When the installation completes, start the simulator and go fly!.

Note that digital download time estimates are based on your initial network speed and real install times may vary significantly. The installer will begin displaying its progress.Select the scenery that should be installed. An unselected tile will appear bleached in color, while a selected tile will be a bright blue. We strongly recommend that you install only a small bit of scenery now and add more later, as the entire scenery package takes over 60 GB of disk space and a very long time to install.This allows Laminar Research to gather anonymous data to make updates to the simulator based on how you use it. It is highly recommended that you leave the box for sending anonymous usage data checked.

Accept the user agreement on this screen.Though it can be installed elsewhere (by clicking the “Change Destination” button), it is strongly recommended that it be left on the Desktop so that the folder can easily be found in the future. By default, X-Plane will install to the Desktop.

Enter your digital download product key in the boxes on the following screen.

When the installer window pops up, select the option for installing a product purchase.

Double click the “X-Plane 12 Installer” icon to launch the installer.

Ensure your computer is connected to the Internet.

To install X-Plane using a digital download product key, do the following: Once the download is finished, unzip the file and double click the installer to run it. Your product key allows you to install X-Plane, run X-Plane, and add additional scenery later.

Downloading the installer below that requires your product key.

Getting the digital edition of X-Plane 12 consists of two parts:

Xplane steam download