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#4436415 - 08/30/18 11:28 AM Flight sims and Steam  
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How many of you here play flight sims via the Steam client and which titles are they?


Right now the only flight sim I play via Steam is IL-2 Stalingrad/Battle of Moscow.


I also currently play DCS World but I see no reason to import it into Steam.


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#4436417 - 08/30/18 11:50 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  

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I also only have IL2 Stalingrad on Steam but only because it had a big discount. Basically if i can have any game outside of Steam i choose that. GOG is my fav game seller plus i love Paradox games and they do not require Steam to play.

#4436419 - 08/30/18 11:56 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Il-2 Stalingrad and Cliffs of Dover Iron Blitz Edition Grabbed IL-2 1946 at GOG my original cd went bad I run quite a few Steam games Like Shogun 2,Ultimate General Civil War


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#4436421 - 08/30/18 12:09 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I have COD, IL-2 1946, Flight Sim x, X Plane 11, Combat Air Patrol 2 (ok not really a sim but its fun), DCS World and Take On Helicopters.

I tend to prefer to have them on Steam as don't need to worry about updating or storing discs. I'm not aware of any benefit of not using Steam?

#4436424 - 08/30/18 12:36 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Those are the same reasons I find Steam useful Ross


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#4436425 - 08/30/18 12:41 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I personally have no issue with running games from within Steam but in the case of DCS World, it already works just fine by launching it from my desktop icon. The game updates run just fine as well from there.


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#4436426 - 08/30/18 12:46 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I just find it easier having all my games easily viewable from the steam launcher. I have in fact bought some games I already own the discs for again on Steam, maybe me being a bit lazy but I rarely get gaming time so when I do I want to simply turn on, select a game and play!

#4436427 - 08/30/18 12:48 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Only Flight Sim X, that is also the only civil simulator I play. Still hesitate to buy Prepar3d or X Plane 11... The thing is, on what I see on videos I prefer X Plane 11, but I spent so much on FSX add-ons that Preapr3d seems to be the smart choice...

#4436428 - 08/30/18 01:04 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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The launcher is a great way to stay organized. Even if a game I have isn’t on Steam, I’ll add it to the launcher to keep it organized with everything else and categorized. I don’t like desktop icons, so it’s nice this way. Otherwise I’ll likely forget I even have whatever it is. LOL
It’s nice to have updates set to run at 3am with unlimited bandwidth. With the size of updates these days, it’s really convenient.

What’s the question about? Is there a sim you’re looking for?


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#4436432 - 08/30/18 01:34 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite

What’s the question about? Is there a sim you’re looking for?



I was just curious to see how many people play flight sims via Steam so maybe I could get a rough idea if maybe Steam has helped increase the visibility/popularity of the genre.


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#4436433 - 08/30/18 01:47 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite

What’s the question about? Is there a sim you’re looking for?



I was just curious to see how many people play flight sims via Steam so maybe I could get a rough idea if maybe Steam has helped increase the visibility/popularity of the genre.


Even though flight sims are not exactly popular at the moment, I would say Steam helps. From their recommendations etc it must attract new players. I would not of known about CAP 2 without Steam.

#4436437 - 08/30/18 02:10 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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IMO Steam saved pc gaming regardless of genre. People mainly went to consoles for the ease of use and convenience. No more “update your c++ redistributables”, patching the games and other crap that was such a hassle years ago. Doesn’t mean people couldn’t do it, it just sucked. Not to mention easy convenient downloads which were never handled as well before.
Sadly, they’ve got their heads in their butts mixing in crap indie titles, dlc and early access wannabees with decent games in the release list.


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#4436440 - 08/30/18 02:28 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite
IMO Steam saved pc gaming regardless of genre. .


Yes that can be argued but I chose flight sims specifically since it was already a niche genre compared to other genres like RPGs and first person shooters even before Steam came along. Flight sims are also (in theory a least) the main reason why SimHQ was created in the first place.

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#4436444 - 08/30/18 02:48 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  

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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite

Sadly, they’ve got their heads in their butts mixing in crap indie titles, dlc and early access wannabees with decent games in the release list.


That is so true. The store is a trash can with tons of garbage. Plus i really dislike the client itself. It's ugly, runs poorly IMHO and has very little customization options.

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#4436571 - 08/31/18 10:01 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4436572 - 08/31/18 10:14 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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#4436579 - 08/31/18 01:45 PM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I have all mine on Steam except for DCS.

I do have a DCSW account on Steam but it's not my main account and I can't figure out how to change it or I'd have DCS on there too.


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#4436774 - 09/02/18 01:01 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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All my games are through Steam, if they aren't, i add them. Steam just makes it easy peasy, nice clean interface, mods, cimmunity etc.


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#4436792 - 09/02/18 05:24 AM Re: Flight sims and Steam [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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RoF, BoS and DCS are all non steam for me. It wasnt that I didnt want to buy them on steam it was that they were not as good of a deal on steam or the company specifically did things to make me not want to buy them on steam. For instance, when I got BoS it wasnt on steam and each of the DLC if you bought them on steam you couldnt do the beta. You had to wait for the IL2 team to do a full release. I think that is different now but originally they just made it impossible to play the content I owned and use steam.

DCS was the same way. They released beta modules that didnt appear on steam. Though I stopped buying any DCS stuff because they changed their license method and half of my modules I cant use anymore. My Blackshark and a10 were upgrade modules from original steam purchases and steam doesnt give License keys anymore so there is no way to activate my upgrade modules through dcs world and they refuse to supply me with functional keys.

Im not going to spend money on a company that does stuff like that.

I've got CLOD on steam though.

KSP on steam biggrin and all my racing sims except LFS are on steam. (even linked my iRacing account to steam, but I launch through the website but steam tracks my usage statistics and lets people spectate without me fiddling with twitch hosting. Steam is just such a great program.

Though their new friends list sucks. I wish they would revert back to the old friends list/ap. It worked so much better than this new junk. If it isnt broken dont fix it but if you try to make sure what you provide #%&*$# works at least!


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