Informatika és tudomány

  • polluxware
    #29282
    FSX Steam installed with no issues to the same machine that I have boxed FSX on. As someone pointed out earlier the directories are pretty much the same except Steam FSX is under the main Steam application folder. It also has a folder with gmax 1.2 and the SDK. The SimConnect.dll is also in the same folder as the FSX.exe instead of in the depths of the Windows OS folders like boxed FSX. I was able to flip back and forth and run both versions with no issues multiple times. Only one copy can be executing at a time.

    As far as the performance between the two it was really hard to tell a difference. I haven't installed my A2A aircraft into Steam (not sure I will) so I ran some tests using the default aircraft and monitored the FPS gauge and just watched out the window at the scenery. There didn't appear to be any difference between the two on my system running Windows 7 / 8 GB RAM / Intel Core i7-3520 @ 2.9 GHz. Maybe others will notice a performance difference on their systems and I've read in other forums some improvement. The bug fix list looks to be okay although a lot of the fixes are for the updated multi-player if that is your thing. The support for Windows 8.1 might be good. I did check and the real real world weather works.

    Although it's not a new release of MS Flight Simulator it was kind of cool to actually download it and fire it up in anticipation of what it might hold since we haven't had that opportunity since 2006 or so when FSX was released. The $5 price was well worth it to have a digital backup.

    Not sure if it will ever replace my boxed FSX and someday Prepar3d might be the way to go for me. I will say if someone wants FSX and can't find it on DVD then Steam FSX would be a good way to get it. Hopefully it will help keep breathing life into a platform that is needed for all of these great A2A add-ons we can get since the DVD route is drying up.

    Happy Flying!

    Jon