mikelockwood

I bought MSFS 2024 this week. (Wish I hadn’t) I’ve spent hours setting up a C172 just to get the feel of the sim before moving onto airliners. Oh btw none of the cockpits light, pathetically basic in my opinion. Anyway, I tested out my flight over New York and landed at La Guardia. Yep, there were no buildings only jetways. I’m going back to MSFS 2020. It’s a disgrace how Microsoft can even release this, even 6 months in and it’s half baked. Regards, Mike

Thank you all for your replies, Luis70 I will do as you suggested with the Navigraph files. Regards

Thank all for your feedback. It’s interesting to see that two of you had problems after the Windows 11 update. I’d completely forgotten that I’d downloaded that update myself. I’d like to ask the members who are having smooth experiences whether they have or have not downloaded that update as well. It might be significant. Many thanks

Hi All, I'm hoping for some enlightenment. About 2 weeks ago I started experiencing very laggy graphics and sound stuttering. Also, loading times of the simulator became horrendously long just getting to the main menu and then just as long launching after hitting “Fly”. My Fenix aircraft wouldn’t automatically sign in resulting in a dead aircraft at the gate. I tried to think back over any recent updates that I had carried out. I had updated Fenix so after checking on the Fenix site I found an article recommending a complete re-install. This I did. The Fenix is ok now. I also remember updating my Nvidia graphics driver, so I rolled back to a safe November driver that I’d used without any problems. I do have a lot of addon airports installed. I use the addon linker program, so I tried disabling 95% of them in case this was causing the problem, that made no difference. To be honest, having many installed airports has never given me any problems in the past. My system is not exactly cutting edge, I have a I7 9700K processor, 2080ti graphics card and 32gig of RAM. My broadband speed is 40-50mbs at the PC. I haven’t touched my graphics settings, in fact everything is as it’s always been. This set up has always given me a smooth experience. My gut feeling is that this a Microsoft server issue. I’m sure that most of you are aware of the recent publicised articles regarding long loading times for MS2020. Then of course there has been the disappointing launch of MS2024 which has it’s own streaming issues. My belief is that Microsoft are not pumping out a solid reliable data stream since MS2024. They need to upgrade their servers. I used task manager to check my broadband speed being received by the simulator and the graph goes up and down like a yo yo. I do not get erratic speeds with other applications. I’d welcome any views/opinions or ideas as at the moment my simulator is not worth playing in this state. One of the reasons that I’ve stayed with MS2020 is because of its stability. This recent experience has made me less likely to change to MS2024 if poor streaming is the culprit. Regards, Mike.

Hi all, just stumbled across this post. I’ve today bought the Fenix A319/A321 pack, checked that the official Fenix liveries are up to date and fired up MSFS. Thought I’d try the A321 first but when I started at the gate it’s invisible, went back to main menu and checked hangar, it’s also invisible there too. Changed to A319 in hangar that’s visible but has no landing gear. Original A320 still ok. In all instances I’ve used the default Fenix house livery. As this relates to the original post I wondered if anyone can add to this. Regards Mike

OK - I get all the stuff about basic and premium voices. I just need one piece of clarification about the offline setup. If I push the PTT button do I just get a UI open with different phrases to use like the MSFS ATC window or do I actually get to talk like I do in P2Atc. Assuming my voice is then transmitted, is there a charge? The main appeal for me is the voice interaction. Mike

Hi everyone, I am now the proud owner of a Thrustmaster TCA Boeing flight yoke plus the Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant. Christmas has come earlier and my family has racked up a debt equivalent to a small third world country! I intend in the near future to add the Airbus throttle lever set and maybe a joystick, but I think that more than likely I’ll just use the yoke for the Airbus anyway just like I’ve always done. So yesterday, after much head damage and stretching under the desk in dark corners, l set it all up - phase 1 done. Then after much assigning/configuring and expletives, phase 2 was completed and the PMDG 737 is ready to fly. Today I move onto the GA lever set for my Cessna. Thank you all for your opinions and input, I’m glad that I’ve gone the extra mile and bought a great set up, I’m really impressed with the quality of both products. Have great Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year! Best regards, Mike. P.S. sock drawer now has room for flight lever sets not in use 😜😜

