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    Loading time for MSFS

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by stiletto2

    Hi Don,

     

    I have all of the MSFS World and City updates installed. For this test I have about 200 addons in my Community folder.  It is my first load of MSFS for the day. My computer is 10 years old but my network upload and download speed is usually 250 Megabits per second.  It took 3 minutes for me to get from Desktop to the Welcome Screen on my PC.  Then after selecting a stock C172 Skyhawk, clear weather and runway 34R at KSEA where I have Orbx BMWorld+Amsim's KSEA Airport and Orbx Drzewiecki's Seattle Landmarks and KBFI Boeing Field (which is only a few miles away) installed as well as GAIST ULTRA VERSION 3 shipping active, it takes another minute and 30 seconds to load the scene.  So, total time from Desktop to being ready to takeoff at Seattle is less than 5 minutes fore this test.

     

    It is important to note that I suppress the MSFS startup splash screens on startup which saves a little time.  Also, the MSFS "checking updates" procedure only took 5 seconds this time.  That is not always true sometimes it can take much longer. Also if network speed is slow for some reason or Microsoft's servers are being slow it can take significantly longer.  

     

    Rod 

     

     

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    Not Happy with Steam

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted · Edited by stiletto2

    Hi Cathy,

     

    If this is your first time installing MSFS be aware that you need an xbox live / microsoft store account otherwise MSFS won't start or install on your PC.  I have MSFS on my PC using the Store version and also have thr premium deluxe edition like Rob mentioned.

     

    Rod

    Info about every airport in MSFS 2020

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by stiletto2

    Hi Rodger,

     

    One of the missing items in the list is most of the countries for each airport probably because MSFS doesn't carry that info by airport.  However, a little research will tell you that many of PNG's airport begin with the lettters "AY".  With that information and assuming you have Excel, you could go into Excel, choose the Data tab, then choose Sort.  In the Column section Choose "ident" in the 'Sort by' drop down option.  Then select OK.   When you get the Sort warning that some numbers are mixed with text in that sort key, choose "Sort number and numbers stored as text separately and select OK.  

     

    Excel will sort the "ident" column so that it runs from "0 to zzzz".  Then you just need to go to the section where "AYxx" starts and you will find a big list of airports that are probably in PNG.  You could do the same for Colombia which has a lot of airports that have "SKxx" as their ident.

     

    Rod

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    Info about every airport in MSFS 2020

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    15 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said:

    Hi all. Just found another resource for those frustrated by the lack of directory help in MSFS 2020. In the Flightsim site, under "scenery," there is an entry titled "Details of every airport in MSFS 2020" by a guy named Killamarshlan. You can find it through their search function. It is a PDF with very small print, but it gives all sorts of info -- location, runways, etc., etc.. It's a bit too advanced for my level of flying, but you who do the serious stuff might find it helpful.

     

    After following Rodger's great tip and going to flightsim.to Details of Every Airport & Airfield in MSFS2020 and downloading the folder, I found that an Excel file is also contained in the folder which features a very readable list of just over 40K+ airports.  The Excel file is easily searched using Excel's "Find & Select" or sorted using Excel's sorting features. The Excel file contains the ICAO/LID identifiers and has most of the airport and city names along with other interesting information like airport elevation, Mag. Decl., longest runway length (ft) etc.  The spreadsheet also contains location coordinates but you may want to reverse the columns since the first column is longitude (MSFS expects latitude first.)

     

    For example (using the spreadsheet), a quick jump to the NZQE line in the spreadsheet will tell me that runway length is only 1265 feet so I better choose the Beaver for that arrival.

     

    Note:  The files are up to date through World Update XIII.

     

    Thanks, Rodger!

     

    Rod

     

     

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