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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)

This forum is for discussions about Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 and 2024).  Website:  https://www.flightsimulator.com/

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  1. This forum is for posting tips and techniques relevant to getting the best out of MSFS (2020).   This is a staff-managed forum--all posts must be approved by a moderator.

    PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO POST QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS HERE, as they outside the scope of this forum and will not be approved for publication by the moderator staff.

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  2. This forum is for discussions of virtual reality as it relates to Microsoft Flight Simulator.  Have a question as to whether VR will be developed for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, post those questions here.  For information about VR Hardware and Games, please visit the AVSIM Hardware and Games Forum - https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/796-virtual-reality-vr-hardware-and-games/.

     

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  1. Started by AmeliaCat,

    how? cant figure it out NEVERMIND I JUST FOUND OUT YOU CANT , ITS NOT MODELED.

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  2. Started by AmeliaCat,

    Has anyone actually seen teh fountains on ? I am sure i saw them on in pre release footage and advertisments but i havent ever seen them... is so is it a setting? meow.

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  3. That got your attention!😉 I thought I'd fly to the most northerly airport with scheduled flights, Svalbard Airport in Norway. It's situated on an island north of the mainland. As I flew over the sea, I noticed the VFR map no longer moved. I proceeded past the last island before my destination and went off the VFR map altogether. When I reached the co-ordinates (the airport doesn't come up on the world map during flight planning), I could see signs of a runway burned into the Bing imagery, but no proper AI-created airport. So that's another for the list. I did manage to land safely. The snow-covered mountains and hills I overflew were very basic and kept regenerating…

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  4. Fascinating story. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2014/september/pilot/f_bonanza

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  5. Started by Virtual-Chris,

    I’m moving up from the Grand Caravan to try the Airbus. Can anyone recommend a good YouTube Tutorial series that covers the FlyByWire A320nx mod enabled aircraft? I will need to learn the cold start, take off, cruise, and landing routines. Thanks!

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  6. Started by fppilot,

    EaseUS Todo Backup. Cannot complete a backup of the drive on which I have MSF 2020 installed. I get error stating that the target drive lacks permissions. So I attempted instead a file by file copy of the source drive, which is not a system drive, to the target drive. All went well until it sequenced to some MFS folders. Then the barriers were that the source files on the source directory did not allow copying to the destination drive. Anyone aware of a workaround/bypass? I have other non-MFS files on the source drive and this is preventing me from making a reliable backup. I made a backup of the same drive on 10/10 ago without error. Did the most recent MF…

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  7. Started by regis9,

    Since the release of MSFS (and even pre-release) there has been a lot of angst on this forum against the thought that MSFS would be a "game" rather than a "sim", and that it would be "dumbed down" so that "xbox kids" and newbies could play it...all to the determent of it being acceptable to hard core simulators. Here are a few points to consider in terms of the development approach, Microsoft's likely business plan and how it relates to the long-term health of our hobby. Asobo/MS would have never put the development effort and time that they did into this title without being able to sell it to the masses, that is certainly a fact. Without the masses wanting to play…

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  8. Ive tried both and I cant say I notice anything that I can definitively say yah thats affecting game.

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  9. Started by Jikul,

    Here's something new. A soviet airliner, who knows if it's coming before the CRJ and 737! Anyone knows about their FSX/P3D versions?

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  10. I had disabled it a month ago, but the monthly Win 10 update turned USB selective suspend back on :(. No wonder controllers inactivated once in a while. Control Panel, Power Options, Change when the Computer Sleeps, Change Advanced Power Settings, USB Settings, USB Selective Suspend Settings: Enabled or Disabled.

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  11. The next Developer Q&A stream on Twitch will take place on 28th October, and you can now post your questions over at the official forums so they can be considered for inclusion. You can post the questions in this forum: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/c/community/dev-q-a-post-questions-here/187 The rules have been posted in here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/read-first-dev-q-a-question-guidelines/305787

  12. Special K is an injector that can alter some very basic things about how the game is doing things on the graphics side. There is a version of Special K that gives better framepacing, ie fewer dips/stutters, excluding the areas where it is caused by background loading. It also allows the game to be framerate limited without taking a hit to framerate like what the in-game limiter does. The whole thread about it is here: https://discourse.differentk.fyi/t/microsoft-flight-simulator/649/18 On my system I can now lock the game at 30 and the only stuttering I encounter is when loading is occurring. Using the in-game limiter I would be getting sub-30 fps often even tho…

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  13. Started by micstatic,

    Hey guys. is this working for you in MSFS? when I go to the controls menu I just see a question mark for these pedals. I feel like it worked in the alpha. Any tips?

