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Sim Update 8 Beta Preview (Thu Feb 10 at 8:00am PT)

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Third party devs are probably biting their nails now to see if their products are still working.

Intel Core i5-12600k, Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, 128 Gigs.

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9 minutes ago, JSmith2112 said:

Third party devs are probably biting their nails now to see if their products are still working.

Well at least they'll have 2+ weeks to do something about anything going amiss.

5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX  9070XT.

Servers working well, I was getting up to 100MBs download.

CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D  RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090
Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440
Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD 
External Storage Three 4Tb HDs

27 minutes ago, JSmith2112 said:

4.34 Gig to update after that

and the good new is so far that the installation manager even found my custom MSFS directory 🙂

Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

4.02 GB with Steam.

System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I

8 hours ago, pstrub said:

but I'll probably wait till after I read the first reports on add-on compatibility

should also end up here, so far not very busy, still downloading myself though

 

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/c/simupdate8flight/261

Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

Is this new on the installation screen or have I just never noticed it before:

Select additional content you want to install now or choose later in the marketplace
Standard Content 197.5 MiB

Intel Core i5-12600k, Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, 128 Gigs.

3 minutes ago, JSmith2112 said:

Is this new on the installation screen or have I just never noticed it before:

Select additional content you want to install now or choose later in the marketplace
Standard Content 197.5 MiB

didnt notice I have a real option, isnt that part of the tiered update process, STORE --> Mandatory Installation Manager --> Content Manager?

Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

Another 3.98 gig in the content manager to download. Store version, premium.

Intel Core i5-12600k, Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, 128 Gigs.

3 minutes ago, DAD said:

didnt notice I have a real option, isnt that part of the tiered update process, STORE --> Mandatory Installation Manager --> Content Manager?

It looks like the installer just skipped right past it and into the main menu.

Intel Core i5-12600k, Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, 128 Gigs.

FPS better. FBW OK. Clouds improved. Not tried the nxi.

21 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

FBW OK

really? would save my life, was just about to skip it while scrolling through the AC list but will give it a try then

EDIT: flying just fine

Edited by DAD

Phil Leaven

i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"

7 minutes ago, DAD said:

really? would save my life, was just about to skip it while scrolling through the AC list but will give it a try then

Yup. It's not been affected as far as I can see so far. (Famous last words!) Weather and fps definitely improved.

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1 minute ago, jarmstro said:

Yup. It's not been affected as far as I can see so far. (Famous last words!) Weather and fps definitely improved.

What improvements have you seen in the weather?

 

CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D  RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090
Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440
Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD 
External Storage Three 4Tb HDs

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