How to download update

[Stratocruiser1 134]

So today I start Flight Sim and get the notice of the mandatory update. All it says is to go to the store. I go there and can not find any mention of a download. Can someone tell me where to look? Of course the sim wont start until I do the download.

Thanks

[Bert Pieke 7,586]

7 minutes ago, Stratocruiser1 said:

So today I start Flight Sim and get the notice of the mandatory update. All it says is to go to the store. I go there and can not find any mention of a download. Can someone tell me where to look? Of course the sim wont start until I do the download.

Thanks

In the Store, go to your library and check for Updates.

[John Fields 280]

Hi,

Again! It didn’t work for me. I had to uninstall MSFS and reinstall it from scratch (95% now).

This is happening to me since SU5.

Why?

 

[Bert Pieke 7,586]

4 minutes ago, John Fields said:

Hi,

Again! It didn’t work for me. I had to uninstall MSFS and reinstall it from scratch (95% now).

This is happening to me since SU5.

Why?

 

I really wonder if you have to do that...  I do know the MS Store is finnicky, but reinstall? 😉

[steve 86 287]

first time i have had to reinstall after a update, update went fine all installed, installed the updates from content manager, then restarted the sim and get a message saying You are missing packages that are essential to run Microsoft Flight Simulator. Please update the application and try again

it needed a reinstall anyway been putting it off for weeks

[NightOfDreams 370]

Ms store is awful. It's always a guessing game trying to figure out how to start the update. It's never easy. This time the download was perpetually stuck on "Pending". I cleared the cache and that didnt work, so I had to try logging in with another account. Then it worked. Why cant it just update when it has to update? Windows updates are so pushy you have to work to stop them when you dont want them, but MSFS is the complete opposite and it takes a lot of work and effort to get it to run.

[Bernard Ducret 796]

52 minutes ago, John Fields said:

Again! It didn’t work for me. I had to uninstall MSFS and reinstall it from scratch (95% now).

John, where is your MSFS installed, on your C drive or another drive?

Where does your UserCfg.opt point to for your packages (last line)?

Are you using the same folder indicated in your UserCfg.opt file when you download your updates?

Edited November 18, 2021 by Bernard Ducret

[Stratocruiser1 134]

OK. With a little help from my friend, I got it done. I had to get to the store and find my Library. Clicked on that and saw the Flight Sim icon and clicked on that and there was the button for downloading the update. After that I had to start the sim and go to Content Manager and do the update there. This is the clunkiest GUI I have ever seen. They all need to take lessons from ORBX, the scenery people.

[bean_sprout 1,201]

Jorg mentioned that the updates will be cloud driven aka windows update..

That's why they call Flight Simulation a hobby I guess.

bs

Edited November 18, 2021 by bean_sprout

[John Fields 280]

9 hours ago, Bernard Ducret said:

John, where is your MSFS installed, on your C drive or another drive?

Where does your UserCfg.opt point to for your packages (last line)?

Are you using the same folder indicated in your UserCfg.opt file when you download your updates?

Hi, Bernard,

I didn't read the content of the UserCfg.opt (I never did, actually).

Until SU5 every update was ok. The folder was the same.

I don't know what is happening.

Thank you for your help.

Regards.