Prepar3d: Academic licensing

[Haggart]

Hey all,

I'm seeing no other thread about this: as FSX is often mentioned, but now 6 years old, and the only simulation which continious to be developed is Prepar3d, I wanted to advise that there's now the possibility to buy an academic license of Prepar3d for only 49$. Have a look: http://www.prepar3d.com/prepar3d-academic/

The only "limitation" seems to be a little watermark displayed in the upper right of the sim, and it's available for everyone "at or below the undergraduate level" (?).

Perhaps this is of use for some of us as many people are still flying FSX?

[Airbuster]

Interesting. Have anyone tried this modification of FSX?

 

I'm really curious how this version is optimized, since there are few add-ons I really want to try.

 

Once I installed FSX on my rig to test it and the frame rate was awful, the graphics were not that good compared to any other sim (BMS, DCS, FC2, Il2:COD, RoF) that run smoothly on my system at max detail level.

 

And is any add-on that runs on FSX, compatible with Prepar3d?

[Napa]

AFAIK Prepar3d is like FSX on steroids. Its a lot faster and less buggy, but it still resembles FSX.

 

You need to convert FSX addons through prepar3d SDK for them to work.