21 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Well that doesn't make sense at all, because if you named it back and had no CTD, that means you would have had no CTD without doing any of that in the first place, because the files are exactly the same.

Its a preventive measure, dahh

40 minutes ago, CarlosF said:

its NOT a waste of time and it DOES accomplish something

YES it is and no it DOES NOT accomplish anything. Don't you just love a good discussion, lol

The point is, if there were addons in the community folder which could cause trouble after an update, they will do so even after you have renamed the folder during the update and restored the original name afterwards. Therefore remaning and emptying or whatever during the update has no effect whatsoever...

Have the impression I'm talking to a brick wall though...

Edited September 8, 20214 yr by Rimshot

1 minute ago, CarlosF said:

Its a preventive measure, dahh

I’m not really sure you are preventing anything though… you are inevitably going to restore your Community add-on’s at some point after the update and find out whether there is something bad in there or not. So not preventing, more like delaying.🙂

 

How to get rid of a cluster of intense red lights at night? They are visible very far away.

I always uninstall it before patching... and after ... 🙄

Works miracles  !

- No altitude problems;

- No overall real weather quirks;

- No LOD hiccups;

- No ground physics bugs / limitations;

Give it a try !

Have a 2nd flightsim to get yourself busy for a while !

 

 

Edited September 8, 20214 yr by jcomm

10 minutes ago, RaptyrOne said:

So not preventing, more like delaying

Says who?? You, really!!

13 minutes ago, CarlosF said:

Says who?? You, really!!

Why get so cross when I am right? 😄

But seriously who says it is a preventative measure. You, really!!

Ok, now super seriously. Each to their own. All is good after this WU for me and hopefully for you too. That’s what matters. How you get there is rather less important if you are happy with the route you followed.

7 minutes ago, RaptyrOne said:

Why get so cross when I am right? 😄

lol...Says who?? You, really!

9 minutes ago, RaptyrOne said:

Ok, now super seriously. Each to their own. All is good after this WU for me and hopefully for you too. That’s what matters. How you get there is rather less important if you are happy with the route you followed.

Agreed!

6 hours ago, RaptyrOne said:

It is not suggested by Asobo as far as I know and the sim does not ask you to restart after doing the update so it is probably a completely unnecessary step. It is born of my OCD when installing software (or doing a major multi GB update) to always restart before diving in.

Ohh ok, I understand. A kind of "flush the system" after installing the big updates!

 

My step one is always check AVsim + MS forums for any issues with that given update ; for me it saves time and frustration .

Skipping to end of thread.

 

I have steam version

I didn’t bother disabling the several 100GBs of Add one I have, as frankly I firmly believe this is folly so long as you have no duplicates. Example a third party airport and a WU contains a handcrafted same airport - I would disable the add on using linker tool.

delete and renew rolling cache - this does seem to resolve many problems.

Regarding steam version, step 2 should be within the Steam client imo - I don’t understand why step 1 and 2 is separated like this. I can understand why the world update is in the Marketplace though. 

Edited September 8, 20214 yr by hanhamreds

Thanks to all who responded, particularly those who noted that the proposed update sequence is not recommended for the average user. 

 

Added to original post:

Clarification: This sequence of FS2020 update steps is not recommended for the average user, it is only recommended for those who are concerned about the possibility of encountering errors during the update process.  

Credit: This sequence of FS2020 update steps was compiled from several sources, primarily badGamr  (3092) badGamr - YouTube

 Thanks again for your support, RobertR

 

43 minutes ago, RobertRent said:

Clarification: This sequence of FS2020 update steps is not recommended for the average user, it is only recommended for those who are concerned about the possibility of encountering errors during the update process.  

You are misleading your fellow users, if you post or publish this..  Not sure what you are attempting to accomplish..

Steps 3 to 8 is all that should be required. 🙂

Suggest you remove steps 1 and 12 from your list.

And in my experience, if you attempt step 2, MSFS will tell you that there is an update and will not start until you do step 3.

Everyone is concerned about the possibility of encountering errors.. but this is of no help..

If you encounter problems after the update, steps 1 and 2 may help as troubleshooting steps.

Edited September 9, 20214 yr by Bert Pieke

I wonder how long it will be before in order to update MSFS, you have to be running W11. ?