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gingertips

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  1. Brilliant!!! How far have you got? I took yesterday off, but didnt finish downloading until 5.30pm and was busy in the evening. Today I tried to play 2 hours ago, only to find another update which is still downloading!!!
  2. 9 hours in - doesnt appear to have downloaded all the updates. Its crashed, now back into game and running through settiing the experiences. No control presets for Saitek Pro Flight X-55 Rhino Stick & Throttle which is a little annoying. Wife just arrived home, so wont be playing today now...
  3. its soooo slow. I started this morning at 8am, only 27gb downloaded so far. on that basis thinking its going to be close to this evening before its downloaded. And I took the day off work! Bad planning!
  4. gamertag is similar to your Steam profile. Microsoft want to get as many people onto their platform, its that simple. Its a direct competitor to Steam. Its one of the reasons theyve made the standard flight sim available as part of the paid xbox for pc beta subscription which is currently discounted. TBH im surprised they went live with Steam straight off the bat - would have thought they would have made it a week or so later before available through steam. Consider what happens with consoles - there are many titles which are either xbox exclusive or PS4 exclusive. Cant answer your comments for 3,5 & 6 but hopefully someone else will be able to suggest
  5. annoying it doesnt give you option to mute the music before it starts updating....but if you are using Windows 10, go into SOUND in control panel, select "App volume device preferences" under the "Advanced sound options" & you can set the volume for Microsoft Flight Simulator to 0, whilst keeping all the other sounds at 100
  6. had exactly the same issue installing to the C drive - I didnt change any of the default installation location, so dont think choosing another drive is the issue. this is the download from Microsoft Xbox for PC beta. 1st time running it just crashed 2nd time it just stopped with the music playing and had to end task 3rd time it froze at exactly same spot with the blue bar as you and had to end task 4th time took me to the content manager screen and is now installing phew...!
  7. Thanks Dominic. This simulation is amazing & really enjoying it compared to MS Flight Sim X. Im now ready to start to learn basics of planning a flight anyone recommend anywhere for me to start to learn how to create flightplans etc?
  8. so after an evening of installing 9 DVDs & then downloading the trueEarth Ive spent the morning flying a Cessna around the south of england and London. And WOW - the scenery at a height is truly incredible. Very glad I didnt wait until the new Microsoft sim is released. am well pleased - this will definitely keep me entertained for many months. Thank you for the suggestions
  9. Some great posts - thank you for taking the time to respond to a newcomer. Its very much appreciated. Ive ordered copy of x-plane 11 from Amazon as its cheapest option. It looks like german writing on the case but hoping it will be multilanguage...and comes with the 6 airport pack as well. In addition Im going to order trueearch south as you suggested - they are having a 30% off sale this weekend so grabbing it while its reduced. thanks again, will keep a close eye on the forums here & contribute when I have something worth contributing!!
  10. Hi all Few days off during this time of covid-19 & reinstalled the FSX Steam version! Realised how dated the graphics looked on my nice 1440 monitor & did some searching this morning to see how i can improve on the resolution - particularly of the ground. So whats my best option? Did think about waiting for 2020 to come out, but that feels like its going to be nearer the end of the year at earliest, given its in Alpha & covid-19 probably wont help getting it released anytime soon: 1.Stick with FSX & purchase the southern england scenery pack from Steam - FSX Steam Edition: VFR Real Scenery NexGen 3D - Vol. 1: Southern England and South Wales Add-On which is £24.99 but gets negative reviews 2.Stick with FSX but purchase some other add ons 3.X-plane 11 at £54.99 & again do i need addon packs to get the most from the scenery? Welcome any opinions - in meantime I will trawl the forum to try and get a better understanding of whats out there. thanks Richard
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