Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

The AVSIM Community

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Using Alt+F4 to exit the sim

Featured Replies

I've been using the long winded way to exit the sim which is tedious, because Alt+F4 exits the sim so quickly, I wonder if it's doing it "properly", saving all the settings etc?

Could be it's just the screen that goes quickly and the "under the bonnet" stuff carries on in the background?

Do many use Alt+F4 without any consequences?

Thanks

Eugene

I use Alt-enter from full screen and than X-out.

Never had a problem.

 

I9-14900K,  Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX, RTX 4080, 32 ram.1 tb nvme  M.2 SSD, MSFS 2020 on 2 tb nvme m.2 SSD

IIRC using Alt-F4 shuts down the window (program) immediately without saving any changes that might have been made and/or not yet written out.

-J

13700KF | RTX 4090 @ 1440 | 64GB DDR5 | 2 x 1TB SSDs | 1TB M.2 NVMe

I often close with Alt-F4, especially when I am in development phase in which I don't care about the current situation. It doesn't save the airport you departed from, and probably does not save any other settings. If you don't care about this, it is definitely much faster than going back through the main menu.

You can also "kill" the program via the Task Manager.

Cheers, Ed

MSFS2020 Steam  // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers

i've quit through the long process and alt+f4 with no consequences thus far. I mainly use the long sequence as I feel the sim is in a sensitive state and I dont want to be welcomed by a situation where it broke something for one reason or another.  How sad would it be if it broke it so a reinstall would be required.  I doubt this would occur but I take the safe route most times.

MSFS Alpha tester on W10 Pro x64. Hardware: AMD 5900X 12 core CPU. Cooler Master ML360R AIO, Asus X570-E mobo, Asus Strix 3090 24GB gfx card, G.Skill TridentZ 64GB (4x16) DDR4-3600 RAM, Samsung 970 250GB SSD (OS), Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 pcie-4 NVMe SSD (MSFS install). EVGA 850w Gold cert PSU, CUK Continuum full ATX tower.  43" Sceptre 4K display. VR: HP Reverb G2.

  • Author

Thanks for the input guys - I think I'll stick to the long winded way - the sim can be quite fragile on occasion, so sounds like the safest option.

Eugene

I'm the same as brandon 01110 -  I generally exit with alt+f4, but it often reverts back to the aircraft, controller settings and airport that was last chosen just prior to a proper shut down (or maybe at least an exit to main menu?). This is how it behaved till this recent update. I assume it's still the same.

 

 

 

Edited by dogmanbird

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.