IBTL....? Maybe? lolI expressed my constructive MS critisism, in an earlier thread. It was promptly locked. I AM a hardcore simmer. And yet I think FLIGHT is really fun. As such it would be nice to be able to play it without having to start all over every time I fire up the game. Hardly any answers from ms, and I've tried deleting the entire application data flight folder which pretains to FLIGHT as suggested by an official mod at the FLIGHT official site. Surely enough, the game recreated the folders and playerdata ect.I flew the first missions again, quit the game, waited, restarted, and there it was again....... "failed to read PlayerData/Career/Career1.bin.Few things:1) I do not believe it has anything to do with a previous install of the Beta. I was never part of the Beta testing community, and as such my PC has never seen a Beta FLIGHT install. And I HAVE the aformetioned career1.bin issue. Now there is a possibility that others MAY have the issue due to have been running the beta, but I digress.2) The Game IS officially supported on Win XP, even though some have said that XP is not supported. Anyone can verify this with a simple visit to the official FLIGHT website. I'm running XP 64bit, as this PC is my dedicated flightsim rig. FSX FS9 X-plane 9, and now Flight. Each Sim is it's own dedicated folder on an HDD that does not contain the OS. Others have reported the issue while running win 7 as well.3) There is one thing I have not tried yet. Uninstalling the game itself, and starting from scratch. I DON'T want to do that, as the game truly runs superb with everything almost maxed out! The chances of having a botched install IMHO are slim to none, but I WILL try regardless, and post back. I don't know when that will be, I may just hold out and see if a solution to the issue is found, either by MS or someone else perhaps. I'll wait another week to see.4) I am NOT here to bash FLIGHT in ANY way shape or form. Even as a harcore simmer, who IS at the early stages of building an A320 sim cockpit, I think FLIGHT is fun, inspiring and truly allows you to enjoy pure flight. I've purchased all the extra content, and waiting for Alaska. My critisism lies with a VERY poor support model that MS has implemented IMHO. No disrespect to anyone here- certainly not the Mods, but I feel as if I'm walking on eggshells at Avsim at times. Mods you could benefit from not holding such a tight grip on the reigns- Flight has grown on most of us, and the count is rising.And Finally, If I DO stumble across a solution, or workaround, I will be more than happy to report back, so others may benefit as well. Cheers. :)

The issue with having to sign in to Live has been reported to the Flight Team - however it does not seem to have been resolved. I will bump it to them again.

AFAIK you can disable your network card or pull out the cable or whatever and then log in locally.Stats should be saved on the PC and then updated on the server next time you log in.RegardsViperFive

If you can't fly offline, is it invasion of privacy ?

If you can't fly offline, is it invasion of privacy ?

<sigh>No.

2) The Game IS officially supported on Win XP, even though some have said that XP is not supported. Anyone can verify this with a simple visit to the official FLIGHT website. I'm running XP 64bit, as this PC is my dedicated flightsim rig. FSX FS9 X-plane 9, and now Flight. Each Sim is it's own dedicated folder on an HDD that does not contain the OS. Others have reported the issue while running win 7 as well.

Win XP 32 bit is supportedWin XP 64 bit is not supported*This was discovered during the beta testing, and I don't remember all of the technical details at the moment, but it involves a permissions issue for updating the user's various .bin files. Although the team is continuing to find a way to make it work, as of now there is no remedy unfortunately.* NOTE: I've suggested in the beta forum that they update the requirements to include this current limitation.

Bill: I went to the old threads there and found the developer answer to the Win XP 64 bit problem.

Unfortunately, we actually don't support Windows XP x64 as Games for Windows - LIVE does not support XP x64. There are some features in GFWL that XP x64 does not accommodate including the save game features. This is why you are able to play the game, but when you come back your career progress (missions, etc.) are all gone. The XP and some stats are saved on the server, but Mission progression is saved on your local PC.Flight does support Windows XP SP3, Vista (x86, x64), and Win 7 (x86, x64)”

I also hope they follow your suggestion.

Bill: I went to the old threads there and found the developer answer to the Win XP 64 bit problem.I also hope they follow your suggestion.

Thanks, Ramon. I was unable to access my flightsim computer to search the forum's threads. Actually, it occurs to me that if they'd simply update the servers to store ALL of the information, they could probably eliminate these problems...

Actually, it occurs to me that if they'd simply update the servers to store ALL of the information, they could probably eliminate these problems...

I hope they do, I have Flight on 2 PC's and my Laptop. And I am forced to do all the missions on each an everyone. (tough to go for gold on challenges using the mouse as yoke, so I have golds on 1 PC only)

I hope they do, I have Flight on 2 PC's and my Laptop. And I am forced to do all the missions on each an everyone. (tough to go for gold on challenges using the mouse as yoke, so I have golds on 1 PC only)

Now right there is a dedicated Flight pilot!Impressive Ramon

"Failed to read from File:Player Data....Career4.bin"Where are those beta uninstall instructions that are "further down the download page (but aren't). (I did a Windows uninstall.)

Seems to me I ran into this as well until I hunted down the beta uninstall instructions. Here are the instructions....Before you install the final version of Microsoft Flight, however, please make sure that you uninstall the beta by following the instructions below:· Uninstall Microsoft Flight from the Add/Remove Programs screen· Delete the following directories (if they exist). Navigate to them by pasting the paths given below in the address bar of Windows Explorer:· %UserProfile%My DocumentsFlight· %LocalAppData%MicrosoftFlight· %LocalAppData%MicrosoftXLiveDLC4d5308d3· %AppData%MicrosoftFlight

Now right there is a dedicated Flight pilot!Impressive Ramon

Well, thank you. But believe me, I enjoy writing code, debugging and beta testing much more than running apps, games, and even flying with FSX or Flight.If at all, I would be a Test Pilot.