Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)

Just bein curious... As the title says i asked myself how the live weather system in MSFS determines the top of a cloud layer. If there are two or more layers it seems quite easy but what if theres only one? Is it randomly generated or is there a way to gather info about that? My observation is that very often the tops are around 30.000ft when there is an overcast or nearly overcast layer. Even when there are more than one it seems that quite often they top at 30.000. So if anyone has a clue on how that system might work i'd be interested. Best regards

I'm beginning to understand how these PBR textures work, what do you think of a bit of bare metal? jk0395 jk0388 jk0396 jk0392 jk0400

Please don't take this the wrong way, but for me personally yesterdays update has been the best so far. Gone are the occasional CTD's my tubeliner has a working AP, ILS is working...I am glad with this update both Asobo and MS have listened and fixed a lot of the issues with various aircraft. yes there's still more to do, but for me it now looks as if we're heading in the right direction So Thanks Asobo and MS, Have a good holiday, and a Merry Christmas.

Well this was a bust, I flew from KGCC to go look at Devils Tower to the East, following a waypoint I set manually (LNM) and as I approached I began to wonder where the hell it was. Suddenly, as I'm almost directly alongside of the thing it *POPS* into view like a Jack-In-A-Box...incredibly immersion breaking, incredibly pathetic and incredibly annoying. I wanted to see it in the distance and slowly come up to its magnificence but that was taken away but what appears to be a Major Rendering issue in the Sim. For the record Zero Mods were loaded apart from the Planes Livery I was using, here's my settings thinking "this should be enough" but apparently not: VR: - …

So I'm flying in a C152. On the tail it says G-BRBP and on the panel it says G-BRBP so why does MSFS keep calling me by it's default callsign? Then it tells me to enter the pattern for RWY 27 in a raging easterly wind. When I take off or land an airport vehicle drives across the runway in front of me. Add to that, the fact that my Logitech Attack 3 joystick is still too twitchy even with sensitivity at -99 and reactivity at 1. The other day it told me I wasn't connected to the internet when I was and last week asked me to put a a DVD that I don't have in the DVD drive that I don't have either. Following the last update, my terrain is littered wit…

Hi guys, I don't know that it is the problem, i have nevertheless enabled everything, but i still can't see the livery of the other pilot MP. I see only the livery generic.

Just finished my first keyboard/mouse free flight. Been flying the TBM lately (OnAir) and decided to head out in the Mooney this evening. I've been working on hardware configurations for the various planes. Most of them so far still have some requirements to use either mouse or keyboard interaction. Well I can fly the Mooney from startup to shutdown and never have to stray from any hardware device. I'm pretty excited about this. The 530 mod took me down the ground on an RNAV approach (after it told me to activate it - oops). I've figured out how to use the Mooney's autopilot with my RSG GFC500 and some information sent to one of my Saitek radio panels (so I know VS …

The issues with live weather, ( or lack thereof), in MSFS have been done to death, but I thought I'd add an interesting observation I had the other day. I live in northern Illinois, KFRD, (Rockford Intl) is about 10 miles away from my house, so that is were I start out from mostly. One day last week we had a good snow storm, about 5-6 inches on the ground. It's still out there as temps have not risen. I thought I'd try out the live weather the other day and found it to be accurate, but no real snow accumulation on the ground, mostly green between the runways. Temps and pressure and sky conditions were right though. The snow looked like the light wind driven ki…

Since the latest MSFS update, my MFD and PFD screens are black in the C208. I'm using both the working title-G1000 and C208 mods (both latest versions, both working fine prior to update). Anyone else having trouble?

Firstly, I had to download these for my 1080Ti, as it fixes a problem with the screen going black for a second or two (very occasionally, and mainly on the windows desktop and when browsing - never had it in the sim). I am happy it was mentioned in the notes, as I never knew a previous driver had introduced this problem, and I thought my card was on it's way out! Anyway, I did my usual test run from Sedona to Flagstaff, and everything is still fine - no noticeable performance difference, silky smooth locked at 30 FPS on 4K 70% and high/ultra mix of settings. Blog tree fix installed (Sedona area looks amazing with this), and looking out sideways at low level…

Just landed the A320 on the HDS carrier, only cheated a little BIT!! I had a 75 KNOT head wind! LOL

https://secure.simmarket.com/hard-deck-simulations-functional-aircraft-carrier-msfs.phtml I thought this payware would be of interest to aircraft carrier fans. It creates catapult and arrestor cable effects. The developer let me play with an earlier version and it certainly does what it says on the tin. It's a lot of fun. You can choose where the program operates, so you can get your 787 out of Lukla problem free, but they include five of their own carriers at various locations around the world.

