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Microsoft Flight Simulator version 1.8.3.0 is now available. To install the patch, simply close and relaunch Microsoft Flight Simulator, this should then automatically open the Microsoft Store and the update will download. Patch notes: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS Optimized cockpit screen display when screens are not displayed on screen. New option available to control cockpit screen update frequency. Tweaked CPU thread priorities to reduce interruption of frame critical threads. Optimized loading system to reduce overall loading times. Optimized heavy airport scenes impact on CPU. Reduced the amount of GPU overdraw to improve GPU performance. Memory optimizations to reduce software memory footprint and improve performance on memory limited computers. Overall performance optimizations. ATC Incoming ATC Azure speech has now three different voices. ATC voice gender is now based on the avatar of the pilot/copilot. Fix for the incorrect voice pack being used if the game is not localized in English and if the Windows Offline Text-to-Speech option is used. UI Filters and sorting have been improved in the marketplace. Manual cache layout has been improved and the download estimated time should now be correct. Improved support for gamepad navigation in many menus. Case sensitive search is now working properly in control screen. Search by axis in control screen has been fixed. Active pause button has been added in the toolbar. Pause button has been fixed in the Content manager. AERODYNAMICS Improved wind turbulence simulation to reduce horizontal turbulences. Added simulation of low rpm piston engine vibrations on cockpit. Added simulation of water particles (rain/clouds) density in aerodynamics => generates vibrations flying through clouds or rain. Fixed wet surface friction and braking distances. Fixed live weather wind offset in higher latitude areas (America, Asia…) that was causing the 3kts Wind bug. AIRCRAFT: COCKPITS VISUALS AND ANIMATIONS Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: AP buttons animations have been fixed. Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, ICON A5: placards have been updated. Cessna 172 Skyhawk : compass texture have been improved. Zlin Savage Cub : tail wheel blur effect is now correctly triggered. Zlin Shock Ultra : arcs on airspeed indicator is correctly set. Zlin Shock Ultra : turbo mode has been removed from dashboard. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : MCP buttons visual improvements. GENERAL AVIATION SYSTEMS Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : propeller sound has been improved when RPM is changing. Cessna Longitude : AP altitude and speed management improvements. Cessna Longitude : auto throttle is now inhibited during take off and until 400 feet AGL. Daher TBM 930 : yaw damper is now automatically turned on when the AP is enabled. Beechcraft King Air 350i : windshield deicing is now working. ICON A5 : « incorrect heading indicator » notification is now correctly triggered. Zlin Shock Ultra : flaps now operate mechanically instead of electrically. Zlin Shock Ultra : trim management improvements. Cessna Citation CJ4 : reverse thrust has been removed. Cub Crafter X Cub : IAS AP mode is now working properly. Daher TBM 930 and Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : PT6 engines shutdown duration has been increased. GENERAL AVIATION AVIONICS Cessna Longitude : several knobs of the G5000 are now working. Beachcraft Baron G58, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000, Diamond DA40 NG : fixed missing ALT knob. Beechcraft King Air 350i : « menu » key is now working properly. Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat : avionics state have been fixed using Honeycomb device battery switch. GNS 530 : flight plan display alignment has been fixed on the Garmin GNS 530. G1000 : automatically switches from NAV to LOC when needed. G1000 : ETE and ETA fixed wrong values. G1000/3000/3x : AP setup is no longer reset when enabling AP. G1000/3000/3x : fixed missing flight plan when the selected departure is coordinates on the world map. G3x : text size in « approach box » has been increased. G3x : approaches can now be selected and loaded. G3x : fixed bad information in nearest VOR page when unknown VOR is selected. AIRLINER SYSTEMS General : AP behavior improvements. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : rear wheels steering has been fixed. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : pressing the battery button now always display the ON part. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : improved flaps deployment and retraction sequences. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed auto–throttle not giving back control to the pilot when disabled. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : center tanks drain first when decreasing fuel quantity via fuel and payload menu. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle is now automatically disengaged when landing. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle now engages correctly during take off roll when conditions are met. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : alt intervention no longer needs to be pressed again when not needed. Airbus A320neo : automatic speed management improvements. Airbus A320neo : alpha floor condition is now correctly triggered. AIRLINER AVIONICS General : weight is better taken into account for V speed calculations. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : FMC now allows to activate approach without going to route page. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : approach VREF speeds are fixed. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : empty rectangles no longer displayed on the FMA. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : runways are now displayed in correct order in the FMC. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : cruise altitude no longer automatically filled in the FMC. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : LNAV and VNAV correctly displayed as armed in FMA when conditions are met. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : altitude target on MCP can no longer be set to negative values. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle mode no longer displayed on FMA when auto–throttle is disabled. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed wrong flaps value displayed in the FMC take off page. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : target heading line on ND is no longer reset while in heading mode. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : direct-to flight plans can now be entered in the FMC. Airbus A320neo : target altitude can now be changed when AP is disabled. Airbus A320neo : armed modes no longer appear in boxes on the FMA. Airbus A320neo : flaps « FULL » indication instead of « F » on ECAM. Airbus A320neo : FMGS message « INVALID ENTRY » replaced by « NOT ALLOWED ». Airbus A320neo : FMGS now only displays arrival procedures corresponding to the selected runway. Airbus A320neo : FMGS now correctly displays ETA for approach points. Airbus A320neo : removed remaining waypoints on ND after selecting different approach procedures. Airbus A320neo : fixed heading bug alignment offset issue. Airbus A320neo : fixed missing runway in the perf page of FMGS when a departure runway is already selected. Airbus A320neo : fixed constraints flickering on ND. Airbus A320neo : FMGS block fuel indication now correctly initialized. MISCELLANEOUS Fixed freezes caused by glass cockpits. Travel to feature no longer disengages autopilot when used. WEATHER Fixed 225°/3kt issue with inconsistent wind in game. Fixed issue with weather persistency on flight restart. SERVICES Upgraded multiplayer servers. MARKETPLACE Rating display on bundles has been improved. Performance drop after downloading an item in marketplace has been removed. An addon purchased outside of the marketplace no longer has an impact on the “Installed” filter in the marketplace as it is considered as a “community” content. CONTENT MANAGER Addon purchased outside of the marketplace now also visible in the Content manager when online, and offline if downloaded in the community folder. 3rd Party content thumbnail display improved. Pause download during installation is fixed. LOCALIZATION Various typo fixes in multiple languages. ACCESSIBILITY Subtitles are now enabled by default. Subtitle option has been moved from Sound menu to Accessibility so users can set it during initial install. CAMERAS Remove rotation clamp on “Instrument cameras”. Pilot camera position can now be saved or reset. BUSH TRIPS Fix leg completion trigger. Completionist achievement should now unlock when all activities have been completed. WORLD Detected buildings that intersect roads are now excluded. Longer bridges are less prone to having a gap. UK city houses models should no longer appear in US suburbs. “In The Wild” Achievement can now be unlocked

