Just now, vMambaaa said:

So that basically means in central we get to start downloading at midnight like previously thought or am I missing something?

You can download it at midnight your timezone from the MS Store, but if you bought it from Steam it will be available in your time zone an hour before midnight,  Steam releases globally at midnight eastern time zone therefore you could get it an hour earlier from Steam

13 minutes ago, vMambaaa said:

So that basically means in central we get to start downloading at midnight like previously thought or am I missing something?

Yes. The times listed on the MS announcement are in UTC, and they generally equate to midnight local time in each time zone. Arizona does not observe daylight savings time, so not sure what will happen there. Arizona is in the Mountain time zone, and midnight local in the Mountain zone is normally 0600 UTC in summer, but in Arizona, midnight local is 0700 UTC all year.

Edited August 17, 20205 yr by JRBarrett

I’m starting to wonder what was the point of pre ordering. 

I totally missed:
"If you purchased the simulator via Steam, you will be able to download at 04:00 UTC ( August 18, 12:00am EST) universally across all countries."

So, I'll be able to download it tomorrow morning at 06.00 AM CEST

2 minutes ago, Alcides Segovia said:

I’m starting to wonder what was the point of pre ordering. 

I have never pre ordered anything in my life unless it has a major discount. Things are always rapidly changing therefore wait and see is always the best approach.

So far Steam gets 1 strike against it if you live East of the Eastern Time Zone

4 minutes ago, travelabroad said:

I totally missed:
"If you purchased the simulator via Steam, you will be able to download at 04:00 UTC ( August 18, 12:00am EST) universally across all countries."

So, I'll be able to download it tomorrow morning at 06.00 AM CEST

Yes, whereas if you'd bought it from MS Store you could get it six hours earlier.

3 minutes ago, Shug said:

Yes, whereas if you'd bought it from MS Store you could get it six hours earlier.

Exactly. Well, I'll be asleep at that time anyway, so that's fine with me... 🙂

Yeah. While I’m not mad. I still feel like I should have been able to at least pre download sooner since I took the initiative to pre order. But oh well. It will be a good night. 

I guess my concern is that when it's released what are the steps I need to take to download the sim?

I have my order number so what's the next step?

Thanks

4 hours ago, raptor1 said:

I guess my concern is that when it's released what are the steps I need to take to download the sim?

I have my order number so what's the next step?

Thanks

You can "install" the sim now... only the bare bones will download (about 1 GB).

After midnight your time, you can choose to "play" the sim, and the big download will start.