One thing I've noticed on a bunch of flights to smaller default airports in the US is that a lot of them seem to share this control tower object that is clearly far too big for a small, regional airport. I'm curious if there's a way to globally replace this object with something smaller/more appropriate? Perhaps this is a good mod opportunity for someone so inclined?

I'm running MSFS with a Thrustmaster Hotas (throttle and T.1600m stick), each of these has its own cable with usb, its a bit cluttered at the front of my pc with these plugged in. I,m considering running a short usb extension from the back of the pc terminating with a hub on my desk. Does anyone know if this would work ok please? in.

Hello everyone, I've been flying at night over LA area and the city l streets looks kind empty flying 1500-2000 feet above ground that I have to zoom all the way in to see that there are some cars on the streets with 50% density, all the vehicles looks so small compared to real life and they don't produce any lighting while moving which makes them look so empty and dull. The size needs to be bigger and they should have the red and white lighting on each car so you could see car movements on the freeways, highways, etc.. are you guys experiencing the same issue here ? Thanks Evan B

Had an unexpected reinstall of 1.12.13 due to some changes I made on my system. All 110 GB re-downloaded. Anyone know how to recover Pilot Profile and / or Logbook ? Both are reset to zero. If they're gone, then fine....But does anyone know where those files are located for future reference / backup ? In its current state, I fully expect this to happen again, especially with all the beta software and VR in use at the moment. BTW, this is a Steam setup, with Steam and FS2020 on a drive other than 'c:\' . I'm familiar with where the directories & files are located, and I would have thought the logbook to be located at /users/me/appdata/roaming/Microsoft Fl…

1100 people online... the USA just lit up! Excited for the influx of traffic! MSFS needs some fixing, but it’s great to see new simmers joining along.

Hi all , Lucky i got another mountain on my way..🙃 Now if we did not have this logbook issue some time ago i should be near the 400 mountain, but anyway..🤗 cheers 😉

I have the following strange problem: 1. Generate flight plan in Navigraph 2. Select appropriate SID and STAR 3. Export as an MSFS flight plan 4. Load that flight plan into the World Map Here is where my problem starts: MSFS loads the correct SID for the runway selected. However, as soon as I select a parking spot or a gate position, the SID is replaced with a DIRECT. Why? I haven't changed the runway I'm taking off from. What am I missing? Thanks!

I think it is, after extensive testing, on my ASUS G703GI laptop (i9 geforce 1080) it just seems like everything runs so much smoother, less jitter, less stutter, etc... I am not imagining this either... my framerates in GA may only be 30-35 virtual cockpit most areas vs 50 + on default very high, but it is smoother, and looks much better it's noticeable.... SEA in the A320 will bring me to only 17FPS which is a no go... but at PHX I got about 27 barreling down the runway on ULTRA default... not bad at all .. on a laptop which most claim nobody can use (wrong wrong wrong).. opinions? Ultra is smoooootttthhheerrrr

Tried various combinations and hardware, but nothing can be bound to the engine masters on the Airbus 320NEO. Both, the FBW and the default. So Im thinking this is an issue with ASOBO. Gnacino

Hi all, Do you know if there’s somewhere a visual catalog of the 3D object available in the Scenery and Simobject library ? I’m just out of my first airport (upgrade) with the Scenery Editor, KMYF San Diego Montgomery : https://flightsim.to/file/5856/montgomery-gibbs-exec-airport-taxiway-fix-and-many-more I’m ok to browse the list from the Scenery Editor but it would be so much convenient to have a quick overlook of objects available. Thank you for your help!

I hope I can explain what Im asking.Lol, When I look at the outside view of the aircraft (say while starting the taxi movement) and I turn to head out to the runway..my view also moves with the turn of the aircraft. What I want is to view the aircraft from the front and when I turn to head towards the runway I want my view not moving with the turning of the aircraft. Thats how I view my plane in XPLANE 11....my taxi view just stays as the plane moves left or right.

I would like to share my experience, especially to know if some of you already had the same because it looks very strange. Here is the whole story: I planned an IFR flight from Fairford EGVA to Manchester EGCC. I wanted to fly the Citation CJ4 and as a new black livery came with the latest update, I wanted to use it, I like it. I started the flight as usual, requested clearance, took off, flew the route, then... CTD. No error message, no explanation and back to the desktop. These things happen sometimes, so I just did it again. I flew a little longer, I was in the descent to the destination and... CTD again. As I was bothered by the transponder bug this time (you k…

Hello, just to inform, I currentl recieve a small update of 1Gb. According to official MSFS forum its jus a NavData Update. Would be interesting if there are other fixes? Does anybody know or watch sth?