P3Dv4.1 vs FSX

[crosseyedsam]

Switch over to Lockheed Martin's P#Dv4.1 becasue its the same program only BETTER.
LESS BUGGY or not at all. MS FSX was sold to lockheed Martin in 2009. Steam took it on. i was stupid to respend rewbuying all the same stuff. WASTE of MONEY. It's Academioc flight school grade flight sim.

[Erazer]

Originally posted by CrossEyedSam:

Switch over to Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D v4.1 because it is the same program only BETTER.

LESS BUGGY or not at all. MS FSX was sold to Lockheed Martin in 2009. Steam took FSX on.
I was stupid to re-spend on re-buying all the same stuff. WASTE of MONEY.

It's an Academic Flight School grade flight simulator.

The price range goes from $2,300 to $59,95

https://prepar3d.com/prepar3d-store/

Check if your hardware is fully up to the job

https://prepar3d.com/system-requirements/

NB M.2 or Solid State Drive (SSD) is strongly recommended.

The big advantage is that P3D v4.1 is a 64-bit program designed to work with a Windows 10 64-bit operating system which means that it can address an unlimited amount of physical memory without any need for a swapfile or paging file virtual memory.

[[57th] AngryHatter]

Originally posted by CrossEyedSam:

Switch over to Lockheed Martin's P#Dv4.1 becasue its the same program only BETTER.
LESS BUGGY or not at all. MS FSX was sold to lockheed Martin in 2009. Steam took it on. i was stupid to respend rewbuying all the same stuff. WASTE of MONEY. It's Academioc flight school grade flight sim.

Good for you.
I am using FSX and have not spent the money to reinvent the wheel as you have.

[galax17]

Maybe 10-15% of the around 250 addons I have in FSXSE will work in P3D v.4 so no thanks.

[Rogen]

Yeah, the two sims are quite different, although to be fair P3D is like FSX with years of extra development, however it's also not FSX as it is actually built upon Microsoft's ESP -> the commercial version of FSX. There's a bit of a thread going on about it on FSW which has provided a good Microsoft reference point.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ptaylor/2007/11/16/esp-part-iii/

Also given P3D 4.1 is 64 bit there is practicaly no compatability with FSX addins and you would likely need to repurchase addins specifically for P3D 4.1, that is if they are available to be able to purchase.

I also have P3D (version 3.4) and you'll find in this thread the differences I've noted...

http://steamcommunity.com/app/314160/discussions/0/1489992080507529815/

[pirateinparadise]

Just forget P3D and save your money. You'll be able to buy FSW and a bunch of addons for the same $, and FSW will be a more modern product geared towards the consumer.

[Erazer]

What does the FSW package have to offer? Is it 64-bits?

These old small planes in the video are not particularly interesting.

How about a military, coastguard, emergency and rescue package?

[Rogen]

FSW is 64 bit and has Orbx Global scenery as standard and A2A's Accufeel also as standard, both of which would add up to a fair bit to buy for FSX/P3D (although you cannot buy a 64 bit version of Accufeel for P3D as yet).

Yes it has GA type aircraft at present but is advancing and has had around 16 updates since being available for purchase on Steam and the updates keep coming with one due tomorrow I believe.

The default aircraft are of a pretty high standard as well.

I've pushed most of my scenery into it, including Bluesky, FreeeMesh, Orbx Vector, all Orbx Global regions and Australia and New Zealand North and South Islands. Also pumped some Rex textures into it as well.

Yes it's not a direct replacement for FSX as yet but it is fun to fly (I happen to prefer GA type flying) and it has great missions as well as a host of community created missions all downloadable from Steam.

You missed the bargan it is was over Christmas where it was less than $10 US to buy.

[Erazer]

Rogen, Thanks for the info. Pity about the $10 offer.