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  14. I loaded up the Free Oslo airport this morning for a cold start with the project G36 Turbo V2. Before I ran the cold start routine I switched to the Exterior spot view, observing the G36 from the rear, & noticed 3 'airport personnel' in the vicinity of the aircraft. I think they were the standard MSFS airport staff , dressed in their bright green jackets/overalls. I switched back to cockpit view, started the engine & set the AP. Switching back to Exterior view I found that the airport workers had disappeared. & I am trying to figure out why? Is it anything to do with, say, VRAM usage, such that starting the engine uses VRAM & the s…

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  15. Started by ThomseN_inc,

    Hello again, Sorry for spamming the forum but i just have got some spare time. 😛 I cant get the VSYNC to work via the Nvidia CP. I have deactivated it in the sim but setting it to active in the Nvidia CP has no effect. I tried both, global and application settings. Thanks for your help. 🙂 Tom

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  16. Started by ThomseN_inc,

    Hello, So maybe there is a real world TBM operator here who can enlighten me. I am working at the airport and i just observed a TBM9 taxiing across my ramp without any beacon or strobe active. I am asking this because this is something i see quite regularly on TBMs. I can remember the Ground controller not giving taxi clearance to a C172 because they had their beacon inoperative (which is correct) some time ago but i wonder why this doesn't apply to TBMs. I don't understand the exterior lighting system of the TBM still... Thanks in advance! Tom

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  17. Started by nicboyGS,

    Can anyone tell what is the rendering of scale for? What’s a good number? Will 200 scale too large?

    • 12 replies
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  18. Started by DaveH,

    Is there any way to do this so that I could go to another (Navigraph Charts, for example) application ? It seems as if I must exit MSFS to see my Desktop.

  19. Started by CallsignDE,

    Good evening, i would like to buy the DVD version (possible in Germany/Europe), but i would still like to use the game as a download, so i don't always have a CD in my drive. At Otto.de the product description says the following: "ATTENTION: You will also need a DVD drive on your PC. To download the product there is a download code and DVDs in the box. In order to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, you must have the CD No. 1 in the DVD drive". Has anyone had any experience with this? Can I simply download the game with the code and don't have to use the CDs or do I still have to put the first CD in to play? Thanks a lot in advance! Many greeting…

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  20. Started by Nyxx,

    I was using ShareX but on my new PC I cannot get it to work with MSFS in full screen mod. It seems to not be able to take full screen games, it did on by old PC, but never mind, I have found I can use windows key+PRT SCN to take, that might do, but open to ideas. I don't want to record just take PNG screen shots.

    • 28 replies
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  21. Started by EosDawn,

    When I select the Flight Training section, then any of the eight modules, I can complete that module as expected. But, on completion, clicking on the next module, the program quits abruptly. If I enter World and select departure/arrival airports the program performs as expected, no crashes. I have updated the program, Windows 10 and the display adapter, no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    • 1 reply
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  22. Started by tommygavin2,

    My problem has nothing to do with the METARS or merit of a weather software program. I just want mine to work. Installed according to instructions. The add airport "+" button takes me to the next screen, I enter an airport code "KPBI" it pops up with the choice on a black line with the coordinates. Next step is the problem, the "Add" button is greyed out. Any thoughts?

    • 1 reply
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  23. Hello, I use my XB1 controller only for the throttle control - the left stick is axe that can be good for full throttle control and that’s what I do. But I have some problem with that - when I check the white line movement in the control settings I see that when I move the stick the white line moves smoothly with no problem but when I get in the plane and use the left stick to control the throttle , it moves smooth till 40% then stop and I continue to move the stick and it is return to move smoothly from 60%, and this is very annoying, Is someone know how to fix this ?I tried other plane and I tried other usb cable and nothing helps. thanks.

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  24. Started by abrams_tank,

    https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/155410-aerosoft-aircraft-crj-for-msfs/&do=findComment&comment=999240

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  25. Started by Ianrivaldosmith,

    https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/this-cool-microsoft-flight-simulator-plugin-lets-you-earn-a-living-as-a-bush-pilot/ https://maugiroe.wixsite.com/neofly This actually looks really good, and its free! This has got to be a shakeup of the industry... These things used to cost 30£$ etc...

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