**** Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Thread ****

[Jim Jervis]

Simple open steam and it should auto update a circa 300mb patch.

ok thanks, just didn't see the update loading, maybe i missed it. Edit, yup, just checked version installed and it has updated.

 

[Brazo]

Got that new OrbX GB central the other day. It’s pretty good, excellently detailed landmarks. The only problem is that some bits, like stadiums, pop up really late. I don’t know if it’s the addons fault or the sims fault.

Definitely worth £9 though.

I’m a sucker for orbx stuff!

 

[robfosters]

I’m a sucker for orbx stuff!

Yeah, they’re definitely among the very best of flight sim add on developers.

They’re more a publishing company now tbh. A lot of their stuff is done by other developers, submitted to them and they review and decide whether it’s good enough for them to retail or not.

 

[Zeeflyboy]

Does anyone else have the issue where whenever there is an update (mandatory) released, the game will not ******* update!?

I've had this now for the last 2 updates, and now with this new hotfix won't update.

I launch the game, get the message about the mandatory update which then launches Microsoft store. Do the usual check for updates and nothing. It's an endless loop. The ONLY way I could fix it (ie play the ******* game) the last 2 times was to completely uninstall and reinstall it. It's a massive download and I can't be doing with having to redownload everything, every time there's an update - takes about 2 days!

Normally no, although once I've had to launch the game for it to then find there was an update available.

This time however, the thing simply wouldn't show an update on the store (windows or xbox) no matter how many times I rebooted, tried to run the game (which would then kick me out telling me I needed to update, only to fail to find me an update in the store).

The only solution for me was to restart gaming services, then the update appeared. Clearly a MS store issue rather than an Asobo specific issue, but infuriating none the less. Make sure also that you aren't relying on a reboot to try and fix things, do a full shutdown (hold shift key while clicking shut down, or open an elevated command prompt and type "shutdown /s /f /t 0").

Do you have the xbox app installed?

 

[picnic]

I had one friend struggling to get the update to download, turns out he needed to update lots of other Store apps first.

 

[Rexxar]

I see this (The basic version) has now made it's way to game-pass , Only have a Gamepad .. Worth installing or is the experience not worth it without "proper" controls? Interested to see what people are playing with.

 

[Zeeflyboy]

Gamepad works well for a casual experience IMO.

 

[Brazo]

I see this (The basic version) has now made it's way to game-pass , Only have a Gamepad .. Worth installing or is the experience not worth it without "proper" controls? Interested to see what people are playing with.

I think it’s been on game pass from day 1.

Be warned I started with a game pad (which is fine) and then bought a joystick and then a throttle quadrant and then pedals and then a second throttle quadrant…::

 

[robfosters]

The hotfix has definitely improved the clouds. Got some absolutely gorgeous screenies today flying through heavy cloud cover.

 

[OverDrive]

Would someone pls. confirm the version number after the second SU5 hot fix?

Many thanks.

 

[Rexxar]

I think it’s been on game pass from day 1.

Be warned I started with a game pad (which is fine) and then bought a joystick and then a throttle quadrant and then pedals and then a second throttle quadrant…::

Thanks for the warning! Partly why i stopped playing ETS 2 !

 

[McGraw]

Why would I be getting less than my target FPS when CPU and GPU both well under 100%…say 85/65%?

installed on a dedicated SSD

thanks

 

[robfosters]

Why would I be getting less than my target FPS when CPU and GPU both well under 100%…say 85/65%?

installed on a dedicated SSD

thanks

What do you mean by target FPS? Is it a figure in your head that you want to achieve?

 

[Zeeflyboy]

Would someone pls. confirm the version number after the second SU5 hot fix?

Many thanks.

1.18.15.0

Why would I be getting less than my target FPS when CPU and GPU both well under 100%…say 85/65%?

installed on a dedicated SSD

thanks

Most likely main thread limited (or other CPU limit)... You can check if you turn on dev mode and enable the frame counter - it'll tell you the limiting factor. CPU being at 65% ultimately means nothing and it can still be your limiting factor, it's not really as simple as when looking at GPU utilisation.

 

[robfosters]

The ATC is really getting me down now with the altitude. It’s completely broken.

I really hope Asobo realise how much of a problem this is and fix it.

 

[chrismscotland]

The ATC is really getting me down now with the altitude. It’s completely broken.

I really hope Asobo realise how much of a problem this is and fix it.

Is this the issue where it constantly tells you to get to altitude even though your already there?

 

[robfosters]

Is this the issue where it constantly tells you to get to altitude even though your already there?

Yep

 

[PieEater]

The ATC is really getting me down now with the altitude. It’s completely broken.

I really hope Asobo realise how much of a problem this is and fix it.

Barometric pressure set correctly?

 

[robfosters]

Barometric pressure set correctly?

Yes. Correct QNH to transition altitude followed by STD setting.

 

[McGraw]

What do you mean by target FPS? Is it a figure in your head that you want to achieve?

Yes, I would expect sync on would give me 60fps at less than 100% cpu/gpu utilisation.

Thinking of going for a 5800x. Hope it improves my experience.