How To Use MSFS 2020 Scenery In MSFS 2024 - Are They Compatible? | Find Your New Community Folder

[@mdhazeldine]

Great detective work. And also, it's worth a mention that MSFS Addons Linker has now been updated for 2024, so you should be able to just reference your existing scenery from the same custom folder you set up from before. On the compatibility front, it would be interesting to see about airports with a lot of terrain around, especially in areas where the DEM has been upgraded by MS. I am guessing we'll see some terrain elevation issues in those places.

[@normanbyrne9868]

Thanks @mdhazeldine, I was going to check on the Addons Linker later today to check compatibility but now I know.

[@knightshadow1894]

Good evening, I've never use Addon Linker, is it possible to us it with a personal cloud storage unit? Thanks for any help you can give.

[@mdhazeldine]

@@knightshadow1894 I have no idea, sorry. Only ever used it on a local hard drive. I would imagine that if Windows Explorer can access the cloud storage unit, then yes it would work though.

[@arranwilliams2523]

When you have the airport on your drive and first load in it's precaching the shaders so it will go slow but once that's done you should be good to go!

[@mikew130]

Great update. If my Maccosim airport didn't work 2024 was definitely out. Will have to see how Brisbane, Coolangatta & Sydney work. Also FBW and Horizon aircraft. Will still give it a couple of months before I make the decision. Thanks once again for your videos.

[@djytonly5653]

A very important video!! Thanks for that. So far, I didn't want to switch yet, before the roush hour of 2024 purchases are over and the biggest issues have been solved. In any case, I want to avoid any mess by rushing everything into a new sim, while the older one would have worked OK. But the information in this video are a big step in trusting in the new sim.

[@jerrytracey6602]

That's fantastic! Well done. I'm going straight upstairs to copy my Pyreegue Edinburgh Airport scenery over...

[@bobmarino350]

Thanks so much, a great help. I am sure that you have been told that you sound exactly like Richard Hammond from Top Gear!

[@chriswright5016]

Thanks so much for the video we all wanted to see the most. This is incredibly impressive and I won't waste any time in importing scenery. Of course there's still a ton of wiggle room for developers to optimise the scenery for MSFS 2024 and charge the "small fee" many are dying to implement. And that's fair enough if updated scenery genuinely does things that it can't in MSFS 2020. It's clearly a different story with tubeliners and there were some worrying noises from Robert Randazzo last night about the ease with which PMDG planes might be ported over. Still, this is a heck of start compared with all the hassles of converting FSX scenery to the last version. Thanks Gavin for answering everyone's #1 question.

[@TheCherokee28]

With a maximum download speed of around 35mbps I'm thinking I will give this a miss until FTTP comes my way.Not programmed anytime soon so I will stick with 2020.I've got it working well. But thanks for all the videos.Always informative

[@pieterduplessis6906]

For interest's sake: msfs 2020 ALSO STREAMS data over the cloud. So, if you have it "working well", then surely from a scenery perspective it should also work well The only difference that I notice is that when loading in, then it can take a bit longer, but once the initial load is in, the running the sim is easier on the connection We should shortly be able to download from the marketplace, so any aircraft can be stored locally then, That should sort out any additional concerns

[@Zero_1810]

We need a very nice grahpic settings guide for msfs2024 your sim looks very good and run so smooth! - thanks for this video hopefully we gonna get a good experince with 2024 soon!

[@Cloudrider11]

Great work !! Thanks. Need to think about the 3rd party Installer Apps - they point to the old 2020 Community folders and sometimes their own install directories

[@JB_DaSimmer]

Great video, this was definately one of my concerns. I've also found that the MSFS Map Enhancenment Mod has been updated and works well. It also improves load time. Additionally, the Lossless scaling App has been a huge help with fps.

[@pieterduplessis6906]

I re-installed it yesterday and it works fantastic. So, we are off to the races......... or shall I say flights

[@cptsean6932]

hi easyjetsim pilot great video as always and very helpful can i ask you if you will be able to make a video on how to get gsx to work in msfs2024?

