Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

[Hoots]

43 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

Taildraggin

 

 

The phrase “more money than sense” springs to mind...

Lovely aircraft though.

[DD_fruitbat]

Had a quick bimble over the 'new' London to see what was what, in 4k ultra settings (hence the magnificent frame rate, lol).

 

 

Bit disappointed the QE bridge still isn't there, but looking around I think I can mod that in if I want to.

 

 

Edited February 18, 2021 by DD_fruitbat

[DD_fruitbat]

Well, why wouldn't you try this, it was just so tempting......

 

 

 

And I decided to try installing my first free mod to the game to fix the QE2 bridge, which turned out to be very easy indeed,

 

 

 

[Bremspropeller]

Just started a Bush Challenge. Still trying to figure out the camera control options, but getting there slowly.

 

Boy, that Zlin Cub is slow...

[Gambit21]

You know what would be fun...not sure how you'd do it..but a trans-African race, or an around the world race, or Svalbard to South Africa...

I don't know how you'd make it fair...maybe timed legs between airports. Sort of set up like a rally I guess. Everyone in the same aircraft...

 

[Jaws2002]

I see I'm not the only one who got tired quick by the English real time weather.  ?

 

I did a sortie over London last evening and I could barely see my prop.

 

Today is much better.

 

 

I did a trip to the "Eye of Sahara" last week and I think it's worth checking it out.  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Jaws2002

[DBFlyguy]

 

[Feathered_IV]

Day #3..  Getting home and switching on my computer, the remedial 10.66gb of download has now grown to 58 smeggerbites ?

[Bremspropeller]

38 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

Day #3..  Getting home and switching on my computer, the remedial 10.66gb of download has now grown to 58 smeggerbites ?

 

T'was 36GB for me yesterday.

There's a game that treats you like your wife - neglect it and the fun will have to wait...

[ZachariasX]

1 hour ago, Bremspropeller said:

T'was 36GB for me yesterday.

There's a game that treats you like your wife - neglect it and the fun will have to wait...

Reinstallation comes at an almost equal hassle as well.

[Jaws2002]

3 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

Day #3..  Getting home and switching on my computer, the remedial 10.66gb of download has now grown to 58 smeggerbites ?

 

Did you instal your game on steam? 

If yes, you could get steam to verify integrity of your instal. It may help instal the parts that you actually need. 

 After i reinstalled windows the game wanted to redownload everything into a new folder. I shut it down and got steam to verify the files. It did and then downloaded a small file and i was up and running again.

[AndyJWest]

5 minutes ago, Jaws2002 said:

 

Did you instal your game on steam? 

If yes, you could get steam to verify integrity of your instal. It may help instal the parts that you actually need. 

 After i reinstalled windows the game wanted to redownload everything into a new folder. I shut it down and got steam to verify the files. It did and then downloaded a small file and i was up and running again.

 

Be aware that there are frequent reports of the Steam 'verify integrity' function unnecessarily causing the entire application to download again from scratch. I'd use that as a last resort only.

[DD_Arthur]

Yeah, what Andy said; if you’re on Steam and you verify integrity it means a full reinstall!?

[Feathered_IV]

Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it!  I didn't get it through steam, but instead bought it through the MS store.  Hopefully I can get it downloaded/updated over the weekend.  Really want to see those new clouds

[Dijital_Majik]

28 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Yeah, what Andy said; if you’re on Steam and you verify integrity it means a full reinstall!?

 

Happened to me.  I've had logbook issues so verified integrity a couple weeks back with no dramas, but got hit with a full 153GB download with this update ?

[Jaws2002]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

 

Be aware that there are frequent reports of the Steam 'verify integrity' function unnecessarily causing the entire application to download again from scratch. I'd use that as a last resort only.

 

 

Strange. Thanks. I installed the game in the "Steam Apps" folder and my integrity check went without a problem. I think the issue comes from location where you install the game. Steam wants it in "Steam Apps" and once you are in the game, Microsoft  installer wants it in "users/roaming". 

Every time a new patch comes I select Steam apps" as location, to make sure everything is in the same place.

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Jaws2002

[Bremspropeller]

On 2/14/2021 at 12:11 AM, AndyJWest said:

Been stuck in Fiji for days

 

Oh the humanity! ?

[DD_fruitbat]

Tooling around in one of my favourite parts of the country, Snowdonia,

 

 

 

Also the white cliffs of Dover and some SE Kent,

 

 

 

[Hoots]

24 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

Tooling around in one of my favourite parts of the country, Snowdonia,

 

 

 

Also the white cliffs of Dover and some SE Kent,

 

 

 

Sweaty Jesus that looks good!

[Chief_Mouser]

46 minutes ago, DD_fruitbat said:

Tooling around in one of my favourite parts of the country, Snowdonia,

 

 

 

Also the white cliffs of Dover and some SE Kent,

 

 

 

 

Excellent. The Snowdonia one reminded me of a slog up Kirk Fell in the Lakes. Sitting on the Beckhead Tarn col between it and Great Gable, a couple of Hawks from RAF Valley came roaring over the pass at about 50'. Upside down! Pilots grinning from ear to ear and hikers scattered in all directions, before they lazily rolled back upright and shot off towards Wastwater.

[NO.20_Krispy_Duck]

What do we have in terms of historical, high-quality aircraft from the pre-1945 era? I saw the Bleriot XI and that looks to be well-done. Any others out there yet? A Jenny or a Tiger Moth would be a nice addition.

[Tektolnes]

2 hours ago, NO.20_Krispy_Duck said:

A Jenny or a Tiger Moth would be a nice addition.

