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7 hours ago, snave said:

You MAY purchase, but I don't see ANY discount for the previous purchases. SO no you can't. One used to be able to purchase using `Flightsim Credits` but I have no interest, nor knowledge as to how one goes about such a thing, nor the ACTUAL cost... Last time I looked, the cost was the same as the original purchase. Has that now changed? What about discounts for all the sub-par purchases of the previous lacklustre versions? I am not paying again for something so unfinished, without superb discount.

Whether you agree with the pricing or not, the bundles in the Marketplace are how you upgrade editions. So yes, you can upgrade editions.

27 minutes ago, Nels_Anderson said:

 

This FAQ seems to apply specifically to the Xbox version. What about the PC version?

 

Same thing for the PC version.

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Q: Can I upgrade editions?

A: Yes it is possible to purchase Upgrade bundles from the in-game Marketplace, but the most cost-efficient way to purchase Microsoft Flight Simulator is to buy the edition you are interested in. If you purchase an upgrade from the Marketplace, it is more advantageous to purchase the Premium Deluxe Upgrade.

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017706059-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-FAQ

4 hours ago, snave said:

No, you can't. HOW does one do such a thing? And be exact, there's a good chap.

Per Microsoft's FAQ:

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Can I upgrade editions?

• Yes, it is possible to purchase Upgrade bundles from the in-game Marketplace.

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402318233874-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Xbox-FAQ

28 minutes ago, lnuss said:

It's great that you are fixing things, getting things more suited to FS specifics, but at least please give some notice and, perhaps, a note on the previous URL explaining what happened.

I have to agree with Larry on the communication part, especially with changes such as the URL that stop people from getting into the site and/or forums.

2 hours ago, Mac6737 said:

"ingame/insim settings" is utterly meaningless to me.

What he's asking is whether you have checked the settings in the sim to make sure nothing has changed. Sometimes an update will change a setting or two.

2 hours ago, Mac6737 said:

And of course I have many things in Community, but I had no problems before the update.

Try removing everything from the Community folder, and then running the sim. Some add-ons need to be updated after a sim update and can cause problems until then. If this fixes the problem, add the add-ons back one at a time, or in small groups if you have lots, until you isolate the one causing problems.

34 minutes ago, Cricket29 said:

Please forgive me and disregard my last entry.  I found how to view the entire aircraft.

I just need to be patient and explore the site more thoroughly.

I'm actually liking this site more and more each time I visit.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Note that the best place for feedback and questions about the new layout is the New Forum Software section.

https://forums.flightsim.com/forums/forum/165-new-forum-software/

4 hours ago, Cas141 said:

Have you flown it "as real". So many youtube videos show it being flown Arcade, outside view behind the plane, (is that X box flying?).  That, I don't want!

You can fly from the cockpit or external views as you like. Here's a pilot using MSFS to teach flying with both cockpit and external views.

1 hour ago, Adrian K said:

works fine here

It works fine for me going through just my ISP's connection, but when I connected my VPN through an Austrian server, I get a 403 error. Looks like there is an issue somewhere along the way for Austrian connections. Is there some sort of geoblocking or filtering going on?

1 hour ago, Goatman24 said:

1. It looks like there are 3 prices for MSFS 2020 depending on which version you purchase. What else do I need to run the program? I don't know much about what Steam is and I don't use X-Box. Do I need to use Steam to run the program? Other options? What does Steam cost? I assume it is a monthly charge? I currently do not have my system connected to the internet as I did this to protect my system from malware. I am only interested in running the flight simulator and not other games. 

The two primary ways to purchase MSFS are the Microsoft Store or Steam. Both are online digital stores for games and other software, and neither require a subscription. The advantage with the Microsoft Store is that it allows you to install the sim on both a Windows PC as well as an Xbox Series X or S console. Many people already had Steam accounts, so it was easy to buy one more game or sim from it.

Microsoft does have a subscription option, Xbox Game Pass. This can be useful as you can sign up for the first month for only $1 and try any of the available games, including MSFS. After that you can either keep the subscription if access to the other games is worth it for you, or cancel and buy the sim outright.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/pc-game-pass

MSFS is heavily dependent on the internet, so not having your PC connected is going to remove some of the major reasons for using the sim, such as the photogrammetry and streamed scenery data. Also, I've had trouble running the sim offline in the past as well whereby it forgets that it was authenticated and refuses to run.

Di you build the PC yourself, or buy it pre-built?

