I was wondering how installation and operaiton actually work, and found this great explanation by Aerosoft'S Mathijs Kok.
https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php...comment-990011
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Friends, there have been a lot of questions about how the DVD versions exactly work during installation and how the boxed sim differs from the download version. Here is the low-down. Do not worry about it. Insert the first DVD, click okay and follow instructions on the screen. Get a drink as it will take a while.
- The DVDs contain only the installer and the content (aircraft, world etc). The actual simulator software is downloaded during installation. That way you always have the latest version. For this the installer will guide you through the creation of an Xbox account (if you do not have one) etc. That means you need an active internet connection during installation. You also need a connection to run the simulator (it updates itself at every start when needed). But to be frank, it makes very little sense to run this offline.
- After you ran the DVD installation, you will be asked to re-insert DVD 1. This will be checked during the activation.
- At the first start the sim will check all files and update everything that is needed. As time progresses this will be a larger download.
- From the users perspective you will end up with exactly the same version as somebody who bought it at the Microsoft Store.
Keep in mind that the sim consists of four parts:
- The simulator itself, obviously mandatory.
- The default content (basic world, aircraft etc). This default world is on it's own far better then FSX could ever deliver. This is a mandatory part, always part of the simulator..
- The downloaded content (more details for the world, better ground imagery, far more correctly placed trees etc etc). This comes in 'blocks' that can be buffered on your system so if you always fly from Detroit it will not have to be loaded every time). Contrary to what some less informed sources say there is absolutely NOTHING indicating this is paid content or will be paid content. We do not sell a time limited simulator. This is an optional part, you do not have to stream any scenery, weather or traffic.
- Third party content that can buy from the build in store or from external shops. Obviously optional, it is a super sim without add-ons.
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If you buy and install the boxed version with DVDs, you will need to have DVD1 in the machine everytime you launch the sim. You can run the sim offline (and it then will not stream scenewry but will sitll look so much better by HD-inbstalled content than 14 year o9ld FSX), but for launching it at the start, you need to be online it seems, once, with DVD in the player.
Whether it makes sense to need to enter the DVD for authentification, can be argued, we have Stesam as an exmaple, it is the year 2020, I think Microsoft has not slept well before making this decision. Makes the download version of the game most likely the way to go, since you seem to need an XBox account anyway, DVD and download version alike.
The sim has no VR at start, and while they said they will look at it later, I doubt that it will get it any time soon. The sim is hardware heavy, its a flight sim, and to put another ressource killer on top of it like VR, is an idea that proibabyl doe snot work out too well. I will not miss it regarding airliners, since all that button pushing and flight comouter propgramming in VR in XPlane 11 I found to be not working too well. VR is nice in light, easy, uncomplicate dplanes wher enot many buttons need to be pressed. But button heavy cockpit environment in VR? No, thanks. Also, the resolution of VR and depth of view is still not where it should be for beautiful stuff like this.