Advice on FSUIPC4

[captsolo]

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Hi, I am returning to Flight simming after a period away. I am updating all of my software. I purchased FSUIPC4 in Oct 14. 

I am running P3d V4.5, can I upgrade and do I have to purchase Wide FS7.

Thanks

Edited February 19, 2020 by John Dowson
Moved to support forum

[John Dowson]

First, you posted in the FAQ section - I have moved your post, but please post all support requests here in the main support forum.

For P3D v4.5, you need FSUIPC5 (available from SimMarket). WideFS is a separate product for extending the FSUIPC interface to other PCs on a network to allow appropriate application programs to run on separate PCs.

Cheers,

John

[captsolo]

John, thanks for your quick reply and apologise for posting in the wrong place.

Not running a network so do I need WideFS ?.

If not do I have to pay for the FSUIPC5 upgrade ( I am happy to pay but just want to make sure I need to)

Thanks again

Andrew

[John Dowson]

Hi Andrew,

no, you don't need WideFS - as I said, this is used to allow client applications running on a different (network connected) PC to communicate to FSUIPC (and thus the FS) over the network.

FSUIPC5 is a different product to FSUIPC4 (as the former is 64bit and the latter 32bit) and will require a new license. I believe there was initially a special upgrade price from FSUIPC4 to FSUIPC5 (before my time I'm afraid) but this is no longer available.

Cheers,

John