MSFS2024

897: MSFS2024 SU4 – The Future to Look for

| Tom Tsui

After flightsimming the SU4 Beta for several hours, I am convinced that I’ll be ditching MSFS2020 for MSFS2024 once the update is complete (possibly sooner).

What it impressed me most is its stunning graphics rendering capability with no noticeable impact on smoothness and performance (yet).
The terrain and objects (or basically everything) are so sharp and clear, and exceptionally rich in details.  I am talking about the default scenery without any enhancement by third-party addons. Coastline rendering has also been significantly improved (click image to enlarge the picture).

Frankly, I’ve never seen such an amazing result from any previous flight simulator, including the MSFS2024 SU3.  The SU4 feels like a new simulator to my eyes. Continue reading →

896: Screen Flickering Fix for MSFS2024 SU4 Beta

| Tom Tsui

I don’t know if you encounter the same situation: my monitor starts flickering after loading the MSFS2024 SU4 Beta.

A quick solution is to either set:

1) “Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution” for Anti-aliasing and “NO” Frame Generation, or

2) “AMD FSR3” for both Anti-aliasing and Frame Generation.

The TAA can be used.  Just don’t mix the Nvidia and AMD together.

Not sure if the conflict is a temporary one or not.  Continue reading →

894: New Generic Autopilot Control

| Tom Tsui

I’ve been thinking of some direct visual feedbacks to compliment the Realsimgear GFC500 autopilot control (APC) that I have.  Here comes at last the APC that I based on the Maule M7 model in FSX.

This full-function APC, in practice, can work alone and is good for any aircraft running standard MSFS commands. However, due to different design implementations and flight simulation platforms (MSFS2024, MSFS2020, P3D, & FSX), it may react a little different from aircraft-to-aircraft.

Moreover, third-party planes, such as the A2A PA24, Continue reading →

892: You may need reinstalling MSFS2024

| Tom Tsui

Many of you might have heard me complaining how MSFS2024 was buggy and not good to play since it launched last November.

Two weeks ago, I had it removed completely because neither its latest SU2 (official) nor SU3 (beta) were able to run at all. After the “Asobo Studio” logo showing up on the screen for a few seconds, the simulator crashed to desktop immediately.

It’s so maddening !

After trying various suggestions on the internet to no avail, I had no choice but to trash it. Continue reading →

870: Scale Down FS2024 UI Font Sizes

| Tom Tsui

UI fonts in FS2024 are undesirably big, especially on smaller monitors.  A new free addon “MSFS2024: Inteface Scale Option” by Cygnific on flightsim.to allows users to scale down the fonts effectively.
InterfaceScaleOption
A very useful tool Continue reading →

864: Using FS2020 Addons in FS2024

| Tom Tsui

FS2024 allows the use of FS2020 addons.   But we have to enable them manually in My Library.  Otherwise, they won’t show up.
FS2020_Enable
This applies to third-party addons, such as aircraft, scenery, etc., we purchased from Steam or MS Store directly, as long as they are compatible and available.

Addons purchased from other stores Continue reading →

863: Using FS2020 Keyboard in FS2024

| Tom Tsui

In FS2024, there’s not only coming with a keyboard file structure very different from the one in FS2020, many of its commands and hotkeys are different, too.

I must say re-adapting to the new keyboard usages is one of the greatest annoyances I don’t want to deal with.

Fortunately, Asobo is considered enough to include an FS2020-style keybaord set to make my life easier, even though it is not 100% compatible due to new features and functions added to the simulator.FS2020_KB01
What I do is to Continue reading →

861: Changing FS2024 Community Folder Location

| Tom Tsui

By default, the FS2024 Community Folder is created under:
“C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Packages\”

There are two ways to relocate it to another directory of your choice for easy access.

1)
Go into Market Place, click the Setting Icon, then Browse for and Confirm the directory of your choice to be the new Community folder for FS2024.  I am using “F:\FS2024”
FS2024_CommunityFolder
2)
Go to  “C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024”  directory

Continue reading →