Wow - we now have a start-up screen tells us what its doing!

[ozzieblr 134]

This has been a long time coming, but an update to the games centre has now given us this screen to assure us that MSFS has indeed started and is loading!!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gle5gvy5parihlo/Untitled-1.jpg?dl=0

 

[penta_a 428]

for me, when I start MSFS I get this;

when I start MSFS as admin, it starts normal with no splash screen.

Note: MS store edition.

[wim123 758]

not new at all, i always got that.

[Bdub22 1,599]

7 minutes ago, penta_a said:

when I start MSFS as admin, it starts normal with no splash screen.

When I first got my new computer and started reading through all the optimization posts, one of the things I noticed a couple of sites said to always run the program as an administrator. I've always done so and have had mostly smooth sailing. The only downside to this is that I cant purchase from the marketplace. I need to run the program normally. 

[Fielder 3,633]

Yeah, it used to just display nothing when you clicked the executable. Finally fixed (the Steam version also). I miss the old 'type any key' and then you had to click the mouse instead.

[109Sqn 1,549]

10 hours ago, Fielder said:

I miss the old 'type any key' and then you had to click the mouse instead.

Hush!!!🤐 They might put it back if you say that!

[CornishCracker 46]

11 hours ago, wim123 said:

not new at all, i always got that.

Well it's new for me too.

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

I dont get a splash screen, but then again im running the sim with a self made exe file to skip the intro. 

[MarcG 2,896]

1 hour ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

I dont get a splash screen, but then again im running the sim with a self made exe file to skip the intro. 

How's that any different to using -fastlaunch?

Edited April 20, 2022 by MarcG
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[enright 496]

The only splash screen I get is a “Game already running!” error when I start questioning whether I actually clicked on the MSFS icon or if I just imagined I did, or if I didn’t click assertively enough 🙂

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

Starting MSFS from FSUIPC gives you a pretty startup screen.

Why MS cannot provide this continues to baffle me.. 😉

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

19 hours ago, ozzieblr said:

This has been a long time coming, but an update to the games centre has now given us this screen to assure us that MSFS has indeed started and is loading!!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gle5gvy5parihlo/Untitled-1.jpg?dl=0

 

Never seen this.. what update to what games centre?

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

Is this new splash screen part of the beta or live version of the sim?

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

10 hours ago, MarcG said:

How's that any different to using -fastlaunch?

Is there a native, in-game option to disable the splash screens at startup, but keep the new splash screen that signals that the sim has started?

The exe file I was talking about is the fastlaunch method, as far as I know. This is what my shortcut has in its target:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App "-FastLaunch"

And it doesn't give me the new start up splash screen. 

Edited April 21, 2022 by Andreas Stangenes

[MarcG 2,896]

2 minutes ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

Is there a native, in-game option to disable the splash screens at startup, but keep the new splash screen that signals that the sim has started?

Dunno.