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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. I am following the instructions and check list as well as having watched videos. Right engine #2 starts fine. Left spools up to 25 but temp never comes up. I started a ticket with Aerosoft. And I searched this and other forums for others with this problem. But I could not find any others. I may be doing something wrong, but I can operate the #2 just fine. Shut down and restart. I am using the Bravo Throttle and customized it as per instructions. Once the levers are unlocked with mouse then I can move the throttles with Bravo, before then they have no effect. Any thoughts are welcome. It would be nice to have 2 working engines.

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  2. https://twinfinite.net/2021/03/microsoft-flight-simulator-xbox-switzerland/ World Update Data EDIT: Check out this 3D viewer to see for yourself the Switzerland data. It's amazing! https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/maps-data-online/maps-geodata-online/3d-viewer.html Playerbase and Xbox Historical Aviation You can listen to the entire podcast in here: https://interactive.libsyn.com/head-of-microsoft-flight-simulator-jrg-neumann

    • 70 replies
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  3. Flight today in the classic 172 with the pair of GNS, using today's release of PMS50-GNS530 1.0.28. Flight from KSNA to KSJC in IFR conditions. Almost made it. Got to my initial point of descent from 8,000. Established descent rate. Saw MSG button on the 530 blinking. Clicked it with my mouse. MSFS froze. Tried waiting it out for a few minutes. No joy. Two hours enroute lost. Again! Seems to be the only aspect of MSFS that is reliable for me. Freezes. Not CTDs. Freezes. Wasting my time. Hours of wasted time. This is the most unreliable simulator I have experienced, and I go back to a start in 1982. Done for now and back once again to FSX SE, which si…

    • 42 replies
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  4. Started by iFlySimX,

    Hey guys! So I need some help. I am getting very decent FPS with my 3080 and i9-9900K, however, I feel like its not smooth. I will get around 45-50 FPS with airliners. I’ve tried to lock frames internally and via NVIDIA and nothing seems to work. Any idea?

    • 13 replies
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  5. Started by Stephane_M,

    Rethel Perthes airport, LFAP, is a civil airfield with restricted use, reserved for home based airplanes. It's located in Eastern France in the department of Ardennes. Unpaved grass airstrip, 700x60m, QFU 055 / 235. https://www.simvol.org/en/downloads/airports/rethel

    • 0 replies
    • 625 views
  6. Started by kt069,

    New version of the stable Mod released. Happy flying... https://github.com/flybywiresim/a32nx/releases/tag/v0.5.4

    • 2 replies
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  7. Started by joe cooper,

    Pilot 2Atc will load but I cant get it to operate any thoughts?....

    • 1 reply
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  8. Started by Rotten88Scoundrel,

    Was just flying around Juneau Alaska area and shortly upon entering the Juneau Ice Flow from Taku Inlet I found a bunch of buildings right in the middle. Is this a mistake or an error on my end? Lat: 58°31'14.61"N Lon: 134° 5'45.95"W

  9. Started by Bobsk8,

    After getting MSFS 2020, I started probably within a week or so getting CTDs. One after another. I figured out that probably 50% of my flights were getting a CTD, usually from about the halfway point in a 120 mile flight , all the way to getting them on final approach. At this point, I was seriously considering getting P3D version 5, although I knew this was going to be a big let down after seeing how good MSFS can look, when it isn't crashing. I felt like every flight was like playing Russian Roulette with three bullets in a six shooter. Then someone posted about the CTD Vaccine on this forum, and after thinking about it , I decided to give it a try. I flew for ent…

    • 3 replies
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  10. Started by ADamiani,

    I just read a (quite informative and well reasoned) post by RXP. This is a brief excerpt: "For example the 10deg bug documented since at least 2004 at Avsim and for which Pete Dowson included a workaround back then. Or the F/D bars not working without a A/P mode which is due to the same code the franchise is reusing as-is form FS9 to P3D5 (I know, I must patch this one for the GTN and GNS and I wouldn't be surprised the same code is as-is in FS2020)." Now, I've been simming since 1982, so from FS1 to FS2, 3, 4, 5, 5.1, 95, 98, 00, 02, 04, X, P3D2, 3, 4 and now FS2020 I've heard this story a thousand times: "if only we could use all the new technologies ... …

    • 0 replies
    • 575 views
  11. Started by mazelda,

    Well all i can say is i'm glad i've not comitted to this sim yet. It seems for every update we go more to an alpha build than the previous update. Before the last update all seemed ok. Got my new pc built and all running smoothly checked msfs and all seemed fine. I did the latest update afew days ago but did not have time to use it but it launched fine and went to the main screen. But today went to run it and i got the please insert the game disc message. Which is a bit difficult as i have the digital version bought from the microsoft store! After a bit of hunting around the internet, it seems that this is quite a common message but the solutions are word…

    • 63 replies
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  12. Started by Boeing_Driver,

    My Steam version of the sim has had no issues up until now but for some reason, but I can no longer get it started. It crashes to desktop right after the Microsoft copyright page. Btw, it worked fine 24 hours ago but now that I'm back home, for some reason I can't get it going anymore. I've tried it from both the desktop icon and trying to launch it within Steam. It starts normally, goes through the X-Box, Asobo, and Blackshark AI pages and then the script for the 2020 Microsoft copyright page. Then I get the spinning circle at the lower right part of the screen and a CTD.

