Sim Update 8 is out now, go get it

[Bobsk8 12,723]

8 minutes ago, David Mills said:

 In order to prevent my entire sim installation from being completely deleted -- as happened last beta -- I removed myself from the beta three days ago. All my files were perfectly restored to SU7. Today, my entire sim installation has once again been deleted from my SSD. Yes, I know it was suggested to have a separate installation to a SECOND location for the beta. But that's more data than my storage can handle. Is it really technically impossible to simply update your existing files from the beta to the final release? Or from SU7 to SU8 on the same storage device? Especially when you left the beta early as suggested? I guess it is impossible. Maybe in a hundred years. 😞

So are you saying you have to reinstall everything?

 

[peppy197 165]

21 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

restart PC after leaving, I had a 1GB update after leaving the beta. 

Yup it eventually showed and was a 1+ GB download sourced from within  the windows store

[MDFlier 2,031]

36 minutes ago, peppy197 said:

I managed to leave the beta through previews insider XBox

But no update yet

 

If restarting your system as previously suggested does not work, try launching the XBox App (not the XBox Insider App) and see if it shows the update there. That's how I started it. Hit the green update button in the XBox app which installed something and then launched the MS Store app, which installed something and presented me with the blue update button which started the update. I had to correct the install path to reflect the location of my current installation. 

[David Mills 4,763]

14 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

So are you saying you have to reinstall everything?

 

Yes. This isn't the end of the world, but it is annoying and time-consuming. (I just started a new thread about this: 

 

[109Sqn 1,563]

45 minutes ago, Alvega said:

I have the day/night cycle on the world map as before.

Same here.

[rayharris108 259]

I did leave the Beta and rebooted. There was then an update in X-Box (didn't tell me how much data but must have been a couple of Gb). Then on bringing up the sim there was an immediate update (v small I guess) and were there. 10 mins at the most.

Although it is the same release it seems slightly different - graphics seem 'stronger - DX11 and maybe FPS slightly lower? Still v smooth. I have a direct comparison as I just landed at Mt Hagen in PNG in the Kodiak in SU8 beta, and then after the update installation, started straight out back out of Mt Hagen for Goroka. Those stormy skies look really threatening now, and even more realistic than before (for me at least). Seems to be more load than beofre on the GPU slightly.. at 1440p; about 40FPS on the ground and aloft. 24ms on the GPU and 17ms on the CPU limited to 30fps.

i7 11700k, GTX1080 Ti...

[Bobsk8 12,723]

5 minutes ago, David Mills said:

Yes. This isn't the end of the world, but it is annoying and time-consuming. (I just started a new thread about this: 

 

That is precisely why I have avoided the beta. Not a problem for me to wait a couple  of weeks for the final release. 

[peppy197 165]

after the store's 1+ G update there were none from the sim itself as I had an alternate packages path, which otherwise would have had to be reinstalled of 131G ouch

[David Mills 4,763]

4 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

That is precisely why I have avoided the beta. Not a problem for me to wait a couple  of weeks for the final release. 

The words quoted above were written by a very wise man.

[Severne 43]

After the store update downloading 4,34 GB actually....

[rayharris108 259]

Yes but David doesn't say whether he has MSFS installed in the default location. I've also had SU7 and SU betas and no brainer to leave the beta and a update back to the main thread each time. I have MSFS in my own custom location - and my flight plans are in a different location again as they are deleted it seems for each update. 

From what I can tell you inly get problems and reinstalls when MSFS is in the default location (on C) and  my community mods worked straight away without suspending them.

[Tuskin38 6,491]

No issues leaving the beta on the steam version. Didn't even download anything.

[Waldo Pepper 1,952]

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pms50 — Today at 11:38 AM

NEW GTN 750 RELEASE V2.1.15 See https://pms50.com/ - SU8 compatibility - Bugfix: Fuel planning, only the first engine was taken into account when using sensor data. - Added extended map features in utilities and airport info pages (premium + specific key). See the documentation.

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Charles (aznricepuff) [Z-4] — Today at 12:43 PM

Happy Monday @everyone! We have just published updates to the open-source WT CJ4 and G3000 mods to make them compatible with today's release of Sim Update 8. You can get the latest versions at the links below: CJ4: https://github.com/Working-Title-MSFS-Mods/fspackages/releases/tag/cj4-v0.12.12 G3000: https://github.com/Working-Title-MSFS-Mods/fspackages/releases/tag/g3000-v0.7.7

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by Waldo Pepper

[MrBitstFlyer 3,873]

1 hour ago, guibru said:

I have participated in all the beta since the beginning, this is the first time that there is no update. Curious and not normal.
There should be bug fixes.

MS notified beta testers the update we received last week was likely to be the release candidate, so nothing to update.

[MrBitstFlyer 3,873]

11 minutes ago, David Mills said:

The words quoted above were written by a very wise man.

The beta process was smooth and worked great.  I just loaded MSFS at the end of the beta and nothing at all to be changed as we had the release candidate last week.