Originally Posted by
jcmors
DirectX 9 was first released in 2002. That makes it over 20 years old. I'd say that it has gone well beyond any reasonable expectation for compatibility for recent processor and integrated graphics chipsets. The real issue here is that RealFlight needs to update their graphic engine. This is not going to be a trivial or simple undertaking and from what I understand it is being undertaken by realflight but there is no current timeline as to an expected release. You are fortunate to have bought a gaming computer with an actual graphics card that doesn't have to rely on the integrated graphics chipset. There are many who only have the Intel 12th gen graphics to relly on and are completely out of luck for the moment!
True to all that! And last time they tried, with Real Flight X, not only did the user base howl loudly about the "high end" computer needed, but they also released it without many of the side features that have been incorporated over the years. (intending to make them available over time in the future as they got the work done). So sales crashed. Now one can bet they will be extra careful to thread the needle better this next time. Which translates into a longer timeline before something comes out.