Nicoli

Hey Guys!

Some may know my situation with my desktop FSX, which i had on my computer since 2007.

Well it was accidentally overwritten by installing FSX deluxe, now  i can't access FSX on my desktop.

Someone advised me to purchase steam addition which i did, went on my first flight last night in over two months, man did it feel good.

17 minutes into the flight from KLAX to PHNL the sim restarted, wow that was a great disappointment to say the lease.

Don't know what happened and I'm tired of researching solutions to these problems, looks like I'm being forced to get P3D.

Getting P3D might mean i won't be able to use any of my old FSX aircraft which i love, simviation aircraft has P3D in the description of the plane.

Does that mean those aircraft are P3D compatible?

Anyway I'm sad that steam has let me down, thanks for all your help finding a solution to my FSX problem.

On 5/28/2021 at 1:43 AM, Reader said:

I recently changed the hardware in my PC and FSX Gold asked me to activate Acceleration online. I entered the product key from the packaging and it did activate online, so on that basis, I am making the assumption that the server is still working. In your situation, it looks like your decision to buy the Steam edition is the right one.  Before you do, you could always try a phone call to Microsoft? As far as I am aware, it is no longer possible to buy a new copy of FSX.

 

Ok, i would love to give Microsoft a call however, i don't have their phone number.

Can you send it to me?

1 minute ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Maybe if you posted your specs we could better advise.

OK, I'll get around to that later on today, but i know it wont run on this nine year old windows7 computer.

On 5/26/2021 at 6:54 AM, fppilot said:

FSX SE is FSX Steam Edition.  You get it at Steam.  (steam.com)  It is the FSX you know with some enhancements. You do need to register at Steam.  A Steam app is installed on your system.  And the Steam app verifies (in the background) you each time you start the simulator.  It is transparent.  Your previous addons such as aircraft, weather engines, scenery, avionics, all should work just fine.  Mine do.  I am still logging 70-75% of my flight hours in FSX SE.
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=flight+simulator

Thank You!

I'm going to look into FSX-SE $24.99 vs $60 for P3D, sounds like a much better deal in my eyes.

On 5/26/2021 at 9:45 AM, Ray Proudfoot said:

@Nicoli, I don’t know what you mean by P3D being too expensive. It’s around the same price for the Academic License as FSX was. Around 60USD. That’s the version 99% of us use.

You don’t have to buy all these aircraft at once. Spread the cost out.

Buy the Steam edition by all means but you’re locking yourself into a 15 year-old sim that will never be updated and it’s not inconceivable those servers may be turned off at some point.

There are several sites offering the USS Midway carrier which is compatible with both Steam and P3D. Joining the Steam community is another level of complexity as they support many games. No such problem with P3D.

P3D v5 will give you better performance too and the visuals are miles better. Post your hardware specs so we can check if v5 is okay for you.

Well the computer I'm using is about 9 years old so, I'm sure P3D will have a hard time running on this computer.

There are several sites offering the USS Midway carrier which is compatible with both Steam and P3D...Glad to hear that as soon as i choose a sim, I'm going to purchase The Midway.

That was the first ship i sailed on during my time in the Navy, lots of great memories on that ship.

20 hours ago, Reader said:

You wrote "FSX cannot now be installed".

It can and it can be activated online, I did this yesterday.

Unless of course the attempt is being made using un-licenced disks bought on Amazon.

Well yes i purchased FSX Deluxe from amazon and the product key came up invalid, when i attempted to activate it online.

It somehow over wrote the FSX files i had on my desktop since 2006, i no longer have that product key. Now i can't get into my desktop FSX as a result, glad you were able to do so.

Someone here said that Microsoft activation servers were no longer working for FSX, since they now have a new sim MSFS 2020.

Now since you have activated FSX the question becomes, where can i purchase a new copy of FSX?

I'm about to purchase FSX-SE so i can continue to fly my FSX aircraft, my PMDG queen of the sky 747 and, my FA-18E Super-bug.

11 hours ago, John Hinson said:

I am very surprised to hear you say that 99% of FSX users are using Prepar3D illegally.

