On 8/14/2020 at 7:30 AM, Chuck_Jodry-VJPL said:

And the Winner IS " It installs on any drive , when the client runs it lists all available drives and their available space .

Media was granted early access to the release version .

 

Well, THIS solves all concerns.  Now we know.  Great news, indeed!

Stan

I can say from bitter experience with the Microsoft Store that its a 'dam' nightmare with multiple disks and different logins.

Once you move an application to another drive it creates WindowsApps and all sorts of permissions which make it impossible to remove without formatting the drive!

I have gone down the Steam route which I trust and have games across 4 different drives, you can also install to any folder you like and it doesn't mangle permissions. If you haven't bought yet I would strongly recommend Steam.

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by DellyPilot

But it's behind a hidden sandbox.... Apparently.
As such you cannot normally locate it with nVidia inspector.

But I've found a way, so it's all good.

 

On 8/12/2020 at 2:40 PM, Johnny19 said:

I am still conteplating should I buy it from Steam or MS Store.

As above, please please go with Steam,

I cannot recommend it enough, it is light years ahead of the Microsoft Store for managing games, data and updates and doesn't really use the registry. I lost all my Forza Horizon progress when I had to change my windows login after a reinstalled windows. Steam I just "relinked" the old games folder and instantly all my games were running again, oh and as its not integrated with your Windows account you can run it from any login should you need to change or even move computers. 

I also found I could not remove the WindowsApp folder even rebooting into support mode, I am a system architect and I really struggled! I couldn't extract my settings when I tried to back it up so I had to redownload and reinstall every single Store game, even though 200GB of games were there on my other drives! 

Perhaps from reading through all the comments Asobo have an alternative approach for MSFS and its handled better but I can tell you I have been so burnt by the Store I wouldnt touch it given a choice.  

6 hours ago, DellyPilot said:

As above, please please go with Steam,

I cannot recommend it enough, it is light years ahead of the Microsoft Store for managing games, data and updates and doesn't really use the registry. I lost all my Forza Horizon progress when I had to change my windows login after a reinstalled windows. Steam I just "relinked" the old games folder and instantly all my games were running again, oh and as its not integrated with your Windows account you can run it from any login should you need to change or even move computers. 

I also found I could not remove the WindowsApp folder even rebooting into support mode, I am a system architect and I really struggled! I couldn't extract my settings when I tried to back it up so I had to redownload and reinstall every single Store game, even though 200GB of games were there on my other drives! 

Perhaps from reading through all the comments Asobo have an alternative approach for MSFS and its handled better but I can tell you I have been so burnt by the Store I wouldnt touch it given a choice.  

I went with Steam, thanks for the reassurance.

 

1 hour ago, TomCYYZ said:

I went with Steam, thanks for the reassurance.

 

Ditto, I went Steam as well...

On 7/15/2020 at 9:15 PM, Bert Pieke said:

Here is what I did.

1. Download Flight Simulator to its default location. It is not a very big file.. some 200 MB.

2. Go to Windows Settings / Apps and find the Flight Simulator "app"

3. Click on it and select Move

4. Point to your SSD and execute.

The App will be moved to its new location.

Oh my!  That was too easy!! 

 

Thanks Bert!!

I purchased the "Premium Deluxe" version through Steam. I want to install on my SSD C:\ drive. I know Steam installs game data into a default Library location, in my case it's on D:\ drive. Will I be able to choose my own install location (C:\drive)? The reason I ask is I would like to have the game files on the SSD and any future addons on another drive.

Regards

 

Two people on the .org forums claims to have it downloaded already (140GB) and ready to launch when it unlocks on the 18th? 

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/224632-it-was-worth-1-to-get-msfs-2020/

On 8/14/2020 at 3:47 PM, Gino Frozen said:

every games downloaded from the ms store in this locker fold by windows default

But as stated above, the content, scenery, sounds, textures, etc. are NOT installed there!

13 minutes ago, reignman40 said:

Two people on the .org forums claims to have it downloaded already (140GB) and ready to launch when it unlocks on the 18th? 

I seriously doubt that. My folder has only 5.65 GB downloaded and installed.

9 hours ago, n4gix said:

But as stated above, the content, scenery, sounds, textures, etc. are NOT installed there!

vs https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/579871-any-disadvantages-buying-msfs-from-steam/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-4298166

Quote

The game is UWP and sandboxed when downloaded through the Microsoft Store. By default, it's being placed in the Program Files\WindowsApps folder and no, it's not just the "launcher" as some people are saying, not sure where you're getting that from. Downloading the actual files inside the launcher, will place them in the same sandboxed directories that still require taking ownership to even view

Which of you is right?

Edited August 17, 20205 yr by ckyliu

Before it started the 91GIG download, it asked me where I wanted the game installed.

13 minutes ago, ckyliu said:

vs https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/579871-any-disadvantages-buying-msfs-from-steam/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-4298166

Which of you is right?

N4 is correct. Base .exe is locked but not the content. Things that need access to the .exe will be able to get it.

On 8/16/2020 at 7:19 AM, Gabe777 said:

But it's behind a hidden sandbox.... Apparently.
As such you cannot normally locate it with nVidia inspector.

But I've found a way, so it's all good.

 

my nvidia control panel was able to locate the exe so I could set my refresh settings to adaptive half refresh and I put it on a different drive than everything else.