Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Thread

twoodster · 12 Aug 2020 at 18:36

Are we expecting to get a Steam preload of this or not? I'm guessing the latter!

MichaelAwkward · 12 Aug 2020 at 20:21

Cavallino said:
For our expert simmers out there... I noticed some planes use a joystick, others a yoke.

So when you you want to fly a plane with a yoke, do you switch from a joystick to yoke and vice versa?
Or do you just use whatever you have at hand?

Just use whatever you have regardless of the aircraft unless you're really hardcore and can afford to have both. I prefer a joystick (original T16000m) and I have the TWCS throttle too.

I did wonder whether I could somehow to get my Logitech Driving Force GT pedals working for the rudder also. Never tried that in FSX.

Zeeflyboy · 12 Aug 2020 at 20:25

@MichaelAwkward Yeah you could if you wanted to

Hodders · 12 Aug 2020 at 21:49

VortexA1 said:
I had the Acorn Archimedes! Brings back lovely memories.

It was an amazing machine for it's time. Did my final year uni project on it. Coded speech recognition involving machine coding fft routines. A delight to use in every way...

Still remember the flight sim on the BBC model b. Wire frame River with a bridge you could fly under!

wolfie138 · 13 Aug 2020 at 08:18

first sim I tried was Aviator on the beeb, we thought it awesome at the time.

Andr3w · 13 Aug 2020 at 08:48

twoodster said:
Are we expecting to get a Steam preload of this or not? I'm guessing the latter!

Not heard anything but I hope so. The basic game is around 120GB

picnic · 13 Aug 2020 at 11:14

My first HD was the same ST506 but for my Atari ST. Cost £720 as well :eek:

Chaos · 13 Aug 2020 at 13:24

Looking forward to this, not played a flight sim in a while.

This website looks interesting for places to visit -

https://flightloc.com/locations

And some Flying lessons -

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnjaM9eVs4pvHFgcSAkepEbWwQpGtbY5c

phil-k · 13 Aug 2020 at 16:46

https://youtu.be/ahNcj4i5l5I
Walking in the environment
This looks so good, will make the game a lot more immersive

physichull · 13 Aug 2020 at 16:55

It seems as though PMDG are talking to Navigraph who will incorporate the charts into the planes I guess. Similar to avitab on the zibo mod for example. I think! There was a lot of technical gobbledegook! I'm still not sure whether a Navigraph subscription is useful or not!

Somebody help me out here, I've just had a double Bulleit and Coke and can't concentrate anymore!

Litmoose · 14 Aug 2020 at 01:22

physichull said:
It seems as though PMDG are talking to Navigraph who will incorporate the charts into the planes I guess. Similar to avitab on the zibo mod for example. I think! There was a lot of technical gobbledegook! I'm still not sure whether a Navigraph subscription is useful or not!

Somebody help me out here, I've just had a double Bulleit and Coke and can't concentrate anymore!

I've just asked exactly the same question as you else where. Even after watching that I'm none the wiser if having Navigraph sub actually has any advantage over the new default MS system which will be auto updated. Lot's of blah blah blad in that video

physichull · 14 Aug 2020 at 08:07

I just subscribe once every so often to get a quick update then cancel.

For me, it seems as though you can just use the Navblue data that will be updated by MS regularly (I think), though I'm not sure charts will be a feature at launch and may be sold separately on the market. If that is the case, and the price is reasonable, I don't see a need for Navigraph.

The only other point of concern, is that if PMDG only solely allow for Navigraph data on their planes - in terms of what nav data they might use on the tablet in the cockpit. Hopefully there isn't some awkward restriction that means it won't integrate with the navblue data, though I'd be surprised if that were the case.

SuperOwl86 · 14 Aug 2020 at 09:06

A number of people are now streaming on twitch.

Zeeflyboy · 14 Aug 2020 at 10:13

Seems some have got the release version and embargo lifted today from what squirrel said in his 787 video

physichull · 14 Aug 2020 at 10:37

Indeed, though Chewwy94 has been reporting some fairly low frames with a 9900k and a 2080ti on medium to high settings. I think he needs to tweak his setup a bit, but seemed a little contrary to the performance I've seen in other vids. He is playing at 4k though, I'll be at 2k.

andy_mk3 · 15 Aug 2020 at 01:04

physichull said:
Indeed, though Chewwy94 has been reporting some fairly low frames with a 9900k and a 2080ti on medium to high settings. I think he needs to tweak his setup a bit, but seemed a little contrary to the performance I've seen in other vids. He is playing at 4k though, I'll be at 2k.

I have butter smooth performance, gtx1080 at 1440p high settings.

SuperOwl86 · 15 Aug 2020 at 08:52

Just downloading now on gamepass.

picnic · 15 Aug 2020 at 08:55

Were you on the beta @SuperOwl86 ? Does it install to a new location side-by-side with the beta?

phil-k · 15 Aug 2020 at 09:09

With the Steam version does it make any difference to the performance with Steam running in the background

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2020 at 10:37

Zeeflyboy said:
@MichaelAwkward Yeah you could if you wanted to

Oh sweet - will definitely give this a go. Thanks

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