AFAIK you can't.
Also, if your Windows Store games aren't on your OS drive then save yourself a headache: delete them before formatting your OS drive or reinstalling Windows.
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AFAIK you can't.
Also, if your Windows Store games aren't on your OS drive then save yourself a headache: delete them before formatting your OS drive or reinstalling Windows.
Copy the folder you installed it to when it did the initial and subsequent patch update phases, you can simply copy it back that way. You'll still need to install the launcher as usual but the data that it downloads is restorable.
You can, did it myself
You can, did it myself
Fair enough.
Hasn't worked for me on the times I've tried it, with the games installed to a second drive. I know I'm not the only one here who has had this problem too; a lot of discussion on this over the past year in the Game Pass thread.
Obviously you fly, but what do you actually do in this game and is the main attraction fun or relaxing? I've always found it interesting, but never ventured into a flight sim. I bought a cheap HOTAS (a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X) for Elite Dangerous all those years back and never really got the hang of it, nor for Star Citizen, and ended up finding M&KB more playable. Is it better to play this kind of game with a HOTAS or is M&KB a legitimate option?
Hotas or 360 pad, mouse and keyboard is a bit grim
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1.9.5 patch incoming if you look in Content manager there will be updates that says you need this patch thats not out yet
Hope they fix the 747 as well as the 787
Hope they fix the 747 as well as the 787
Thought i better join this thread since i do a bit of virtual flying. I have been heavily into flight sims since MS 2004, then FSX, X-Plane 11 and now this. I know there are a lot of issues with MSFS but even so, It is still a work of art. If you are happy bush flying then it really is hard to beat. Perfomance wise i have never seen a flight sim run so well off the bat. Heck the system in my sig with my old 2080 struggled in X-Plane 11 in 4k. MSFS was running at pretty much all high settings in 4K and the icing on the cake for me was my new GPU. This sim is going to be supported for the next ten years and i am blown away with it already. Another year or so down the line we will have plenty of 3rd party AC. I for one will be looking forward to the PMDG release which could be a year from now. Till then i will make do the the Neo fly by wire mod and the TBM. More work needed on the 747/787 but i am sure they will get there with time.
Everyone should enjoy it the best they can. Still blows me away eveytime i see a sunrise/sunset in the sim.
Below is a pic of my setup. TrackIR is a must for the sim! Honeycomb bravo is on pre-order, looking forward to its arrival. Also a set of the Thrustmaster T-Flight pedals on the floor which will be replaced when the Charlie pedals get released next year.
Everyone should enjoy it the best they can. Still blows me away eveytime i see a sunrise/sunset in the sim.
Below is a pic of my setup. TrackIR is a must for the sim! Honeycomb bravo is on pre-order, looking forward to its arrival. Also a set of the Thrustmaster T-Flight pedals on the floor which will be replaced when the Charlie pedals get released next year.
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Hi all, i have been watching video after video of MS Flight Simulator game play and decided to pull the trigger.
I am looking to buy a Yoke and Throttle to start me off.
Yoke I am looking at: Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls (when they come back in stock)
Throttle: Logitech G Saitek Pro throttle quadrant or TCA Quadrant Airbus Edition
Any changes do you think i should make? Budget of around £350 maybe £400.
I am looking to buy a Yoke and Throttle to start me off.
Yoke I am looking at: Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls (when they come back in stock)
Throttle: Logitech G Saitek Pro throttle quadrant or TCA Quadrant Airbus Edition
Any changes do you think i should make? Budget of around £350 maybe £400.
If you're new to flying then do some tutorials, learn some basics of instrument flying, fly VOR's, how to fly a radial etc. If you know all that stuff then fly to interesting places, sign up to OnAir, FSeconomy or a Virtual Airline and so some flying with them. Or find a group flight to join for a casual fly.
Good choice with the honeycomb yoke. I have one and it is fantastic. If you are definitely going down the route of a yoke then you 100% need rudder pedals. Mapping the rudder to buttons is a terrible idea. Rudder on a joystick is fine using the twist axis but that is not an option with the yoke. Don't let it put you off buying a yoke though as you could pick up a set of cheap thrustmaster rudder pedals for around £70-£80.
I have also pre-ordered the Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant. Should be with me around the start if December of all goes well.
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Good choice with the honeycomb yoke. I have one and it is fantastic. If you are definitely going down the route of a yoke then you 100% need rudder pedals. Mapping the rudder to buttons is a terrible idea. Rudder on a joystick is fine using the twist axis but that is not an option with the yoke. Don't let it put you off buying a yoke though as you could pick up a set of cheap thrustmaster rudder pedals for around £70-£80.
I have also pre-ordered the Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant. Should be with me around the start if December of all goes well.
Nice setup; I've got the Airbus Stick and Throttle pre-ordered; I don't think I've got space for the yoke!
Good choice with the honeycomb yoke. I have one and it is fantastic. If you are definitely going down the route of a yoke then you 100% need rudder pedals. Mapping the rudder to buttons is a terrible idea. Rudder on a joystick is fine using the twist axis but that is not an option with the yoke. Don't let it put you off buying a yoke though as you could pick up a set of cheap thrustmaster rudder pedals for around £70-£80.
I have also pre-ordered the Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant. Should be with me around the start if December of all goes well.
I've ordered both the Honeycomb yoke and Airbus stick and throttle. I plan to map rudder to the stick twist axis for now and get rudder pedals early next year. I like the Honeycomb throttle but didnt want to commit to that cost just yet, something i might consider next year or just get another airbus throttle to add to the one the stick comes with.
I think the first round of VR will only support Windows Mixed Reality headsets with support for Oculus etc to follow at a later date. I'm signed up for the beta but I bet they'll be no more interested in me than they were with the original alpha/beta phase. I've got a HP Reverb so should meet the basic requirements.
Reverb G2 is the plan personally, but the quest 2 will be great for it I’m sure.
Performance will the the interesting bit - both the Quest 2 and the G2 will be extremely demanding. I’m assuming reprojection will likely be a necessity until some serious optimisations occur for this game or we hit the next generation of cards after RTX3000s/RX6000s (and probably CPUs too, although if they improve core scaling over time that won’t be an issue).
In that regard the Quest 2 should actually be great because for all their foibles Oculus is, in my opinion, the clear leader with ATW and ASW vs the steam and WMR equivalents to date.
Good choice with the honeycomb yoke. I have one and it is fantastic. If you are definitely going down the route of a yoke then you 100% need rudder pedals. Mapping the rudder to buttons is a terrible idea. Rudder on a joystick is fine using the twist axis but that is not an option with the yoke. Don't let it put you off buying a yoke though as you could pick up a set of cheap thrustmaster rudder pedals for around £70-£80.
I have also pre-ordered the Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant. Should be with me around the start if December of all goes well.
Cheap at £70-80?
Nice set up though, Im going to grab a yoke as well.
What size screen?
I have a couple of 27" screens and a couple of 24" but I read multi screens arent supported yet?
Cheap at £70-80?
Nice set up though, Im going to grab a yoke as well.
What size screen?
I have a couple of 27" screens and a couple of 24" but I read multi screens arent supported yet?
I've seen on the official forums and reddit that people have multiple screens already, so I think it's supported.
Not sure if it's new because of the update, but I've seen my first instances of fog/cloud at low level going through forests, thought that looked pretty cool.