Installation Guide
Please follow the information on this page to install FlyByWire Simulations products for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Important Notice for the A32NX
All FlyByWire Simulations A32NX versions are now independent of the default A320neo.
We’d like to remind all users of the following two important changes:
The folder in the Community directory is now:
flybywire-aircraft-a320-neo
The airplane in the simulator is now titled:
FlyByWire Simulations - A320neo (LEAP)
MSFS Marketplace Version Discontinued
Please uninstall any marketplace version.
You can reference this issue in our reported issues page for more details.
Downloads
FlyByWire Installer
Download the new FlyByWire installer where you can select either the Stable, or Development build. Our installer downloads and installs the add-on directly into your community folder.
The following commands can be used:
Ctrl+F5 - Refreshes Installer
Ctrl+F12 - Opens the debug tool
Installer Debug Logs
You can send us logs to our Discord for support if you encounter issues with the installer. Please follow the steps below:
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Open the debug tool Ctrl+F12.
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Find and select Console in the top menu.
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Right Click anywhere in the log displayed.
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Click Save as and send the log to us.
Manual Installation
TODO: Add A380X download links
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Download A32NX
Current Stable Version -
Stable is our variant that has the least bugs and best performance. This version will not always be up-to-date, but we guarantee its compatibility with each major patch from MSFS.
Latest release notes: View Here
Development will have the latest features that will end up in the next stable. Bugs are to be expected.
It updates whenever something is added to the 'master' branch on GitHub.
IMPORTANT:
View information on Autopilot / Fly-By-Wire here
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Download A380X
Pending further information
Please follow ALL steps in this section if you encounter any issues with installation before seeking support.
Open the zip that you downloaded from one of the links above, and drag the flybywire-aircraft-a320-neo or insert A380 folder folder inside the zip into your Community folder.
See below for the location of your Community folder.
TODO: Add A380X installation steps and folder name
Community Folder
Microsoft Store and/or Game Pass Edition
- Copy the
flybywire-aircraft-a320-neoora380 folderfolder into your community package folder.
It is located in:
C:\Users\[YOURUSERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_<RANDOMLETTERS>\LocalCache\Packages\Community.
Steam Edition
- Copy the
flybywire-aircraft-a320-neoora380 folderfolder into your community package folder.
It is located in:
C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community.
Boxed Edition
- Copy the
flybywire-aircraft-a320-neoora380 folderfolder into your community package folder.
It is located in:
C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Local\MSFSPackages\Community.
Troubleshooting
If the above methods do not work:
To find the Community folder that MSFS is using, please follow these steps:
- Go to your General Settings in MSFS and activate Developer Mode.
- Go to the menu and select 'Virtual File System'.
- Click on 'Packages Folders' and select 'Open Community Folder'.
This opens the Community folder in a Windows Explorer. Please ensure that your add-ons are installed in the folder that is opened.
If your issue is not related to installation visit - Reported Issues
Clean Install Steps
Automatic Clean Install
FBW Installer version 3.0.0 introduced the Uninstall feature. To perform an automatic clean install:
- Ensure you have the latest FBW Installer on your machine.
- The installer updates itself. If you would like to download our installer again, see the FlyByWire Installer Section.
- Click on the "Uninstall" button.
This removes the aircraft from your community folder and the extra files in %appdata or %localappdata.
Your Work folder is retained to save your throttle configuration, FDR files, and any other presets we save.
(These are small files and do not need to be deleted to fulfill a "clean install" state.)
Manual Clean Install
TODO: Add A380X folder name + clean install steps
If you would like to manually perform a clean install you first have to delete the
flybywire-aircraft-a320-neo or a380 folder folder from your community folder.
We also store additional information related to the aircraft in a separate directory, which is built when you load the aircraft in the simulator. You also need to delete the contents of this folder, but not the folder itself.
These locations are found below:
If the above folders are hidden to you, follow the directions on Microsoft's support site.
Once in the correct directory, delete the files show here:
TODO: get proper photo for localstate and not temp
Work Folder
The locations below contain a "work" folder. We store two important things here that you may not want to delete:
- Your EFB throttle configuration.
- Our flight data recorder (for debugging purposes, which we may ask you to provide).
It is up to you to keep this folder or not.
Microsoft Store Version
The folder can be found here:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\packages\flybywire-aircraft-a320-neo\
To quickly locate the %localappdata%:
- Press start
- Type in run into the start menu and press Enter
- Type into the box
%localappdata% - Press OK
This is not your community directory
Steam Version
The folder can be found here:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\flybywire-aircraft-a320-neo\
To quickly locate %appdata%:
- Press start
- Type in run into the start menu and press Enter
- Type into the box
%appdata% - Press OK
This is not your community directory
Recommended Settings for A32NX, MSFS and Windows
See Recommended Settings.
Contributing
More info A32NX Development Overview
SimBrief Airframe
We have moved this information to the location above.