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

[Marky]

It was mainly the Heathrow airport i wanted..

So if you no buy the premium does that mean there just a blank space where Heathrow airport should be ?

No, it will just be less detailed (as it is created by AI mostly). I fully expect it to be detailed enough for most people though still.

 

[CHokKA]

It was mainly the Heathrow airport i wanted..

So if you no buy the premium version does that mean there just going be a blank space where the Heathrow airport should be ?

and does anyone know if you can upgrade the standard version to the deluxe or premium version later ?

All stuff in the game not handcrafted will be generated by an algorithm. So there will still be buildings and a realistic layout according to satellite data, but the buildings won't be exactly as they look in real life.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

23:00 tonight for us in the UK.

If you've done the region change you'll be able to play as soon as it finishes downloading. That may end up being 11pm though depending on your internet speed.

 

[Marky]

If you've done the region change you'll be able to play as soon as it finishes downloading. That may end up being 11pm though depending on your internet speed.

54GB out of 91GB down - I’ll let ya know what happens

*Prays Thanks to the Virgin Media Gods*

 

[Andr3w]

http://www.downloadcalculator.net/

Calculate your download time here ^^

 

[mrk]

Don't change your region or else you'll go to jail......

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-a-review/

 

[jamief]

http://www.downloadcalculator.net/

Calculate your download time here ^^

It isn't downloading all the time, it is downloading/verifying/extracting/acquiring licenses as it goes, so the time taken won't be easy to calculate.

 

[Marky]

I should hopefully be done in the next 10 - 15 minutes - 20GB left

Although Jamie is right - It stops every so often to extract/decompress etc.

 

[Marky]

Don't change your region or else you'll go to jail......

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-a-review/

Inmate 1: So... what you in here for?
Me: I changed the region on my PC so that I could play Flight Simulator a few hours before release date
Inmate 1: You stay away from me you psychopath!

 

[Moley]

Region change doesn't work for Steam it would seem.

 

[eggcup]

Region change doesn't work for Steam it would seem.

Steam have always been one step ahead.
Tried a VPN?

 

[Zeeflyboy]

Don't change your region or else you'll go to jail......

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-a-review/

Yikes, where do these idiots come from?

Hopefully MS slap them down for their over zealous efforts before they do any lasting damage to the community.

@eggcup wont help as steam isn’t doing a regionalised roll out.

 

[eggcup]

Don't change your region or else you'll go to jail......

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-a-review/

Im good actually I have one of these.

 

[Marky]

I've been stuck on 87GB for the past 10 minutes while it decompresses a file... So close

 

[Andr3w]

Don't change your region or else you'll go to jail......

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/microsoft-flight-simulator-a-review/

Everyone did the same thing for Gears 4. I haven't heard of anyone going to jail yet.

 

[Marky]

You would think with all the “calling home” that games do nowadays, that they’d be able to block the region loophole.

To be honest, I wish games could launch region free across the whole work at one specific time zone, but I assume it’s a legal thing...

Game is now fully downloaded and I am now flying! So once it’s downloaded, you’re good to go

 

[Zeeflyboy]

If you've done the region change you'll be able to play as soon as it finishes downloading. That may end up being 11pm though depending on your internet speed.

Actually it seems that depends on what version you are accessing... gamepass subscribers are having no issues (I guess because they don’t “own” the game), but seems if you bought the game, the discrepancy between regions is problematic. You can download fine, but when you try to play with your region as Kiribati you get an “insert disc” error, if you change it back to U.K. you get the “not released yet” error.

Mileage may vary, but at worst look at it as a preload.

 

[Dano]

Well I'll see you fellow law breakers inside

 

[Andr3w]

To be honest, I wish games could launch region free across the whole work at one specific time zone, but I assume it’s a legal thing...

Thats what steam does

 

[Marky]

Blimey - my PC is struggling

Time to play with the graphics controls