Our advice at Just Flight is to remove the boxed version of FSX prior to installing as this will give you the maximum amount of backwards compatibility with add-ons that either pre-date FSX Steam Edition, or have not been released with specific Steam Edition compatibility. However a message does appear at the end of the FSX SE installation process advising that it may be a good idea to remove the old version.
Q: If I do buy the Steam Edition, do I need to uninstall my current version of FSX and install the FSX Steam Edition?Ī: No.
(According to the Steam website: "Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition (FSX: Steam Edition) is functionally similar to the boxed version of Microsoft Flight Simulator X (MSFSX Gold Edition).") Q: Is FSX Steam Edition a new version of FSX?Ī: No - it's an updated version with the Multiplayer capability re-instated, but otherwise the Steam Edition is effectively the existing version of FSX available via Steam rather than as a Boxed edition. We will be updating these FAQs when we have more information. Please bear in mind that we have had little time so far to assess every aspect of the Steam Edition of Flight Simulator X, so the information below is provided in good faith with the information currently available to us. The Steam Edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator X has just been released, so here are a few FAQs which you might find helpful. Automatically pause FSX at preset distance to destination.Solution home Just Flight Customer Support FAQs Flight Simulator X STEAM EDITION - General FAQs.Auto Connect option on the client, when enabled, allows the client automatically connects to FSX.Optionally, screenshots can be captured viewed online (live view only).All flight information as well as captain’s information can be view online.TakeOff air speed, landing air speed and landing vertical speed are shown on view flight screen so that you can evaluate takeoff and landing performance (soft landing, hard landing?).Automatically tracks total number of flights, total flight hours, total flight distances, total SIM time and total Real time (actual time) for captains.Automatically calculates flight duration, distance flown, fuel used and other values after flight ends.Automatically detects landing and ends the flight logging.Automatically detects takeoff and starts a new flight logging and tracking.Automatically retrieves FSX flight plan from FSX PC.Flights on Google Map include flight plan path and actual path.Flights are saved in the Amazon Cloud which can be viewed at any time.Flights can be viewed live on Google Map.Show the world how you can fly like real pilots!.Track and record your awesome FSX flights!.Optionally, FSX screenshots can be captured and viewed live on Captains can just concentrate on flying and FSX Flight Tracker takes care of the rest!įlight data that FSX Flight Tracker retrieves includes FSX flight plan, altitude, speed, latitude, longitude and more. Just click "Start" button, that's it! If auto connect feature is enabled, FSX Flight Tracker automatically connects to FSX. Once it is registered, it requires little or no inputs from captains. With any browsers that support Google Map including mobile devices.įSX Flight Tracker program has been developed with ease of use.
About FSX Flight Tracker FSX Flight TrackerįSX Flight Tracker is a client program that runs on the FSX PC (or another PC with SimConnect enabled) which retrieves flight data from FSX and then sends to the server hosted in the Amazon Cloud in real time (one second interval).