May 17, 20242 yr 18 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: Oh when I say black screen, I mean it is the all black screen that appears after the title card but before the "Checking for Updates." So it's supposed to be there, except usually it goes by pretty quick. Today the program is hitting that and just sits there. It *is* the first screen where the Sim launches into full-screen mode. I don't launch in full screen mode and have no experience. You could try launching in windowed mode (by changing some text with notepad near the top line of this configuration file). C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt Version 66 {Video Adapter "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070" Monitor 0 Windowed 1 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
May 17, 20242 yr 23 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said: For the last day or two, I have been unable to run MSFS. It just hangs at one of the opening screens. For example, I have it running right now in another window, and it was stopping at the black screen. But this time is sitting at "Checking for Updates," and it has been like that for a while. Am I alone, or are others having trouble too? Today I also was unable to start MSFS which has never happened before. The running circles displays a few seconds then nothing more happens. I never get to any startup screens
May 17, 20242 yr Very well could be server end issue/s. Win10Pro 22H2-19045.7184 IntelCorei7-3770K GigabyteGA-Z68XP-UD3 32GBGSkillCL7-8-8-24 AsusRTX2070OC8GB 1TBCrucialMX500SSD 2 TB PNY CS900 (x3)1TBRAWMushkinSSDs LGBlueRayBurner RosewillChallengerTowerBlack CorsairRM750wPSU X56HOTAS TtesportsCommanderKeyboardMousecombo TrackIR5Pro 34inUltraWideScreenLG2560x1080p TM2xMFDCougar OculusQuest2 InateckKU5211PCIe3.2 LTERIVERPCIeG2S4 TMobileHomeInternet5GMSI Codex Series R2 B14NUC7-095US Windows 11 Home 25H2 26200.8524 - i7 14700F MSI Pro B760 VC Wifi II RTX 5060ti OC 16GB 32GB DDR5 5600mhz 2TB MSI nVME 4TB Crucial nVME 4TB SPCC SATA SSD P-3 4TB SSD 650w Gold PSU Monitor LG 2560x1080p 34in
May 18, 20242 yr Author Are others still experiencing this? I have tried and haven't been able to run the sim in several days now.
May 18, 20242 yr Author 21 hours ago, Fielder said: I don't launch in full screen mode and have no experience. You could try launching in windowed mode (by changing some text with notepad near the top line of this configuration file). C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt Version 66 {Video Adapter "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070" Monitor 0 Windowed 1 I don't have that. but was able to find a UserCfg.opt under local. It already has the settings you mention here. I tried changing the windowed setting to 0 but still have the same result.
May 18, 20242 yr 38 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: Are others still experiencing this? I have tried and haven't been able to run the sim in several days now. For me an update of the Xbox app was needed i.e download the new app and install it
May 18, 20242 yr After one and a half days of trying I finally decided only way was to redownload, somehow I ended up on a xbox screen that asked if I wanted to play MSFS2020 answered yes and everything worked as normal. From then on life continued as normal, no files missing, exe file back from 0 bytes. Trevor Golding
May 18, 20242 yr Not sure this is a solution, but I seem to remember users that ran into this issue, having to sign out of the XBoX app and MS Store app and then signing back in. Make sure you know your passwords first. Might be worth a try.
May 18, 20242 yr Mine is not launching. Neither does xbox. I even uninstalled xbox and reinstalled it. No joy 😞 Edited May 18, 20242 yr by frankla
May 19, 20242 yr 6 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said: Yep. I think there is a serious problem going on at Asobo / Microsoft. uh sorry but no, just a few unlucky ones got it, not widespread.
May 19, 20242 yr Author Well, you have to keep in mind that for every person who is willing to come here and complain, there are lots of others who don't bother. And when they're trying to build attention for the release of the 2024 version, this is not a good look.
May 20, 20242 yr Author Okay, I'm enormously frustrated at this point, as far as MSFS is concerned. I haven't been able to run it at all for the better part of a week. It's a little much to claim there are problems with the servers after this amount of time. I've tried suggestions here as possible. What do I have to do, reinstall from scratch? I'd rather not, but okay, if that's the only choice. I know Monday is a holiday, so they won't even be looking at anything.
May 20, 20242 yr Sorry for your frustration Andy. But if it was widespread, there would be many more posts. I am loading and flying every day with no issues. I am on Steam, Windows11 (if that helps).
May 20, 20242 yr 3 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said: Okay, I'm enormously frustrated at this point, as far as MSFS is concerned. I haven't been able to run it at all for the better part of a week. It's a little much to claim there are problems with the servers after this amount of time. I've tried suggestions here as possible. What do I have to do, reinstall from scratch? I'd rather not, but okay, if that's the only choice. I know Monday is a holiday, so they won't even be looking at anything. I had the same black screen two days ago but that was after a crashing application. The only way for me was to restore a backup of my system (that was the easiest way for me). I guess there was something wrong with cache files. If you don't have a backup I would reinstall flightsimulator after making a copy of your community folder first. Edit: after looking a little bit further: there is also an option to repair the installation in Settings>Apps>Installed Apps. You could try that Edited May 20, 20242 yr by Gogolathome
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