Want to see a splash screen after you start Microsoft Flight Simulator? Tired of staring at the same intros over and over again wasting your time? I felt the same and now that the “press any key to continue” screen has been removed, I’ve created version 2 of FSJumpStarter2020.
Fire and forget! Starts FS without intros No installation required Shows a Flight Simulator splash screen FS window is focused automatically Works on single and multi-monitor setup Locale independent, all languages supported Compatible with Steam and Microsoft Store version
Download and launch to jump start Flight Simulator. No more intros and a splash screen that confirms Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is loading. Tested and working with the latest release of FS2020.
Great app works perfectly with the “store” version I have.
One day MS and Osobo might let us configure this in their interface instead…
The only other option is to use a batch file. The one below is pretty fancy, but you can get away with just the:
cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch
*@echo off &setlocal
:: remove CMD window
if not DEFINED IS_MINIMIZED set IS_MINIMIZED=1 && start “” /min “%~dpnx0” % && exit
:: MS Store Installation: start MSFS with FastLaunch
cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch
:: these variables will be expanded in the HTA code
:: duration and animated dots per second
set /a dur = 29
set /a adps = 3
:: width or height = 0 will set splash image to half your screen size
set /a width = 1119
set /a height = 746
:: image from MSFS web site
set “imageurl=https://msfs-cdn.azureedge.net/wp-content/themes/publishing/dist/images/desktop-hero_8711a4cf.jpg”
:: message displayed above image
set “waitmessage=Preparing the cabin Please wait”
set “splash=%temp%\tmp.hta”
:: all lines beginning with min. 6 spaces are redirected into the HTA file >"%splash%" (type “%~f0”|findstr /bc:" ")
start mshta “%splash%”
exit
:: End Of Batch
MSFS 2020 Splash Screen
<hta:application
id="oHTA"
applicationname="MSFS 2020 Splash Screen"
border="thin"
borderstyle="normal"
caption="no"
contextmenu="yes"
icon=""
innerborder="no"
maximizebutton="no"
minimizebutton="no"
navigable="no"
scroll="no"
scrollflat="no"
selection="no"
showintaskbar="no"
singleinstance="yes"
sysmenu="no"
version="1.0"
windowstate="normal"
/>
<style type="text/css">
body {margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}
.splashscreen {position: relative;}
.ctext {
position: absolute;
top: 5%;
left: 55%;
text-align: left;
font-size: 2em;
font-family: "verdana";
color: orange;
}
</style>
<script type="text/jscript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
var oWSH=new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var i=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%dur%"));
var a=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%adps%"));
var w=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%width%"));
var h=parseInt(oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%height%"));
var s=oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%imageurl%");
var wm=oWSH.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%waitmessage%");
var wm1 = wm + " . ";
var wm2 = wm + " .. ";
var wm3 = wm + " ...";
if (w == 0) w = screen.width / 2;
if (h == 0) h = screen.height / 2;
window.resizeTo(w, h);
window.moveTo(screen.width / 2 - w / 2, screen.height / 2 - h / 2);
var j = n = 0;
var m = a * i;
var t = 1000 / a;
function start() {
window.focus();
image.src = s;
image.height = h;
image.width = w;
n = j % 3;
wm = (n == 1) ? wm1 : (n == 2) ? wm2 : wm3;
document.getElementById("msg").innerHTML = wm;
if (j++ < m) setTimeout('start()', t);
else window.close();
}
/* ]]> */
</script>
</head>
<body onload="start()">
<div class="splashscreen">
<img id="image" src="" alt="" height="0" width="0" />
<div class="ctext" id="msg"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The code you posted will only work for the store version of FS2020. FSJumpStarter automatically detects the installed version and works on both steam and store versions.
A new version with adjustable performance settings for FS2020 is planned.
I have installed and still “push any button to start” comes up. I have Steam and deleted all antivirus software. Any idea would be greatly appreciated. I have over 500 hours on MSFS 2020 and now cannot play. Paid $119 for my version. Please help.
Have tried to download FSJumpStarter2020 several times and am continually redirected to other screens. Finally managed to download a zip file but all it contained was instructions and JPEG images relating to GitHub.
Can you please direct me to a valid download link or advise where I have gone wrong please?
Fire and forget!
Starts FS without intros
Great app works perfectly with the “store” version I have.