WHY!? WHHHYYYY is that thing there!? The one that pop ups all the time on the bottom right of the screen that seemingly doesn't serve a single purpose, but continuously goes off throughout a flight. I was hoping they'd do away with it with this update, but it's still there. 

Does anyone know why that silly thing is still there or have any idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks!

5 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

WHY!? WHHHYYYY is that thing there!? The one that pop ups all the time on the bottom right of the screen that seemingly doesn't serve a single purpose, but continuously goes off throughout a flight. I was hoping they'd do away with it with this update, but it's still there. 

Does anyone know why that silly thing is still there or have any idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks!

That is the eye of Asobo, watching you to make sure you are not breaking any FAA regulations.  

9 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

WHY!? WHHHYYYY is that thing there!? The one that pop ups all the time on the bottom right of the screen that seemingly doesn't serve a single purpose, but continuously goes off throughout a flight. 

It’s sponsored by big dental!

There’s money to be made from all that grinding and gnashing of teeth 👌

18 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

WHY!? WHHHYYYY is that thing there!? The one that pop ups all the time on the bottom right of the screen that seemingly doesn't serve a single purpose, but continuously goes off throughout a flight. I was hoping they'd do away with it with this update, but it's still there. 

Does anyone know why that silly thing is still there or have any idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks!

I don't think I have it... But I don't have a cache/rolling cache activated. These kind of disc access indicators only usually show (in all games) when the software is saving data, as a "protective measure", i.e. we're warning you that it's now writing to your drive, so if you quit or force a shutdown of the software now, it might corrupt data. That prevents answering to backlash from anyone who does encounter corruption, because they can say, well, the software did warn you it was writing data when you quit out at that moment. So, it probably won't be removed from the sim.

5 minutes ago, March Hare said:

But I don't have a cache/rolling cache activated

That was it!! Thank you so much! I don't need to have rolling cache on, or at least I don't think I need to. So, this solves the problem. 

Just now, Bdub22 said:

That was it!! Thank you so much! I don't need to have rolling cache on, or at least I don't think I need to. So, this solves the problem. 

To be honest, I did have one, then deleted it and can't say I noticed a difference in performance. Glad that helped.

I don't have rolling cache on and I get it. Sometimes I don't have it, sometimes I have it. When it happens, it happens at any "save" moment. Introduce fuel, start taxiing, wheels up, etc.

 

It is also accompanied by a very annoying stutter every time, so lifting off during takeoff never feels great. I usually quickly enable dev mode, then quit, and then the spinning circle is gone. Of course, you won't get log time for the flight, but who cares?

Never mind. I spoke too soon. Turning off rolling cache helps a little, but it's still there and really, really annoying. There's absolutely no need for it. 

1 minute ago, Bdub22 said:

Never mind. I spoke too soon. Turning off rolling cache helps a little, but it's still there and really, really annoying. There's absolutely no need for it. 

quickly enable dev mode. Save, then quit dev mode.

45 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

WHY!? WHHHYYYY is that thing there!?

What is the big deal? 

I believe it shows up when scenery info is being downloaded as you fly when photogrammetry is on, try turning it off.

11 minutes ago, CarlosF said:

What is the big deal? 

It's really annoying and serves no purpose, thats why. Thankfully, there were a couple of nice people that have shown me how to get rid of it. 

54 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

serves no purpose

Ok, if you say so.

Rolling cache has nothing to do with it, I never use rolling cache and I see it all the time. 

1 hour ago, CarlosF said:

What is the big deal? 

It's immersion-breaking.   And them's fightin words for a flight simmer.

Not me, mind you.  I don't really care that much (although, if it can be turned off, I'm all for it).  I'm just pointing out that most flight sim people want their sacred immersion intact.  And that circle/hole of doom breaks almighty immersion.

2 minutes ago, Mace said:

It's immersion-breaking.   And them's fightin words for a flight simmer.

Not me, mind you.  I don't really care that much (although, if it can be turned off, I'm all for it).  I'm just pointing out that most flight sim people want their sacred immersion intact.  And that circle/hole of doom breaks almighty immersion.

Piece of black duct  tape over lower right corner of screen fixes it.