36 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Here is how it was today.  Cruising off the coast of Georgia (USA) at 9,000 ft with scattered layer at 5,000.  Haze normal and realistic.  Winds aloft from SW at 10 to 15 knots.  Pressure in the low 30.20 range.  Very close match to metars and FltPlan Go winds aloft.  Tomorrow's flight will be from Maryland to central Indiana.  What will tomorrow bring?

 

Glorious shot Frank .

1 hour ago, MrNuke said:

Only if you've installed the program in the default location.

I have. Don’t most people? Or do most install elsewhere? 

One way to get around that, move the folders out of the default install location when the time comes. Let the sim do what it needs to do, and then put them back.

Edited December 6, 20214 yr by Tuskin38

Don't regular updates solves this? I mirror all MSFS (among other stuff like work-related) to an external hard-drive using FreeFileSync twice a week.

Kind regards, Michael

3 hours ago, fppilot said:

 

Here is how it was today.  Cruising off the coast of Georgia (USA) at 9,000 ft with scattered layer at 5,000.

 

and here is how it was today in winter wonderland Beaver Island KSJX Michigan, with SU7 Beta 1.21.17.0

weather you wouldn't even think about going flying. I did, short hop from Mackinac island KMCD to KSJX over freezing Lake Michigan. just like the weather man forecasted:

Data at: 0159 UTC 06 Dec 2021

METAR for:	KSJX (Beaver Island Arpt, MI, US)
Text:	KSJX 060155Z AUTO 13016G19KT 2 1/2SM -SN BKN011 OVC017 00/00 A2967 RMK AO2 T00031003
Temperature:	0.3°C ( 33°F)
Dewpoint:	-0.3°C ( 31°F) [RH = 96%]
Pressure (altimeter):	29.67 inches Hg (1004.8 mb)
Winds:	from the SE (130 degrees) at 18 MPH (16 knots; 8.2 m/s) gusting to 22 MPH (19 knots; 9.8 m/s)
Visibility:	2.50 sm ( 4.02 km)
Ceiling:	1100 feet AGL
Clouds:	broken clouds at 1100 feet AGL, overcast cloud deck at 1700 feet AGL
Weather:	-SN (light snow)
QC Flag:	automated observation with no human augmentation

TAF for:

KSJX (Beaver Island Arpt, MI, US) peaceful moment.christmas can come. don't need no other presents.

Edited December 6, 20214 yr by turbomax

7 hours ago, kazeekayo said:

I have. Don’t most people? Or do most install elsewhere? 

well, since it defaults to C:/ this may be what many did; I like others have a dedicated SSD for just MSFS 

10 hours ago, fppilot said:

Well. The more things slide, the more they seem to recover.  I completed two flights today along the USA east coast and the weather was absolutely spot-on.  Same as my flight inside Florida yesterday.  The three flights, yesterday and today, depicted the most accurate weather I have yet seen in MSFS, all the way back to intro.  Understand that I have been perhaps the greatest MSFS weather critic.  Today the cloud layers, baro, and winds/winds aloft were all well within tolerance to chase away any complaints.  

I have not detected any updates to the sim.

Go figure!

Although I only did one flight yesterday, I had a similar experience in that, for the first time in days, KRNT didn't have a haze/fog around it, and I wasn't having to struggle to see the runway from 1,000' elevation.  (It was an overcast day, with broken clouds at 3,100', but that layer didn't seem artificially low.)  A minute or so after I landed, it began to rain, and I was seeing and hearing it -- on my previous flight at LSGG, when it was supposed to be in heavy rain, it just seemed to be heavy haze, as I'm guessing the rain was falling from a cloud base below ground level.

Now, I'd have to do more testing but, so far, the main problem I was experiencing since SU7 seems to be gone on my first flight.  I'll have to try it again later on today but, if I still don't see it in a few locations, I may reconsider my plans to join the public beta.  (Then again, maybe I won't -- I wouldn't want to see the problem reappear in the hotfix.)

8 hours ago, kazeekayo said:

I have. Don’t most people? Or do most install elsewhere? 

No, Is better to install out side, on its own SSD/M.2 Do a search for all the reasons why. 🙂

I'm not in SU7 beta, but I did see quite an improvement in weather coherency today.

Tested at a few places I picked using BadBadWeather.com, and they were spot-on !

Hi,

How to install this update?

Is it the same procedure as the previous ones?

I'm a bit confused.

Thank you.

In MS Store download / install the app XBOX INSIDER HUB

Logon with your MSFS/MS credentials

Select Previews

Join MSFS Beta/Preview, wait until your "application" was approved

Go to MS Store again and check whether/when you see the MSFS beta pushed to you for download

 

1 hour ago, John Fields said:

Hi,

How to install this update?

Is it the same procedure as the previous ones?

I'm a bit confused.

Thank you.

It is only a beta test at this stage John, not a proper update. 

Beware that it can affect your installation under certain circumstances, which may require a full re-install after the testing has finished. 
So unless you are sure, I wouldn't tempt fate.

It seems to be going well anyway, so if there are no major show stoppers found in the beta, it won't take long to release it in the future. 
My guess is maybe about another week for the formal hotfix if no major problems are spotted.

Edited December 6, 20214 yr by bobcat999

1 hour ago, DAD said:

In MS Store download / install the app XBOX INSIDER HUB

Logon with your MSFS/MS credentials

Select Previews

Join MSFS Beta/Preview, wait until your "application" was approved

Go to MS Store again and check whether/when you see the MSFS beta pushed to you for download

 

Do you or anybody else know if it's already available for all MS Store users?
I don't see it yet in my Insider Hub and I couldn't find at what time it's supposed to be released on the official forum.

Thanks

3 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Beware that it can affect your installation under certain circumstances, which may require a full re-install after the testing has finished.

as has been said several times before: not under certain mysterious circumstances but only if you installed the sim in the default path offered by the install program somewhere on C:\......... simply change that to point to a new, different path, like I have it on: D:\fs2020, and never had to re-install MSFS since day 2 😊

11 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

Do you or anybody else know if it's already available for all MS Store users?
I don't see it yet in my Insider Hub and I couldn't find at what time it's supposed to be released on the official forum.

Thanks

My understanding it is a public beta available to all and everybody interested, however I do not know when it is "released"/opened centrally today, maybe around 4pm UTC as with other updates before