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When I buy (this, as an aged pensioner with limited income is a financial issue and it is not a BUGS issue) I will also be buying a 4TB SSD and house 2020 and 2024 on the same drive, partitioned. I have to admit that I am impressed with the trailers I have seen but then again, I was also impressed with 2020 trailers and look at where that got me LOL However, I also have to admit that I would really like to be in the game, so to speak, and not leave it to others to sort out my problems for me. I like to feel that, in some limited way, I could contribute to the problem solving. I just think that opting out certainly weeds out some frustrations, but those same frustrations really increase the pleasure when you sort it out or learn from someone else solving the problem, I don't think either way is wrong ... I just know which option I would be taking. I am really looking forward to being able to play this sim of the future and hope to enjoy it as much as 2020 which will definitely NOT be uninstalled. Tony

My one comment is that was an absolute pleasure to watch. I envy his skillset (and his aircraft LOL) THANK you Sir Tony

Hello to you all, I have accepted that all my flights will go from IFR (ATC controlled) to IFR cancellation before the end of the flight. Please note that I am generally using GA aircraft in these instances. For example, I do not know how many times I have been at 5000 feet, 10 NM from my destination and ATC tells me to climb to 10000 feet. I have also arrived overhead destination at 5000 feet before being advised to descend for approach. I simply cannot remember the last time I had an IFR flight to conclusion using standard ATC. When planning a flight I use NAVLOG to set my cruising height and this is never complied with in IFR ATC. It is so annoying. When all these anomalies happen, I simply cancel IFR and carry on without ATC until about 30 NM from destination and then I use the nearest airport route. I think it is important to recognize that default ATC has never been more than barely adequate in any Flight Simulation product. Third party devs may well be the answer here but I have no personal experience with them so I am unable to offer an opinion. It is what it is guys and I have no real expectations that MSFS2024 is going to be any different. That is NOT going to stop me enjoying 2020 or 2024. My cup is half full Regards Tony

Rocky, Just a further thought. There is a chap who has a Youtube channel who has built a 737 cockpit which looks absolutely marvellous. I think his name is Mike and that he was suffering from cancer at one stage. I have not followed him lately but I believe he still posts occasionally. I really do not know if he is actually using MSFS2020 now but it may prove beneficial to check him out. I think he uses three monitors for his outside cockpit view. It has been a while since I saw one of his posts. I hope that helps you because I think he is somewhat a nerdy chap and definitely has a few clues (and a lot of money LOL) His setup is brilliant. Good luck Tony

Rocky, Thanks for your thoughts and reasons which I completely understand. Please note that VR headsets DO take a little time to get used to. I suffered nausea for example and that lasted for about a week of use one hour per day. I also assume that you have watched VR FlightsimGuy on Your tube. He shares a wealth of knowledge. Ultimately though, it is your hardware that would be very hard to give up and I do truly understand that. From that point of view I really cannot help you with a multi-monitor system for MSFS, but I do agree that that would significantly enhance your Flightsim experience. I really hope that someone can help you out mate and I wish you the very best of luck. Regards Tony

Rocky, I ran 8 monitors in fs2004 using a GTX1080ti. My setup was as follows.... 1 x overhead panel mounted above, 3 x cockpit external views (the centre one included the cockpit panel and the other two were just outside views) 2 x external side views (left and right) 1 x FMS panel 1 x pedestal I set up the mouse to scroll between all the screens and I loved it. I just wished I could have afforded touch screens. FSX, P3D and XPlane (10 and 11) could not handle more than 2 screens with my computer specs and I therefore concentrated on FS2004 until MS2020 came out, I abandoned FS2004 and all the multi-screens to persevere with MS2020 (single screen) for about 12 months and thoroughly enjoyed it with reservations. Then I purchased a Quest 2 VR headset and finally realized what flight swimming was all about. It was also significantly cheaper than a multi-screen setup. The downside to this was that with VR spatiality and the ability to judge distances etc so much better, I literally had to learn to fly again. Simply put there is absolutely no comparison between multi-screens and VR. Now, I am very much aware that this is singularly unhelpful to you if you are truly set on developing a multi-screen set up and in all honesty, I could not help you to do that with MSFS2020. IF you have not delved into VR, then I strongly recommend you try it even if it is on a friends device. I found that before I upgraded my computer to a full AMD setup, using a GTX1080 was sufficient to drive the VR headset. My CPU was an AMD R9 3900 and that, despite being ancient by today's standards was OK using slightly downgraded graphics and the Quest 2 which I still have. If you already have and use VR I cannot understand why you would want to go to multi screens for MS2020 or MS2024 but that is me and I am not denigrating your choice. By the way, my controller set up is a standard Saitek Yoke/throttle, pedals, trim wheel, and extra throttle controller (for four engine, flaps and speedbrake) as well as an extra throttle quadrant set up for Gear Up, power and mixture. This is all used mostly by muscle memory and the need to take the headset off and back on again is negated. I genuinely hope that this is helpful to you and that I am not trying to take coal to Newcastle (Aussie expression) All the best Tony