5 hours ago, Barkingside said:

I haven't come across a single FSX Gold addon that does not work on FSXSE. It would be interesting to see a list. 

Probably the biggest issue with the Steam edition was that you could install it alongside the original boxed version. In this case the Steam Edition would create separate config and registry settings that add-ons, mostly commercial ones, wouldn't recognize without an update. If you only installed FSX SE on the computer, it would create identical config and registry to the boxed version and would essentially appear identical to add-ons.

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58 minutes ago, Cas141 said:

Hello.

Now that FSX PMDG 747 is no longer available to purchase, I see there are some sites from which it can be downloaded for free.?
This seems too good to be true, so is it?

Also, if and when downloaded, does it still need to be activated or whatever online.?
 

I only play FSX offline, so the answer to the last question may save further query

TIA

Yep, that would very much be in the "too good to be true" category, aka piracy. Unless PMDG have released it for free themselves, consider it still very much under their control. Those pirated downloads could very well have some unwelcome additions included too.

What resolution are you running at?

Looks like with the way the forums have been migrated over the MSFS Screenshots appears to be for MSFS 2020 only, whereas in the old forums it was for all MS flight sims. Not sure we really need separate screenshot forums as it seemed to work well before. Might be good to leave some feedback in the New Forum Software section.

I'm still a little afraid of making the right steps. I currently have two WD 500 Gb M.2 NVMe SSDs. The C: has Windows 10 and MSFS on it. I would like to set mine up like yours where I have Windows only on the C:, and MSFS and my add-ons on my new Samsung 2 TB, i.e., D:. I'm wondering if I should go ahead and clone the C drive to the D drive, and then figure out how to get rid of the duplicate OS on D:. Or if maybe it would be easier to uninstall all of my MSFS software off of C: and just start a fresh D: with MSFS only. I hope that was clearer than mud. I'm not an advanced user. Thanks for the help.

In this case it is probably easier to uninstall and reinstall MSFS to the new drive. Be aware that a small portion will still end up on the C: drive, but you can point the installer to the D: drive for the bulk of the sim data. The contents of the Community folder should be easily copied over. I have my MSFS Packages and Community folder under G:\MSFS, for example. This will give you plenty of room for the sim, while leaving Windows alone on the C: drive. The down side of reinstalling will be the time needed to download the sim again, however.

Have you tried installing from within the Xbox app in Windows? Also, have you gone through the troubleshooting steps from the links below?

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015760660

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405340433042-Advanced-Troubleshooting-How-to-troubleshoot-games-and-apps-from-Microsoft-Store

He's referring to GameBoster or other memory reduction tools. I tend to agree - a single Chrome tab can easily consume 100+MB of memory on my machine, but with 32GB it doesn't matter at all.

 

Really, anyone with a machine less than a decade old should no longer be memory constrained with any flight simulator.

 

Cheers!

The other piece that people miss is that the Windows memory manager will move the data from inactive and background applications to the page file to make room for the currently active program, if needed.

Well, fair enough. That's pretty cool and I had no idea this existed!

 

You learn something new every day, I guess...

Always a good day when you learn something new.

Another way to think of keeping things in sync is that is exactly what the various multi-player games and sims have been doing for decades now. You don't need to transfer a lot of data for it to work (position, speed, direction etc.), and really just need to be able to send it fast enough to keep each computer in sync. Each individual computer will handle the heavy lifting, such ass rendering the actual images sent to their monitors etc.

Not sure why people think syncing multiple computers would be a problem when FSX was able to do what the OP asked using WideView over a network. And using multiple monitors on one computer wouldn't require SLI either (it also isn't supported on current GPUs anyways).

The big question is whether MSFS has the support and/or APIs to allow connecting more than one instance of the sim to do so, which I don't think it does. Another problem would be the way the licensing works with the Microsoft Store and Steam allowing for installing on multiple computers, but only being able to run the sim on one at a time. Not sure either store would allow for buying multiple copies for your own use, so you would probably need a second account, which will get messy.

At the moment the best solution is to try using multiple monitors connected to one PC. If you need more ports for the additional monitors, you would need an additional GPU.

Edit: Should have read the WideView site in more detail as it does appear to support MSFS and would allow for what the OP was asking. It does look like you would need to use separate Microsoft Store or Steam accounts for each PC in order to buy multiple copies of the sim.

https://www.wideview.it/downloads/wideview-2021-manual.pdf