The Microsoft store should open automatically and start the download when the game tells you this, however, if it doesn't you can open up the Microsoft store and navigate to your library at which point you should be ble to install the update.

Microsoft Flight Simulator version 1.7.14.0 is now available. To install the patch, simply close and relaunch Microsoft Flight Simulator. This patch should resolve most install/updater issues, however, if you previously had install issues a clean install of Microsoft Flight Simulator is recommended. You can view the steps for this here. Patch notes: STABILITY ISSUES The title will no longer crash when different input devices/peripherals are disconnected The title will no longer crash when the TBM 930 package is deleted INSTALLATION ISSUES The install process will no longer be blocked after a partial decompression of a package The install process will no longer be blocked when a local user account includes non-ASCII characters The install process will no longer be blocked after a failed connection to servers The install process will no longer display an empty onboarding screen under certain conditions The title will download a critical missing/deleted package to access the main menu even if the save data preference is set to offline (when an internet connection is available) CONTENT MANAGER The title will no longer automatically download packages that have been deleted through the content manager The content manager will no longer get stuck in an infinite loading state when checked offline The Creator name of the packages should now be properly updated SIMCONNECT Significant FPS drop when using Simconnect should no longer affect the experience OPTIMIZATION The performance of the title has been improved when the Display name plate option is set to active MARKETPLACE The correct currency is now properly updated in the marketplace

Hi, Error codes that start with “0x800” are Microsoft store related, and it's likely the only people that would be able to assist you with resolving this error is the Microsoft store support team. I'd recommend contacting them regarding this. https://support.microsoft.com/ (Store App tab) (Troubleshoot section) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/28808/microsoft-store-contact-support As for having both "Microsoft Flight Simulator: [Version] - Preorder" and "Microsoft Flight Simulator", it is completely normal to have both.

We try to reply to most helpdesk requests within 24 if submitted within the week, but due to the mass amounts of tickets we are currently receiving, it may take slightly longer than usual.

Folks, we have now locked this thread seeing as it has served its purpose. For all MSFS support related topics, please use the section here.

Hi, The code provided is a one-time use, however, it is bound to your Microsoft account. This means if you wish to install the game on a new PC , you'll need to ensure you are logged in with the same Microsoft account as you were with your old PC. You will then need to install the disc content, and then download the launcher from your Microsoft store library. There's some screenshots on this here.

Perfect, we'll get back to you as soon as we can!

Hi, Please ensure the code is entered exactly as shown on the card included with the box. if it is, please create a ticket here: https://helpdesk.aerosoft.com/portal/en/newticket Please do provide a picture of the card and the error in the ticket. Thanks!

Could you please make a ticket about this on our portal https://helpdesk.aerosoft.com/portal/en/home so we can assist you with this?

For the benefit of anyone that comes across this post, do note that in the above picture the 20 GB update is completely normal and should be expected. This is to download the premium content as all as to provide any updates pushed out by Asobo.

Hi, You'll need to press install on the app registered to your account with the key provided. This will say it needs around 120 GB, however, it will only download a 1 GB file. Make sure to install this to the same drive as where you installed the disc content. Once you then launch that 1 GB file, it will find the existing files placed on your drive by the disc setup.

What is the exact error you are getting? If you could please contact us directly at https://helpdesk.aerosoft.com/portal/en/home we'll be able to help you out.

Hi folks, We have added this temporary forum section for the up and coming Microsoft Flight Simulator. In the future, we'll be performing some planned maintenance to our forum to make this forum and other sections stand out and be a bit more organized, but for now, we'll be utilizing this section.