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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].
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System |
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Video
The official website has documentation on configuring graphics settings here.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Used for radio communications. |
Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Japanese release. |
Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
OpenGL |
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Default for Windows version |
Metal support |
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Vulkan |
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Poorly supported on Intel platforms |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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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
References