Request:
- The ability to create a total and complete image backup of the entire game context sufficient to reinstall a complete and working game.
- All game files.
- All game preferences.
- All game settings.
- All game metadata.
- All added content.
- World updates.
- Marketplace purchases.
- Installed 3rd party aircraft, scenery, airports, etc. This can be qualified by the requirement that it be installed in a “standard” location like the “community folder”.
- Any additional data, metadata, registry entries, purchase rights, DRM protected content, and anything else required to completely re-install the game from this local backup.
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The ability to restore a complete and working game from the backup image, such that it is exactly identical in every respect to the original game at the instant in time when the image is taken, including any settings, preferences and such other data to make it work identically as it was before.
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The ability to store these images as named images on whatever local or networked media the user desires.
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To the maximum extent possible, allow the Xbox user to save and backup named images to whatever internal and/or external media that is available to the Xbox users.
Why this is important:
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It has been proved by bitter experience that downloading and installing/reinstalling MSFS is a painful and time consuming process that can, and often does, take days to complete.
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It is a known and proven fact that updates and upgrades to MSFS can cause significant disruptions to the game.
- Significant regressions can be introduced.
- Previously configured settings can be overwritten with default settings without the user’s knowledge or permission.
- Windows Updates can, and do, reset necessary configuration data for the proper operation of the game.
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It is also a proven fact that certain 3rd party content can seriously disrupt the game to the point where it crashes and burns at startup after installation.
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As the game evolves, the minimum standards for reasonably smooth gameplay will increase, requiring the game to be moved to a new system, requiring a complete reinstall.
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The game’s user may wish to upgrade/replace their existing system requiring a complete reinstall.
Due to the inherent difficulty in completely reinstalling the game from bare metal, I respectfully request the ability to save and restore the complete and entire game context.
Note:
It is permitted to require the reinstalled game be associated with, and registered to, an existing Microsoft user account.