Hi All, thank you for all your suggestions and comments, i really appreciate it. Terry, thank you so much for your detailed reply, I’m still laughing at the socks link 😂😂😂😂. I think I’m leaning towards Thrustmaster at the moment but still not 100%. It’s definitely an expensive minefield but on the other hand it’s false economy to buy cheap and then upgrade again later. I’ll let you know when I’ve finally decided. I think that the family may be buying my Christmas, birthday and next Christmas present all in one go. Got to be better than socks though, right? Cheers, Mike

Thank you everybody for your input. Has anyone used or know of anyone that’s used the Turtle Beach Velocity One yoke? It looks very suitable for Boeing aircraft and Cessnas, if I was to add a side stick it would be ok for an Airbus. I saw it on Amazon today but no one here has mentioned it. Not sure if that’s good or bad. Many thanks, Mike

Thank you everybody for your input. Has anyone used or know of anyone that’s used the Turtle Beach Velocity One yoke? It looks very suitable for Boeing aircraft and Cessnas, if I was to add a side stick it would be ok for an Airbus. I saw it on Amazon today but no one here has mentioned it. Not sure if that’s good or bad. Many thanks, Mike

Hi all, With Christmas looming up and my family never knowing what to buy me, I’ve decided that my aged Saitek Pro yoke is getting a bit long in the tooth (a bit like me). I intend to keep the Saitek rudder pedals which I am happy with. I’d appreciate any suggestions/opinions from the community as to what would be a good replacement for it. Price is not entirely an issue as long as it’s not exorbitant, but I’d probably stretch a bit if the product seemed much better than other contenders. I am an MSFS user these days and my aircraft of choice that I use regularly are the PMDG 737, FBW Airbus A320 and the Cessna 172 for my VFR flying. Obviously the Boeing and Airbus systems are completely different so I’m looking for a hybrid yoke that would suit all. I’d be very interested to hear your views and experiences on what you consider a good choice would be. Please save me from another 200 pairs of socks! 😕😕 Regards Mike

c912039 and Marc Collins, Thank you both for your comments, it appears that one of you had REX problems and the other MSFS!. I've been busy for the past few days so haven't had much time to further this, but I do appreciate your time and input. I'm going to try and reach REX now to see if I can resolve this, at the moment I can't even log into REX Axis, it's saying my profile doesn't exist so I can't even download the original Accuseason product. When I eventually get this sorted, I may even stay with the original product for a while because there is definitely something buggy going on with the Advanced version. I'm hoping that a hotfix is issued soon. Marc, as you're probably aware, there's an MSFS update tomorrow, so I hope that it helps resolve your issues. Regards, Mike

I just came across this post by googling "1.33.8.0" looking for answers and was surprised to find this. On Thursday 21st I loaded MSFS and there was a Mandatory update for 1.33.8.0 which surprised me as I wasn't expecting another update until next week. The post title describes my situation perfectly. Somehow it's done me a lot of damage too. My FBW 320 has disappeared as well as my PMDG aircraft. The PMDG Operations Center shows that I have no aircraft which in turn does not show my aircraft in Navigraph. Windows Control Panel shows many of my programs installed but the "date modified", "type", and "size" are all empty. Even unrelated items e.g. Nvidia drivers, Bitdefender etc are blank. I'm not even sure of the full extent yet, just doing damage limitation now and reinstalling all the blank ones to be sure. I suspect a registry problem. The only other possible culprit is REX Accuseason Advanced which I installed around the same time. There have many problems with this that a well documented on many forums. If anyone else has had similar problems in the last few days, I'd be interested to hear your comments. Many thanks, Mike

Only found out today. Can’t believe it, inspired me through my early FSX days. R.I.P. Matt

This is what concerns me. Rex started off behind but they do seem to be keeping on top of updates. I’m also drawn to the weekly season changes in REX rather than every 45 days. Thank all of you for your opinions. Think I might give Accuseason a try. regards Mike