October 13, 20205 yr So the countdown to the patch starts! The other patches in the past dropped around 4 PM UTC, which is 12 PM East Coast US time. i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
October 13, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, Will Fly For Cheese said: I'm going off to backup then empty my community folder then. . . I just renamed mine to "Community.off" and made a new "Community" one. I am using the Steam version on drive L: without any access restrictions. Kind regards, Michael Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel / LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440 / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
October 13, 20205 yr Set your expectations accordingly ! just saying... 🙂 MSFS2020, 24, Fenix A320, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, ASUS TUF RTX 5090 ,G.SKILL 64GB 6000MHz CL28
October 13, 20205 yr Should we wear a mask during the download? - PC Hardware: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D // Asus ROG Crosshair X870E HERO // 2x32Gb Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 // ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition // 4Tb Corsair NVMe M.2 MP600 // Corsair 1600W PSU Samsung Odyssey Arc 55" curved 165 Hz monitor. - Simulator Hardware: VIRPIL Constellation Alpha Prime + VIRPIL VPC Universal Control Panel - #3 + MOZA AY210 Force Feedback Yoke + WINWING URSA MINOR 32 Throttle & PAC Metal + WINWING SKYWALKER Metal Rudder Pedals + WINWING Airbus FCU & EFIS + WINWING Boeing 3N PAP + WINWING MCDU-32 + WINWING PFP-4 + WINWING PFP 3-N + WINWING PFP-7.
October 13, 20205 yr Surely, as this is not the main 'content' update promised for the end of October, then this will be a bug fix update - and don't call me Shirley! Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
October 13, 20205 yr Can someone please explain “backing up the community folder.” I’ve updated to the previous patches and know nothing about a community folder, nor a backup of that folder. No messages in the sim and this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned. What am I missing?
October 13, 20205 yr I'm curious if i can install this game now. Or are the update servers still snafu? System: i9 [email protected] - 32 GB RAM - Aorus 1080ti --- Sim/Addons: P3D v5 + ProSim737
October 13, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, pmb said: I just renamed mine to "Community.off" and made a new "Community" one. I am using the Steam version on drive L: without any access restrictions. Kind regards, Michael I like this method, a lot. Very quick, and no need to copy or move anything. I don't know if this would cause problems for those with pay-ware addons, but I am holding off on those a bit until the program code settles a little. PC: I9-10900K, RXT 3090, 64GB RAM, 3840x1080 49" super-ultrawide
October 13, 20205 yr Thanks for the reminder on the Community Folder. Suspect the update will make all planes study level so we won't need Flybywire etc after the update. CJ
October 13, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, JoeFackel said: I'm curious if i can install this game now. Or are the update servers still snafu? I know some users have had massive problems downloading the main sim or updates, but many others have not. It has never been a problem here. Several Alpha versions, the initial public release and the three patches have all downloaded quickly and smoothly on my system with no “file looping”, disconnections, or other problems. I can’t say that there may not be some kind of “snafu” on the Microsoft server end of things, but if there was a major problem there, every single customer would have problems, and that is not the case. Keep in mind that nobody has a direct connection to the servers. All internet TCP/IP packets have to travel through numerous routers between source and destination over multiple different networks, and a weakness with any one of them can cause problems. My own “best practices” for downloading MSFS updates is to first remove any and all mod files and folders from the community folder, leaving it completely empty. I know that at least some people have done mods that involve changing files in the core sim folders specifically to allow LOD settings beyond 200, and then make those edited files read-only so that they will not revert back to default settings when the sim is restarted. That is exactly the sort of thing that can trigger a complete re-download of the entire game, instead of just the update files. I connect my FS computer to my router using a wired ethernet cable, never WiFi. I have insured that my network card settings have any “power saving” functions disabled. I completely deactivate my anti-virus software before beginning an update. I have a 100MB internet connection, and do have a very high-end router - (a Netgear RAX200), which is specifically designed to support multiple high speed streams, but even so, I insure that nobody else in the household is streaming videos or doing other large downloads while an MSFS update is underway. And, I don’t try to update the sim 5 seconds after a new version goes live, knowing that tens of thousands of people are trying to do the same thing at exactly the same time. I always wait at least a day or two after release. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
October 13, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: And, I don’t try to update the sim 5 seconds after a new version goes live, knowing that tens of thousands of people are trying to do the same thing at exactly the same time. I always wait at least a day or two after release. Personally I am hitting refresh on my MS Store check for updates button quite often! CJ
October 13, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, neil0311 said: Can someone please explain “backing up the community folder.” I’ve updated to the previous patches and know nothing about a community folder, nor a backup of that folder. No messages in the sim and this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned. What am I missing? The community folder is where all your community add-ons are installed, if you haven't any ad-on you are fine. System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I
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