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I'm sure Microsoft is monitoring VR support, as they would with all other features. Looking around elsewhere, I don't think it's going anywhere and, if anything, I suspect Microsoft will be more likely to change their stance on VR support with their consoles than drop VR on the PC. And I was referring to the active pause in the sim. As the sim was developed first for the PC, I doubt the Xbox console quick resume feature was the primary driver, if it was a factor at all, in not including the traditional pause feature in the PC version. The complexity of saving all factors for a flight was probably a larger issue, both for pausing and saving, with developing a new flight sim.

Having support for the Xbox controller doesn't mean much as FSX had Xbox 360 controller support out of the box too. Asobo and Microsoft have been clear that MSFS was developed and targeted for the PC first, with Xbox development coming later. Features like VR are PC only, and wasn't trivial to develop. As for the pause feature, it appears that Asobo adopted the so-called active pause functionality from real world level-D simulators, which does seem to have its uses. The real issue is the lack of the traditional pause we're used to in previous sims.

With Steam you can create additional Steam Library folders to use when installing games. Once the folder is created you can install new games to it, or move existing games. https://www.microcenter.com/tech_center/article/11365/how-to-create-a-new-steam-library-on-a-second-drive

The command is "Cockpit/ External View Mode" (note the space after the slash), and is under the "Camera Mode Switches" section when assigning commands to your controls. You can use the search box to get to it directly, or search for "external" in "Search by Name" search field to see all external related commands.

Try the steps in the support article below. https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015985699-Microsoft-Store-version-Please-insert-the-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Game-Disc-Error-message

One more point to add to Tim's answer about Xbox, is that the sim runs on both PCs and Xbox consoles. If you purchase it from the Microsoft Store, you can install on both without having to buy it again.

Some drive manufacturers provide a special copy of Acronis True Image with their drives for cloning to the new drive. Though these days you will probably have to go to the manufacturer's website to download it.

My understanding from when the sim was first launched is that Microsoft/Asobo weren't going to have a disc version at all, but Aerosoft pushed for it and cut a deal to provide a boxed set. With the sim being so heavily tied to Microsoft's servers, the DVD version isn't really useful unless you want to have a physical box sitting on your shelf. And once you install from the discs, you are still going to have to download updates online, negating any advantage of the initial offline install. So unfortunately, for those with poor internet connections, this isn't the sim for them, and the discs don't really change it.

Didn't time the update, but it went smoothly for me. Both for the updates when you launch the sim, and the additional updates in the Content Manager.

Actually, this forum is for newcomers to ask any questions they wish as they get used to the forum, as the last of the stickied posts describes.

Note for those with the latest Windows 11 22H2 update, there also seems to be an issue with Nvidia's GeForce Experience. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/geforce-gpus-are-slowing-down-after-installing-the-windows-11-2022-update/

They keep mentioning Xbox for a couple reasons. One is that when you buy from the MS Store you get both the Windows and Xbox console versions of the sim. So now if you were to buy a Xbox console down the road, you could just download the sim without having buy it again. Xbox consoles are really just specialized PCs these days. The second reason is probably a bigger part of the confusion for many simmers, as Microsoft unified all of their gaming brands under the Xbox name. So now anything to do with gaming falls under the overall Xbox umbrella, whether it is for the actual Xbox console or a Windows PC title.

Here are the vintage planes coming in the upcoming 40th Anniversary Edition of MSFS: 1903 Wright Flyer 1915 Curtiss JN-4 Jenny 1927 Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis 1935 Douglas DC-3 1937 Grumman G-21 Goose 1947 Havilland DHC-2 Beaver 1947 Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?24489-MSFS-City-Update-01-Released

If you're moving to Linux, then you're options are basically X-Plane or Flightgear, and you will still need some decent hardware to get the most out of X-Plane in particular.

Movie and computer frame rates work a bit differently. While movies look smooth at 24 FPS (thanks to things like motion blur and a frame rate that doesn't change), games and sims can feel far less smooth, especially as they are rendered on the fly and more dynamic. Slower rates may not bother some people, especially if you're just cruising along in an airliner, but for others, the slower rate is very noticeable. Indeed, the 24 FPS used for movies was in part chosen because it was the minimum rate required for motion to appear smooth, not that people couldn't see faster rates.

Prepar3D (P3D), is a separate simulator from Lockheed-Martin. While it was originally based on the same code as FSX, it has been developed over the years to where add-ons for the latest version aren't necessarily going to be backwards compatible with FSX. https://www.prepar3d.com/

When you first install MSFS you can select the drive used for the Packages by following the guide below. I installed mine to G:\MSFS\Packages, for example. https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015910560-All-versions-Can-I-choose-or-change-the-installation-path-Install-on-the-D-drive-instead-of-the-C-drive-for-instance- From there add-ons you install will also go the Community folder the sim will create inside the Packages folder. In additions to the sim and add-on data, you can also set the location of the cache folder used for scenery streaming to which ever drive you want. This is done in the settings in the sim. There are also a couple third party add-on manager apps that can be used to install add-ons elsewhere on the computer and then link them back to the Community folder.

I will miss it as I find the Tapatalk interface is still better for browsing the forum.

That is only an option for the older Intel based Macs. All new models use Apple's own Apple Silicon processors and no long support Boot Camp. You can run Windows in a virtual machine, but you need to get the ARM version of Windows from the Windows Insider program, and I'm not sure it will be suitable for running a sim.

X-Plane and FLightgear are the primary choices. Which Mac do you have? I'm not sure if either sim has been updated to natively support the latest Apple Silicon CPUs.

EVGA is a good brand to go with. If you can get a higher end 3080, like the Ti model, I would go for it. Regarding the typo I was referring to, you did again. :D A 2700K CPU will not fit in that motherboard, but a 12700K will (note the "1" at the beginning), which is what was throwing a couple of us off. A 2700K CPU is a ten year old model that doesn't even meet the minimum requirements for the sim.

What SSD model is it? Are there any firmware updates for it? Does it happen with any other sims or games? Are there any errors in the Windows event logs?

When it comes to computer specs and troubleshooting or recommendations, it helps to be accurate to avoid confusion. So in this case you must be talking and i7 12700K, which is very different than an i7 2700K (a ten year old CPU) that you listed.

They must be talking about the i7-12700K as an i7-2700k will not work in that motherboard. And, yes, an i7 2700K would be a bottleneck with a 3080 series GPU.

There are more Xbox compatible peripherals and controllers coming from the likes of Thrustmaster and Honeycomb, and probably others. However, I wouldn’t expect the selection to match what is available for the PC.