X-Plane Coming to Steam

republic · July 09, 2014, 08:03:57 AM

http://www.x-plane.com/2014/07/x-plane-10-is-coming-to-steam/

I hope this will help spur flight sim development. Now that we have so many spacey games in the works...maybe the flight sim is ready for a comeback :)

Grim.Reaper · July 09, 2014, 08:07:06 AM

Do we know if it will use the steam workshop to make modding and additions easier to apply? Will you be able to buy add-ons through it as well?

If so, this might be something that finally gets me to jump in.....

undercovergeek · July 09, 2014, 08:23:00 AM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on July 09, 2014, 08:07:06 AM
Do we know if it will use the steam workshop to make modding and additions easier to apply? Will you be able to buy add-ons through it as well?

If so, this might be something that finally gets me to jump in.....

have you seen Finding Nemo?

you remind me of this guy when a new game is mentioned

Grim.Reaper · July 09, 2014, 08:27:47 AM

Quote from: undercovergeek on July 09, 2014, 08:23:00 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on July 09, 2014, 08:07:06 AM
Do we know if it will use the steam workshop to make modding and additions easier to apply? Will you be able to buy add-ons through it as well?

If so, this might be something that finally gets me to jump in.....

have you seen Finding Nemo?

you remind me of this guy when a new game is mentioned

Thanks

undercovergeek · July 09, 2014, 08:29:36 AM

lol - no offense meant obviously

Grim.Reaper · July 09, 2014, 08:31:31 AM

Quote from: undercovergeek on July 09, 2014, 08:29:36 AM
lol - no offense meant obviously

No worries at all...didn't take offense...to be honest, never saw that movie either:) I was probably too busy trying to decide the next game I was going to purchase instead:)

jomni · July 09, 2014, 05:33:59 PM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on July 09, 2014, 08:07:06 AM
Do we know if it will use the steam workshop to make modding and additions easier to apply? Will you be able to buy add-ons through it as well?

If so, this might be something that finally gets me to jump in.....

Even without Steam Workshop, adding add-ons is already easy. Just slap it in the right directory, no text file editing like the other sim. That's why I prefer it more than FSX now.
What I like for a Steam version is auto update. I had problems updating before using the updater.

More users will be good.

And no more DVD in drive DRM.

bob48 · July 09, 2014, 06:17:34 PM

I've been tempted by this for ages as an alternative to FSX, although the price has put me off. I also read that there is a lot of map area that is pretty devoid of detail. Can anyone confirm / deny?

jomni · July 09, 2014, 06:44:21 PM

Quote from: bob48 on July 09, 2014, 06:17:34 PM
I've been tempted by this for ages as an alternative to FSX, although the price has put me off. I also read that there is a lot of map area that is pretty devoid of detail. Can anyone confirm / deny?

Confirm. Just green grass and roads. Cities are suburbs. Airports have no buildings. That's why I spend most of my time editing scenery.

republic · July 10, 2014, 07:22:43 AM

Have you tried this Jomni? http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/

jomni · July 10, 2014, 07:42:21 AM

Not yet. Because it doesn't cover my area of operations (Asia).

Jarhead0331 · July 14, 2014, 02:56:27 PM

Pay attention, ladies. Its out.

Staggerwing · July 14, 2014, 05:45:23 PM

Hey Huw!

Looks like it's available in Linux!

Huw the Poo · July 14, 2014, 06:17:30 PM

Quote from: Staggerwing on July 14, 2014, 05:45:23 PM
Hey Huw!

Looks like it's available in Linux!

Yeah and I wouldn't mind having it at all, but I can't devote the time to it right now. Bloody tempting though, and a real boon for the Linux community. :)

jomni · July 14, 2014, 07:32:09 PM

It doesn't choose an OS. The physical version is usable in Windows, Mac, Linux.