Hey guys, This, to me, is good news and bad. It is, however the statement "that making a product for both platforms is just impossible" which is alarming. IF, that is the case, I am wondering just how many 2020 aircraft are going to be compatible, and how many of these products will be updated to 2024 at no cost at best, or a small fee for the update. I am guessing that the major 2020 releases will be upgraded and it will be the "little Guys" who will have a problem. My contention with that is that it is the "little guys" who need our support more than ever. I understand that Raul will release a very good product but I am somewhat baffled by the fact that if it is that close to release, it must have been based on 2020. The economics of releasing for both is a matter for Raul (and all other developers) and I do not believe any of them deserve any criticism for making their decisions regardless of how good or bad that decision is for us. There is absolutely no point in making a loss on any product (freeware excepted and acknowledged that the standards are not the same) As disappointed as I am with this decision, I am happy to wait for 2024 just to get a new aircraft that FSReborn has put together. His standards are brilliant. Regards Tony

Hello mate, I was just wondering if there is an update on your Phenom300 project. Given the fairly bad to horrible reviews of the Sim Federation effort, I would imagine that your project would be a day one buy for followers of this aircraft. I would also think that there are many of us who follow you are wondering the same thing so any further information would be really appreciated. Thanks in eager anticipation Tony

This is exactly, I repeat, exactly the reason AVSIM is not toxic. There is so very many people who dedicate their time, energy and expertise to eliminate problems and to help people who are not able to sort out a specific problem, be that a bug or simply a problem with hardware or software. Having been a recipient of an incredible amount of help and advice here over the years, I am very able to tolerate or ignore any toxicity in this forum. Toxicity is only effective when people respond to and take the baits offered. It is not something we are actually forced to take on board and lose sleep over. I would like to raise a huge shoutout to everyone who goes the extra mile to help people and they are simply far too numerous to mention here My guess is that there is a ratio between toxic OPs and helpful respondents of about 1 to 100. So very easy to ignore without effort. Peace to all and I believe that I am just one who loves this forum. Regards Tony

Hello all, Given that there has been absolutely no response from the OP I would suggest that you are all preaching to the converted because he just is not here anymore. 16 contributions does not really suggest a serious commitment to flight sim generally. I guess it is time to move on ... conserve energy and concentrate on those whose opinions actually mean something. I bid the OP bon voyage and a good life wherever he is headed in the future. Tony

Hello again I am going to do some more research regarding this. I have, however, tried this exercise three times now (in the past) and each time the next start-up will pause at the mandatory update and then reloads all that I have just deleted. In fact, I have made several posts referring to this. Again, these deletions are done through the content manager and additionally, I have always installed MSFS onto a dedicated hard drive (Drive D) It is not a huge problem for me other than the huge amount of data storage it takes up. Thank you for all your responses. Regards Tony

Mate this is very simple. You do it through the content manager where you can install or uninstall. You can delete all the default liveries and the bush flights etc but it all comes back in again. It is, as I said, futile because the next time you load MSFS it will go into mandatory update and put them all back in again. You can though, delete world updates and they will not come back until you reinstall them, I guess the best way to describe this is, if you do a reinstall of MSFS and rename your Community folder prior to this, basically everything that is installed and up to date in the content manager is default and will reload ie do a mandatory update, if you delete them. The items that you can install in that folder are the optional ones that if you do delete will not come back or update mandatorily. That is what I have worked out and it may not be totally correct so please correct me in that case. I hope that helps to clear it all up. Thank you for that Mate. Does the new version even have a content manager or is it highly modified??? Regards Tony

Hello to you all, Can anyone tell me if in the new sim, is it possible to delete all the default cities and aircraft repaints. In 2020 you can, in fact, delete all of these and it takes a long time. Similarly, it takes a long time to restart the sim also, because it reloads all that you have just deleted as a mandatory update. In other words, it is an excellent example of an exercise in futility. I know that quite a few people have had a whinge about this (myself included) and I really do wonder if this is being addressed in the 2024 version. The reason for this query is that I am now up to 1.89 TB in my 2TB HDD, given mostly Flightsim.to addons and repaints. I also only fly in Australia so all the world city updates are just HDD fillers which will never be used. Any info would be appreciated Regards Tony

Hello all, I know it is early days but I just read forum topic about PMDG 747-100. I really do wonder if IFly could follow up the MAX with their 747-800. I would be a first day buyer of that one too. It was a significantly great aircraft in FS2004 and P3Dv4 and 5. I will keep hoping and maybe they can steal the march on PMDG again LOL Steve, I loved your screenshots and thank you for them. Can you tell me just how hard will it be to convert a P3D repaint to MSFS2020? of this aircraft. Tony

I have been an IFly 737 and 747 supporter with FS2004 and P3D and in fact, I still have the 737 CD for FS2004 although I no longer use it. The main reason for mentioning FS2004 is that I was using seven monitors at the time. My setup was three screens for forward cockpit view (outside only) 1 for interior cockpit , one for overhead panel, one for throttle panel and one for the Pedestal. All screens were clickable other than the exterior cockpit views. It was a beautiful way to fly which was not surpassed until MS2020 and VR came along. FSX and P3D was not usable with this concept as the use of 2 or more monitors crippled the simulator and I never did find a way around that. IFly also featured 737 738 and 739 as well as the BBJ which is the model I concentrated on and had a very special (for me) repaint done which is still on the Flight 1 livery page. (Five Star Charters) For me, IFly has been a trouble-free installation and incredibly good aircraft in all formats and I MOST CERTAINLY will be a buyer for MS2020 and or MS2024 as I expect nothing will be different. One point I would like to make is that if it is released on Nov 7 it will be prior to MS2024 release and I am wondering if there will be a free update for those going to MS2024. Having said that, I have seen and read very little on the IFly development and now will have to go looking for the latest video to scrutinize that with an intense scrute to get some more information. I cannot wait for the Newby to rear its beautiful head. Tony