Steam cleaned

[Aptosflier]

Having given up on the Steam Edition of MSFS 2020, and having uninstalled all of it in all its sundry parts after--well forget the sordid details--I decided to repurchase MSFS 2020 from the Microsoft Store and start over again. So I logged in, paid my money, and was presented with an "install" screen. There was a notice to the left of the green install button informing me that "you already own this game." Well cool, I thought, maybe they're not really charging me. I clicked on install and nothing happened. I clicked again, and nothing happened, again. Doing the same thing over and over again--what I'd previously been doing with Steam uninstalls, reinstalls, etc.--being the definition of idiocy, I signed out and signed in again, thinking that might lead to a different outcome. It did not. Then checking my Visa account online, I saw that MSFT had charged me for the game. Accepting that for whatever reason, Microsoft was not going to let me install it from their site, I went back to the MSFT store and requested a refund (which I got within the hour). Then, back to Steam I went, logging in, reinstalling their app, and reinstalling MSFS 2020 for the umpteenth time.

 

After launching the sim and taking it for a couple of spins around the Watsonville airport in the Beech Baron G58--one of which ended in the bushes past the far end of the runway; no report of injuries or fatalities yet--I can report that MSFS seems to be running just dandy now--on "high" settings yet. I'm giving the poor sim a rest for the remainder of the day, so as not to overtax its apparently delicate sensibilities.

[Apollo212]

Hi i am so pleased you have found the mark cant believe I microsft they quick to take your money they could have said are you sure you want it as you already have it greedy feckers any good luck and take take it easy.I am a complete Novice when it comes to flight sim but I am learning something every day I have a Meager 200hrs clocked its a great sim but takes time to get setting right I read somewhere that the preset at the top of the settings page are the way to go There is Ultra ,high end,Medium ,and low end ,what they do is give you a balanced Image quality and speed best to keep your native resolution hope this helps a bit .make a not of your settings now and give one of the presets a go cant do any harm lol.

 

Kind regards

Andrew

Edited March 26, 2021 by Apollo212