Microsoft Flight Simulator Tips and Guides - Installing Mods
Addons are in some ways the lifeblood of a flight simulator. While the base sim provides a great starting point, an individual's favourite aircraft or place to visit may not be present.
Passionate developers around the globe breathe ever greater life into our virtual skies through their hard work delivering new experiences to us.
Microsoft Flight Simulator in many ways offers the most robust and arguably simplest system of including Downloadable Content into its ecosystem, but it is not without its quirks and traps.
In this video I go through in detail how to not only find your Community Folder (the place you stick all your new shiny toys), but how to then place get your content in the sim and verify it's there and useable.
00:00 - Preroll
00:14 - Intro
02:35 - Finding the Community Folder - Windows Store MSFS Install Default location (C: Drive) users
06:09 - Finding the Community Folder - Steam MSFS Default location Install users
07:02 - Finding the Community Folder - Custom Install location MSFS Install users (Windows Store and Steam)
10:13 - Installing Addons - Different types of Installation
11:37 - Installing Addons - Using an Installer (*.exe)
13:13 - Installing Addons - Using *.zip files
15:41 - Verifying Installation
19:12 - Why does my addon say Not Installed?
20:45 - Outro
Paths Discussed in this video:
Windows Store (Default Location) Install
C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Packages\ Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\
Steam Edition (Default Location) Install
The same as Windows Store OR C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightDashboard_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\
Custom Install Location
Wherever you put it!
Addons Featured in this video:
Big Radials P-40B - https://bigradials.com/products/big-r...
Cessna 172 6Y-JIM - https://novawing24.gumroad.com/l/Cess...
Concorde RAF Transport Command - https://novawing24.gumroad.com/l/DCDe...
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"EDM Detection Mode" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)