[@ArthurFuxake]

I have some scenery that required the default airport to be deleted/disabled (in content manager when using 2020) but 2024 has no setting to turn off the streaming of specific airports!

[@reboot5598]

Asobo is aware and that issue is now solved ready for next update

[@tvrubenjo4010]

How would priorities work with EHAM? I imagine the handcrafted from asobo still will be streamed and then fly Tampa would be placed on top of that. In 2020 we had to uninstall the asobo one before using the 3rd party. Now we can't do that anymore

[@chriskouvoutsakis536]

They "work" but they aren't fully compatible.. I tried flytampa yssy and grass textures were flat, there was none of that auto gen grass in the grassy area's.. the terminals and most of it looked okay but the terrain needs updating to work with the new engine.

[@popeptato]

now time to try and see if msfs 2020 aircraft work

[@kingDTD1]

Must don’t work

[@caskraker]

They are already there.

[@jerrytracey6602]

None of the native 2024 aircraft are just have no bodies or instruments apart from the XCub in my FS2024, so importing a couple of aircraft I can use properly would be good. My Just Flight Piper Arrow III would be my first choice...

[@joesparrow896]

Hello Gavin, can we have the 2 msfs2020 and Msfs2024 installed on the pc? just? THANKS

[@kmcat]

PMDG 737 works - lighting is a bit bugged and no sound. The Horizon 787 lighting is a bit bugged and no sound you also need to copy the Asbo 787 from 2020

[@D4rthDuck]

You can change the place of the Community folder

[@cptmystepp3343]

omg i hope so - but how?

[@JobuRum]

I held my breath at Schipol with you. haha It's always been tough on my system.

[@pilotpawanc]

Gav can you do a video on setting up custom camera views in msfs 2024? I am stuck at this

[@ChrisA7X89]

Couldn't really check if the sceneries I made still work fine in 2024. Only tested a few so far but they require little to no work at all which is nice. The only problem I encountered so far is, that scenery objects that were initially placed with 2020's scenery editor show up very late and only if close enough to the object. This isn't something I can change obviously. I just hope they'll fix that

[@Dr.GD4]

Want to see how third party AI traffic looks too. FS traffic or FSLTL.

[@JonathanPeel]

I am going to move some of my scenery over. I am curious about Add-Ons, GSX, SLC, etc.

[@Izmael1310]

With addon linker installation for MSFS2024 you should be able to use MSFS2020 community folder of course it could be dangerous later if for example the MSFS2020 gets MSFS2024 update. Then if you want to maintain both sims you will need 2 folders. But if there are lets say airports which are abandoned and wont recieve any update than you will be fine with one folder for both sims.

[@jenny02392]

My insim purchases have showed up in the sim for scenery. Did not expect that.

[@Richard-c5q6v]

Would have been nice to see at night to see if lights were working - nice job

[@titelrolvertolker]

Popped flytampas eham in my msfs2024 community folder today but it seems that this scenery is not fully compatible. Got some weird trees sticking out on the apron near the Echo pier. Also the grass around the taxi and runways needs some work

[@imellor711]

Hi, tested this for myself a couple of days after MSFS24 release and found out using MLINK/D mapping a short-cut back t my MSFS2020 Community folder and found that MV-22 Osprey, Black Square Duke, DHC-1 Chipmonk, PDGM & FlybyWire and Carando Aircraft bought through other stores, installed and working, you seem to limited to the number of files you can have in you community folder, 20 - 27 files/ shortcuts. Just flight aircrafts like the P-28 Warrior II, III, IV Turbo don't come across properly as yet, as they also store files in C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\packages\justflight-aircraft......\work folder structure that does seem to copy over.....

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

Thanks for this. Now I know where the community folder is. I can try out some of the add on stuff that I have. Has anybody tried out traffic such as FSLTL or Just Flight's FS Traffic?

