March 3, 20224 yr I'm about to pull the trigger on MSFS, finally. I intend to download the content within the sim via a different network at work which is lightyears faster than mine. I can't however bring my desktop PC, which is why the following is my plan: Install the base program on both my desktop flight sim PC and my laptop (Steam) Download the content within the sim to my laptop Move the downloaded content from laptop to desktop PC This would be done using an extra SSD solely for MSFS on my desktop PC, so it's not in the default Program Files directory. What's fundamental to this is that I believe the chunk of files that make MSFS so big is the content and that that's installed in a single folder (Official?) so I can just drag and drop it out and into MSFS. Is this correct/would this work?
March 3, 20224 yr I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I'm just wondering if your local network is that slow, will you have enough bandwidth to run the sim? With photogrammetry? The other thing that comes to mind is you must planning to install the SSD on laptop and then transfer the physical drive to your desktop, otherwise you'll be at the vagaries of your slow network speed, won't you? Regards, Kendall 7800X3D/G.B. Aorus 650 Elite V2.0/32GB GSkill Trident 6000-CL30/Nvidia 1080 Ti./Seasonic Focus 1200W PSU.
March 4, 20224 yr I can’t help thinking it might be simpler to just let it start downloading on your home pc and....go to work?
March 4, 20224 yr 12 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: I can’t help thinking it might be simpler to just let it start downloading on your home pc and....go to work? yep agree might be a tad slower but least you wont have any issues I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
March 4, 20224 yr No need to move the downloaded content from laptop to desktop PC At work, you install and download the content on your SSD drive using an USB adapter : simply use same drive letter when performing second step (content, World updates) on your home Pc computer.
March 4, 20224 yr Author 14 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: I can’t help thinking it might be simpler to just let it start downloading on your home pc and....go to work? No it's not, that's the whole point. My internet connection is about to be updated but for now it's still slow, which is why downloading MSFS would take like 3 nights. My work connection however is a 784 Mb/s fibre connection, which would download the sim in about 30 minutes or so.
March 4, 20224 yr Author 16 hours ago, irocx said: I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I'm just wondering if your local network is that slow, will you have enough bandwidth to run the sim? With photogrammetry? The other thing that comes to mind is you must planning to install the SSD on laptop and then transfer the physical drive to your desktop, otherwise you'll be at the vagaries of your slow network speed, won't you? I thought about using an ethernet cable. 9 hours ago, ctdlg said: No need to move the downloaded content from laptop to desktop PC At work, you install and download the content on your SSD drive using an USB adapter : simply use same drive letter when performing second step (content, World updates) on your home Pc computer. Thanks! Edited March 4, 20224 yr by threegreen
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