May 7, 20215 yr 13 minutes ago, Gary1124 said: Is there a PC only download that does not require a Live account? Even if there was you need a Live account to log in and play.
May 7, 20215 yr I recommend Steam as well! AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64GB DDR5 6000MHZ RAM, RX7900XT, FreeSync 165hz 1440p display
May 7, 20215 yr Author That truly sucks. If I ever fly MSFS it will be someone else's copy. I'm permabanned on Live. My nephew and a army buddy of his used to platoon in World of Tanks xbox. We are all veterans and know how to team and coordinate so we used to do really well. Until over a succession of high kill games a bunch of young ones filed complaint accusing us of cheating. We weren't but Enforcement denied any appealing. They went to World of Warships. I had no PC at the time so I just messed with mobile titles until I bought my PC last year and started simming FSX-Steam. So, because I can't log into Live I can't even play solo or offline. Or vatsim even. I guess that will mean LM or Xplane if I want updated platform.
May 7, 20215 yr 16 hours ago, jimcarrel said: The only thing to be aware of on Steam is to NOT do the "verify files" thing. As Jim mentions ^ I made that mistake back when the game came out. It re downloads everything. Edited May 7, 20215 yr by dogmanbird
May 7, 20215 yr Author Well, can't use it anyway with a permanent suspended Live account. It would be a waste of 60 dollars.
May 7, 20215 yr oops...... Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 cores) Hyper on, Evga RTX 3060 12 Gig, 32 GB ram, Windows 11, P3D v6, and MSFS 2020 and a couple of SSD's
May 7, 20215 yr Author Sad thing is, was suspended for playing WoT too well and because butt hurt kids accused us of cheating. Live enforcement doesn't follow innocent until proven guilty. Edited May 7, 20215 yr by Gary1124
May 7, 20215 yr 19 hours ago, Gary1124 said: Is it best to purchase MSFS 2020 straight up from MS or another retailer or is Steam okay? Disc or download better? Thanks One final thing to keep in mind is potential cross-play / compatibility with the XBOX. I'm not 100% sure about MSFS, but with other MS titles such as Forza - if you purchase a game on the PC, you also have access to the XBOX version. Your achievements, save files, and add-ons are also synced between the two platforms. This functionality is called "Play Anywhere" and is supported on the MS Store, but NOT Steam. I have a feeling that people will be surprised by the performance of MSFS on the XBOX Series X - it's much easier to optimize code when you are testing against a very specific amount of RAM, CPU/GPU cores, (e.g. see the amazingly rock solid 60 FPS achieved with excellent visuals on a wide variety of titles). etc.. So even if you've never considered playing MSFS in your living room, it might be more of a viable option in the future than people think and something that might tip the scales in an otherwise 50/50 choice.
May 7, 20215 yr Note that only MS Store users can sign up for the beta program currently - May 6th, 2021 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) - The AVSIM Community. This may well change, but I wouldn't be surprised if occasionally there are minor limitations like this with the Steam version, given that it's a MS product. Probably not a strong reason to choose MS Store if you have a specific reason for using Steam, but worth bearing in mind if you can't decide between the two.
May 7, 20215 yr Author 1 hour ago, loge said: Note that only MS Store users can sign up for the beta program currently - May 6th, 2021 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) - The AVSIM Community. This may well change, but I wouldn't be surprised if occasionally there are minor limitations like this with the Steam version, given that it's a MS product. Probably not a strong reason to choose MS Store if you have a specific reason for using Steam, but worth bearing in mind if you can't decide between the two. I have decided neither. As I explained above my Live account is forever frozen. I wouldn't be able to use the sim if I had it on my PC. Probably can't even download it because I can't sign into Live. ☹☹☹
May 7, 20215 yr I used Steam only once when I was running Trainsim. There would be a problem with one item in Trainsim, and you could tweak it to get it working correctly. And within a week or two, Steam would take away the modification and put the faulty default file back. That was enough for me.
May 7, 20215 yr Gary, if I were in your position and would really want to get it, I would contact community manager Jayne Ivana at the official forum. If you can't get access to the official forum you may try one of the other channels (e.g. Instagram or Twitter where she is active). If anyone can help you I feel she could at least try. Kind regards, Michael Edited May 7, 20215 yr by pmb Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel / LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440 / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
May 7, 20215 yr Author 5 minutes ago, pmb said: Gary, if I were in your position and would really want to get it, I would contact community manager Jayne Ivana at the official forum. If you can't get access to the official forum you may try one of the other channels (e.g. Instagram or Twitter where she is active). If anyone can help you I feel she could at least try. Kind regards, Michael I can't even log into the Community Forum. There was a problem. Account may be restricted. Oh well, there is always Prepar3d and Xplane. No one ever got me banned from them.
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