How to change the weather and time of day in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

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How to change the weather and time of day

How to change weather/time while flying

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 he stumbled off the track with a heavy launch. Fortunately, the early server issues have been resolved. The game also received its first updates, which smoothed out some bugs. Now is a good time to get back into the sky if you had a bad time on launch day.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 it has many settings that you can change for different degrees of realism. This includes weather and time of day simulation. These factors can change your flight paths and visibility. You can change these settings when flying an aircraft in Free Flight mode. This mode allows you to choose any aircraft and any point on the planet you want. If you want to experience the sky over Manhattan at night or the Great Pyramids during a snowstorm, you can. This guide will demonstrate how you can change the weather/time before and during flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

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How to change the weather and time of day

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Press Free Flight and you will be brought to the Earth map. Here you can select a plane and plan your route. At the top right of the screen are Flight conditions settings. The clock is below that. The “Live” setting on the watch indicates that the simulation will be based on the actual time you are playing. You can click this setting to turn it off.

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If you want more options, tap on flight conditions. You will have to press Y to access this panel on XBOX. Here you can change the weather and time. Live it will keep the current real-world weather and time for the parts of the world you are flying to. Changing the time while using Live settings can revert to real-world weather for up to 24 hours. READY allows you to choose from different pre-made weather patterns and set the time. Personalized allows you to change the weather and time down to the details. This includes applying weather at certain altitudes, air pressure, humidity, lightning, snow depth and precipitation.

How to change weather/time while flying

You can even change these settings on the fly. On your PC, move your mouse cursor to the top of the screen and click the small cloud icon. On XBOX you have to press RB + L3 to activate cursor mode. After clicking on the weather icon, you can change the weather and time as you like. Keep in mind that the simulation can become slow and glitchy as it loads in weather/time conditions Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.