With the release of MSFS 2024 in November here are some preliminary notes on the compatibility of Ant's Airplanes MSFS 2020 aircraft in MSFS 2024.

INSTALLATION FOR MSFS MARKETPLACE USERS
MSFS 2024 should eventually have a message appear that says MSFS 2020 content is available. At this point you should be able to see any aircraft you bought through the MS Marketplace being available in your aircraft selection list. Note that these aircraft will be streamed to your system (just like any other content in MSFS 2024). This means it may take a while for the aircraft to load. Also, once in flight textures may be blurry while the content is still being downloaded.

INSTALLATION FOR OTHER USERS
You will need to manually copy the aircraft package from your MSFS 2020 Community folder to the MSFS 2024 community folder. Alternatively you can use the installer again to reinstall the aircraft but you will need to manually change the install location.

By default MSFS 2024 the Community folder will be set to C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages. MSFS 2024 will not give you an option to choose a different installation location for your downloaded content. This can be manually changed though.

Step 1: Create a new folder where you would like your downloaded content to be saved to

Step 2: Open this file in a text editor C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt

Step 3: Change the "InstalledPackagesPath" to match the folder you have created. This will be the last line in the UserCfg.opt file. For example: InstalledPackagesPath "T:\FlightSimulator2024". Save the file.

Step 4: Start MSFS 2024. It will create 3 new folders in your content folder, Community, Official2020 and Official2024.

You can now copy any packages from the MSFS 2020 Community folder into the new Community folder. Restart MSFS 2024 and it will read the contents of the Community folder and your aircraft (and any scenery) should be available in MSFS 2024. Because this content is hosted locally you shouldn't have any issues with blurry textures due to MSFS 2024 streaming the content.

Theoretically you could set the UserCfg.opt file to point to the same location as your MSFS 2020 files which would mean you don't have to duplicate files. I have no idea if this is a good idea or not. For example, MSFS 2024 may decide to completely erase whatever is in the existing folder which would could be devastating. Try this at your own risk (and make sure you have backed up everything in the Community and Official folders).

INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT COMPATIBILITY NOTES
Here is the current list of issues with Ant's Airplanes MSFS 2020 aircraft in MSFS 2024. This is an early list. If you find any other compatibility issues please let me know and I will try to address them in a future update. At the moment the Tiger Moth and Drifter are flyable in MSFS 2024 while the Winjeel is not. Developer mode is not active in MSFS 2024 yet so I can't really do anything about these issues at the moment.

TIGER MOTH COMPATIBILITY ISSUES (mostly compatible)
- The Tablet and GPS displays appear very dim during daylight.

DRIFTER COMPATIBILITY ISSUES (mostly compatible)
- The Tablet and GPS displays appear very dim during daylight.

WINJEEL COMPATIBILITY ISSUES (not compatible)
- The Tablet and GPS displays appear very dim during daylight.
- Engine RPM does not respond properly. I thought this was a mixture issue (as the Winjeel uses custom code for the mixture) but it probably isn't. Until developer mode is unlocked in MSFS 2024 I will be unable to determine what is the issue with the engine RPM. At this moment the Winjeel is not compatible with MSFS 2024.