September 2024 Developer Live Stream Main Discussion Areas

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Here is a timeline of the major discussion areas. Not all of the questions asked & answered are listed below (I’m not a super-fast typist, so there may be errors). Times are approximate.
I’ll try to edit & add missed questions and make corrections a bit later…

The YouTube link is shown in the next post (thanks @Aeluwas!)

Elapsed Twitch Time (min/sec) Topic
0:03 Introductions - Jorg NeuMann, Sebastian WLoch, Martial Bossard. Moderator: Jayne (Community Manager)
0:06 Thank You. Grand Canyon preview event review, pre-order review, MSFS 2024 editions.
0:09 2020 Update: WU 18, Local Legend 19, Famous Flyer 10. Roadmap, Pan Am livery.
0:10 AAU3 update - Airbus A310-300 (10/01) ATR 42-600 STOL / 72-600 F (10/10)
ATR 42-600 presentation (Hans Hartman).
0:19 MSFS 2024
Q&A 1: Technical Questions
0:20 Why is 64 GB RAM “Ideal” & does more RAM help performance?
0:22 What are the resolution and target outputs for the 3 hardware specs?
Adaptive Framerate available in 2024.
0:25 Online Q: Hardware specifications for VR
0:26 What are the resolution and performance targets on Xbox Consoles (especially series S)?
On Xbox, can we expect the same performance and memory related stability issues in FS24 as in 2020?
0:28 Is DX11 available for lower-end PCs in 2024? Will DX12 perform better in 2024?
0:29 Will 2024 suport direct storage?
0:30 MSFS 2024 reliance on online access - ability to play offline
0:32 Online Q: Will super-wide resolution be available?
0:33 Online Q: Will AMD FSR3 be available?
0:34 Online Q: Online access - what happens if a server is unavailable?
0:36 Online Q: Will there be any black avionics on Xbox in 2024?
0:37 Online Q: How are load times faster in 2024?
0:38 Q&A 2: World and Weather Questions
0:39 Will cloud and weather depiction be improved in 2024?
0:41 What improvements have been made to turbulence & gust modelling?
0:43 Online Q: Will thermal simulations be improved?
0:44 Historical weather - live weather, traffic, boats
0:45 Windshield wipers, night lighting
0:46 Will autogen buildings be getting a refresh?
0:49 Which bespoke airports will be included in each edition? Are these airports updated from 2020, if so, how?
0:50 Online Q: More cloud types than cumulus & cirrus? Correlated to wind layers?
0:52 Online Q: With the weather presets, will there be improvements to visibility?
0:54 Will MS2024 receive WUs & CUs. If so, will they be released for MSFS 2020?
Q&A 2: Peripheral and Settings Questions
Will all sim hardware & peripherals that work in 2020 work with 2024?
0:55 Online Q:
0:56 Can I import all my settings, preferences, keyboards form 2020?
0:57 Online Q: Will all controls in aircraft be exposed?
0:58 Online Q: Will 2024 get dedicated force-feedback support?
Will there be VR support? Will there be improvements? Will it be available on Day1
0:59 Online Q: Will we have automatic profiles for aircraft?
1:00 Will non-VR head-tracking be supported?
1:01 Online Q: Will 2024 work better with pop-out panels?
Will logbook & flight hours carry over to 2024?
Online Q: Will we be able to make local backups of settings and joystick profiles?
1:03 Q&A 3: Core Features Questions
Will 2024 support online ATC Networks
Will we see improved behavior from AI vehicles?
1:05 What ATC improvements in 2024 onward?
Will I see flight effects of other players in multiplayer
1:06 Online Q: Will you see other players avatars in multiplayer
Wear & tear in free-flight?
1:07 Online Q: Shared cockpit in 2024?
Is walk-around mode in free-flight?
1:09 Online Q: Have improvements been made to the camera system?
Online Q: Will there be tower & fly-by camera views?
Online Q: Will there be multiplayer group sizes
1:12 Online Q: Will there be better AI voices?
1:13 Online Q: Switch between 1st & 3rd person view in walk-around?
1:14 Online Q: Can you use other peoples voices?
Online Q: Is the walk-around distance limited?
Online Q: Will replay be available on Xbox
1:15 Online Q: Models accuracy improved?
1:16 Online Q: HDR controls / calibration settings
Online Q: Individual units of measurements ?
Online Q: Unlock of aircraft configurations?
1:18 Online Q: Improvements to AI ground vehicle routing / taxiways / merging etc.
1:19 Q&A 5: Career Mode Questions
Crash during an internet outage?
1:20 Can aircraft be damaged in career mode?
1:21 Online Q: Reset career mode?
Do you have to complete all training & certifications / check-rides or can you skip?
1:22 Online Q: Can I own a company with friends?
Is character creation just for career mode?
1:24 Online Q: Can I have a personal hanger - free flight or career mode?
Online Q: Can Career mode started from any airport inc. 3rd-party?
Will career mode get updated with new missions/scenery/POI when a WU is released?
1:27 Can we use 3rd party aircraft in career mode if they have features compatible with mission tasks?
Online Q: Will 3rd-parties be able to add mission to career mode
1:28 Q&A 6: General Questions
Which items from the feedback snapshot & developer roadmap will be implemented in 2020 or deferred to 2024?
1:29 Will there be a public open beta?
Online Q: Freeware devs to marketplace
1:30 Online Q: FF & LL updated for 2024?
Will the SDK open up to allow more types of products - chaseplane, weather software, etc?
1:31 Online Q: Has floatplane water physics been improved? Can you choose to start in the water?
1:33 Online Q: Has P-factor propeller torque been improved for takeoff?
1:35 Q&A 7: Marketplace and Ownership Questions
slide questions
1:38 Online Q: Can you purchase PD separately?
1:39 Online Q: Will the SDK be available at launch?
Online Q: If I have already some 2020 Aviator planes, do I play full-price for Aviator?
Online Q: Any other benefits to Aviator?
Online Q: Do owners of higher versions get discounts?
Online Q: Can I walk around cabin interiors?
Online Q: Standard edition / Upgrades / Discounts
1:42 Upcoming Sessions (flexible - may change)
1:44 MSFS 2024 Sustain - WU 19, LL 20, - December 03
Steam pre-order starts 09/26
1:48 Stream Ends.
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YouTube link seems to have changed, the following works:

