stolowski

Ok, I'm really confused as to whether MSFS DVD disc needs to be inserted in the drive while playing or not.. I created a ticket on Aerosoft website for clarification and got this: Perhaps there editions other than from Aerosoft in other regions and they don't need the disc?

After it's finished can you confirm that DVD disc is no longer needed in the drive in order to play? I'd like to have confirmation of the info from another user/thread.

Ok, that's interesting! I haven't bought MSFS yet but didn't consider boxed edition since it was said one would require DVD#1 in the drive at all times - even Aerosoft FAQ states that: https://helpdesk.aerosoft.com/portal/en/kb/articles/microsoft-flight-simulator-disc-faq Q) Do I need to keep the disc inserted to run Microsoft Flight Simulator?A) Yes. Disc 1 will need to be inserted to launch Microsoft Flight Simulator to check the status of your activation. If that's not the case then it's great!

I think negative comments are mostly coming from people having download and install problems. I think teething issues like these with a product of that scale are to be expected on release day, I think these comments are not reflective to the overall quality of the sim, I'm sure they will be fixed soon. Gamers on steam are pretty quick to downvote games shall they encounter problems, I think simmers know it is just a start..

Also, how much is an upgrade from Standard to Deluxe or Premium if bought separately?

Hello, Question to anyone who already owns MSFS and can browse its marketplace: is it possible to purchase individual airports and "default" planes separately (from those included in Deluxe/Premium editions) and if so, what's the price of individual pieces? Since I'm only interested in select airports and just a few default aircraft, I wonder if purchasing Standard edition + bits that I actually want makes more sense than paying for Premium. TIA

Small update. I thought that had something to do with the fact, that I've recently changed my account settings to regular user (not an admin). So I reverted that and made my user admin again, uninstalled P2A (and wiped C:\PILOT2ATC to be sure), then reinstalled and updated navdata with NavDataPro. The problem persists.

I've installed P2A 2.2.1.4 and updated navdata with NavDataPro cycle 1706. P2A refuses to open the database and shows the following error: "Unable to initialize Database. The underlying provider failed to Open. Cannot open database: C:\PILOT2ATC_200\DATA\P2ADYNAMICDATA.MDF requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'DesktopPC\Paweł'. Any ideas?

Dave, this looks really really fishy... No sane API would produce such an exception unless something is wrong somewhere within the program itself. I'm a professional programmer myself and this looks like actual programmer's error to me. I googled for this kind of exception and found several possible explanations, most of which revolved around doing graphics-related operations in threads, when given operation is not thread-safe (one such example was Bitmap-related). Also, in general, doing any UI-related operations in non-UI thread was pointed as a culprit. And of course we don't see it all the time with Pilot2ATC, because that's the nature of threading-related issues or race conditions... Any chance you can look at the issue from this perspective? I experienced this exception one or two times too (I think I sent it over to you the other day, not 100% sure as it was one of a few other issues I reported).