The XPlane 10 demo version is now available !

***Daube*** · November 24th, 2011, 01:33

Hi guys,

Just a quick news to notify you that the demo version of XPlane 10 can now be downloaded from the main page: http://www.x-plane.com/

Cheers.

**Lionheart** · November 24th, 2011, 09:10

I saw this! Dare I? Oh man... I want to see some city scape with detailed streets and back yards.

***Daube*** · November 24th, 2011, 10:23

Well, that demo version won't cost you a single penny, you know

I was thinking about downloading it too, but the servers are quite slow for the moment, so I'll wait a bit.

**VPL Paolo Lao** · November 24th, 2011, 20:28

Thanks for the HU Daube, I was thinking of switching over to X-plane, but.. well I can have both sims

**flaminghotsauce** · November 25th, 2011, 05:33

Servers are slow, you say? Na. I'm nearly 2/3 the way through the download, and it's only been 22 hours.

***Ferry_vO*** · November 25th, 2011, 06:18

I'm using the torrent client, and right now I have about three hours left, so total time should be less than four hours!
And the great thing about torrent downloads is that you can always quit and resume later. I used it to download the entire 37 Gb (!!!) NL2000 scenery for FsX without problems.

**Lionheart** · November 25th, 2011, 07:37

Dang, Ferry!

I wish I had known this. I have feared the Torrent sites.

So far, I have let it run all night. Started at 11PM, now 8:30AM and its 40% done. Maybe tonight it will be finished.

Bill

***Ferry_vO*** · November 25th, 2011, 08:15

There's no need for a torrent site Bill, just a torrent client (Like uTorrent) and a small file which tells the client what to download. Once you open this file with the client it starts to search for 'seeds'. Usually at startup torrents seem slow, but the more seeders they find, the faster the download becomes. The system is great for sharing large files, but has gotten a bad rep as a tool to share stuff illegally.

***Ferry_vO*** · November 25th, 2011, 10:14

Done, and that includes a break went my ISP went down for a bit.

***Naismith*** · November 25th, 2011, 11:13

Originally Posted by flaminghotsauce

Servers are slow, you say? Na. I'm nearly 2/3 the way through the download, and it's only been 22 hours.

I gave up after 2 hrs as it was at about 3%. Life is too short.

**Lionheart** · November 25th, 2011, 13:32

2:31PM, at almost 50%, says 27 more hours to go but I think it 'might' be done by midnight, I hope. We'll see.

Ferry, what do you think of it? Any screenshots?

Bill

***Ferry_vO*** · November 25th, 2011, 14:32

Bill: FsX flies better, looks better, loads much faster, is easier to set up and has better framerates. By far.

With slightly higher than default settings I got about 15 fps..

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**txnetcop** · November 25th, 2011, 18:08

I've been pretty disappointed too...go take a look at the latest Microsoft Flightsim pics from Nov 18th
Ted

**Lionheart** · November 25th, 2011, 18:26

Originally Posted by Ferry_vO

Bill: FsX flies better, looks better, loads much faster, is easier to set up and has better framerates. By far.

With slightly higher than default settings I got about 15 fps..

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Thanks Ferry.

Just got uTorrent and am downloading it now. Presently already at 18%.

Framerates sound similar to FSX. I just need to see it for myself. You guys understand.

A Lancair? ACK! lol....

Is there the chance that people can download things off my computer with a Torrent? I didnt see a way to lock out things, but perhaps on uTorrent, you must place them in upload? or is it called 'seeding'?

I would hate for my newest bird to be uploaded to the world before its done, lol..

Bill

**Meshman** · November 25th, 2011, 21:13

Unless you're going into places you shouldn't, there is little risk to using a torrent system. It downloads specific files and makes those same specific files available to others.

Go somewhere and get some hacked POS torrent client and then things can be different.