johnost Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Just installed Update VIII - everything works fine. I checked Content Manager and completed all updates. Content Manager now says Space Used is 105.48 GB. Going to my Steam installation C://Users/Administrator/AppData/ - - - - /Microsoft Flight Simulator/ the MSFS folder is 202 GB - this is for Premium DeLuxe with a few addons. What is the difference of nearly 100 GB? Is that all technical program stuff, or do I have a lot of extra junk in the program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patinthedesert Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Premium deluxe is going to take more space, for the additional planes available. But I don't think it would add up to 100 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbiosca Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I know for sure that add-ons in the Community folder are not included in the Space Used statement in Content Manager. Not sure if that covers the whole difference, though. Windows 10 Home - Intel i7 9700 4.70GHz - 32Gb DDR4 RAM - GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6Gb - Kingston 512Gb SSD - Internet 1Gbps (test 600+ Mbps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobalt Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) If you use Add-on Linker and store all your add-ons outside of the MSFS folder (preferably on on a different drive), your add-ons will occupy zero space in MSFS. (For those who don't know, Add-on Linker places only links, not actual files, in Community). Also, it may be useful to know that the mandatory updates to MSFS typically add very little in terms of disc space (a few GB), since most of the update files replace old ones. Edited March 29, 2022 by cobalt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 The base sim also has a base set of scenery data for the entire world to use when the online scenery has been disabled or isn't available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Thanks loki - that makes a lot of sense! The Community folder is only 5 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobalt Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 The base sim also has a base set of scenery data for the entire world to use when the online scenery has been disabled or isn't available. But be aware that the off-line scenery is vastly inferior to the normal (online) scenery. It is like going back 10 years or more -- maybe better than nothing, but not very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 But be aware that the off-line scenery is vastly inferior to the normal (online) scenery. It is like going back 10 years or more -- maybe better than nothing, but not very enjoyable. No it isn't as good as the streamed scenery, however, it is still better than the default that came with FSX, especially for areas outside of the US. It also takes up more space than the default FSX scenery did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobalt Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 No it isn't as good as the streamed scenery, however, it is still better than the default that came with FSX, especially for areas outside of the US. It also takes up more space than the default FSX scenery did. Our experiences with the offline scenery are different. I will admit that mine has been very limited, because the internet is rarely down for a protracted period so I have had little need for it. But the offline scenery I have seen, once I am outside the cached area, is pretty primitive -- I would say definitely inferior to FSX. For me, offline is a last resort, but to each his (or her) own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 I have never even looked at the offline scenery. Maybe someday I will try. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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