As a Multiplayer session host, there are a number of options you can set to determine what other players are allowed to do in your session.

When a player is changing aircraft, location, and other settings during a Multiplayer session, the session continues. That means that everyone else is probably flying away from that player while they're changing settings.

That might be fine when the intent of your session is not to stay together. For example, if all the players are practicing landings at a particular airport, no one is going to get lost from your group of players while changing aircraft or settings. Or if you're acting as a Multiplayer air traffic controller, you likely don't care where anyone is in the sky when you're not controlling them.

Under these conditions, you probably want to give players as much freedom to change settings as possible.

If, however, you are flying with new pilots, flight instructing, racing, or formation flying, you might want to restrict players' freedom to make changes in the session to prevent players from getting lost.

See the tables below for an explanation of the various advanced options.

To open the Advanced Options dialog box On the Multiplayer screen, sign in on GameSpy or your LAN. Click Host a Session. On the Session Information screen, click Next. On the Session Conditions screen or Select Mission screen, click Next. On the Host Options screen, click Advanced Options.

All of the advanced options are enabled by selecting check boxes.

To enable any advanced option Select the check box next to that option.

Player Options

Option	What it does
Players can realism settings	By selecting this option, any player can change their Realism Settings at any time during your session.
Players can change location after joining	By selecting this option, any player can change to any airport in the world at any time during your session.
Players can share aircraft	By selecting this option, any player can share their aircraft with any other player during your session.
Players can use Slew mode	By selecting this option, any player can use Slew mode to move their aircraft at any time during your session.
Players can join during session	By selecting this option, a player can join your session after the session has started.
Players can pause their session	By selecting this option, any player can pause their session by pressing P at any time.
Host can pause session for everyone	By selecting this option, any player can pause the session for all players by pressing P at any time.

Starting Location

Option	What it does
Players can start at an airport of their choice	By selecting this option, any player can start at any airport in the world.
Players can start in the air near the host	By selecting this option, any player can start the session in the air near the host aircraft. This is a good option if your intent is to do formation flying or racing.
Players can start at the airport nearest the host's aircraft	By selecting this option, any player can start the session at the airport nearest the host aircraft. This is a good option if a player is joining your session after you're already flying.