 

Think there's a freeware Tiger Moth port from FSX. Haven't used it myself so not sure how functional it is. 

[NO.20_Krispy_Duck]

There were a couple decent iterations of the Jenny and Tiger Moth in FS9 and FSX. They're kind of dated now, but not bad still.

 

For the price, I'll probably hold off on buying MSFS for awhile longer and see how things pan out with vintage add-ons.

[ZachariasX]

3 hours ago, NO.20_Krispy_Duck said:

For the price, I'll probably hold off on buying MSFS for awhile longer and see how things pan out with vintage add-ons.

If you fire up MSFS, then FSX will become your vintage add-on.

[Monostripezebra]

Just a small heads up: not all added 3D landmarks in the UK update are clip-through, some are actually landable.

Oddly enough sometimes  right next to each other like in Edinburgh: The famous Forth Railway Bridge is clip through but the bridge right next to it is landable.

 

[ZachariasX]

How much wind did you set to hover in like that?

Edited February 20, 2021 by ZachariasX

[Tektolnes]

Off from Bloemfontein and on the way to Johannesburg. Not a huge amount to see on the way really. Joburg looks like a big city for sure though.

 

 

After Joburg time to head on up to Hodespruit Airforce Base as it was the only airport nearby with ILS and my pilot needs his autopilot all the way to landing Twitter downtime. Being right beside some large game reserves Hodespruit AB apparently had a massive problem with wildlife coming onto the runways so they introduced 3 cheetahs onto the base and animal incursions onto the runway have decreased 90% (no mention about attacks on pilots though). Weather got a bit worse along the way and ATC decided to try and fly me into the side of a mountain but got there in the end.

 

 

 

 

From there it was up to Tsigaro Airport in the Nwetwe Pan - a giant salt pan near the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park that fills up during the rainy season. It used to be a large lake all year round and they've found stone tools here dating back to the time of the earliest humans. Today's it's pretty inhospitable and not much lives there. Not a huge amount to see on the way so up to 20k and pour on the speed before descending over the pan to get a better look. Was impressed to see that the satellite imagery even picked up the track marks from vehicles left on the terrain.

 

 

 

[fiddlinjim]

The new UK upgrade has produced some beautiful scenery from VFR at approx 1000ft.

[Feathered_IV]

Back up and running again at last.  Was there ever a fix for the constant thunder and lightning that occurs in just about every live-weather condition?  Its beginning to drive me batty.

[ZachariasX]

Well, REX Weather Force fixes that but it trades that for other things. Glad you could sort things out with your update.

[Monostripezebra]

On 2/20/2021 at 12:35 PM, ZachariasX said:

How much wind did you set to hover in like that?

 

I don´t know exactly how much it was, as I was just using the live-weather feature when the UK update came, as it gives so much better weather visuals, but appart from large rain areas it seems the whole of the UK was considered to have around 40-50ish mph winds that by MSFS.

[danielprates]

On 2/20/2021 at 12:49 AM, NO.20_Krispy_Duck said:

 

For the price, I'll probably hold off on buying MSFS for awhile longer and see how things pan out with vintage add-ons.

 

This is my thinking too. Insofar nothing worth of note has shown up, right?

[DD_Arthur]

On 2/20/2021 at 3:49 AM, NO.20_Krispy_Duck said:

For the price, I'll probably hold off on buying MSFS for awhile longer and see how things pan out with vintage add-ons.

 

I'm enjoying this old clunker

 

[Monostripezebra]

I am having quite some fun with intercepting and escorting random multiplayer people

 

 

[DD_Arthur]

?

 

Check out the free flight recorder at Flightsim Tu.

Works really well with the ability to change the time/weather on the fly?

[JG7_X-Man]

As soon as I build my new rig, this sim is going to be the 2nd I install.

LOL on runways, aim for the centerline! 

[Monostripezebra]

What is also nice is that the UK piers are landable.. I especially liked playing in Southend

 

 

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Monostripezebra

[AndyJWest]

The XCub world tour continues, slowly. Lots of hold-ups, due to the weather. When I can fly at all, I have to put up with this:

 

Yes, I should have noticed the 'fuel imbalance' warning earlier, though I think it comes on quite some time before it actually gets to be an issue. And yes, that isn't proper VFR flying.

 

I'll see if I can find some screenshots worth posting of Vanuatu and the Solomons, though MSFS doesn't represent rainforest-covered islands particularly well - not enough variation in tree types, colour etc. An interesting area to fly around in though, because of the history. That is, when I can see it. I nearly came a cropper trying to land at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal (now Honiara International Airport). Cloud had been building up, and I'd dropped down to 1,300 ft or so as I got near, running just below the lowest layer. Which was ok, except where it was raining, which I couldn't see through. I got to within 10 nm or so of the airport, and was peering intently into the murk, trying to make it out, only to realise that not only couldn't I see the airport, but I couldn't see the ground under me either. I did the only sensible thing, and headed out to sea, climbing though it all on autopilot. I came out of the cloud at 8,000 ft, and went off to look for another airfield further on. Not that the landing there was exactly approved VFR flying either, since it relied on using the GPS as a blind-flying aid, and I was more or less over the strip (grass, but long and wide, fortunately) before I spotted it. Don't try this for real...

[Gambit21]

Love the updates Andy.

[Blooddawn1942]

Doing an round-trip these days of England and Scotland after the last world update has been released. Incredible how beautiful these countries are. I've been once in Scotland and I have to repeat this trip and of course visit England too! In reality I mean. ?

Edited February 27, 2021 by Blooddawn1942