April 19, 20251 yr I didn’t know about this….but it does make flying opportunities much cooler. AMD 9950X3D | 64 GB RAM | RTX 5090 FMR: 747 FO, 757/767 CAPT, 737 Check Airman Current 777 CAPT
April 19, 20251 yr Just for a heads up, You're not limited to airports either. You can place your custom start location practically anywhere on the planet. It's great for floatplanes and custom water starts, helicopters and bushplanes as well. Edited April 19, 20251 yr by toucanair grammer FAA ATP, CASA ATPL(A), MEIR, NVFR, Type Rated: A320, B747,B737, E120, B1900D/C KA350, Multi Ratings: PA31-350, BE58, C310, PN68, PA44, BE76. Checked out on: C210, R114, C206, PA28, C172, C152. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7900X CPU @ 3.30GHz (20 CPUs), ~3.3GHzMemory: 64MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Multi Monitor.
April 19, 20251 yr As far as I can remember, this feature exists for at least 6 months. 😉 - PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D // Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO // 2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 // ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600 // Corsair 1600W PSU Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor. - Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7.
April 19, 20251 yr What would be cool is if you could set the orientation of the aircraft, I've often started "Ready For Take Off" but needed to be 90 degrees more to the left for example as I'd be stuck facing a building or whatever! Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
April 19, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, David Roch said: As far as I can remember, this feature exists for at least 6 months. 😉 Some people obviously never experiment with the UI and therefore manage to overlook it. 😉 And then there are people who make a YouTube video out of it. Fishing for content is what I call that. It's not like this feature is hidden somehow, you just have to use the drop down menu on the map... Edited April 19, 20251 yr by Farlis
April 19, 20251 yr 48 minutes ago, Farlis said: Some people obviously never experiment with the UI and therefore manage to overlook it. 😉 And then there are people who make a YouTube video out of it. Fishing for content is what I call that. It's not like this feature is hidden somehow, you just have to use the drop down menu on the map... It's not really documented, though. Most people somehow are a bit shy about clicking with every available mouse button everywhere to find those hidden (or not so much hidden, depending on perspective) possibilities. I am very often super surprised when I have to explain software to people: they just don't click everywhere or just don't expect that this clicking would discover something important. So this video has it's uses.
April 19, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Farlis said: ..And then there are people who make a YouTube video out of it. Fishing for content is what I call that. It's not like this feature is hidden somehow, you just have to use the drop down menu on the map... No but come on, this thing is a "secret, hidden, life-changing, special easter egg!" . It is so secret and hidden I doubt I would have ever found it, and it has definitely changed my life. I can't wait for Island Sim Pilot to do a video on it. I bet he will show you how to gain 30 FPS by starting your flight in this way. I am now running at 500 FPS with the cumulative affect of all of his tweaks. Edited April 19, 20251 yr by bobcat999 Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
April 19, 20251 yr Wait, this dude just now figured out how to start on an apron?? I have been doing this since the first day 2020 came out.....am I missing something?? Eric i9-12900k, RTX 5070ti OC, 32GB ddr5 5600 RAM, 2TB 980 Pro SSD, Titan 240RX AIO, Samsung CRG90 49", Win 11
April 19, 20251 yr That this feature has gone unrecognized by the OP for so long (rather astonishing), points up something I have long suspected. Many users of MSFS2024 are so hung up on career mode and all its idiosyncrasies, that they fail to appreciate what a great sim this is just for flying, anywhere in the world, under any conditions, with amazingly real-life scenery and ground textures that are mind-blowing. To those who are just discovering this, welcome to the club!
April 19, 20251 yr 14 minutes ago, Flic1 said: Wait, this dude just now figured out how to start on an apron?? I have been doing this since the first day 2020 came out.....am I missing something?? 🙂 i think i had the same feeling like you. No big surprice here Now does anyone have a worldmap airport "gate" only for sea planes ? Thanks michael Moe Michael Moe
April 19, 20251 yr Author AMD 9950X3D | 64 GB RAM | RTX 5090 FMR: 747 FO, 757/767 CAPT, 737 Check Airman Current 777 CAPT
April 19, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, crimplene said: It's not really documented, though As if anything is. Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
April 19, 20251 yr How can Free Flight be a secret feature? I mean, surely that is the primary feature of a flight simulator? Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
April 19, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, Flic1 said: Wait, this dude just now figured out how to start on an apron?? I have been doing this since the first day 2020 came out.....am I missing something?? Yes, but that is when clicking on a dot. This guy just found out that you can click anywhere and then choose the position on the ground instead of in the air. The latter is missing in 2020.
April 19, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Christopher Low said: How can Free Flight be a secret feature? I mean, surely that is the primary feature of a flight simulator? No, they're not talking about free flight itself. They're talking about MSFS2024's ability to have you drop in anywhere at cold & dark or ready for flight. In MSFS2020 you can do that, but you would be airborne. The only other option was to start at a parking spot and then slew to a spot you wanted. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
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