Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

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mikef said:

Any idea how to set things like navaid frequencies, autopilot settings on XBOX? On PC I use an XBOX controller for basic flight controls but have to resort to keyboard and mouse for fiddly settings

It’s not out yet is it ?

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mikef said:

I hope that there are beta testers…

Haha ! Don’t set me off !

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Scabutz said:

It's a microsoft product. Us, the paying public are the beta testers

I spent ‘a lot’ of hours on the closed alpha and beta. We all thought it was at least a year away when the announcement came it would be released in 2 weeks.

We were all astounded knowing the state it was in.

Adobo treated the testers with no respect. There was zero feedback and almost no interaction on the testers forums.

This pretty much ruined the product for me and I think it’s only recently in a half playable state.

I’m sure it will eventually mature. I’ve ‘flown’ every version going right back to the Sublogic days so I’m looking forward to a decent product.

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Looks like they have emulated the Mouse to make us PC guys feel at home

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souper said:

Will this only run on the latest Xbox, the one that almost impossible to get hold of?

Yup

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El stovey said:

Narcisus said:

souper said:

Will this only run on the latest Xbox, the one that almost impossible to get hold of?

Yup

It will run on both the series x and s

https://youtu.be/S5Dk7oPq-t8

Some early comparisons here,

Ahhh right didnt know it would run on the S. Makes me feel less 'special'

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I’m at 6% on Xbox edit to say usually downloads at about 230 currently sat around 60.

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Few mins and I’ll be kicking the tyres and lighting the fires on Xbox ...

I wonder if the store stuff will be available and wonder if the scenery updates will have already been included ...

4 minutes ( approx ) to go !

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El stovey said:

That’ll work be right, you finish your install then you need to do all the extras.

Haha might not get that far ! First message online servers not available now stuck on checking for updates for past 5 minutes...

Promised the Mrs I would hoover no excuse now :-(

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Ahh ! Looks like it maybe loading ! About as fast as a C64 disk drive

If this is the norm at least I can brew while it loads.

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mikef said:

Just quit and start again, it started to download for me on my 3rd attempt. Download speed does seem to be throttled (around 16-20 Mbps for me)

I’m into the sim but it looks like it crashed. Restarted and now back to checking for updates.

Note if you are stuck on checking for updates turning your controller off seems to jump to next stage...

The blue line of doom

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I give up looks like it’s crashed again I’ll try again when it’s quieter.

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I’m in ... just ...

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First flight ... looks like it has used my pc settings... map and atc windows open.

Closed them now have this ...


Uninstalled ... I’ll revisit in a few months ...

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The_Jackal said:

Thanks for telling us. See you in a few months

Lol ! People like you make the forums.

Edit to say I bet you are looking forward to seeing me in a few months you been such a regular contributor to this thread !

Edited by Narcisus on Tuesday 27th July 18:34

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LHB said:

I’m loving it. Completely lost 2 and a half hours already, done a few circuits of my local airfield and I’m currently exploring NE Scotland, might invade Lossiemouth in my 172

Ok I’ve not uninstalled I’ve just moved it to my storage drive…. You guys also on pc has it used your pc settings ?

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How do you filter the stuff you’ve already purchased in the marketplace ?

Have a few bits purchased on pc.

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Never mind says they are for pc only :-(

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Ahhhh. damn :-( Downloaded the patch and done a couple of flights on PC and each has crashed a few mins into the flight. Nothing in community folder.

This is a first for me I've not suffered from the sim crashing before any advice ?