X-Plane 11
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Developers | |
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Laminar Research | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 15, 2017 |
macOS (OS X) | February 15, 2017 |
Linux | February 15, 2017 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Series | X-Plane |
X-Plane | |
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X-Plane 5 | 1999 |
X-Plane 6 | 2001 |
X-Plane 7 | 2003 |
X-Plane 8 | 2004 |
X-Plane 9 | 2008 |
X-Plane 10 Global | 2014 |
X-Plane 11 | 2017 |
X-Plane 12 | 2022 |
General information
X-Plane 11 is the latest 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].
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | Physical DVD edition also available. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
The official website has documentation on configuring graphics settings here.
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR option enables HDR rendering, but the image is mapped onto an SDR image. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Supports many controllers and shows a picture of many in the menu. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers | ||
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Japanese release. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
VR support
Headsets | State | Notes | |
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | Not officially supported | ||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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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 | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | Default for Windows version | |
Metal support | ||
Vulkan | Poorly supported on Intel platforms |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores | Intel Core i5 6600K 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | 65 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 11-capable video card 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | DirectX 12-capable video card 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
- A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores | Intel Core i5 6600K 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | 65 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 11-capable video card 512 MB of VRAM | DirectX 12-capable video card 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Varies, Ubuntu 16.04LTS tested | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 CPU with 2 or more cores | Intel Core i5 6600K 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | 65 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 11-capable video card 512 MB of VRAM | DirectX 12-capable video card 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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).