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

New 7800x3d, 32gb ram and mobo.2TB nvme, as this SIM eats up the GBs. Then a second hand Asus 3080ti
Thrustmaster A10 warthog hotas.
Took a punt on Flight1 SIM pedals off eBay....couple of reviews said they are pretty decent and come with a damper. So overall cheaper than the vbk t rudders.

Pedals should be here in aug some time, I hope!
 
New 7800x3d, 32gb ram and mobo.2TB nvme, as this SIM eats up the GBs. Then a second hand Asus 3080ti
Thrustmaster A10 warthog hotas.
Took a punt on Flight1 SIM pedals off eBay....couple of reviews said they are pretty decent and come with a damper. So overall cheaper than the vbk t rudders.

Pedals should be here in aug some time, I hope!

Yeah I forgot how much space it took up and wondered why my SSD had less than 25GB left on it!
 

Another annual thread bump from me :D

Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th August sees the 17th annual 'Mid Summer Madness!' event at EGBB Birmingham on the VATSIM Network.

EGBB will be fully staffed from Delivery right up to London Control from 1100-2100 BST both days. No flight bookings - any aircraft, any time to and/or from EGBB.

There's some prizes on offer, courtesy of PMDG, MaccoSim, BritishAvgeek and Velocity Flight Training. Prizes will be awarded to the pilot who makes the longest flight (distance) to/from EGBB, the pilot who makes the most flights to/from EGBB and the remainder will be allocated to pilots at random. To be in with a chance of winning, you must be registered on the VATSIM UK Forum (community.vatsim.uk) as if you're a winner, we'll contact you via PM there.

Last year was our busiest event ever, where during the event hours, we saw 719 aircraft movements during event timings. Hopefully you can fly and help us beat that this year.

Follow on twitter for more info: @vatsimMSM

Hope to see you there.

Just ask if you've any questions about the event.

Cheers!
 
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One of the reasons i bought a v powerful computer recently was to get into this, spent the last few weeks modding it and the results are below:

MSFS1.jpg


I have recently got hold of the 787 Heavy Division mod as the default 787 has black cockpit screens randomly....but how do i add liveries to the Heavy Division mod?
 
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One of the reasons i bought a v powerful computer recently was to get into this, spent the last few weeks modding it and the results are below:

MSFS1.jpg


I have recently got hold of the 787 Heavy Division mod as the default 787 has black cockpit screens randomly....but how do i add liveries to the Heavy Division mod?
A photo of your monitor looks naff tbh, take a screenshot and it'll look a million times better.

Re liveries, search for Heavy Division on flightsim.to - there's loads of them. Download the ones you like and stick them in your community folder.
 
When FS2024 comes out next year, will you choose Steam or Windows store ... assuming it comes out on Steam too like 2022 did.

And of course, assuming you want to move to the new FS2024? Please no posts about how you wont or will, please read on ... I will, had every version since DOS and FS2.

But oh my after my recent PC build, had to start afresh, downloaded the whole Simulator again and I'm still adding my add-ons again as I type, always a slow process from MS store for me, its been a day now, 24 hrs plus, my downloads have never exceeded 2.4 MBS and my connection is quite capable of 75 MBS living near the cabinet from Sky.

Steam installs are furiously faster here.

Its not just the Microsoft vs Steam alternatives ... the MS store is still available on both versions, right?

But this new brand new FS2020 install from brand new Win 11 install too and sim seems more different than last time as well, sometimes better for the OS, sometimes more obtuse and making me jump through hoops, same for FS2020 install ???

I dont know why MS are so awkward? they do not let you have total control of Windows 11 unless you know of hacks or legitimate program workarounds like Start 11 I use ... at least some of FS2020 has to go on C:\ drive, the all important Community folder too that can get a bit bloated and would be better re-located to another larger capacity drive from within an install option at the beginning ... but no, cant be done with MS it seems.

Community folder can be moved later of course, but not without Hoops needing jumped through, lots of them.

They know about it, ASOBO have passed it on, they just dont care.

Great Simulator, bad implication.
 
No hoops to jump through at all. I have MSFS (store version) installed on one SSD and my Community folder is on another SSD. Neither are my C Drive. If I need to reinstall the sim, my addons are automatically/instantly installed using a program called MSFS Addon Manager.

Yes, I'll be moving to MSFS2024,  if there is sufficient improvement from 2020. Will be store version again, I don't use Steam.
 
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I dont know why MS are so awkward? they do not let you have total control of Windows 11 unless you know of hacks or legitimate program workarounds like Start 11 I use ... at least some of FS2020 has to go on C:\ drive, the all important Community folder too that can get a bit bloated and would be better re-located to another larger capacity drive from within an install option at the beginning ... but no, cant be done with MS it seems.
Not experienced these issues myself. I have the core sim installed with my main Steam library on S and the packages folder on my M drive. Have built a new system without having to download everything again. The packages folder can certainly be moved anywhere at any time.

I believe the same is possible with the MS Store version, I've got other MS Store games installed on M.
 
No hoops to jump through at all. I have MSFS (store version) installed on one SSD and my Community folder is on another SSD. Neither are my C Drive. If I need to reinstall the sim, my addons are automatically/instantly installed using a program called MSFS Addon Manager.

Yes, I'll be moving to MSFS2024,  if there is sufficient improvement from 2020. Will be store version again, I don't use Steam.


So can you tell me latest procedure to move Community folder from C:\ these days please? with no hassle? Please dont send 2022 google links or advice, because its all different now unfortuantly.

You cant even choose your own dedicated new 4:\ TB Drive called H:\ in my case for a brand new install called XBOXGames. I tried everything, a new install of FS2020 has to be installed on C:\ ... totally understand, but since my last install of sim, a year or so ago, cant choose my preffed folder called H:\FS2020 any more its GOT to be a new folder called ... XBOXGsames now ... sure all youre guys install will work ... until the day comes you need to re-instal again :)

The install procedure has changed again I'm afraid and I'm a Beta tester since this sim was released to us ... Its far from perfect ... you are talking from previous install you are happy with, and yes before, tried the various utilitys, no workie here my friend, FS2020 for a new instal is ever evolving with new hoops to jump each time.

I'm not joking.
 
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To move community folder all you do is move it then game realises the data isn't there and asks where the download the data from? Same as when you install the game?

On another note does FS2020 via steam have workshop mods as well? If not that'd be great for FS2024
 
To move community folder all you do is move it then game realises the data isn't there and asks where the download the data from? Same as when you install the game?
The location is in a config file. Edit that after moving the folder and it will start up next time as if nothing's changed.
 
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