Thinking of returning to MSFS

[lambourne 211]

I gave up playing MSFS last summer because the never ending flow of MS Store updates and hidden updates in the content manager meant I spent more time waiting for unnecessarily large downloads than playing the game.

How has it evolved since, have Asobo and Microsoft fixed that awful updates flow or do you still need to download 20GB from 3 separate locations before you can take a 20 minute pre dinner hop in a Cessna?

[tull 290]

You know Ive just come back just a few days ago and Ive done a number of flights over the weekend and not had one ctd.....Im impresed! just downloading the latest update now......lets hope it doesent mess things up hey!

[tpete61 235]

1 hour ago, lambourne said:

I gave up playing MSFS last summer because the never ending flow of MS Store updates and hidden updates in the content manager meant I spent more time waiting for unnecessarily large downloads than playing the game.

How has it evolved since, have Asobo and Microsoft fixed that awful updates flow or do you still need to download 20GB from 3 separate locations before you can take a 20 minute pre dinner hop in a Cessna?

Seriously you expect an honest answer here??

Just go download it and try it...!!!!

[Drumcode 1,909]

1 hour ago, lambourne said:

I gave up playing MSFS last summer because the never ending flow of MS Store updates and hidden updates in the content manager meant I spent more time waiting for unnecessarily large downloads than playing the game.

How has it evolved since, have Asobo and Microsoft fixed that awful updates flow or do you still need to download 20GB from 3 separate locations before you can take a 20 minute pre dinner hop in a Cessna?

That's a pretty weak excuse for not flying because the update process is convoluted. 🙂

[vrdubin6 184]

1 hour ago, tull said:

You know Ive just come back just a few days ago and Ive done a number of flights over the weekend and not had one ctd.....Im impresed! just downloading the latest update now......lets hope it doesent mess things up hey!

I haven't had a CTD in a few months. I was getting them fairly frequently awhile back (late September if I remember correctly) with the WT CJ4 so I used it as an incentive to tackle the FBW A320. Never had one with the FBW and in the last week I've hopped back in the CJ for a handful of flights with no issue. For me, the sim has been rock solid for the last few months.

[lambourne 211]

Just tried it and I see it's still the same process, MS Store update followed by that painfully slow single-threaded downloader you can't trigger until opening the game. Doubtless there's a bunch of hidden updates waiting in the content manager too.

Ah well. I'll have fun for the next few days and then go back to playing something else when the next few GB drops from Asobo. 😬

[109Sqn 1,603]

Updates are only once a month. Even with a slow or capped connection, that seems an extreme reason not to use the sim to me.

[hansb57 504]

I would not come back. To much trouble for you. Thats my 2 cents

[jcomm 6,026]

Runs really smooth on my rig, win 11 / Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti + Ryzen 5600x, 32 GB RAM.

So far so good, but really looking fwd into SU9  and the Iberia WU.

[Bobsk8 12,906]

Just about a year without a CTD of any kind. Love MSFS. 

[CFIJose 5,485]

2 hours ago, lambourne said:

I gave up playing MSFS last summer because the never ending flow of MS Store updates and hidden updates in the content manager meant I spent more time waiting for unnecessarily large downloads than playing the game.

How has it evolved since, have Asobo and Microsoft fixed that awful updates flow or do you still need to download 20GB from 3 separate locations before you can take a 20 minute pre dinner hop in a Cessna?

Go get it. It's the best thing since slice bread. If you have issues. Let us know and we will help you. Do a clean install.

[rayharris108 259]

Depends what you mean by 'evolved'. It's come on some since last summer for sure. Performance and graphics are better and more stable, and it's running for me as smoothly as it ever has since SU8. Still testing of course. Last summer we went through the trauma of SU5 I think - it was a pretty big download followed by a number of subsequent hotfixes and horrible CTDs. Was that what put you off?

Anyway updates are fairly straight forward, and betas are now optional. I don't feel they are convoluted and if you are unsure for example, you can read the available instructions and relevant  threads here and on flightsimulator.com. Downloads such as they are are rarely more than 3-4Gb for new versions nowadays.

It is true though, that that new World Updates have to additionally be updated in the Marketplace, once you have downloaded the sim update which can be quite large (more than 10Gb). Updates for your addon products purchased via the Marketplace also have to be downloaded via your Profile in the control panel. That is three separate sources admittedly, but I've got used to it, and don't find it at all to be a problem. I regularly check my profile. However, if this is what you meant in your message, then no, that has not changed since last summer....