Just installed.  Asking a few questions to you "MSFS old timers" 😄 as I search forums, currently watching "how to" vids and the like:

1.  So I installed in a custom folder/drive outside the typical C:\ location.  I count 97GB in there.  Install was supposedly 127GB.  Where did the rest go?

2.  Rolling Cache - seeing pros/cons/issues.  Should I create one?  Sounds like a good idea but like some input.  Was thinking 500GB?

3.  So I performed the new USA download.  Where does that install to... the main folder?  Into a cache folder?  If I had created a rolling cache it would have installed there?

4.  Do I understand to get a true PAUSE (not the active pause), like P3D/FSX one has to create one/assign one?

5.  Watching camera view vids at present.  Wanting to use the hat switch to move around/above/below the aircraft like P3D/FSX.  I see hat switch only shows side views or a rear view.  I new to create new camera views to achieve this?  Just curious.

Update - so reading further it appears the "drone" view now replaces was old external views do, correct?

Wow, whole new learning curve... not even worrying about flying at present, just get my bearings.  Thx for any input

Happy Turkey Day,

Clutch

Edited November 26, 20205 yr by Clutch Cargo

1. The difference are the base files. Their place depends on if you installed from the MS store or Steam. I have Steam and they are under  

K:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator

For the MS Store they are under 

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps

hidden in a protected directory.

But these are only 1.30GB.  Main contents under L:\MSFS\Official amounts to 113 GB in my case. I have the Premium Deluxe.

2. Asobo suggests to make the Rolling cache not too big, I recall around 30 GB as an optimum, otherwise it may hurt performance. Details are in the Official forum

Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

from yesterday's Q&A where you find much more info. If you have a good Internet  connection (anything > 30 MBit/s should be sufficient) you can omit the Running Cache completely,  that's what I do.

3. The US Update goes into the main folder, L:\MSFS\Official for me.

4. I think you can assign a key to it via the controls. If I am not mistaken the "true" pause is the one where you are sent back to the overwiew screen (settings, controls..) But I may be not right here, I use the active pause and have it set to a button.

5. I only have assigned the side views and up and down (I had to do it anyway manually as my Cessna Saitek Yoke wasn't preconfigured). Just go through the controls selections which, granted, are a bit overwhelming and may need some experimenting. No need to define new camera views for the hat switch for left/right/up/down.

Kind regards, Michael

4. There is a normal pause that brings up the Controls screen (it is also on the Escape key). There are also pause ON and pause OFF commands that you can put onto controller buttons or onto 2 keyboard keys. These are a true pause and does not bring up any screen, it is also not the active pause. A good way to do an active pause is by the left icon in the overhead menu. It's not something you need very often.

3. When installing USA update I did not specify any place, just used the default location that MSFS chose for me, that way MSFS can always find it.

 

Assigning the hat switch is a little confusing as you must assign both the cockpit and external views.

what I did

first assign a key to switch between Cockpit and External - the selection is available in the master list

then with the hat switch - just assign the 4 primary functions - up/down/left/right

in cockpit view section - assign each one to their respective LOOK view - hat switch up = cockpit look up etc. This will give you a true pan effect. If you assign to QUICKVIEW UP - it will snap back.

Now switch to the external functions and repeat - HAT UP - EXTERNAL LOOK UP.

same thing applies to external quickview.

Hope I haven't confused you more!  🙂 

Vic

4 hours ago, Clutch Cargo said:

1.  So I installed in a custom folder/drive outside the typical C:\ location.  I count 97GB in there.  Install was supposedly 127GB.  Where did the rest go?

2.  Rolling Cache - seeing pros/cons/issues.  Should I create one?  Sounds like a good idea but like some input.  Was thinking 500GB?

3.  So I performed the new USA download.  Where does that install to... the main folder?  Into a cache folder?  If I had created a rolling cache it would have installed there?

4.  Do I understand to get a true PAUSE (not the active pause), like P3D/FSX one has to create one/assign one?

5.  Watching camera view vids at present.  Wanting to use the hat switch to move around/above/below the aircraft like P3D/FSX.  I see hat switch only shows side views or a rear view.  I new to create new camera views to achieve this?  Just curious.

Update - so reading further it appears the "drone" view now replaces was old external views do, correct?

Wow, whole new learning curve... not even worrying about flying at present, just get my bearings.  Thx for any input

Happy Turkey Day,

Clutch

1. Check your Content Manager (under Profile) for more stuff to be installed.

2. Mixed results with this. Some say don't use it. Some say go big. Some say small is good enough. Asobo in their recent Dev Q&A mentioned that 32gb is more than enough. If you have good internet connection and high or no data cap, you don't need it.

3. Installs to the main folder. Don't forget there is also a Japan update that is free as well.

4. Active pause can cause issues. Best avoided. ESC will pause and bring up the options menu. I believe the normal pause/unpause is mapped by default to CTRL-p and CTRL-g.

...jim

 

Thanks for all the replies, guys.  Just taking my time.  Since my internet connection is not that fast (I am at 20 MBit/s),  I'll try a small rolling cache and see what happens.  ☺️