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

[ralv585]

Any idea where I can find the .exe for the game?

I bought the game on the Microsoft Store, and looking to see if I can add it to my steam library, and use steam link to get in on living room tv.

I've managed to get the game running via desktop mode, but it won't recognise my controller.

 

[Digital X]

@ralv585 C:\Users\Username\Appdata\Local\Packages.

I can't seem to find it here, although it is suggested by the Windows forum...

 

[Jacky60]

I've pretty much given up with this now, just loading up to the runway the game eats all my ram and is a non stop stutter fest, unplayable.

I was using over 16GB yesterday before I got a refund. I'll come back to it in a year or so when I've done a big upgrade as 1080ti can't cut it at 4K and it doesn't support SLI.

 

[Teledude]

How do you download different areas?

 

[Jacky60]

Not a HOTAS, but my 17 year old Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick has mapped automatically. Even has a graphic of the actual stick showing the button numbers, and the onscreen prompts all sync up nicely. Shame it’s not the same for others, but they’ve done a great job with this stick.

And yet my MS Force feedback 2 stick is unmapped! WTF MS?? Unplayable.....

 

[physichull]

How do you download different areas?

I think its in a "manual caching" option - not tried it myself yet though.

 

[philmo]

I was reading a thread somewhere last night on how to download and save parts of the map

Maybe this one ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_K1cZF_kRo&t=0s

 

[chaparral]

Am downloading this now

Can't find or see anywhere that shows what speed it downloading at

Spoiler: Picture of Download

 

[SonicSW20]

Task manager will tell you.

 

[Teledude]

Task manager will show your download speed

 

[Supernova]

Am downloading this now

Can't find or see anywhere that shows what speed it downloading at

Open task manager and view network traffic. The bar on that download screen moves in chunks of around 0.5% so it looks like it’s doing nothing for whole minutes at a time.

The percentage is displayed to 2 decimal places but it updates the percentage to 1 decimal place. Microsoft logic.... It’s so ****.

 

[Madeddie]

I'd expect it to take at the very least 90 minutes due to the cap MS has and the way it deploys the package.
Running a 1Gbit internet connection and deploying to my M.2 drive from start to finish it took approx 90 mins for me.

Am download this now

Can't find anywhere that shows what speed it downloading at

 

[chaparral]

Thanks guys

I'd expect it to take at the very least 90 minutes due to the cap MS has and the way it deploys the package.
Running a 1Gbit internet connection and deploying to my M.2 drive from start to finish it took approx 90 mins for me.

It going take me a fair bit longer then 90minutes as i only have a 60mb line and it downloading around 40Mbps

 

[Viirus]

Having an issue with this installing to my C drive which isn't my gaming drive.

Any time I try to change the install folder for new apps in storage settings to change to my gaming drive it is giving the error 0x80070005. Lets me change all the other new content options to this drive, just not apps.

Anyone know of the fix for this?

 

[chaparral]

Having an issue with this installing to my C drive which isn't my gaming drive.

Any time I try to change the install folder for new apps in storage settings to change to my gaming drive it is giving the error 0x80070005. Lets me change all the other new content options to this drive, just not apps.

Anyone know of the fix for this?

I made a "MS Flight 2020" folder on my C drive and then choose it in the actual flight sim downloader/installer

 

[AMB73]

Am downloading this now

Can't find or see anywhere that shows what speed it downloading at

Task Manager/Performance tab should help

 

[ralv585]

@ralv585 C:\Users\Username\Appdata\Local\Packages.

I can't seem to find it here, although it is suggested by the Windows forum...

Yeah, I can't find it either, quite frustrating!

My monitor is 32"a so getting a nice big experience, but would have been awesome on the 65", guess I can wait for the Series X version, itwit the main reason to get it on the Microsoft Store.

 

[smr]

As well as new Graphics Cards being on the horizon, is it the same for CPUs and Motherboards?

 

[Chaos]

You need to change the direction of the compass of the obs, so for example of you are directly north of the beacon the needle will aline when you move the compass to either 360 or 180 depending on whether you want to go towards or away from the vor station.

This is a bit old and is based on FSX but its a good guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6JIyNG_8v8&list=PLPgR-UyZEDFp3z_sn_uVXEiVvtE5VKzSP&index=18

Thanks I'll check that out cheers.

 

[Buckster]

Did some flying over Abberton Reservoir in Essex during a storm yesterday

Not perfectly smooth as a lot of I/O going on what with screen capturing in the back ground but I'm amazed it's running as well as it does on my 8 year old CPU and 6 year old GPU

Once in storm skip to 3mins where come out the otherwise lots of grey lol