Is MSFS2020 32bit or 64bit?

[TechguyMaxC 516]

5 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said:

Some replies are a bit too much for me to process!

Oh yeah?

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[sloppysmusic 303]

3 minutes ago, TechguyMaxC said:

Oh yeah?

0101010101100100110100100101011010101001010101010010101010101001010100001111010101101010101010101010010110

If that's a cool and smart new way to circumvent profanity filters well done sir! 

🤣

[Rimshot 1,173]

35 minutes ago, TechguyMaxC said:

It's not 64-bit...

 

It's 65-bit!

When did that happen?? 🤣

[carbonbasedlifeform 179]

6 hours ago, swiesma said:

Why would you make a 32bit application in the year 2020? 🙂

Some people are going to be surprised what modern software with healthy development budgets can do.

[dilore 126]

it's based on FSX, ergo it's 32 bit.

[Kevin_28 167]

So is p3d, ergo 32 bit...

[dilore 126]

unless more people vote for rotorcraft, it's 32 bit.

[Wobbie 938]

Ergo not. P3D is now 64bit, so code can change. 

[Christopher Low 5,394]

Time for a big fat LOCK.

[carmined 132]

If everyone can just wait a bit, I'm sure we'll have a bigger byte of items included as they have currently just given us a nibble.

[Kevin_28 167]

23 minutes ago, Wobbie said:

Ergo not. P3D is now 64bit, so code can change. 

should have inserted a 😉 in there

[TechguyMaxC 516]

8 minutes ago, carmined said:

If everyone can just wait a bit, I'm sure we'll have a bigger byte of items included as they have currently just given us a nibble.

Word up.

[ca_metal 2,033]

A new engine running in 32bits in 2019... Sure... 🤣 

[SteveW 1,792]

Having a look in task manager it seems most tasks use between one and several hundred MB.

Tasks requiring access to a 64 bit address space are fewer, but it still makes sense to make all software 64 bit to avoid being left out in 32 bit world. That's probably not going to happen very quickly in Windows.

Although 32 bit apps can make use of around 3GB directly addressed, the operating system has memory paging which can extend the use of memory to hundreds of GB for some programs perhaps databases for example.

When a program is presented as 64 bit then plug ins are also 64 bit. However some programs can make use of a x64 bridge, privately written to handle 64 bit tasks, so the main program can remain 32 bit for the time being.

Edited October 2, 2019 by SteveW

[skully 1,046]

8 hours ago, nonflyingdutchman said:

A valid question because; no vr in year 2020????

Still VR screen door effect in year 2020.