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import { Callout } from 'nextra/components';
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# Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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This is an introduction for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
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This is currently the latest release of Flight Simulator from Microsoft, which has been made for Windows only.
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## Running Flight Simulator
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Flight Simulator has been able to run with Proton (it works for me on Proton 8.0), which means the only way
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to run this game would be to buy it on
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[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_40th_Anniversary_Edition/) as the
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Microsoft Store does not work on Linux.
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<Callout type="error" emoji="⚠️">
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Do **NOT** change Proton versions or Verify Game Integrity once you have downloaded the entire game from the simulator
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as this can cause you to lose everything you have downloaded/installed for the simulator! Make sure to make backups
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of the `compdata` for Flight Simulator if this is absolutely necessary.
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</Callout>
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### Configuring
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Some tinkering may also be required to run this game. You can find other people's fixes on
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[ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com/app/1250410) if you run into problems launching the game.
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[Launch options](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/7D01-D2DD-D75E-2955) may be needed for this game to start.
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This one below is what works for me:
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```
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-FastLaunch
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```
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Even if this launch option is not required, this would be useful as it skips the intro video at the beginning.
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## Installing Addons
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Most of the time, installing addons should be pretty straight forward, unless there is an installer involved.
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The addons bought from the store in-game should be able to be installed easily and work out of the box.
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### Drag and Drop Installations
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Some addons, most commonly freeware where you download it outside of Flight Simulator, are a simple drag and drop
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into the `Community` Folder, which is stored in `compdata` (folder to store Wine/Proton configs/data for each game) >
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`1250410` (Flight Simulator's game ID on Steam).
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For example, this is the directory to the `Community` Folder if Flight Simulator is installed in the default location:
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```
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~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1250410/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Community/
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```
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The equivalent version of this in Windows is:
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```
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C:\users\steamuser\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\
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```
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### Executable Installers
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<Callout type="warning" emoji="⚠️">
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Dealing with developer's installers is usually requires more tinkering and therefore you may need more advanced
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knowledge on Windows and Linux (alongside the Desktop Environment you're using)!
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</Callout>
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If you buy addons directly from a developer, it will be likely that you will be given an installer that is an
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executable. These installers cannot be directly run with Wine as this will not use with Wine prefix for Flight
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Simulator.
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To make using executable installers easier, you should install
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[Protontricks](https://github.com/Matoking/protontricks#readme) as this will allow you to run installers under
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Flight Simulator's Wine prefix.
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Some Desktop Environments will be able to run the file directly in Protontricks if you can right-click the installer
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and open it with `Protontricks Launcher` and then select `Microsoft Flight Simulator` as the Wine prefix.
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If you do not have the option to run Protontricks Launcher, you'll have to manually run it in the terminal with
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```
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protontricks 1250410 --gui
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```
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Then ignore the warnings, click Ok on `Select the default wineprefix`, then select `Run explorer`, which will pop up a
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window for Flight Simulator's Wine directory, where you'll need to navigate through Linux's directory (with the drive
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that has `/`), where you can find the executable and run it.
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This is also useful if you want to run certain applications installed later down the line inside `compdata`, or you can
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find the uninstallers in the Protontricks GUI.
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