In response to a Flysimware announcement on their Discord, and not wanting to mislead anyone myself, I added notes that their addons will not work if you buy them and only have FS2024 installed. Like some other installers, they will fail to install at all. If you own FS2020, you can install them there and then transfer the files manually and apply the patch from their Discord, but officially they are only forward-compatible if 1) You have FS2020 installed and can move the files to FS2024 after install and 2) You did not buy from the Marketplace. They will announce when the addons are officially forward compatible!
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Thatās a really good general point too. Any Dev that uses an installer will probably be similar. So for all those folks that went ahead and uninstalled 2020 itās going to be a problem unless they have kept a copy of their 2020 community folder and the aircraft doesnāt need an update from that version to work in 2024 compatibility mode.
2020 is staying on my system for some time to come me thinks.
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2020 is staying for many months to come so I can have some flying fun knowing things work as expected and I donāt need to spend my free time debugging someone elseās work for free. LOL
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(sigh) sad but ture
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Agreed. In fact, for me, 2020 looks better than 2024 at the moment, because I updated a lot of the airports I fly to myself or found airports by other authors. My 2020 airports look better in 2020 than in 2024 (the buildings donāt look as good, are different from their 2020 versions in a not so good way, or the buildings are broken or missing (these are all default buildings, not necessarily buildings from object libraries from FS.to)), the ground textures look better in 2020, and the seasonal photogramettric trees, which I thought were going away, look even worse in 2024 than they do in 2020.
Itās funny, flying out of Nashua looks more real in 2020 than 2024, I havenāt taken the time to figure out why yet.
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Agree. Thanks to the community, I tried something different in 24 just now. Flew a non-24 upgrade but compatible MU-2 (ok not anyoneās favorite I know, but itās simple and fun for what it is) in the Caribbean where there is little to no PG to overload the Series X. Flew from handcrafted KMCO to MYEH in the Bahamas. The MU-2 mostly worked, about the same as any other default in 24, same bugs as anyone is reporting so not a/c specific to my mind after just 1 flight.
The scenery, ocean, waterlines and handcrafted airports look exactly the same to me in 24 as they do in 2020. This flight covered an area where I have no 3rd party scenery, so its all Asobo or Microsoft to look at. Therefore, today on Series X, 24 is a no-win and given all the bugs and INOP features/systems, 2020 is still a better platform even without access to 3rd party add ons. This may change over time as 24 gets sorted, but my heartfelt impression is that the PC pilots with the higher-end graphics cards are the big winners today, not the console folks or those on other platforms (cloud gaming, whatever).
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The Black Square Velocity XL added to my cold & dark list of 24 compatible aircraft. Test flew a complete cross country and found that most things worked, enough anyway for daytime VFR.
Added the first ānativeā (as far as I can tell) addon, the T-33 Jet Trainer by iniBuilds. The new version is free for owners of the FS2020 version and appears to have the new interactive contact points for avatar mode. Strangely, the version on SimMarket says itās FS2024 exclusive while iniManager still shows the older forward-compatible version which is for both sims. Iām not sure that they are the same thing, as they are not the same price. Just a headās up for potential buyers, be sure you know which one youāre buying!
Adding the Black Square TBM 850 to my cold & dark list. Just completed a cross country flight and it seems to be working fine for daytime VFR flight.
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Stands to reason that a first party partner who had much earlier access would be the first.
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YMMV. There are reports here of things working for some that arenāt working for me and vice-versa
Bravo airspace 788 doesnāt work. It appears in the selection grid, but the sim locks up if you try to choose it. Causing you to restart
Frustrating that the market place will be delayed into early 2025. Assuming and hoping thatās January, weāre looking at least 2 months post launch for a feature that was supposed to be there on launch day. 2 months + until we get updates to our items and can use them. Not a shining moment
RJ Professional by Just Flight was just updated with FS2024 compatibility. Added.
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Because of this developer giving this upgrade they have a LIFE LONG customer with me. I donāt need ANY of the other airliners that I paid hundreds of dollars for 6 months ago. I will continue supporting AWESOME guys like Fenix forever.
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Miltech CH47D 2024 version is out. Free upgrade for owners of the 2020 version! https://orbxdirect.com/product/miltech-ch47d-msfs2024
Note that dev is having a sale on their site of the 2024-compatible version as well: Miltech Simulations CH47D for MSFS20/24
Added the IndiaFoxtEcho Su-31 as Orbx lists it as FS2024 compatible.
Although I have the carenados showing as streamed content in their jumbled 2024 order, Iām going to dump 2020 copies into the 24 community and see what happens. First ones will be ones hiding in the 170 folder
Well that didnāt work, the Carenado aircraft just disappearedā¦
The A1R Ryan STA works, with the same out of COG that needs to be corrected(which can be pre-flight) and no avatar. Wish we could see what puts the new avatars in the aircraft as Iām sure itās simple. I had modded a little more power into it and it all just transferred right in. This aircraft doesnāt use standard bindings for several things like the parking brakes but it works exactly the same as 2020. However, the micro scratches on the windshield looks like a cat shed all over the windshield in the new engine. Need to see if I can find that texture and delete it.
Hey @Stardrifter2232 I finally had some time to start working through my hangar. Hereās a few more for your list. Only a quick test of each so there may be minor issues I have not yet spotted.
Still got a bunch to do, but thatās enough for now. Now Iām gonna fly for fun!
| Developer | Aircraft | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rara Avis | Wren | Not even showing up even though is in my community folder. |
| Rara Avis | Bulldog | Not even showing up (but my friend sees his!) |
| Rara Avis | Flying Flea | No sounds |
| Rara Avis | Zippy Sport | Works. Screen dim |
| SSW | SF260 | Works. Better ground handling!? Dirt on glass has weird outline/visuals when in direct sun. |
| AT Sim | P.149D | Works |
| Black Square | Velocity XL | Works, with sound added from Extra 300 |
| Black Box | BN2 Islander | Broken. No power to take off! |
| Black Box | Shorts | Works (not tested ALL variants). Flight plan does not load onto the Garmin Nav screen. Dirt on glass has weird outline/visuals when in direct sun. Weird volumes phasing up and down and some SFX out of balance. |
| 61 Tree Studio | Proto T1 Glider | Works (developer) |
| Orbx | Blackwing 635RG | Works |
| Lionheart Creations | Wittman Tailwind (all) | Works. Engine Monitor screen dim. Scratches on glass has weird visuals when in direct sun. |
| Big Radials | Norseman | Works. Scratches on glass has weird visuals when in direct sun. |
| Big Radials | Goose | Broken for me. Right engine cuts out before takeoff. Something strange with volume levels / balance. Works for a friend though even though he says it feels like too l ow power, so no idea why mine does this! |
| Antās Airplanes | Tiger Moth | Works |
| Antās Airplanes | Winjeel | Broken. Controls all work BUT revs keep dropping down so I have no power to take off. (could be a control conflict but I donāt see how as I have checked - all other planes work as expected and WInjeel WORKS for a friend so no idea!). |
| DC Designs | Stearman | Works |
| RedWing | Bugatti EB100P | Fuel Selector is in off position on Runway start and Ready To Fly state, so engines just cut out. Flight model feels wrong (only wants to pitch up, cannot get nose down. Banking too slow). |
| AzurPoly | Fouga Magister | Works |
| Fly Inside | JetExec / Rotorway | Works. Controls need remapping for collective etc in āAIRPLANESā category for now. |
Any advice for Goose, Bulldog and Winjeel would be appreciated!
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