Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)

I have just installed the latest update and I’ve noticed that inside MSFS settings, the rolling cache path has changed. Before the update I had it on D/Microsoft Flight Simulator (and in fact there’s still a file called "ROLLINGCACHE.CCC which was last updated on the date of my last flight) Now inside MSFS the path has changed to C/Users/Name/Appdata/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator: inside this folder there’s a ROLLINGCACHE.CCC file last updated a few minutes ago when the update finished its installation. Can someone enlighten me on this? What should I do?

Scattered clouds or overcast cast such a strong shadow on the ground it becomes almost dusk like, making it very difficult to see ground or cockpit details. I like to have a good cloud coverage but struggle every time getting a decent amount of light on the ground, any time of day. I find the lighting and tonality with clear skies about right though. I wonder if this darkness has something to do with HDR and whether it will be improved on HDR displays.

From SpadNext website: With MSFS 2020 being released on August 18th it's about time to say something about the SPAD.neXt compatibility.Basically MSFS 2020 is (already) supported by any version of SPAD.neXt (0.9.5,0.9.6,0.9.7) if you have a FSX/P3D License for SPAD.neXt.Basically means, you can use the SimConnect variables that existed already in FSX. This does not mean everything will be working like before. Adjustments to your profiles will most likely need to be done.Also, as expected, MSFS makes changes to SimConnect (aprox. 500 new variables and 400 new Events) and changed some of the behaviors.On the day MSFS 2020 releases to public, SPAD.neXt 0.9.8 will be rele…

I recently installed the Logitech drivers for the Saitek panels and have been pleased to see they mostly work, although I haven't tried them with more than a couple of planes. The first issue I discovered was with the C152 starter switch. When I use the Saitek switch the virtual switch moves and jumps back again, when in reality it should stay put for a few seconds while the engine turns over and starts. It seems it makes a short turn of the engine and the switch then returns without staying long enough to start the engine. I hope I have explained this well enough I suspect it is a known bug, but would be interested in seeing if others have found the same problem and if…

Results are starting to come in, the 8GB VRAM is going to be a bottle neck at 4K but otherwise looks good: From Techspot:

Hi. I thought this was a really important topic brought up in the Q&A yesterday so it deserves its own thread. Asobo yesterday talked about the SDK and about 3rd party planes yesterday. This will interest you if you are hoping for planes from Aerosoft, FSLabs, PDMG, etc: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/784582715?t=00h43m18s More or less, Asobo said the reason it is taking some time for the 3rd parties to port their planes over is because they are using legacy code and MSFS is a new simulator and a new engine. So according to Jorg Neumann in that video, it will take some time to port that code over. I assume that Asobo are doing things are their part with the S…

I have on ultra but cloads are not looking like videos or pictures, my clouds are blurry and not looking so good. What is wrong?

From the Q&A twitch session yesterday they mentioned that the weather issue were server side and should be working. Can anyone confirm on this?

Hey am I doing something wrong with autopilot or is it an issue ? I do the same as p3d with the cessna 172, hit AP then nav then alt and scroll to the altitude wanted and then the plane set the trim all the way down and he is going crazy 😞 Thanks

These video's from LostPilot are handy if you want to know the aircraft coming to MSFS.

Hi all, I have an i7-6700K @ 4 Ghz and GTX 1060 3GB. Do you think it would be worth upgrading my card to a 2080 or 3070 without upgrading my CPU or would this be a waste? MSFS 2020 dev tools suggests my GPU is the limiting factor. Also, do you think if my PCI-E was limited to 8x this would be a bottleneck on my new GPU? My 16x slot appears to be damaged. Thanks!

There is a post in the forum where a user was complaining that the depiction of rain in the sim wasn't as advertised. One of the replies mentioned that some people found a workaround where swapping their graphics cable from a Display Port cable to an HDMI cable appeared to solve the issue. This shouldn't technically be possible and could easily be attributed to damaged connecters in the DP cable, but worth giving a shot if you'd like to try.

