Hello: I have recently re-downloaded FSX-SE after a long absence...Everything seemed to go fine (I am using the default flight and this is a "virgin" install; no add ons at all) until I press the "Fly Now" button...The terrain begins to load quickly up to about 35% and then stops...Any idea what I might be doing wrong? (I have validated the files through the Steam website)...Thanks!

Edited August 21, 20187 yr by LTCSZ

Hello LTCSZ,

While it is fairly unusual for a virgin installation to "pause" loading at the terrain from the fly now screen, it should eventually resume loading.

Have you waited for a full 100% or do you giveup thinking the scenario loading has stalled. 

Is your sim loading from HDD drive or SSD drive, if HDD drive it might be worthwhile to "Defrag the drive".

Caveat: Do not Defrag an SSD drive.

If defragging does not sort out the issue, perhaps you are loading into a heavy scenery or Airport, I would suggest selecting a more sparse location as a test, see if the loading behaviour is quicker. 

Also make sure your Antivirus program has excluded status for FSX.exe and the FSX folders from scanning, AV programs can and will scan each and every file requested by the sim potentially slowing loading operations.

It is advisable also, to close any other competing programs that you will not need for Flightsimming, Your internet browser for example can un-necessarily consume processor cycles slowing the FSX loading operations.

Hope that helps.

There should be absolutely no reason for it to be stopping at 35% or 10% or 65% if you are starting up with no addons and just FSX.  I would recommend using Process Monitor to see what process is happening when you reach 35%.  See page 17, AVSIM CTD Guide for the download link and instructions on how to set up FSX to read only the processes associated with FSX.  If it is stalls at 35%, you will see exactly what is loading during that time.