Captain Sim Stops Developing for FSX

[rvn817j]

https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1539357669

P.S. P3Dv1-3 is also on Captain Sim's cut list! No more 32 bit development.

[tommieboy]

One of many developers that have already or are planning to drop development / support for FSX. I think FSX real nail in the coffin was that its graphics engine was always CPU limited, never making good use of the on-going GPU improvements over the years. Sad to say, I will not be moving on to P3D. I might end up going back to DCS.

Tommy

[DennyA]

I actually think this is great news, as that means they'll be able to full take advantage of the new capabilities of P3D V4+.

FSX did it's time. It's horribly designed for modern hardware. I for one welcome our new 64-bit overlords.

The nice thing is that people can still develop less demanding freeware, etc. that will work on both sims, so FSX can still be supported while also supporting the new sims, bridging the past and the future. As opposed to the folks who still develop for FS9, which been a dead-end since the DX10 beta was released last decade.

[SH427]

I for one welcome our new 64-bit overlords. .

made me chuckle.
I hope they will port their 707 over soon. I really liked flying that one.

[wombat666]

Makes sense, just as long as they get the B707/727/737 into 64bit format sooner rather than later.

[dvj]

Still, there are a lot of people flying FS8 and FS9. Along with Windows 98. ;-)

[Mach3DS]

One of many developers that have already or are planning to drop development / support for FSX. I think FSX real nail in the coffin was that its graphics engine was always CPU limited, never making good use of the on-going GPU improvements over the years. Sad to say, I will not be moving on to P3D. I might end up going back to DCS.

Tommy

Might?

Here's 5 reasons:

[scotth6]

Dammit Rick! I was trying to resist the Tomcat. Now what am I gonna do?!

[stansdds]

For years we have pleaded for a 64-bit version of FSX. MicroSoft ceased all further development of their flight sim (other than Flight, which did not last very long), now Lockheed-Martin has taken FSX to the 64-bit world. FSX and FSX-Steam will go the way of FS9, far fewer additional payware scenery and aircraft, but I expect the freeware to continue for quite some time. Is this the final nail in the coffin of FSX? Not really, but FSX died years ago and with no alternatives, we did not notice. Today, there are alternatives and they are 64-bit and they do make better use of the video card. My next computer build will be with the 64-bit future in mind.

[Hanimichal]

FSX will dead only when the operating system no longer supports fsx, at that point I will stick with FSX


Also looking to these graphics of 64 make me stick more and more! Knowing that my system not supot all these graphics

[tommieboy]

.....My next computer build will be with the 64-bit future in mind.

My next computer will be another 10" tablet as the one I have is getting long in the tooth. The reality is that I can no longer justify the cost of a dedicated computer just for my flight simming. Everything else I do I can do just fine on a tablet or even a smart phone. I see this as a growing trend among the older crowd (my crowd), as I rarely see desktop computers at any of my friends or family homes anymore. I'm one of the last that has a desktop computer, and once this one breaks, I'm done with dedicated desktops.

Tommy