[@drohnenvideosundshorts9641]

I installed quite some airports and they work quite good. Performance is even better most of the time. Only the new lighting is off especially the green ones when approaching LOWW for example the Green Taxi lights are brighter than the white runway lights. But the brighter lights also are positive in the PAPIs. They are more visible especially from further away now

[@gwalker3092]

Over bright green lights appears most places for me must be 2024 bug among the many ones

[@drohnenvideosundshorts9641]

@@gwalker3092 Also with oficially marked 2024 Airports? In my opinion they should tune down green and make runway lighting and the white taxiway edge light brighter the PAPis are already on a good way. A little bit brighter like in Real Life would even be better but already in the right direction.

[@gwalker3092]

@ I xferred some simple ones across from 2020 the lights are ok but the green lights are at Egll and Egss for me for sure. I can only assume they are the default 2024 ones ? I bought the ini egss and Egll for 2020 but not tried moving them I’m just trying get some time flying atm if works

[@drohnenvideosundshorts9641]

@@gwalker3092ok interesting I will raise that Bug in the Forum, or if already done vote it up👍

[@CactusBravo42]

I wonder if they SID, STAR and ILS approaches works properly for these airports.

[@jamiee156]

At launch FS2024 installs its own (ASOBO) scenery + whatever add-ons you purchased via the Marketplace + any 3rd party content from the Community folder. If you have duplicate scenery packs, there's no apparent way to disable the ASOBO version -- at least not yet. This leads to the double loading of airports etc. which can cause framerate and tile bleeding issues.

[@pieterduplessis6906]

I guess when the marketplace launches, we should be able to remove and disable default scenery packs

[@Luke_0193]

So there is not yet a way to accomplish this? Or is there a trick how to remove asobos sceneries now?

[@lenajk2004]

i have flightbeam’s KMSP and the lights are incredibly bright at all times in 2024 but change with the time of day in 2020.

[@matiassilvennoinen3921]

It is in much, much better shape than 2020 was when it launched.

[@pieterduplessis6906]

Finally, a comment based in reality, not offence or personal view reality.....

[@davidbradbury1762]

Excellent Gavin - as always. Could I ask what you use to operate your camera please?

[@douglasrobinson7857]

Xbox hand controller mapped for drone works.

[@douglasrobinson7857]

If you need the settings I use get back to me.

[@stuartbailey5484]

Will //42 Flow Wheel work on MSFS2024 ?

[@jlcmiles]

Orbx, Burning Blue Design, FlyTampa and so many others. I'm going to be so busy copying and pasting and testing haha.

[@PST9505]

That's strange. For me, in MSFS 2020, all airports are not saved in the community folder, but in the official folder.

[@janlorre743]

For me too. Copying them to the 2024 community folder does not work.

[@brianking5058]

I've noticed exactly the same. I think all the scenery I purchased via the Marketplace in 2020 was installed automatically in the OneStore folder. If I copy one of those across to the 2024 Community folder it doesn't work. If I copy it to the 2024 OneStore it doesn't work either, and is deleted the next time I start the sim. All a bit baffling!

[@antonioiozzi291]

Big airports with asphalt runway seems ok but next time try with a little grass runway airport, pay and free. This would be interessant because of the new tree and new grass and texture.

[@Julilow]

One question, how did you turned off the standart EHAM scenery?

[@yongchun2183]

So how do I copy some of the payware sceneries & aircrafts from MSFS 2020 community folder? To the Community or Official2024 folder?

[@lionhellll]

For the time beeing: 1- Impossible to deactivate items in the library (I don't need Japan but I can't deactivate). 2- Impossible to import on PC (only streaming... too bad !). 3- How do we install sceneries ? I dropped some 2020 sceneries in community, they are taken in account since they work, but are invisible in the library ??? Nothing installed.

[@NicolajFlies]

Mine automatically streams 2020 airports in 2024. How do I stop it from doing that? The stutters are insane.

[@indigogamestudio]

My comunity folder is in C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Packages\Community I use Steam install Maybe this is why.

[@BernardLangham]

that is why.

[@gabrielbaleeiro6896]

Thanks!

[@kmcat]

You can replace with %username%

[@FlyingTruckerUK]

Have you managed to get any Fenix liveries to work in msfs2024?

