March 31, 20242 yr By the same owner of both PCs, but perhaps only one can connect at a time? Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
March 31, 20242 yr YES i use to have it installed on 2 PC , but some addons like PMDG and Fenix will only work installed on one PC at a time and MSFS can only be played one 1 x PC at a time. If you load it up on the second PC while you are flying it logs you out of the game. Its the same with PC and XBOX you can only play it on one or the other at the same time. Edited March 31, 20242 yr by jason74 Jason Richards
March 31, 20242 yr Commercial Member AFAIK if you want to run multiple copies of MSFS in parallel, you have to buy a copy of MSFS for each computer using different Microsoft accounts. If you can share addons between them depends on the licensing for those addons. Some developers allow installing the addon on more than one computer as long as it belongs to you. I have one MSFS bound to my regular Microsoft account and bought another copy on Steam, where one can create a second MS account in the process. Edited March 31, 20242 yr by Lorby_SI LORBY-SI
March 31, 20242 yr 5 hours ago, jason74 said: YES i use to have it installed on 2 PC , but some addons like PMDG and Fenix will only work installed on one PC at a time and MSFS can only be played one 1 x PC at a time. If you load it up on the second PC while you are flying it logs you out of the game. Its the same with PC and XBOX you can only play it on one or the other at the same time. I have MSFS (single license) and PMDG (single license) for MSFS installed on 2 PC,s. PMDG (single license) works on both MSFS PC's. MSFS (single license) cannot be running on both PC's at the same time. Edited March 31, 20242 yr by vonmar Best Regards, Vaughan Martell PP-ASEL KDTW
March 31, 20242 yr Here I have 2 Pc’s with both a seperate copy of MSFS. Each one a different MS Store account and a different XBox Live account. 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
March 31, 20242 yr Yes, it's legal and possible to install MSFS on 2 or more PCs, but you can't fly it simultaneously on them. See here: https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/t/can-i-install-on-2-pcs-with-1-license-premium-deluxe/7744 For certain add-ons this may or may not work, depending on whether or not the dev implements additional copy protections measures, and how many parallel install they allow. I reckon it should work ok for all add-ons purchased in the market place. My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
March 31, 20242 yr I have MSFS on a PC and on a gaming laptop. This is totally possible. The only limitation is that you cannot play MSFS on both at the same time. 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
March 31, 20242 yr I have MSFS on multiple PC’s without issue. Cheers, Pete Pete Solov - Lake in the Hills 3CK and Schaumburg Regional 06CProud AOPA Member - PPL 2001Real World Piper Cherokee Pilot
March 31, 20242 yr 7 hours ago, edpatino said: I have MSFS on a PC and on a gaming laptop. This is totally possible. The only limitation is that you cannot play MSFS on both at the same time. This is the one thing that I didn't like the most in earlier versions of P3D. You have to uninstall or de-activate the desktop copy of the client module In order to play on your laptop and vice-versa. Kudos to MSFS for making it more convenient to play on the desktop and laptop. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
March 31, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, bofhlusr said: This is the one thing that I didn't like the most in earlier versions of P3D. You have to uninstall or de-activate the desktop copy of the client module In order to play on your laptop and vice-versa. Kudos to MSFS for making it more convenient to play on the desktop and laptop. Agreed. I actually have MSFS on four different PC’s, and I’ve never had an issue. Also, my settings transfer from one PC to the next. Cheers, Pete Pete Solov - Lake in the Hills 3CK and Schaumburg Regional 06CProud AOPA Member - PPL 2001Real World Piper Cherokee Pilot
March 31, 20242 yr Author 14 hours ago, vonmar said: I have MSFS (single license) and PMDG (single license) for MSFS installed on 2 PC,s. PMDG (single license) works on both MSFS PC's. MSFS (single license) cannot be running on both PC's at the same time. That's great, and unambiguous--thanks ;o). Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
April 1, 20242 yr 15 hours ago, PilotPete99 said: Agreed. I actually have MSFS on four different PC’s, and I’ve never had an issue. Also, my settings transfer from one PC to the next. A question for those who have MSFS (MS store version) installed on more than one machine, using a single MS/Xbox account: it's mentioned above that the settings transfer between the PCs. What if I don't want this? Example: running on a higher-end desktop and a lower-end laptop (still meeting minimum requirements), I'd want to run the two with different settings, to manage performance. Does this mean I'd need to redo all my settings every time I'd move from one machine to the other, or is it possible to maintain two different sets of settings, one on each machine?
April 1, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, CavalierDuck said: A question for those who have MSFS (MS store version) installed on more than one machine, using a single MS/Xbox account: it's mentioned above that the settings transfer between the PCs. What if I don't want this? Example: running on a higher-end desktop and a lower-end laptop (still meeting minimum requirements), I'd want to run the two with different settings, to manage performance. Does this mean I'd need to redo all my settings every time I'd move from one machine to the other, or is it possible to maintain two different sets of settings, one on each machine? I have some different Flight Sim hardware and Profiles on each PC. No problems. When you install MSFS on the 2nd PC the installation is for that PC. If it does not meet minimum requirements MSFS would not be installed. Do you have a 2nd PC / laptop ? Edited April 1, 20242 yr by vonmar Best Regards, Vaughan Martell PP-ASEL KDTW
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