Brand new to msfs2020 although I have flown sims in the past. I finally got msfs2020 installed on my "gaming computer" I bought especially to run simulators. I have finally got the Stream version to install and I cannot figure out what to do next. I start Steam and then start msfs and both programs are full screen but they both just sit there doing nothing. What is the next step?

I don't have MSFS via Steam, but I do use Steam for other sims and my experience of it is long loading times on games.  MSFS itself also has a relatively long load time.

When you say "both programs are full screen but they both just sit there doing nothing", can you expand on this?   What are you seeing on the screen while it's doing nothing?    Is it a black screen?

9 minutes ago, JYW said:

I don't have MSFS via Steam, but I do use Steam for other sims and my experience of it is long loading times on games.  MSFS itself also has a relatively long load time.

When you say "both programs are full screen but they both just sit there doing nothing", can you expand on this?   What are you seeing on the screen while it's doing nothing?    Is it a black screen?

No, it is not a black screen, both Stream and msfs has a full page of photos and links but nothing seems to be happening. I will try again and wait for it to load.

You do not need to start Steam separately to run MSFS. Double left clicking on the MSFS icon should get it to load through several screens (XBox Game Studios - Asobo Game Studio - Blackshark AI - Microsoft FS2020, and then you should see screens displaying the Dune Expansion with a loading bar at the bottom of the screen.

Edited March 8, 20242 yr by Christopher Low

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

You do not need to start Steam separately to run MSFS. Double left clicking on the MSFS icon should get it to load through several screens (XBox Game Studios - Asobo Game Studio - Blackshark AI - Microsoft FS2020, and then you should see screens displaying the Dune Expansion with a loading bar at the bottom of the screen.

Thanks I will give that a try. I clicked Steam an hour ago and this is the screen I have been seeing.

I have been trying to download the Updates and it will not download. I had no problem downloading msfs. But this download is not happening. I get a gig or two downloaded out of 129 gigs and then it quits and I have to start over. I am getting ready to get a refund. This is just stupid.

Does this mean that you have now managed to load MSFS to the main menu?

2 hours ago, SeilerBird said:

I have been trying to download the Updates and it will not download. I had no problem downloading msfs. But this download is not happening. I get a gig or two downloaded out of 129 gigs and then it quits and I have to start over. I am getting ready to get a refund. This is just stupid.

You need to calm down. What do you mean by "update will not download?"

Do you mean the slider seems resetting the progress? 

8 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

Does this mean that you have now managed to load MSFS to the main menu?

No, I click on the desktop icon and it loads Stream and Steam will not allow me to do anything but try to download the update.

6 hours ago, History said:

You need to calm down. What do you mean by "update will not download?"

Do you mean the slider seems resetting the progress? 

I am the most mellow person you will ever meet. It starts to download the update and it gets one or two gigs out of 159 gig and then it stops downloading. So I restart the computer and try the download again. I have gotten as much as 3 gigs downloaded before it stops. The slider never gets beyond 2%.

I have finally given up and requested a refund from Steam. I tried my best for a whole week and failed miserably.