Patch 1.8.3.0 will not install

[Andre92 33]

Hello everyone,

I am having problems getting the new patch installed. I have the microsoft store version installed. After the patch was released, an update on the microsoft store was available of about 600mb, which i installed. When starting the sim, after the press any key, the sim is checking for updates, but then continues and just starts without updating.

To force the sim to update, i temporarily moved out some core packages, the sim then initiates an update, but only to the older 1.7 version. The install manager seems to work fine, but there is no mention of a newer update being available (except the update on the store package).
I also tried starting the sim as an admin, but too no avail.

Searching the various forums, i've seen users having problem with d/l speeds, but no reports of not updating at all.

 

Any suggestions to fix this, would be highly appreciated.

N.b. i'm not sure a complete reinstall will change anything, my guess is it will reinstall to the same old version again.

Kind Regards,

André

[vgbaron 3,612]

Last update I had to completely uninstall and reinstall MSFS for the version 1.7.14.0 to show. Seems like I'm faced with the same on this update. Started sim, got the update available message and shifted to MS Store - clicked update and approx 708mb data downloaded. Restarted sim, checking for updates and nothing, just continued to load v1.7.14.0. Tried the repair - no joy. Last time I tried the reset and altho I downloaded over 90G data it didn't work either until I uninstalled.

Probably will have to go that route and d/l over 100G again but wondering if anyone knows of any way to trigger the main update download.

Glad I have a fast internet connection. 🙂 

Vic

 

[Chock 17,769]

Maybe check if Windows itself is updated. Might possibly be related.

[vgbaron 3,612]

Can't hurt. I'm running v2004 but possibly some update is hanging.

 

Vic

[Chock 17,769]

Reason I'm suggesting this is that when I cranked up the new sim yesterday prior to the patch, it sent me to the main store site, had several downloads and updates, then the new sim cranked up and downloaded 15Gb of stuff, but then Windows said it needed an update too even though i have it scheduled to update stuff regularly, so I'm suspecting that there may be some relationship between Win 10's latest gubbins and the new sim.

[Andre92 33]

Thanks for your help vgbaron and Chock. I did check for updates in the store and windows, several times, to see if that fixed it. But unfortunately it didn't change anything. I'm a bit surprised that the install manager does seem to work and updates, but only to the older version.

I guess i will have to uninstall and do a new install overnight.

 

Thank you and kind regards,
André

[Air1 136]

Mine stopped loading at 1.49 GIB. Just left it sit for about an hour and it suddenly backed up a bit and finished loading. Seemed to have trouble with one of the airports. 

[devgrp 1,233]

You shot yourself in the foot when you removed core files smh 🤦🏿‍♂️. Just let it happen on its own. I was at work when the patch was released. When I got home I opened the windows store and the launcher updated. I then started the sim, went past the press any key screen, prompted about an update and just click continue. I didn't even mess with the install path and it downloaded and installed without any problems 

[vgbaron 3,612]

I bit the bullet and uninstalled. Reinstall took about 1 1/4 hours. Hopefully I won't have to do this on the next patch.

Vic

[SmokeDiddy 262]

So how do you uninstall this sim?  My patch download gets stuck on fs-base-cgl , gets over 1 GB downloaded, then starts over.  2 days with CPU and GPU pegged out while the sim is trying to install this.  I'm glad I'm only into this for a $1 on gamepass.  I tried to uninstall it earlier, did the uninstall from the start menu, but all the main files remain on the SSD.  Is there a manual element to the uninstall, like deleting all the files where it's installed?  If so, that's a donkey way of doing it.  They can't even get a patch out with consistency, how are we to believe they will ever get the kinks out of the sim itself!   I'm just a little ill with this thing, sorry to be so negative.  I'm going to bed.

[Lange_666 167]

Had an endless loop for downloading various files from the patch too. Spend over 75GB in download data for just one file that is 1,85GB big and still it would start over and over. Looked a bit all over the place for a solution, found a few, none of them worked.

Until i saw a post about bringing down speed of the network card to 10MBit/s (from 1GB/s). Tried it (without having much hope) and the rest of the entire download went through in one go. Took quite a while at this speed. After download complete i did set the network speed back to 1GB/s. Maybe worth a shot?

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/update-stuck-in-a-loop-1-8-2/273910/18

[Chuck Dreier 75]

Where do I install the patch?  It gives me the option!  Thank you.