Flight Simulator Bugs / Known Issues page
As flight simulators continue to evolve with frequent updates, occasional bugs or issues may arise within the software. We actively report these issues to the developers, and most are promptly addressed. Below, we’ve listed the known issues with MSFS and X-Plane, along with potential workarounds and solutions.
MSFS
There is no magnifying glass when I try to pop out avionics
First, make sure you are holding the correct ALT, which is right of your spacebar. If you can pop out some avionics but not others, try changing the livery of the problematic plane; it reloads the plane and usually solves the issue.
I can see the magnifying glass but I can't pop out my avionics in MSFS any more
There seems to be a new bug in MSFS after a recent update where when you pop out the avionics, they "show up" outside of your monitor boundaries. Please find below some of the solutions and hopefully it's something fixed in one of the future MSFS updates.
- The easiest way to fix it is to press ALT+ENT right after you popped out the avionics (even though you can't see them).
- If that doesn’t work, go to settings and enable "Developer Mode". Next start the flight and if issues persist, go to the development menu at the top of the screen and select "Change Aircraft". You can select the same aircraft but change the livery; in many cases this reloads the plane and fixes the issue.
- If that doesn’t work, you can try deleting your MSFS data by following these steps .
- If that doesn’t work, another option is to disconnect all of your monitors after popping out avionics and then connecting only the 530 / g1000 unit first before plugging your main monitor back in. We’ve found this worked for many folks.
- If none of that has helped, the last resort is MSFS re-install.
- If that doesn’t work, another option is to disconnect all of your monitors after popping out avionics and then connecting only the 530 / g1000 unit first before plugging your main monitor back in. We’ve found this worked for many folks.
- If none of that has helped, the last resort is MSFS re-install.
There are black bars around G1000. I can't get G1000 full screen.
This is something we hope MSFS fixes soon. For now, there is a quick fix by resizing the window slightly before pressing ALT+ENT. Please see a video showing this here
X-Plane
I can't pop out my avionics in X-Plane any more
Delete X-Plane/Output/preferences/Miscellaneous.prf file, which has stored the location of the popped-out avionics. It will reset it and you should be able to pop it out.