[@hansvanwijhe7891]

Thanks a lot for this video, much appreciated. A bit off topic, but do you think you can make a video, too, on how to program the FS2024 A321 detents into a Thrustmaster Throttle Quadrant?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

This is done via the EFB in the aircraft.

[@hansvanwijhe7891]

@@Easyjetsimpilot OK, thanks a lot.

[@simpilotspud8296]

Will porting over the addons to the new simulator double up on the storage?

[@pilot_paul42]

I loaded in Manchester as well and found loads of random aircraft all over the place despite switching everything off in the main menu in MSFS2024. Any tips as yours was empty ?

[@needlesbeckett]

Neil Birch’s UK Farm Strips work well in msfs 2024 🥳👍

[@jazzcupjoey]

How about the ai traffic? That’s the one thing I’m not a fan of is the default ai traffic, def prefure FSLTL or if something better comes along

[@nlhockey286]

When I go into my library and select something to install, there is no option to install it

[@petergonzalez5245]

Good work Easy! Inibuilds is selling 2024 upgrades on KPSP and LEIB for £5 each. Is it necessary to buy these?

[@pieterduplessis6906]

good question. Other devs do a free upgrade and although to charge a fee is not out of the ordinary, I would expect it from IniBuilds, since they are now a big dev with a level 1 status with MS. Onw can only wish.....

[@renegadejagd758]

I have made 2 airports and both are very well implemented in FS2024

[@h__p1999]

Have you any idea why my rudder pedals in the cockpit are stuck to the left? I can’t figure how to get them normal again… also, my mouse is extremely sensitive and no matter the settings it won’t change. Any idea thanks

[@PadinnPlays]

Check for a possible bind conflict. Search rudder and if there is a conflict you will see a symbol near the bind indicating that

[@h__p1999]

@@PadinnPlaysthere is a number 1 next to “rudder axis”, is this it?

[@pieterduplessis6906]

@@h__p1999 correct. The number 1 indicates 1 conflicting binding

[@petersquires2100]

Hi, interesting video as usual thank you. Have you anything as large as the Heathrow airport yet and if so (as it has been handcrafted in 2024) how do you turn off the default MS airport or is that no longer necessary?

[@FTStratLP]

Amsterdam, which is this video, is comperable with Heathrow.

[@ZockerBudeVR]

where can i find my marketplace airports of 2020? :-)

[@PeterNGloor]

that Leeds airport looks nice in FS than in reality...

[@wadeteo8282]

Any FPS issues with the 2020 scenery in 2024 other than the cloud loading times?

[@mkflightsim1543]

what grapic setting have you got 2024 setup on

[@MotivationInspiration55]

Hello, do you have to Delete the Handcrafted Airports? Thank you

[@Patrik.Pereira]

inibuilds lowi looks exactly the same as the stock asobo... is it included?

[@dongketu3691]

I am on steam version but it never loads community addon scenery. I get stuck at the scenery loading page.

[@sidiamenna8841]

I’m really liking this sim so far

[@adakushe8161]

How is your performance in 2020 for you 🎉

[@KoPilotFlys]

Some of my scenery ported over no problem and works fine and some of my scenery wouldn't work. In short I have been hit and miss when porting over scenery from 2020. Edit: I did port over my A2A comanche and it works in the new sim.

[@killerbsting1621]

I moved my community folder from C to my flight sim drive. Its installed on c by default and you definitely do not want that! 😮 there is a very certain way of moving the folder though. If anyone needs help. Please let me know

[@ibraheemnabeel]

Yes, how can you do that?

[@D4rthDuck]

You can in the marketplace Option

[@TheCoastalDiamond]

May I ask why you don’t want it on your c drive, btw this is someone with 1tb in there c drive so this may be different for you

[@killerbsting1621]

@TheCoastalDiamond i have a 1tb C drive as well and my community folder, as well as ma y others is very, very large 100's of gb's of mods, i know i can only speak for myself but I do not want a single games files taking up a lot of space on my boot drive, i only install desktop files, software, photos, etc on my boot drive (c). Any game files are strictly for my dedicated drives. I have 5 other drives for games D, E, F, G, and I are all of my game drives. Drive letter (I) is specifically for my flight sims. :)

[@killerbsting1621]

@ibraheemnabeel open the msfs 2024 conifig file with notepad. Scroll to the way bottom and change the community folder installation path to your desired drive. Make sure you copy and paste the path where the current path is. Make sure you create a msfs 2024 new file on the drive you want. Restart the game and the official and community file will automatically populate in the path you choose.

