

Just a heads up the Steam March Madness sale is on now, for those who want to try out FSX Steam, it's now 70% off at $7.49, addons are 50% off.

 

Mad, yeah I'm mad, that X-Plane is still $59.99!

 

The thread topic is a bit misleading as Steam isn't having a store wide sale.  Dovetail products and the addons for them are on sale.

 

The Dovetail Games ‪March Madness‬ Steam sale is now on! For a limited time only make huge savings on FSX: Steam Edition and a selection of add-ons.

 

Todd

[vc10man 732]

 

 

I see no Steam icon on the Taskbar, therefore I can't close it.