May 3, 20242 yr Although I've been flight simming since fs2000, I'm a fairly recent convert (from P3D) to MSFS2020. SU15 will be my first sim update. I purchased MSFS2020 via Steam and have some items in my community folder. What (if anything) do I need to do in advance of SU15? There's a ton of opinions out there on the web regarding this, but I'm looking for a consensus from those on avsim who purchased via Steam.
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May 3, 20242 yr Absolutely nothing. Just follow the prompts when it launches. 9950X3D - X870E Aorus Master- TUF 5090 OC - 64GB DDR5 - 1500W HXi - Titan 360 RX LCD - 9100 Pro x 2 - LG 45GX950A - HOTAS Warthog with Ava Base
May 3, 20242 yr 28 minutes ago, TimF said: There's a ton of opinions out there on the web regarding this, but I'm looking for a consensus from those on avsim who purchased via Steam. Sorry to break the consensus on this thread so far. After three full reinstalls from scratch following a 'simple' SU update that failed (2 with MS Store and 1 with Steam), I go for the 'belt and braces approach', i.e. full back-up of: --> Packages\Official folder. C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator --> SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator --> Steam\userdata\<steamnumber>\1250410\remote (all your controller profiles for MSFS) It's long-winded, sure. Though it saves potentially several hours of downloading and a few more to get things back as they were if the update goes wrong. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
May 3, 20242 yr 40 minutes ago, TimF said: Although I've been flight simming since fs2000, I'm a fairly recent convert (from P3D) to MSFS2020. SU15 will be my first sim update. I purchased MSFS2020 via Steam and have some items in my community folder. What (if anything) do I need to do in advance of SU15? There's a ton of opinions out there on the web regarding this, but I'm looking for a consensus from those on avsim who purchased via Steam. Short answer: Enjoy the game until SU15 is there. Then, enjoy the game with SU15. Regards, Jan Ast Win 11 PC | Ryzen 7800 X3D | RTX 5080 | LG 42 C2 Cockpit 😉 | TrackIR 5 | Octavia IFR-1 | Virpil Alpha on WarBRD, Virpil CM3 Throttle, Virpil Sharka Control Panel | Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo | TM TPM Rudder
May 3, 20242 yr I haven't done anything to prep for an update since the very early days of the sim. I stay out of the beta, and just let the final patch install. When the sim first launched, there was no beta process, and a lot of addons could have problems. Back then, clearing out the community folder was useful. Now? I just leave it. If you want to back up your community folder in general, that is never a bad idea, but I don't think you have to do anything special. ------------------------- Craig from KBUF
May 3, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, TimF said: Although I've been flight simming since fs2000, I'm a fairly recent convert (from P3D) to MSFS2020. SU15 will be my first sim update. I purchased MSFS2020 via Steam and have some items in my community folder. What (if anything) do I need to do in advance of SU15? There's a ton of opinions out there on the web regarding this, but I'm looking for a consensus from those on avsim who purchased via Steam. Do nothing
May 3, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, TimF said: What (if anything) do I need to do in advance of SU15? Get frustrated Pound sand Face palm Read forums Buy addons http://youtube.com/c/Greazer
May 3, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, kerosene31 said: If you want to back up your community folder in general, that is never a bad idea not required. simply rename it to anything else and temporarily create a new empty COMMUNITY folder. or better yet use ADDONS LINKER. https://flightsim.to/discover/addons linker Edited May 3, 20242 yr by turbomax AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler. 60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking. very nice.
May 3, 20242 yr Everybody seems to be talking about backing up the COMMUNITY folder.....but what about the OFFICIAL/STEAM folder? I have addons in both of these folders. Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
May 3, 20242 yr Sometimes I remember to rename the community folder but I have often forgotten to do so and never had an issue. I would suggest deleting your rolling cache and any manual caches if you use them. Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)
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