Hi all,
I've been reading all I can and trying to understand this multiplayer thing.
Right now, all I have on my machine is FSX Steam. I have a license for P3D version 1 and 2 but have neither installed at this time. I don't have my box FSX, I gave it away when my last machine just couldn't run it well.
A few months ago, I bought a desktop replacement laptop (I have a space issue where I live) with a 4790k processor and a 980M video card. FSX Steam runs perfect for me and I enjoy it. I'm simply waiting for P3D version 3 that is supposedly in beta rather than reinstalling v2.5.
I do have a potential issue with storage because I'm using a SM951 m.2 PCI-e card for FSX Steam for the blazing speed of the PCI-e bus. I think I can get P3D and FSX box on it if I have to because I put all the scenery files on a 1TB Samsung Pro SSD.
So, this is the long journey to my question.
It seems to me that many people fly on the box server rather than the Steam server. All I ever see on the Steam server is Vancouver....which is great but most of the time it's night when I get on and I figured out from another recent thread here that I can't change the time. I'm learning that things like FSHost and FSCloud allows cross platform flying but I haven't made the decision to mess with them yet.
It seems that the easiest solution is to simply have FSX Steam and box both installed. I'm ok with that because I'm pretty certain my machine will run it especially if I don't load it down with all the addons like I have for FSX Steam. The problem I think is getting the box. It's not like they are available at Walmart for $25.
So my question comes down to....in the opinion of the veterans of msflights, to get the full experience of making the most of my time here, should I spend the big buxs and get FSX box or will everyone eventually migrate to Steam so it won't matter in the future?
I'm happy with Steam but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of fun flying with a lot of you here.
Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions.
I've been reading all I can and trying to understand this multiplayer thing.
Right now, all I have on my machine is FSX Steam. I have a license for P3D version 1 and 2 but have neither installed at this time. I don't have my box FSX, I gave it away when my last machine just couldn't run it well.
A few months ago, I bought a desktop replacement laptop (I have a space issue where I live) with a 4790k processor and a 980M video card. FSX Steam runs perfect for me and I enjoy it. I'm simply waiting for P3D version 3 that is supposedly in beta rather than reinstalling v2.5.
I do have a potential issue with storage because I'm using a SM951 m.2 PCI-e card for FSX Steam for the blazing speed of the PCI-e bus. I think I can get P3D and FSX box on it if I have to because I put all the scenery files on a 1TB Samsung Pro SSD.
So, this is the long journey to my question.
It seems to me that many people fly on the box server rather than the Steam server. All I ever see on the Steam server is Vancouver....which is great but most of the time it's night when I get on and I figured out from another recent thread here that I can't change the time. I'm learning that things like FSHost and FSCloud allows cross platform flying but I haven't made the decision to mess with them yet.
It seems that the easiest solution is to simply have FSX Steam and box both installed. I'm ok with that because I'm pretty certain my machine will run it especially if I don't load it down with all the addons like I have for FSX Steam. The problem I think is getting the box. It's not like they are available at Walmart for $25.
So my question comes down to....in the opinion of the veterans of msflights, to get the full experience of making the most of my time here, should I spend the big buxs and get FSX box or will everyone eventually migrate to Steam so it won't matter in the future?
I'm happy with Steam but I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of fun flying with a lot of you here.
Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions.
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