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, Iām not following how this relates to what happened by clearing the qeueā¦?
But if I understand correctly, your saying you have the Xbox version installed on your PCāsā¦? How is this possibleā¦? I have been told and understand that the Xbox version is āONLYā for Xbox and canāt be installed on PC and is incompatible on a PC.
So if I bought an external Blu-Ray DVD player and attempted to install the Xbox version on my PC, would it workā¦?
No.
If you buy the MS Store digital version you get the āXbox Play Anywhereā feature that allows you to install the software on any of the platforms that are supported. In this case, the Xbox Series S/X and/or the PC.
This wouldnāt apply to a DVD purchase.
I used to be of the opinion that when I bought a game, I wanted something physically in my possession ie. a disc. Iāve completely gone the other direction and see the advantages of digital ownership.
When you consider that, at some stage, all these online āgamesā will face a server shutdown, Iām not entirely sure what good the physical copy really will be. It isnāt like days of yore where you could keep an old computer and your old software and run it as you pleased.
I see that MSFS is available on the cloud now as well. I wonder how it plays that way. Interesting indeed
Well I have a penchant for making sure I have a physical copy for the reason mentioned above. If these online servers were to ever go defunct, permanently, at least I have a hard copy just in case. A back up more or less.
Exactly like it plays on the Series S.
So, 1080p 30 (mostly) FPS.
And if you have things like Premium/Deluxe, Reno and other XBOX compatible add ons you bought in either the XBOX or PC MSFS Marketplace, you can download them too! Basically the whole package, world updates, and any add ons you own that work on Xbox.
It works like the XBOX works. Only with the occasional streaming tear or glitch. But performance is far better than low to mid spec PCās. Just not as much hardware or 3rd Party add on compatibility.
After the PC version of MSFS, graphics (canāt get a happy balance) nightmare I went through, Iām staying with the Xbox version. I have the āXā series console so Iām quite happy with that. I like it a lot better because thereās no graphic settings to fiddle with. Put it in HDR10 and away you go. For me less is more, keep it simple. Function over form. Iām a minimalist, what can I say. 
You wonāt be able to run it if the servers are down
So the cloud version, doesnāt contain all the premium content like hand crafted airports unless you have purchased them?
If you have the āoffline mode packā you can.
Ive always wondered about the offline pack, have it installed on my series x, guess its a good fallback option if internet fails and I have enough space on the drive still.
I still think it wonāt work if the servers are completely gone. There will be a check or something. Plus if you ever have to reinstall you will be back to the oldest version from the disc.
I havenāt tried that yet. Has anybody tried playing without the internet connected to the Xbox consoleā¦with the āoffline mode packā installedā¦?
I always have internet to the Xbox, but I lost my connection to the servers mid-flight last night, and I didnāt notice any difference. It connected back up about 10 minutes later. I have the offline mode pack installed.
As I suspected it would. You just wouldnāt be able to add any updates thatās all. Butā¦still playable nonetheless offline.
No differences because off cache storage .
If you fly above non flown area before, you will have default textures.
I experienced it around Lfpo
Yesā¦ this includes pre-caching. The sim knows what direction you are flying in and downloads textures and mesh data well in advance of your arrival. Notice, on PC, you get more stutters when you change direction or look another way? That stuff wasnāt as prioritized in the pre-caching algorithm. But if you keep looking ahead and flying straight, things tend to be as smooth as they get. So it may have been flying on pre downloaded data for all ten minutes. Especially in a slower plane, or a large plane at altitude.
I was in the TBM at about 9000 ft. I donāt have rolling cache turned on, but it makes sense it would be pre-loading terrain and weather well ahead of my current location. Hopefully the server issues Iām seeing since SU8 will clear up soon.
If youāre a real life airline pilot, note that you can get VATSIM and AIG on PC for MSFS. In addition, some upcoming planes, like the Fenix A320, may not appear on X-Box. By far, if youāre a real life airline pilot and you know all the nitty gritty details of flying, you will get more utility out of the PC version of MSFS.
PS. I think one of the biggest losses for X-Box users is flightsim.to. The wealth of free add-ons for MSFS at flightsim.to is definitely a huge plus for PC users.