    • 10 replies
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  13. Started by LouP,

    Anyone have this installed and working in MSFS 2020? I am trying but every time I get near the place I have a CTD. LouP

    • 6 replies
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  14. Started by ThomseN_inc,

    As the title says...its either me being blind or it is the Arrow not being available at simmarket? Enlighten me please.

    • 3 replies
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  15. Another Amazing Freeware. South East coast of India, Chennai- VOMM from Avinash. Now we have 3 amazing freewares Airports for India all done by Avinash. VOHS (Hyderabad), VIDP (New Delhi) and now Chennai Intl VOMM. VOMM Chennai International Airport

    • 1 reply
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  16. I have the Aerosoft CRJ and would like to use whatever nav data is provided with the aircraft and also would like to use whatever is provided by MSFS to use with the A320nx and CJ4. I do not own any stand alone nav accounts like Navigraph. Anyone willing to show the way? This is so that I can use SimBrief to provide flight plans. Regards, Ray

    • 6 replies
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  17. Hey guys, so i decided to take the leap and start developping an aircraft. Its a weird one,i literally have no idea how its gonna turn out, or if it will ever come out, but hey, it'll give me some practice at least. A millions dollar to who's able to guess what the plane is gonna be 😄

    • 173 replies
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  18. Started by Zimmerbz,

    Let me preface this by saying, I am not asking what is better than the other. I know they are completely different planes with different methodology, etc. I have been flying the 320 for years (P3d FSlabs and now FBW in MSFS). Between the CRJ and the current FBW, which is more complete in terms of lack of bugs, smoothness. I realize the CRJ is brand new so things will pop up, and I really enjoy the FBW with my Airbus "experience" but always feel like I am chasing the 320... meaning, new updates and mods seem to fix one thing and break another, etc. So with that said, how complete is the CRJ out of the box as it relates to the FBW?

    • 6 replies
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  19. Started by Romeo_Tango,

    I have heard it is possible to have gauges pop up and moved around; could someone confirm that this is true, and if so please explain or share how this is accomplished. Thanks in advance.

  20. Not seen this before, but I have a continuing "Checking For Updates"! I've rebooted the PC, started the sim, but it just keeps checking for updates. Anyone else had this? Thanks Martin

    • 29 replies
    • 2.3k views
  21. Today's Developer Q&A is scheduled to begin at 10:30 AM PST, or 45 minutes from now, at: https://www.twitch.tv/msfsofficial Prepare yourselves! This Q&A will be split in three parts: Discussion around Sim Update 3, this is where the guided questions will probably be asked. Discussion around World Update 4, and a surprise announcement. Live question sequence. This is where you get to post your general questions in Twitch chat. Have fun, and don't forget to ask all the hard questions in the third part! 😉

    • 121 replies
    • 15.1k views
  22. Started by Sailor512,

    Hey guys, my appologies in advance if this should go to another subforum. I would like to download the Plan-G v4 Alpha that should be compatible with Msfs and is available via their forum, but I just dont manage to create an acoount there. You should receive a verification email, but on several tries I never get one - yes also looking in my Spam folder. As i can find no other means of communication with TA Software, I thought I'd try it here. Can anyone point me to a way I can get Plan-G? Or can you recommend a good alternative? I mainly use it for radio-navigation and really like the functionality of VOR radius and bearing lines to various beacon…

    • 6 replies
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  23. If you don't like to tap tap tap the trim button on your yoke and want a normal way to use the trim, go vote: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/elevator-trim-accelerates-if-being-held/375935 BTW, in P3D I used FSUIPC to solve this trimming issue. Is the same possible in MSFS? I'll go buy FSUIPC just for this if it works. I just don't get it, why is it so incredibly hard to make the trim function linear? Now, if you hold it for two seconds it accelerates like crazy. The only way is to tap it slowly but that's not the right way to do it. On the other hand I need to rotate that altitude knob forever to set 30000 feet. Makes sense.

    • 27 replies
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  24. Well, this is interesting. Twitch streamer "edwardthepilot," a real life certified and type rated CRJ pilot, says the MSFS CRJ is a huge step up from the P3D CRJ: https://clips.twitch.tv/BoringDeafGalagoPipeHype-sJm_kCuu1vvo-U-H This is interesting because edwarthepilot has been very critical of MSFS for the longest time on his stream. The fact that he has come out in favor of the CRJ, especially given that he is a type rated CRJ pilot, implies the CRJ for MSFS is very good. Edit: More comments by edwardthepilot on the MSFS CRJ: https://clips.twitch.tv/ZealousIntelligentPterodactylPanicVis-G9fhdeYGggZo5zK6

    • 39 replies
    • 6.7k views
  25. Started by cbreeze,

    Greetings, Can anyone please tell me if it makes a difference how you install this aircraft? MSFS store or directly from Just Flight? Thought I read somewhere that there was in terms of being able to access and tweak its files. I am using download version of MSFS. Thank you

    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views

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