if i buy the x-plane available in mac stores, are the global scenery
cd's compatible with the x-plane from the stores? In other words are
these one in the same?

Hi Kevin,

Kevin schrieb:
> if i buy the x-plane available in mac stores, are the global scenery
> cd's compatible with the x-plane from the stores? In other words are
> these one in the same?

Depends. The global scenery comes on 6 DVDs, not CDs (!) and usually is
sold with X-Plane 8.21 or later. So if the DVD you get at your local
store has X-Plane 8.21 or later, it will be compatible with the global
scenery. If you buy a pre-8.21 version, it will not work.

Tjark

"Tjark Nikolai" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> Depends. The global scenery comes on 6 DVDs, not CDs (!) and usually is
> sold with X-Plane 8.21 or later. So if the DVD you get at your local store
> has X-Plane 8.21 or later, it will be compatible with the global scenery.
> If you buy a pre-8.21 version, it will not work.

Not entirely correct. The X-Plane sold in stores is version 8.00. It is not
compatible with the new global scenery, but you can download the latest
upgrade (compatible with Global Scenery) to the latest X-Plane version on
www.x-plane.com

Marco

OK, so which is the best? the one from the website or the one in
stores...which is more realistic

"Kevin" > ha scritto nel messaggio
ups.com...
> OK, so which is the best? the one from the website or the one in
> stores...which is more realistic

I think there's a bit of misunderstanding here. :)

X-Plane is updated by the author quite often. But you get the first release
(currently, release 8.00) on the DVD.

Then, after you have installed X-Plane 8.00 from the DVD, you can simply
download the latest release (8.40 at this moment) from the website
www.x-plane.com, and update it.

Obviously, later releases have always some improvements in realism and other
feautres over previous ones.

Marco

Buy the one from the web site with the Global scenery, It's awesome.
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:25:35 +0000 (UTC), Tommi Raulahti
> wrote:

>Murmur > wrote:
>>
>> "Kevin" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>> ups.com...
>>> OK, so which is the best? the one from the website or the one in
>>> stores...which is more realistic
>>
>> I think there's a bit of misunderstanding here. :)
>>
>> X-Plane is updated by the author quite often. But you get the first release
>> (currently, release 8.00) on the DVD.
>>
>> Then, after you have installed X-Plane 8.00 from the DVD, you can simply
>> download the latest release (8.40 at this moment) from the website
>> www.x-plane.com, and update it.
>>
>> Obviously, later releases have always some improvements in realism and other
>> feautres over previous ones.
>
>And, for recent versions (8.2*--> or so), there is auto-update
>software which picks needed updates without any hassle.. pretty neat
>actually..:)