[@paulduggins9510]

They said addons would work but creators are busing updating their content for 2424 , so that means it all will not work . Even the addons linker has been updated for 2424

[@ibraheemnabeel]

I've been having performance issues and low frames even though I'm on a 3080, 64Gbs of Ram and a Ryzen 9700X!

[@willyr6raven]

Do you have to remove handcraft asobo airport if you have the same scenery payware like msfs2020?

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

We can't do that yet.

[@willyr6raven]

@Easyjetsimpilot but you installed flytampa Eham on top of the Handcrafted?

[@russellholland1622]

Any idea how to move through the cabin?? I got the walk around but you can’t move through the cabin.

[@normanbyrne9868]

I've seen a few videos of people entering the plane via the passenger door (airliners, etc) and can then walk around freely throughout the plane. If there is another way, I'd like to know this also as I never was able to do this in MSFS2020. People kept telling me to use the arrow keys but they just looked around inside of the cockpit for me.

[@davidikechukwu2900]

Almost all the airports I downloaded from marketplace were automatically downloaded back into my FS2024

[@PhilipusArabus]

Rome, Dublin, Malta, Las Vegas, Santiago, bogota, mexico city didn’t automatically download on mine

[@bec0]

Try 2024 aircraft move to 2020

[@saytoga]

What edition of 2024 you recommend?

[@vangoghoff5521]

Get it on cd keys £6 more for the premium deluxe than the basic

[@aviation_lover35-r2d]

How do I fix broken scenery?

[@pita_f1]

The fps thing where its slow at the start is true because my pc was dying at the start😂😂

[@StarFox9091]

We Can create a symbolic link for to save Space in community folder and have this Space for somthing other

[@90sarcadefighter5]

I want to know this also. We'd need something like Addon Linker for a start

[@90sarcadefighter5]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZKXc6SQgLR6fdU

[@Mackshot]

The latest version of addonlinker works fine with both old 2020 third party aircraft and my orbx scenery.

[@tomascole123]

Do you have pilotplus bristol to try??

[@chilli-soup]

Thats my local go to too. Im Series X, only have Coningsby aswell and both not on 2024 but im sticking with 20 for a while.

[@tomascole123]

Same mate my go to airport

[@vangoghoff5521]

Not got to the enjoyment part yet.......

[@AndyJay15]

Can't even get mine to work. Constantly comes up saying low bandwidth and if I click fly now I just get stuck on a screen that doesn't do anything. This launch is an absolute joke.

[@kostyaw83]

What about Community folder for Steam users?

[@douglasrobinson7857]

Steam Version: C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community.

[@kgring1]

i can’t get my inibuilds to connect to a folder for 24 can someone help please

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

I just moved my IniBuilds files from 2020 community folder to the 2024 one.

[@kgring1]

@ i tried that it’s still saying it can’t find a folder

[@brianking5058]

@@Easyjetsimpilot Gav, my Inibuilds and most other scenery purchased in FS2020 was automatically installed in the OneStore folder, not in the 2020 Community folder. If I copy and paste those to the 2024 Community folder they don't work. Any thoughts? My MSFS 2024 will have nothing to do with any scenery that isn't showing up in MyLibrary as being streamed.

[@MegatronRacing237]

Yeah this does not work unfortunately. I’ve copied from 2020 One Store folder to the Community folder but doesn’t work. Strange how the files are in the onestore folder rather community

[@Easyjetsimpilot]

@@MegatronRacing237 the one store folder scereries are protected (as all are purchased via the marketplace). Only sceneries from your community 2020 will work in you 2024 community folder

[@stuartbailey5484]

What about us X-Boxers ?

