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X-Plane 11

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X-Plane 11
X-Plane 11 cover
Developers
Laminar Research
Release dates
Windows February 15, 2017
macOS (OS X) February 15, 2017
Linux February 15, 2017
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Simulation
Vehicles Flight
Art styles Realistic
Series X-Plane
X-Plane 11 on MobyGames
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General information

X-Plane 11 is the eleventh iteration of flight simulation engine series developed and published by Laminar Research. It is the only flight simulator on the market to offer Windows, Linux, and macOS compatibility [1].

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM details are not known
Physical DVD edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Output\preferences[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux <path-to-game>/Output/preferences
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

The official website has documentation on configuring graphics settings here.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Used for radio communications.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Japanese release.
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality
Not officially supported
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
See Input for details.
Traditional controller
See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Tobii Eye Tracking
Supports: Extended View - Head tracking.
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Default for Windows version
Metal support
Vulkan
Poorly supported on Intel platforms
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 11-capable video card
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 11-capable video card
512 MB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Varies, Ubuntu 16.04LTS tested
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 11-capable video card
512 MB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References