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Officer zzguy Oct 8, 2016 @ 5:22am
X-plane 11 free?
On the official website it says buying a digital copy of the game will get you a free copy of X-plane 11 when it releases. Will this luxury be shared for Steam users who already own the game? Or do I have to buy the new release full price?
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bujablaster Oct 8, 2016 @ 6:32am 
I definitely wait until release _who_knows_when_ (LR just polishing 10.51 beta so i highly doubt about XP11 "soon to be released") and pay for properly announced product. I also doubt there will be XP free, even for previous version users (but maybe i am wrong about it ;)).
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Krutaan Oct 8, 2016 @ 6:35am 
No, only if you buy X-Plane 10 on the official store right now do you get a free copy of X-Plane 11. If you already own the game, you won't get X-Plane 11 for free, nor will you get a free copy if you buy X-Plane 10 on Steam or on DVD.

I'll probably wait for a while. Paying 60 bucks just to get better lighting, reflections and fog doesn't sound that tempting to be honest. It takes more than that to win me over right away.
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harrry Oct 8, 2016 @ 6:58am 
I think there are a lot more impprovents than that. There are supposed to be 12 new aircraft and a really niced user interface. Possibly ATC improvement too.
I am looking forward to it. Do not know whethr to buy now and get the upgrade or wait for steam.
What I am worried about is the planes I have. Will they transfer.
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bujablaster Oct 8, 2016 @ 7:11am 
I'll wait for proper announcement, not some page leading who knows where with three videos and nothing more. Big buttons, big text, funny at least to me. Today is Flight Sim Expo in Cosford, UK, Austin Meyers planned to attend so we will see soon. But if is it only eyecandy then i'll hold (also depends on backward compatibility of sceneries and aircrafts, at least).
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Officer zzguy Oct 8, 2016 @ 7:41am 
They are going to be continually releasing features. So far they have said that they have "expanded" the aircraft fleet by 12, and all have full 3d cockpits. They also announced official ground services such as pushback and refueling. I wonder if that includes animated terminal bridges. I think it will be a lot more than just visual improvments. I didn't hear anything about ATC changes but if that's true I would be very happy.
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rodrigoef Oct 8, 2016 @ 9:02am 
If you buy the digital version now you will get the version 11 for free. Steam version not included.
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Dee-Jay Oct 8, 2016 @ 9:42am 
Yep. I've only just bought XP10 as an alternative to P3D (<1hr game time) - I didnt see the announcement about XP11.

Steam refund going to be used I'm afraid, unless they can give the same assurance that Steam buyers get the same deal. I'll just go and buy it on the official site.
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roarinelk Oct 8, 2016 @ 9:49am 
Originally posted by Krutaan:

I'll probably wait for a while. Paying 60 bucks just to get better lighting, reflections and fog doesn't sound that tempting to be honest. It takes more than that to win me over right away.

I'm with you on this. I was kind of hoping for a Vulkan renderer and a completely redone plugin interface (i.e. forbid plugins to use GL and AL functions directly, ...). Right now XP11 looks like XP10 with a new quickflight setup window and "improved" graphics.
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Edwin Oct 8, 2016 @ 9:56am 
I was hoping for Vulkan too, but they said not in 11.00. However, it was suggested that it will probably come somewhere in the 11 updates.
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Dee-Jay Oct 8, 2016 @ 10:53am 
It's probably not going to be far better, but it's either £30 for XP10 Steam or £48 for XP10 + 11 on website. For the extra, its a risk worth taking.
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BigDawg ✞-Jesus Saves-✞ Oct 8, 2016 @ 2:38pm 
NO... Steam Version does not... Also the 6 DVD X-Plane 10 set that I purchase only 6 months ago for 59.99 plus shipping do NOT qualify. Only the New X-Plane 10 digital download is going to recieve the verson 11 as an upgrade! There goes being a loyal customer out the window!!! For more info: http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/buy-it/ Scroll down and you can read who does not qualify!!!
I recommend you do not buy it AGAIN
Last edited by BigDawg ✞-Jesus Saves-✞; Oct 8, 2016 @ 2:43pm
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Edwin Oct 8, 2016 @ 3:09pm 
Baby. So your 6 months should qualify. Maybe 7? Make it 12 months to round it off. But what of those that bought it 13 months ago? Geez.
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Dee-Jay Oct 8, 2016 @ 3:25pm 
Originally posted by Ayers:
NO... Steam Version does not... Also the 6 DVD X-Plane 10 set that I purchase only 6 months ago for 59.99 plus shipping do NOT qualify. Only the New X-Plane 10 digital download is going to recieve the verson 11 as an upgrade! There goes being a loyal customer out the window!!! For more info: http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/buy-it/ Scroll down and you can read who does not qualify!!!
I recommend you do not buy it AGAIN

Don't throw the toys out of the cot just yet. 6 months is a fair amount of time. Plus XP11 probably won't be a huge improvement and in any case, will probably need a year of patching before being a solid product.
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10 MMR EQUALS FREEDOM Oct 9, 2016 @ 12:20am 
That applies for people that buy it from now on, not already existing users. Which is a shame. And I won't buy XP11 by now, not even on steam. I see improvements but not enough to justify paying again so soon, and some of the issues that are in XP10 will also be part of XP11. I'm not paying again 60$ to still have a similar lack of content than I do now, and with some of my payware content probably not working
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Beda Oct 9, 2016 @ 3:43am 
Hi everyone,

have you seen the videos of Laminars announcement at Cosford Flight Sim Show?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaGDkVhZPfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtJ1qdoCcds

Those videos give a bit more insight and after watching them, I'm convinced that we don't just see small improvements here. For example a new default FMC was coded over a long period of time with a lot of new functionality like SID and STAR support combined with an up-to-date navigational database. Compared with XP10, the new "fog" or "haze" rendering is a huge step forward. And there will be new aircraft available by default: The B737, MD-80 and S-76 helicopter. And also other default aircraft have received a major overhaul like the B747 or the C172. The B58 and King Air already got their updates with 10.50 btw. And there is way more. For example european style autogen, a new sound engine, new aircraft reflections, a new user interface etc.

Of course there will be bugs after release. But you can expect that XP11 will get better and better over time with more and more features added, just like it happened in the v10 run.

Regarding full price: Personally I have to say that X-Plane did provide me with thousands of hours of fun because besides the flying I really got hooked on scenery design with WED. I bought XP10 during a sale back then and literally just payed roughly 2 cents per hour I was occupied with it (most likely even less). In my opinion a total steal. And the best of it: Every user does benefit from this too. Because Scenery Gateway ;)

I'll definitely buy XP11.

Greetings Peter
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