

As you can see, nothing except the GameSpy and Steam brands have been changed. If you wish to see what other users are saying about FSX:SE, you can view the official FSX:SE discussion board.īelow are screenshots taken from the Administration Team's licensed copy of FSX:SE. Therefore, little to no reason exists for current BVA users to purchase the program. It is not an upgrade to FSX but rather a standalone program that is not compatible with FSX or BVA’s network. In our opinion, FSX:SE is a re-branded version of FSX Acceleration with some minor changes. Unless that happens, BVA will continue to be available to users running FSX and will not be accessible to those on FSX:SE. There is no indication as to whether Dovetail will, at some point, support backwards compatibility between FSX:SE and FSX.

Therefore, multiplayer in FSX:SE is not compatible with Boston Virtual ATC’s server, or any other server that is running FSX. Users on FSX cannot connect to servers running on FSX:SE, and vice versa. Only one of FSX or FSX:SE can be running at a time, although it is possible to have both installed on the same system.Īs a result of the multiplayer conversion from GameSpy to Steam, FSX:SE is not compatible with BVA’s network. Existing add-ons, tweaks, and configuration changes are NOT ported over from an FSX installation. Despite that, FSX:SE installs as a new product, whether or not FSX is installed. As far as we can tell, there is no new content in FSX:SE.

Menus, available aircraft, missions, and settings are all the same. The user interface in FSX:SE is identical to FSX. The following information is the result of testing we have completed today. The Administration Team purchased a copy of FSX:SE in order to test the platform. According to a Dovetail news release, changes in FSX:SE include support for Windows 8.1 and updated multiplayer functionality. Today, Dovetail Games re-released FSX Acceleration for sale via Steam and has re-branded the product to FSX: Steam Edition (hereafter referred to as FSX:SE).
