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The Microsoft scam guys seems to have given up on me - no calls for a long, long time... but calls to extend the warranty on my 15 year old Maxima: Still get those. And now Amazon keeps calling me to say someone bought an IPhone on my account for such and such amount - but I don't have a Bezos account.

I found that jetways seem to work more often than not on FSX default aircraft...

I've flown MSFX 2020 via Xbox on my PC to give a go - but I find it way overly-complicated than necessary esp. "drone" views, and the camera angles. Plus I need a new gaming PC to run it (It drives up the temps in my GPU NVIDIA GForce GTX 970 way up in the danger zone).

 

I too have been using FSX for years and have mucho $$$ in it - so I'll bide my time a while until the price of GPU's perhaps comes down some(?)

I told my story several times in this and the other Forum. In brief, someone gave me a copy of MS FS ver. 1 in 1984, and then I got version 2, (which I played on a NYC government PC in my office). and it was off to the FS races. Later purchased my own PC. Bought Flight Unlimited, and IFly after that, and it was off to the flight sim races. Purchased every edition of MS FS (except FS95 which was a turkey).

 

Now I'm trying to fly with MS2020 - should get a new upgraded gaming PC. But I probably do not have that many more years 'till MS fixes all the remaining bugs in 2020...

So, why would you still want to mess around with discs (or a questionable USB) when FSX-STEAM is so cheap, plus almost hassle-free? (I know 'cause I've had Steam more than 5 years).

No problem in southern Florida...

Gone fishin'...

Oh, MSFS2020 is plenty complex:

 

Maybe too complex and for many wrong reasons; and maybe too complex to fix all the recurring problems. (My main peeve is the really crazy and overly-complicated camera system). Perhaps the obvious answer is a modest proposal: Go back and virtually start all over - create a MSFS2020, Version II over time. After all, there were about 12 previous MS versions. But keep the amazing scenery.

 

So Asobo - Maybe next time, as they say, just "Keep it Simple, stupid!"

FS9 - Kind of like dumping your smart TV and going back to black and white television...

Looks like a UFO... Probably could fly rings around an F-16.

Well, your tall tales of flying machines always get a two thumbs up from me!

The control + num del keys never work for me either for any aircraft . I always have to release it with the mouse on the brake lever..

Yes, stick with FS9 for now - you probably will have a lot of stutters with FSX, plus low FPS with you current system...

I personally hate 3D cockpits, always have, and I've been simming since FS Ver. I. Hate having to start searching for instruments readouts (after scanning for traffic left or right) while tying to land or takeoff, etc. So I sure hope MSFS will incorporate a 2D panel someday - maybe even via payware?

I have FSX-Steam - when I tried to install FSXSAVE it said I needed SDP2 and would not install: I thought the Steam system included SP2?

Smokin!

Great story presentation, and perhaps a somewhat unique post in the annals of the Flightsim Forum...

Incredible does not even come close to describing those shots!

I installed FSX-Steam in early 2016 with Windows 10 - Except for some minor issues, Iv'e had very few problems since then... (Perhaps you should also think about installing Win 10)?

 

Plus, long posts are easier to read with some paragraphs...

Now that ranks as one of the stranger replies to a post - but in fact, soup does tend to soothe the soul...

My friend recently bought me a rather high-end Celestron telescope for this past XMas. It's computer-controled, but I still want to learn to be able locate and recognize celestial objects from memory - perhaps your spreadsheet may help(?) So thanks for that...

It looks like a nuclear device went off in the background?

I see from many internet postings that around 80C is about the max temp. esp. TOMS PC technical info on GTX970's. So I'll try it a few more times.

 

However, that's it running at FS 2020 minimum settings - so I think I may eventually get a better rig with updated hardware...

 

But thanks.

Yes! MSFS2020 should have been called FS11.

 

I have the NVIDIA Gforce GTX 970 that I purchased with a gaming PC about 5 years ago. It works fine on FSX, but when I tried it on "FS 11", the temperature on the GPU shot up to over 80 degrees C. So I shut it down: Did not want to possibly damage the GPU. (But I had no stutters and decent FPS).

 

So until I buy a new gaming rig, I've gone back to FSX for now...

Instant gratification has become a cliche for a certain generations of folks.

 

But it certainly appears that MSFS 2020 will keep flyers waiting for all the necessary fixes and wish list features for quite a while, possibly for the rest

of 2021... I still have my FSX-Steam handy just in case I too get fed-up.