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What was at the developer meeting? Did they tell you anything new?

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There was quite a lot of new stuff, its definitely worth a watch.

I thought the most interesting question came right at the end when it was asked just how much of the SDK will be open to third party devs. I thought some of the most interesting add ons for 2020 came from the likes of Parallel 42 and FSRealisitc. Both of whom said they were limited by what the SDK would and wouldn’t allow access to.

Its curious that there’s no third person camera option when both the trailers clearly show the view. Quite a lot of people were asking about. It would be great for us content creators so hopefully someone will make it happen at some point.

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With regards to the third-person camera and why the trailers showed it. It was clearly explained by the devs that though there is no dedicated third person camera, there is one that will, for want of a better word “orbit” the player, giving you a kind of third-person. I believe he also said that this camera could effectively allow you to place yourself into the control tower to plane spot.

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Just wondering if I buy FS24 on Steam, while owning FS20(PD) on MS Store, will there be anything transferring to steam? PD content like the 787/ marketplace purchases, etc.
Since the Steam version also requires an XBOX Account just as the MS Store version.
The stream included this question, but we got a vague answer.
Looks like a silly question :p, but prices in some region vary so much between the two plats.

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No, Jorg emphasised that in yesterday’s discussion.
There is no transferability between platforms.
I believe his words were: those systems don’t talk to each other!

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Yeah I heard that bit but I got the impression it only operates if you hit the live pause button so its not really the same thing. Maybe I just heard him wrong though. We’ll just need to wait and see how it works out.

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That’s exactly what he said. It was one of my two biggest questions regarding FS2024. I currently have FS2020 PD from MS Store (as I originally played it on XsX before going over to PC). For FS2024 I was considering switching over to Steam as I would not be playing it on Xbox.

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The whole discussion around the topic “switching from Steam to Store or the other way around” was a bit unclear. Jörg said no, then he went back to the question, then Martial chimed in, then they talked about playfab and a single “yes” was said and in the end Jörg said “I’ll double check”.

By that point I wasn’t sure if he was talking about the “I have premium deluxe 2020 on one platform and standard 2024 on the other platform will I still have access to the premium deluxe aircraft” or if it was also about the “will my marketplace purchases from 2020 on one platform carry over to 2024 on the other platform”. It would be nice if we could get some definitive answers on these things in the FAQ, people are asking these questions all the time.

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Yes he did say all that, and it was a bit confusing.
His first statement, which I mentioned above, was said very emphatically.
The rest seemed like he was thinking of a different issue.

If it didn’t matter, there wouldn’t have been two separate pre-orders.
You simply could preorder on MS Store and use in Steam.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up for any changes to that.

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I think that’s even another scenario :smile:. Pre-ordering on MS Store and then using on Steam would make Steam unhappy because they don’t get any money from selling the MSFS edition itself.

But I’m afraid the same basic reason makes it impossible to use Marketplace purchases made in an MS Store MSFS version when then using a (separately purchased) MSFS version on Steam. Again, Steam would be unhappy because you would be accessing content without them getting a revenue share.

Edit: And that’s also the reason why I don’t think you’d be able to access premium deluxe content from an MS Store MSFS 2020 in a Steam MSFS 2024 standard edition. (a bit mind bending, isn’t it?)

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Yes, I was confused by that too. However, he did say right away, “NO! The two systems do not talk to one another!” That has always been the way as I understand it.

His going back to “the original question” was not, I think, him saying “oh no, hold on, I got that wrong”. I think he was just confusing himself (and us!) with his answer to the following question.

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My question is how to restart career mode…or at least change the starting airport. The one I selected is 100% not good for me to take off/land at XD there isnt even lines on this one XD

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I have seen something like “Reset career mode” somewhere, I think it was in my profile in the sim.

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Hi @RiddleVGrump , you can reset your career in your pilot overview. Press SHIFT + Del:

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Note that this will totally remove your previous career including all certificates, etc. You start from the very beginning, with the requirement to choose your home airport.