Crack Flight Simulator X Steam Edition
Tisham Candella
i have a powerful system running gigabyte nvidia 2070 super card and just purchased a ultrawide 34inch monitor. was really excited to play flight sims again after 15 years. the game feels like im on my amiga from the 90s.
please look at that and see how his looks. his cockpit all zoomed out. and he can move around cockpit easy. I have to right click mouse then choose a cockpit view. I really dont want to get xplane 11 as fsx 2020 is out soon but the way this looks i cant even play it as it is.. yet all the youtube vids look so good
I've also recently started playing FSX SE after a very long hiatus. Now I'm older and getting into tinkering with it. FSX always has and always will require lot's of tinkering, even the Steam Edition. Many of the videos you probably saw were from people who have done the tinkering which is why they look so much better.
FSX SE is not a remake of FSX as most people first assume. From what I understand, what they did basically is go through and fix the many, countless bugs, glitches, and errors in the game and made it run somewhat smoother on modern Windows 10 than the box version. Smoother being a relative term here.
1. I don't belive they altered the original textures or the way FSX looks for the most part in SE. This is why it looks and feels the same without tinkering. Though you can find lots of great addons and posts on how to edit the fsx.cfg file here on this site and others that greatly improve the way it looks and feels.
2. They're both very CPU intensive sims and they use surprisingly little of the GPU's available resources (I have a Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro Plus). At most, my GPU usage in task manager, only uses 22% while the CPU usage (I have a Ryzen 7 2700X) is at 100% usage often while in flight. This is just the way FSX was designed, no getting around it. The best GPU in the world won't help one bit. You're actually better off investing in a better CPU. Even with my CPU I still often can't run scenery and graphical settings on all max.
3. You do still have to tweak the .cfg file. You still need to add or change things like: HIGHMEMFIX=1 (Allows FSX SE to use more than 1Gb RAM), Wide_View_Aspect=True (Will give you wide screen view you'r looking for), as well as many others can greatly improve it's performance. I've gottem my .cfg file mostly the way I want it now and it's way better than stock settings.
FSX SE is great and totally worth the price for anyone that plans to play FSX a lot because so many flaws have been fixed compared to any box versions. Even if you're not the tinkering type, you just want to get out and fly, I still believe it's worth it because you will run into less issues (though I do recommend at the very minimum the 2 different .cfg edits I suggested above). I personally, have learned to accept it with it's flaws and quirks that cannot be fixed because when it comes down to it, I still have endless fun flying this old sim again.
Remember, FSX is 16 years old and defintely has it's own unique, quirky personallity and only so much can be done to fix it so I just recommend you strap in, start the engines and take to the skys. Once you begin to accept it for what it is and forget about pulling out your hair, trying to figure out how to get to work perfectly, you will have a much richer and more enjoyable experience.
Starting at the top: FSX is a horrible program. If I were to teach software engineering, at a junior or senior level, and I wanted to give an example of an morbidly obese program that constantly gets in it's own way and steps on itself, FSX would be the example. I figure that MS went to, probably, 10 to 20 SW jobber shops, with each shop doing a portion of the simulator, then they hired some individual for, maybe, 20 minutes to tie all of the parts together. Now, along the way there was certainly no QC when tying the parts together. Now, it has been postulated that the operator, i.e. me, has to go in and "tinker" with the various parts of FSX to get the program to run a semblance of smooth coordination, to which i can only ask, "Why?" I mean, I didn't pay this money to finish MS's job for them.
Another question has been asked, "Why doesn't MS fix their current system before offering all of the DLC's?", and that is a valid question. One thing that has stood out for me is pricing of the DLCs. Example: Carenado (a SW jobber shop) builds various aircraft sims for sale. They have a Cessna C337 Skymaster, as an example. They offer two versions, one version for X-Plane and none Version for FSX. The X-Plane version costs $30 bucks, the FSX version costs $10 bucks. Why the difference? I figure it's the old supply and demand thing. Supply of DLCs is not a problem, as the user downloads the product off of a server that can supply a bazillion of them if it is asked. So the only thing left is demand. FSX is so clunky, so difficult, and ptobably so unpopular that Carenado has to cut back on it's pricing just to make the DLCs for FSX attractive. But the answer to the question is simple: it doesn't cost anything to add more DLCs, but it costs to repair.
And remember, MS's attitude about their SW is that you will do it their way. So, no matter how counter-intuitive, how clumsy, how frustrating it is to use their SW (including their "games", and their games within the games) if it doesn't do what you want it to, it's your fault. All in all, I think NS FSX is going to be following X-Plane in flight simulators for a long, long time.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X (abbreviated as FSX) is a 2006 flight simulation video game originally developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and the tenth installment of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, which was first released in 1982. It is built on an upgraded graphics rendering engine, showcasing DirectX 10 features in Windows Vista and was marketed by Microsoft as the most important technological milestone in the series at the time. FSX is the first version in the series to be released on DVD media.
In December 2012, over six years after its release, the FSX multiplayer matchmaking system over the GameSpy network was discontinued. On July 8, 2014, Dovetail Games, the developer of Train Simulator, announced that it had signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to continue development on FSX and the production of new content.[2] On December 18, 2014, the FSX: Steam Edition version of the simulator was made available through digital distribution via Steam. The updated release of FSX includes support for Windows 8.1 and later, along with updated hosting of FSX multiplayer features through Steam.[3]
Flight Simulator X marks the tenth version of the popular line of flight simulators. It was officially released to the US market on October 17, 2006. According to Microsoft's Web site for the game, a standard edition features everything from navaids to GPS and airways. It also includes 18 planes, 28 detailed cities, and over 24,000 airports with a deluxe version featuring 24 aircraft, and 38 cities. The player can fly anything from a small glider or a light experimental aircraft to jumbo jets. The game features an immersive air traffic control system and dynamic real-world condition weather. The geography matches the part of the world that the player is flying in. Jetways and ground equipment are also included in the game.
Flight Simulator X was officially unveiled at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as a gaming showcase for Microsoft Windows Vista and is now also compatible with Windows 7, and with Windows 8 or Windows 10 via Steam. Microsoft released screenshots as well as a list of frequently asked questions as a press release on Microsoft Flight Simulator Insider,[4] and numerous flight simulator communities. This also included mission-based gameplay with mission specific aircraft as well as an upgraded rendering engine capable of increased detail.Following the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in May 2006, Microsoft published new screenshots, videos and an official trailer. The graphical quality of the simulator has greatly increased.
On January 22, 2009, it was reported that development team behind the product was being heavily affected by Microsoft's ongoing job cuts, with indications that the entire Flight Simulator team would be laid off.[5][6] The news was later confirmed by Microsoft officials stating they were committed to the Flight Simulator franchise, with expectations to continue product releases in the series, but had nothing specific to announce at that time.[7] On August 17, 2010, Microsoft announced Microsoft Flight, a new simulation game that boasted a further-improved graphics engine and enhanced simulation features.[8] In April 2012, Flight was released. In August 2012, further development of Flight was cancelled by Microsoft.
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