I’m trying to troubleshoot sim connection issues that started after the recent AIRAC and World Hub community airport update.
I looked at my ‘Xbox App’ and it shows that I have the Game Pass version, not the 40th Anniversary Edition, or the Premium Deluxe version (which I originally purchased.
I’m on Game Pass, but didn’t install that version - at least I don’t think I did.
Any ideas what gives? Or what (if anything) I should do about this?
Hopefully I’m just confused about this.
Hello @BegottenPoet228,
What you are describing is normal. I also purchased the Premium Deluxe edition, but the Xbox app for Windows show the Game Pass version as being installed (see screenshot below which I captured just now). When you launch the sim, do the extra planes and airports from the Premium Deluxe edition show up in your Content Manager as either being installed or available for download?
Thanks,
MSFS Team
FYI, I see the same thing - the Game Pass (Installed) item and, in my case, a single bundle for the standard edition.
When I started MSFS this morning, had no issues at the check updates stage & all aircraft were present in my hanger.
I think so. I’m not sure which are only included in the Premium Deluxe version, so I’ll do a little research.
Aircraft MANUFACTURER STANDARD DELUXE PREMIUM
A310-300 Airbus Yes Yes Yes
A320neo Airbus Yes Yes Yes
f/Pitts Special S2S Aviat Yes Yes Yes
747-8 Intercontinental The Boeing Company Yes Yes Yes
F/A-18E The Boeing Company Yes Yes Yes
XCub CubCrafters Yes Yes Yes
NXCub CubCrafters Yes Yes Yes
JN-4 Jenny Curtiss Yes Yes Yes
TBM 930 Daher Yes Yes Yes
DHC-2 Beaver De Havilland Canada Yes Yes Yes
DG-1001E DG Aviation Yes Yes Yes
LS8-18 DG Aviation Yes Yes Yes
DA62 Diamond Aircraft Yes Yes Yes
DA40 NG Diamond Aircraft Yes Yes Yes
DC-3 Douglas Yes Yes Yes
EXTRA 330LT EXTRA Yes Yes Yes
Flight Design CTSL Flight Design Yes Yes Yes
Cabri G2 Guimbal Yes Yes Yes
G-21A Goose Grumman Yes Yes Yes
H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) Hughes Aircraft Compan Yes Yes Yes
ICON A5 ICON Aircraft Yes Yes Yes
VL-3 JMB Aircraft s.r.o Yes Yes Yes
PC-6 B2 Pilatus Yes Yes Yes
CAP 10 Robin Aircraft SAS Yes Yes Yes
DR400-100 Cadet Robin Aircraft SAS Yes Yes Yes
NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" Ryan Yes Yes Yes
Beechcraft Bonanza G36 Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Beechcraft Bonanza 350i Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Bell 407 Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Cessna 152 Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000) Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan ETextron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
Cessna Citation CJ4 Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes Yes
VoloCity VoloCopter Yes Yes Yes
Wright Flyer Wright Cycle Company Yes Yes Yes
Savage Cub Zlin Aviation Yes Yes Yes
DA40-TDI Diamond Aircraft Yes Yes
DV20 Diamond Aircraft Yes Yes
Beechcraft Baron G58 Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes
Cessna 152 Aerobat Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes
Cessna 172 Skyhawk Textron Aviation Inc. Yes Yes
787-10 Dreamliner The Boeing Company Yes
SR22 Cirrus Aircraft Yes
Virus SW 121 Pipistrel Yes
Cessna Citation Longitude Textron Aviation Inc. Yes
Shock Ultra Zlin Aviation Yes
TOTAL 36 41 46
Thank you! I’ll look for them when I get home tonight.
If you’re referring to the logo on the thumbnail, I’m pretty certain that simply indicates it’s available on game pass. Nothing to do with whether you’ve purchased it.
What puzzled me is that it says ‘Installed’ on the Game Pass logo, but not on the other two.
According to Seedy and Smothery, that’s normal. Probably more Xbox voodoo…
I guess the xbox app is only aware of games that are installed, but not DLCs.
I have the steam version of MSFS but see similar for Forza Horizon 4 which I bought before ever having a game pass sub.
Gamepass is confusing.
If you purchase FS2020 Standard, it comes with Gamepass.
I’ll refer to this as FS Gamepass.
Then if you purchase an upgrade to Deluxe or Premium,
that FS Gamepass goes with those.
If you purchase either the Deluxe or Premium versions initially,
They do not come with FS Gamepass or Xbox Gamepass.
You must purchase Xbox Gamepass if you do not already have it.
Also, the pictures on the Xbox screen are confusing.
Folks,
There are three images for MSFS that appear in the Xbox app:
The one on the far left is the Standard Edition. It has the Game Pass logo in the bottom left because this is also the edition that is available to Game Pass (for either PC or Xbox) subscribers. No matter which edition you own, this is the one that will be shown as installed.
The other two icons are for the Premium and Premium Deluxe editions. If you own either of those, then the Standard Edition will still be the one that displays as being installed. The extra planes and bespoke airports from the other editions will be available for you to download via Content Manager after installing the Standard Edition.
Note: it is not necessary to be a Game Pass subscriber to install and play MSFS if you have purchased any of the editions outright.
Thanks,
MSFS Team
I purchased Premium Deluxe from MS-Store when it was still a pre-order.
I also purchased Gamepass for other games, like RDR2 (which I never play 
)
I recall more than a year go being very confused after my install got wiped and I couldn’t reinstall it from my MS-Store library. It took me a long time to figure out how to install it from the Xbox Store/ App/ Wherever or whatever it was.)
with respect:
I had the Deluxe version and wanted the Longitude
so I purchased the Premium version.
It would not work because I did not have Gamepass.
I requested a refund from Microsoft, got it, and purchased the Premium Upgrade.
It worked.
Also, my Xbox screen. I have Premium (or Premium Deluxe or whatever it is).
The screen shows Deluxe.
I checked Content Manager for the Deluxe and Premium planescitation, and everything is there.
Also, for the first time in a few days I’m online, and Bing data is back.
I signed out of Xbox Live and MS-Store, and signed back in, but I don’t know if that was an answer, since I’d tried that a couple of days ago - to no avail.
I was still getting disconnected for a few minutes, but now I’m back online.
I switched to the East USA server once I got online.
I’ll continue monitoring.
