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MSFS 2020 and 2024 - side by side installation

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I'm very happy with my MSFS 2020 installation, including a lot of addons. But of course, I would also like check out the 2024 version (on a separate drive). 

In the past I read some scary posts about conflicts between both versions on the same system. 

Is there, in the meantime, a consensus that it will not have bad consequences for the "old one"? 

Thanks for your experiences! 

There are Zero consequences. Everything 2024 is in its own little directory away from 2020.

Have both installed on the same drive and have had no issues up to now. Use 2020 when I want to do some serious flying without issues and am using 2024 to learn it's settings and nuances as the improvements come along.

System 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @ 4.2GHz, 2x16GB DDR4 2600MHz CL18 RAM, EVGA RTX 3090 FTW, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1TB, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 512GB, Seagate 2TB HDD, Windows 11 Pro 64bit, Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog.

System 2: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D @ 5.7GHz, 2 x 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 RAM, ASUS ROG ASTRAL RTX5090 OC, 2 x 4TB Lexar NM790 M.2 PCIe 4.0, Crucial T705 2TB Gen5 M.2, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1TB, Moza AB9 with Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Flight Stick, Winwing Orion Rudder Pedals, Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Throttle Quadrant.

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Also have both installed on same drive - absolutely no issues at all.

 

Go for it!

 

RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti
40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160 

1 hour ago, Dusk said:

Have both installed on the same drive and have had no issues up to now. Use 2020 when I want to do some serious flying without issues and am using 2024 to learn it's settings and nuances as the improvements come along.

A good way to aid the gradual transition. I boot into 2020 to see the curve profile for my throttles for a given aircraft and tried to replicate that with it in 2024. Also a copy and paste scenery addons from the 2020 community folder to the 2024 community folder two at a time to check compatibility. 

I'm using Addons Linker for scenery, aircraft and FSLTL/AIG to test compatibility, makes life easy. For instance when I added FSLTL and AIG the loading times went up as if I was using MSFSF2020! So now only load them when using BATC.

Only disappointment with the curve profiler in MSFS2024 is that it does not visualise the position of the Joystick for instance, so not sure if even centred correctly. Step backwards from MSFS2020.

System 1: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X @ 4.2GHz, 2x16GB DDR4 2600MHz CL18 RAM, EVGA RTX 3090 FTW, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1TB, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 512GB, Seagate 2TB HDD, Windows 11 Pro 64bit, Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog.

System 2: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D @ 5.7GHz, 2 x 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 RAM, ASUS ROG ASTRAL RTX5090 OC, 2 x 4TB Lexar NM790 M.2 PCIe 4.0, Crucial T705 2TB Gen5 M.2, Samsung 840 Pro SSD 1TB, Moza AB9 with Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Flight Stick, Winwing Orion Rudder Pedals, Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Throttle Quadrant.

3 hours ago, vgbaron said:

Also have both installed on same drive - absolutely no issues at all. Go for it!

I was a bit hesitant too. All went fine ... no conflicts whatsoever.

I [also] strongly suggest using Addons Linker to help with migrating all your addons. I set up new 2024-specific folders on my HD and only move (or add) only what I find works without issues. I set up YES/NO/Partial tags in Linker to help. Any issues found I put in the "Description" field.

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I have both installed, and I have experienced no conflicts whatsoever. 

Jetline Systems, Windows 10 Professional, Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Pro Ax LG 1200, Intel Core i9 10900K Ten Core, Corsair H100 240mm Liquid Cooler, 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR SDRAM 3200MHz, 10GB Nvidea GeForce RTX 3080 GDDR6X, 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 1000 watt Gold Power Supply.

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Thanks a lot for your input! 

I will give it a try this weekend... 

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