[@RadioLasPegasus]

You can also change the location of the Official and Community folders through a config file. I did that last night to make sure both sims were on the same drive.

[@blk_miss1le963]

I was thinking this was causing performance issues. Does it help at all?

[@lordmashie]

How well do the jet bridges work?

[@LouiseRose74]

Not got myself into game yet never mind my addons 😂

[@MAV8865]

I can't find the community folder using the link in the video.

[@KingBobsKingdom]

In game, under the Store. Click on My Library and to the right of the search bar is a cog icon. Click that and you can see where your Community folder is and from there you can change where you want it to be.

[@douglasrobinson7857]

Steam Version: C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community.

[@MAV8865]

@@douglasrobinson7857 thanks! found it with your help..

[@shollie]

Wasn’t especially Inibuild saying that you must pay for compatibility? Well, I guess they won’t be your partner for long😅

[@ClTlZEN_X]

Has anyone tried FSW Lj35a in msfs 2024?

[@MustafaGT]

You can change the community folder path in the config file. Surprised nobody is making a video about this yet!

[@drohnenvideosundshorts9641]

You can even change it in the My Library in the Sim but it is very buggy so far. Is it more stable via the Config File? So far I also dont see the stuff I put in My Library but it is there in the World Map. Could also be solved with the Marketplace Release in the next couple weeks

[@geolpilot7036]

Yes the config file is the way I did it. Can then use the latest Addons Linker ( has a separate MSFS exe and config setup) to link to your 2020 community addons and save a lot of disc space. I also prefer keeping stuff off my C: drive as much as possible.

[@sidiamenna8841]

What about planes? Like Pmdg ?

[@normanbyrne9868]

If you purchased them through Marketplace they should've shown up. I've had most of my planes show up but I'm still missing a few here/there though.

[@drivesafa]

Still a blurry mess. The idea of streaming all textures from the cloud was not really thought thgrough

[@pinns]

Great video! I think as you said , sceneries are fine, but so far I've had no luck with FSLTL or AIG planes - looks asif they are completely ignored?

[@Readthefineprint]

It seems FSLTL we’re not in the tech alpha so they are working in their base and injector now. Shouldn’t be too long I hope.

[@WingsOfMetal]

Paris-CDG Asobo is really well done, at last! Stansted is very nice indeed!

[@tiagowrec]

im getting awful fps at those new handcrafted airports

[@michelloranger2590]

Good video as always. Not all airports are working. FlyTampa is fine of course. But I bought the CYUL airport from MKStudios and that s not working. Also the MaccoSim Cancun airport and the Vpilotdesign Cartagena airport don t work. I need to mention that these airports were bought on the Microsoft Marketplace and are not installed in the good old community folder. They re found in the Official folder and then in the Onestore folder and need to be installed in the 2024 Onestore folder. I find it very strange that these airports purchased in the Marketplace don t work in the new Sim. I hope this info is useful to someone. Thanks for posting.

[@ITMann]

Instead of having texture based objects most stuff seems to be cloud based, i.e. streamed textures, which is the most angst people have at this stage, for some early adopters. Just went into an airliner cockpit in MSFS 2024, and noticed blurry textures in some places, then the scenery would "pop" into slight sharpness. ( and yes I have fast internet). Nice snappy UI, vegetation, flight planning etc but disappointing at this early stage, not to mention the character creation screen !!£££???XXXXX ugh!!!!. what ?

[@gwalker3092]

At least with xferred airports you don’t land on blurry airports 😂

[@kmcat]

I'll save you 12min you copy and past it from the MSFS community folder

[@ganntradingsystemstimecycl2783]

Though what is annoying with FS2024. If you want to move community folder to another drive. One has to locate user config file, then add in the new community folder location. Fffn stupid you have to do this!

[@rezaomar3397]

still cant fly in the new sim its awful

[@VoandoPreator]

Hi there...and you whant to know why? Because you and thousands more were duped into thinking FS24 was all mew,but sorry,its the same engine! I knew it all along! But given were actualy living in 2024,thats how things and people are getting like!