A320 Autopilot Malfunction during final approach This problem is driving me crazy as I have spent many hours looking for a fix with no solution. Ok. I’m on the final approach everything is going great, Airspeed is between 180 and 200 knots, localizer is “ON” with green “LOC” lit up in the PFD. I’m at the proper elevation according to the ILS landing charts of various airports. (I’m trying this at different airports). Autopilot is ON Autothrottle is ON, Radio Frequency is correct for ILS landing runway, the green “G/S” is lit on PFD, the pink diamonds on the PFD are lining up in the middle for Localizer and Glidescope, A320 is flying nice and steady…

Please help! I don't know what to do. After I installed the game everything was working, but now I have no players or live traffic in my game at all. Live weather is the only thing that works. I cannot play in ultiplayer now at all 😞 Here are screenshots of my game: Images on imgur

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When I go in Profile>Content Manager> I see Core Content Mandatory Packages to relaunch the game to update it but I cannot select it (box is grey). Even I restarted the game I have the same message. Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you!

I decided to try a flight in the new "detailed" Japan, starting out at RJCK - Kushiro which is a really nice handcrafted airport. I created a new wind layer in the Few Clouds preset with surface winds which would make the ocean look like an ocean instead of a glassy pond and saved it as a custom preset. Turned out that MSFS didn't like the preset as it locked the view in external only and I had to return to the welcome screen and restart a flight every time I tried to use it. Finally get to take off, and everything is going smooth until ATC tells me to ascend to 9,000'. Well this made sense since there was a mountain range ahead, but just as I was getting to the moun…

Day before yesterday, I ran MSFS and shut it down. I had no problems and did a normal shutdown. Yesterday I fired up MSFS and found I had no response from my yoke....No axes movement, no button response. I went to controls setting...my Honeycomb yoke is missing. instead I now see a controller called 'Touch Pointer'. I have no clue what this is, I don't have a touch screen. my computer is a desktop. All my other controllers show up properly labeled and responds fine, The 'new' touch pointer, has no axes to set and the default setting has no assignments. I am unable to bind any key or button to 'touch pointer'; I mean that if I attempt to bind a key when I ge…

Since I once changed from Live weather to Rain, the sim now always defaults to the Rain weather theme although I set it manually to Live for each and every flight. Even after a flight in Live weather, going back to the main menu to set up another flight, weather immediately reverts to Rain. Maybe I'm just being a bit stubborn here.. is there any Option where we can set what type of weather we want as a default?

I have done like 30 flights and I have had the live weather work only twice and that was because there= was no clouds and it got the wind correct. We had 40 plus mph wind for two days in Southern California and all I could get was wind from the wrong direction and 10 MPH with no gusts. I am using live weather from the start and not changing anything after that, am I doing something wrong or is it that inaccurate. Crazy with all the talk and hype, I hope its fixed soon as that is a big part of flying.

The long awaited SEP 23 update for those who own Key West (KEYW) is available after 4 weeks, from FSDT. .

Hi All, Do we have here AMD/Radeon users with graphic cards like RX 5600, 5700, +XT, RX590 etc. ? 😃 Question is did you find any useful/good settings in AMD adrenaline software which should be turn on/off for Flight Simulator 2020 ? or any other tweaks which can be "AMD related" ? I'm running on MSI RX 5700 XT with 20.8.2 drivers, for the time being I just only changed Texture Quality Filtering to Performance mode 😉

I'm not sure if anyone else is seeing this but the flight plan doesn't upload into the MCDU with the latest dev mod. I am also not able to manually enter the flight plan and all of the necessary info into Init page A. Anyone else seeing this?

Good day Is this possible : Take of from an airfield with no flight plan loaded in the sim. Once airborne then do "DIRECT TO" to another airport - say 50 miles away. I know the MSA and climb to that altitude. Whilst en route to destination airport can one load and and activate an approach for the destination airport ?. I have tried with no success. Maybe I need more G1000 knowledge. I do have the latest Working Title G1000 mod installed. Thank you