From the Licence Options (my highlighting):
Academic License:  Subject to and conditioned on Licensee?s compliance with the terms and conditions of this EULA and payment of the applicable license fee, Licensor hereby grants Licensee a nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, nonexclusive license during the Term of this EULA to use the Software:  (1) on a single Machine, (2) by no more than one user at any one time, (3) in connection with Academic Education, (4) by students, instructors and staff associated with Licensee's Academic Education, (5) in the Academic Territory, and (6) for purposes other than personal/consumer entertainment.

I guess I must be the 1% then.

For personal/consumer entertainment there is nothing in the gap between FSX and Flight Simulator 2020 unless you look at other developers products.

John

Well i never said 99% of FSX users are using Prepar3D illegally.

What i did say was that P3D was costly when it came to purchasing payware aircraft, you can only use payware aircraft in that sim.

$60 isn't a lot of money that's true, but aircraft and scenery starts adding up.

I just hate to loss all those great FSX planes, many are just as great looking as any payware aircraft.

22 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

@Nicoli, you have been advised you can buy the Steam Edition of FSX. This is identical to FSX except it's been recompiled with the latest compilers so performance is improved. Here's the official site:-

https://store.steampowered.com/app/314160/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_X_Steam_Edition/

Alternatively, maybe consider moving to a modern version of FSX with Lockheed-Martin's Prepar3D. Now available as a 64-bit program and compatible with some but not all of FSX scenery.

You are unlikely to get your FSX aircraft working with P3D but there are plenty of aircraft available at reasonable prices. More importantly, you'll have a modern simulator that is supported and you can get help here at AvSim.

I've locked your other post on a topic many years old. FSX cannot now be installed so time to make a decision.

Thanks for the quick reply!

1. P3D is way to expensive for my taste, nice sim and pleasing to the eye's.

2. I'm a heavy aircraft kind of guy, it can be really costly to fly in P3D.

Boeing Heavy's, Airbus Heavy's, Military Heavy's=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in payware cost per aircraft and version of same aircraft.

Lastly, the flight-sim store has aircraft carriers as payware, I'm interested in purchasing the USS Midway which i served on, are those carriers compatible with steam? 

Sounds like steam is a better choice for me, if i want to keep flying the friendly sky's.

Thanks again for the info.

16 hours ago, fppilot said:

I built a new system last August and when MSFS arrived in disappointing fashion I too went to install FSX once again.  What I learned is that FSX activation has ceased.  For everyone. For every FSX version.  So I purchased FSX SE and am flying happily along.  All of my FSX addons work fine in FSX SE.

Where did you purchase FSX SE?

I's no longer available on amazon and, may never be available again.

MSFS really sucks graphics are great..(depending on your computer system)..However, their are no third party aircraft currently available.

FSX addon aircraft are not compatible so, they cannot be used on that sim. Shame on Microsoft for not allowing, all it's FSX aircraft to be used on the new sim.

747, A320 and a 737 are the only jets you can fly, I'm a heavy jet guy myself.

707,727,747, 767, 777, 787.

A330, A340, A350, A380

C-5 Galaxy, C-141, C-17

DC-8

Man i really don't want to see all those great aircraft go to waste, if i can't get FSX going again, I'm going to have to stop flying.

Can't call Microsoft to complain about the lack of addon aircraft and, the fact, all those great aircraft can't be used in their new sim.

Thanks guys for the timely explanation of my FSX issue, it all makes sense now.

FSX Activation servers no longer working, explains why i can't activate FSX deluxe on my external drive.

When trying to open FSX on my desktop and it asked me to activate it, i didn't know the files were overwritten.

Shame on Microsoft for not updating the public, that it's activation servers were no longer working for FSX products.

Meanwhile, Amazon and other online stores, are still selling FSX .

Guess I'll never be able to use the panel on Dino Cattaneo F-14D, FSX Acceleration is down as a result.

purchased FSX deluxe from amazon and, downloaded it to an external drive. I already have a copy of FSX on my desktop, I have had it there since 2009...Anyway, I plugged the external drive in to do some flying and was asked to activate it via the product key...Well the product key was wrong and wouldn't activate...Ok, i then unplugged the external drive and attempted to fly from FSX on my desktop, it too is now asking me to activate using a product key...I no longer have that product key...How can i get my desktop FSX started without using a product key.

What the heck happened?

Now i can no longer get into my sim on the desktop!