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[skipper847]

Hi all im new here but not to flight sim.  I have FSX and just updated my PC to be able to run it.  Any way what im confused about is that is Xplane 9 the newest Xplane version there is or is there another. (xplane 10 etc) or is xplane 9 the newest.  Because i have seen that its out some places but in UK on play.com there not getting it to the 13/6/08 which is in 2 months.  (which i have preorded).

So any help on this i would be so greatfull.  thanks

And i also have the X52pro Flightstick which is realy kewl Which i only have FSX to play on at the moment

[ZB_A321]

Hello

Welcome to the forums

Firstly as i belive, The latest X-Plane Is version 9. But as i hear it takes up around 60GB Of hard Disk Space.

Personally choose a sim and stick to it, FSX is great, Ive just made the step up from FS9 to FSX and i can see so many differences in FSX.

And not having a go at you, But try to refur from using words like kewl, kl, k, yh.

I use the Saitek Pro Flight Yoke and throttle and rudder pedals, And for my Airbus Flights ive got me trusty Joystick.

Mike

[OlaHaldor]

Yes, full install (high quality mesh for the entire world) will take a huge bunch out of your hard drive, and so what? Hard drives are CHEAP these days.

Anyway. You don't NEED to install it all, like you do with FS9/FSX. You can very, very easily choose what to install or not. For instance, USA is probably broken up into like 15-20 squares. Select the areas you'll be flying in. Only fly in a small part of USA? No problem - select the square (or squares) that cover this area.

I fly mainly in Norway as it's my home, so I installed Norway, and a small part of Spain since I'm building a scenery for a friends local airfield there. Norway covers about 4-5 squares and I installed one square for Spain where the airfield is located. In total, X-Plane plus scenery is less than 6GB.. I don't see anything bad about doing it that way.

If you want to fly somewhere else, just insert Disc 1, start the installer, and select Install/remove scenery from the menu, select the squares you want to add to the installation and away you go.


Good luck!

[Buziel-411_RED]

9, on Jan 5 2010, 05:54 PM, said:

This thread is almost two years old...

Yes, but I just remembered; now that all the X-Plane topics are in one section, this old topic was on the first page, so it wasn't really bumped.

[OlaHaldor]

So what? The information is VERY relevant.

[niteye]

It was relevent but I don't think the OP is still around, his last post was almost 2 years ago aswell.

Oh well.

[OlaHaldor]

Then what about those others who might ask about this.. "omg, it will eat 60gb of my hard drive?!".. They got their answer. Big deal. :s

[wardeworth]

Let's discuss about X-plane it  is a flight simulator for personal computers. X-Plane is capable of communicating with other applications via UDP. X-Plane is also available for Windows, Linux, and the Macintosh OS.

[FSXman]

OlaHaldor, on Jan 6 2010, 11:38 AM, said:

Then what about those others who might ask about this.. "omg, it will eat 60gb of my hard drive?!".. They got their answer. Big deal. :s

Thank you for the information.  I didn't realize you could install just parts of it.  I have X-Plane and may go ahead and just install the eastern US so I can start getting some experience in using it.


Bob

[timest]

Hey Bob, might want to check this out too

http://realenvironme...com/xplane.html

[wynthorpe]

timest, on May 13 2010, 06:22 AM, said:

Hey Bob, might want to check this out too

http://realenvironme...com/xplane.html

Epic Tim! Seen this over at X-Pilot, think deserves its own post here though

[timest]

It's available Wynthorpe Cheers, and thanks for your kind words sir.

[wynthorpe]

Bought!!!!