At the 1 hour point, downloaded and slowly installing. At 16% VFS Activating packages…

12 minutes ago, keithb77 said:

Seems pretty good too, I wasn't expecting an off-line planner, with chart access and all 🙂

 

Playng with it, cause after a fast download, first launch is taking a while. After 20 mins, still at 10% activating packages.

But the planner looks quite nice! Charts, etops, fuel planning. I like it quite a lot!

I was able to load all the way into the menus, it recognized my 2020 account and asked me to restart so I could access it. Unfortunately, the second load isn't faster - must be looking at downloading something each time (language files). Hopefully something they will update.

1 minute ago, Ron Attwood said:

Mine still started.

Thanks, Ron, I will try to reinstall 2020 when I will finish with 2024, but that really sucks.
 

 

1 minute ago, ConairMSFS said:

Playng with it, cause after a fast download, first launch is taking a while. After 20 mins, still at 10% activating packages.

But the planner looks quite nice! Charts, etops, fuel planning. I like it quite a lot!

Is the offline planner added to the desktop? Just wondering cause I am stuck at 15%.

3 minutes ago, micstatic said:

A little premature to dismiss navigraph at this point.  It's not clear whether we will still need it or not for our payware FMS's

I don't use payware FMS's for me it's not premature. 😉

Still can't add procedures automatically to the plan... My sim is stuck loading so I have the time to figure things out but it's not as easy as it seems. The options the planner has are extemely complete though... Wow...!

Stuck at 9% for an hour now!

FS's (stupid, boring, mind-boggling, elevator) music kept on playing even with the software being sent to background, so I had to manually shut it off via the soundmixer, because guess what: I'd like to use my PC while this turtling download and activation is going on.

WHAT were they thinking?

Global & simultaneous release with NO option to pre-download - at least for steam users.

What a disgrace and what a bad first impression

 

1 minute ago, Lotharen said:

Is the offline planner added to the desktop? Just wondering cause I am stuck at 15%.

It's online! https://planner.flightsimulator.com/ Also works on your smartphone or whatever!

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by mistolip

For those with a limited budget the included planner and chart might be a perfect option.

Just now, mistolip said:

It's online! https://planner.flightsimulator.com/ Also works on your smartphone or whatever!

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Stuck at customising identity for 15+ minutes....

4 minutes ago, ConairMSFS said:

fuel planning

automatic or fill-in yourself? I am lazy and find no "press to calculate fuel" button 🙂

7 minutes ago, micstatic said:

A little premature to dismiss navigraph at this point.  It's not clear whether we will still need it or not for our payware FMS's

yeah good point, sorry navigraph, all is forgiven

7 minutes ago, micstatic said:

A little premature to dismiss navigraph at this point.  It's not clear whether we will still need it or not for our payware FMS's

yeah good point, sorry navigraph, all is forgiven

Just now, mistolip said:

It's online! https://planner.flightsimulator.com/

Don't even need to be on your games machine, I'm using it on a laptop and haven't actually decided which MSFS24 variant to buy yet.
Reading the 'default aircraft' manuals, some of which have been updated, the new inibuilds aircraft still only use simbrief in their EFB.