You can install either the stable, dev or experimental version right from the installer which is the easiest way as that will also check for updates when you run it.
Another handy feature would be the ability to save custom graphics profiles. T always seems to be the interior of airliners that hammer FPS, so it would be good to be able to switch between profiles for GA and airliner flying.
Grrrrrr... I’m thinking I’ve been cursed by the gods of MSFS! Decided to buy the DVD version rather than the installer, as we’ve not got a great internet connection speed here. Took so long to arrive that the rainforest thought it was lost in the post, then when it did arrive, the installer gets to DVD 4 and fails, as the DVD errors. Guess I’m going to be downloading it anyway.... it’d have probably worked out quicker if I’d just done that in the first place!
Worked it out. I was signed into the mobile game pass app on my iPad. It won’t work unless you sign out of it.
I've followed the advice from here and installed the dev A320, autopilot now works A320 autopilot flying in circles - Default Aircraft / Airliners - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums Managed Manc - Barcelona, however when I arrived at Barcelona, ATC wanted me to stay at 7000ft, despite me flying right over the EL-Prat airport, and then I was like 8 miles south in the ocean, so I took manual control and just piloted the plane into landing manually. Must be a bug surely?
Which runway was you flying into? Was this on final approach? Barca has high minimums in the airspace around it on the mainland due to noise abatement.
So I've had a few crashes to desktop on the flight loading screen, so I decided to check the ram usage and wow this game gobbles all 16gb of my ram whilst loading is this normal? So if I increase my virtual memory to help should I be increasing it for my Windows drive or the drive the game is installed on
For flight sim you really need more ram. 32 gig of system ram is the new normal. Not essential but highly recommended.
Are you limiting your virtual memory? Set it to system managed and see if the problem goes away. You can put a page file on any drive, but obviously the faster the better
I had the same issue, and someone pointed out virtual memory, I have my pagefile on an nvme drive and installed a game that left about 10gb free, uninstalled game and FS2020 worked fine . Probably contradicting what my previous post said that it's not utilising 16gb, at least from task manager I don't appear to be using the 16gb ram
Windows is pretty smart with memory these days, the more you have the more it'll use. RAM is a very efficient way to store data and not making use of what's available is a waste. Running FS frequently uses over 16 of my 32GB.
I did say it isn't essential. 16 gig of system ram is very tight in 2021 and other than "I can't afford it" , no excuses.
Not sure very tight in 2021 is the right wording, some applications might utilise it, but it's going to be a while before 16gb is hindering systems to the point they're grinding to a halt, like 2gb with Windows Vista
Not sure very tight in 2021 is the right wording, some applications might utilise it, but it's going to be a while before 16gb is hindering systems to the point they're grinding to a halt, like 2gb with Windows Vista
No it's not, don't be ridiculous. I have 32GB but only because there was a ridiculous deal on the River. Probably netted me 1-2 FPS in FS.