Odd Experience

[chopper_nut]

So I bought FSX Steam the other day because the 'legacy' FSX always sort of felt like a French car, on the verge of falling apart. There were that many tweaks and the like that I never really felt comfortable doing long flights in case it crashed. I uninstalled the original FSX just to free up the HDD space so that it wasn't as full as Mr Creosote (Monty Python reference for those less educated) and installed Steam. No problems so far, seemed to run really smooth and look better. Fine. Time to install all the fancy stuff. Go for NZSI and ORBX in their infinite wisdom don't allow you to pick where to install their products. On the internet, find out that you have to clean the registry out, OK, fine, done. Still wont install to the correct location. I went round and round for about four hours cursing the people at ORBX and their questionable parentage until I hit on a cunning plan. A plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel (Blackadder) Install it to wherever ORBX thinks it should go and then just drag the files across to the Steam location. It might be a bit messy but it should work. (OK so it wasn't really a cunning plan but after four hours of trying it was like I'd invented a cure for cancer)

Carried this out for NZNI, NZSI, Queenstown and Milford. You know all of ORBX's NZ products that promised to be the start of something big...... Installed the new libraries and funnily enough there was a new version of FTX central that allows you to point to what sims you've got and where they're installed. Hello, you bloody geniuses. All of a sudden, you can activate all of their scenery just as normal.

Still though, every one of their installers try to install to the old location of FSX. Oh well, I can live with that. On to the aircraft and of course, my trusty Dodosim Bell 206 is first. Install the aircraft and it lets you pick where the directory is. Great. Install the Service Pack and it installs fine but afterwards it comes up with a little message that tells me that it thinks that FSX installed somewhere different and would I like to change the directory entries? What? Would I? Of course. So it does. Now no more problems. I installed the FTX traffic files this morning and.... it knows where FSX is located now. So in short. Dodosim is still my favorite company in the FSX world even though they've only released one product (Which just happens to be the best helicopter available period)

Most of you are probably thinking by now 'This guy is a Muppet, I figured that out months ago' but I just thought I'd share my small victory and a small plug for the greatest FSX helicopter and manufacturer out there.
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[dbcunnz]

How dose Steam compare to FSX??
I bought it for $5.00 US when it first came out but never installed it.

[Ian Warren]

I'm also a $5.00 installer not install yet cos got stalled .. sorta little FS other than a few projects.

[chopper_nut]

If you can put up with Steam itself. It's well worth it. Mine runs smoother than it ever has and I haven't had to tweak the .cfg file yet. I don't see why any add on wouldn't work as the file structure is the same.

[Splitpin]

Nick , i know the $5.00 deal is long dead ... so where can i get from ?
I have a few things on steam , so the format is familiar.

[emfrat]

Nick , i know the $5.00 deal is long dead ... so where can i get from ?
I have a few things on steam , so the format is familiar.

Marty - it has been resurfacing at fairly regular intervals. I'll keep an eye out and let you know.
Personally, I won't have bar of it. There are enough bandwidth thieves around already. I decide if and when my machine needs upgrades, not some third party.

[toprob]

Marty, if you fire up Steam and find FSX (search for 'flight simulator') then you can click on 'add to wishlist' and you'll get an automatic email whenever it goes on special. At the moment it is NZ$29.99.

[chopper_nut]

Nick , i know the $5.00 deal is long dead ... so where can i get from ?
I have a few things on steam , so the format is familiar.

Marty - it has been resurfacing at fairly regular intervals. I'll keep an eye out and let you know.
Personally, I won't have bar of it. There are enough bandwidth thieves around already. I decide if and when my machine needs upgrades, not some third party.

I think you can turn the automatic updates off. Doesn't really worry me though. It's as stable as anything now.

[dbcunnz]

Nick , i know the $5.00 deal is long dead ... so where can i get from ?
I have a few things on steam , so the format is familiar.

Here you go Marty It also NZ$29.99 has all the extra ad dons and their prices
http://store.steampowered.com/app/314160/

[Ian Warren]

I brought it asa backup at the cost off a hamburger, I do wonder about updates but at the mo little FS is done here.