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First Flight
- Thread starter TuFun
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Daube
SOH-CM-2026
I think the reply DennyA is a nice start
I would simply summarize like this:
- You can buy MSFS2024 from the XBox store or from Steam. I went with Steam because I already have a lot of games in Steam and I'm more familiar with that platform. If you are already a Steam user like me, I would recommend you to get MSFS2024 from Steam.
- The install is easy and fast. You only need to pay attention to selecting the correct drives to install your sim
- The sim is made of two parts: the launcher which is installed from Steam or the XBox app, and then the sim content which is downloaded from the sim itself upon first start of the launcher. As I wrote above, please be very careful about where these two parts should be installed. It's easy to overlook and you'll end up with files in some obscure path deep inside your user folder on C:\....
Forget about any tweaking of sim config files.
The sim will run beautifully as long as you configure its options properly (to avoid the ones that are too demanding for your hardware).
For identifying the "expensive" options, best is to ask here
But most of them, you'll be able to figure them out by yourself with just their titles and a few tests.It's going to be a bit frustrating to understand how to properly configure your controllers, axis etc... But once you get it, it will start to make sense and get much easier. It's just a bad but short transition period, so to say
Daube
SOH-CM-2026
Ah, also there are several versions of MSFS2024, with a varying amount of default planes and enhanced airport sceneries included. It's up to you to decide which one you're interested in. I's recommend you basing you choice on the included planes instead of the airports, but that's just me.
Default planes in MSFS are often (for the most) a bit limited in the realism they offer, from a flight model or avionics points of view. However they provide a very good graphic quality and quite a good initial experience (nice for a change from time to time), and for some of them, some freeware addons exist to improve them and rectify some of their flaws, so it's definitely worth investigating.
Default planes in MSFS are often (for the most) a bit limited in the realism they offer, from a flight model or avionics points of view. However they provide a very good graphic quality and quite a good initial experience (nice for a change from time to time), and for some of them, some freeware addons exist to improve them and rectify some of their flaws, so it's definitely worth investigating.
TuFun
Riveter
I wanted the Albatross, looks good, amphibious and has radials... I'm happy! I don't planning on any addons. Had enough of that over the years. I fly with keyboard. Once I'm up autopilot takes over, turn a knob to where I want to go... just looking at all that beautiful scenery.
P3D I keep for the Howard 500 and Douglas C-117D.
I moved over to 2024 last week too. I had it on pre-order when it first came out and ended up getting a refund because I couldn't get it to work. On the whole, I'm now happy with it for what I do which is generally GA / low flying VFR stuff. I ended up getting the Deluxe version for £97 as many of the additional addons were accessible from the full fat 2020 version so quite happy with that after my initial £200 purchase which didn't work!
I founds that as time went on, the gap in sharpness on 2020 between TAA and DLSS closed so I ended using DLSS/DLAA with FG. On 2024 however, the scenery was poor, quite pixelated, even with the latest DLSS files on 1440p (14900k/4070ti/64Gb). I'm currently using TAA with FG off and the sharpness looks OK so I'll stick with that for now. Setting the controls up was a day of my life I won't get back, but largely there now and uninstalled 2020. One thing that bugs me is the generic AI aircraft so managed to disable them all using use the GAmod 2024. For now, I'm using the FSLTL models, pity the injector no longer injects live traffic.
I founds that as time went on, the gap in sharpness on 2020 between TAA and DLSS closed so I ended using DLSS/DLAA with FG. On 2024 however, the scenery was poor, quite pixelated, even with the latest DLSS files on 1440p (14900k/4070ti/64Gb). I'm currently using TAA with FG off and the sharpness looks OK so I'll stick with that for now. Setting the controls up was a day of my life I won't get back, but largely there now and uninstalled 2020. One thing that bugs me is the generic AI aircraft so managed to disable them all using use the GAmod 2024. For now, I'm using the FSLTL models, pity the injector no longer injects live traffic.