May 20, 20242 yr I'm pretty observant when it comes to these things as my sim has been running flawlessly for well over a year. These symptoms started for me as soon as the latest beta testing started for SU15 a few months ago. Sim not loading, checking for updates, minimized window, "Please Insert Disc" even though its a digital download, taking upwards of 15 minutes to load after a system reboot etc etc etc I'm cautiously optimistic that this weeks proposed arrival of the update will fix all the above. B450 Tomahawk Max / Ryzen 7 5800x3D / RTX 3060ti 8G / Noctua NH-UI21S Max Cooling / 32G Patriot RAM / 1TB NVME / 450G SSD / Thrustmaster TCA & Throttle Quadrant / Xiaomi 32" Wide Curved Monitor 1440p 144hz
May 20, 20242 yr This just happened to me for the first time ever. I got stuck on the updates page with nothing happening. I went to the task manager and closed the sim and restarted MSFS which it did. It asked me if I wanted to start in safe or normal mode, I selected normal, and everything booted up. A few of my display settings were oddly fouled up but thankfully my controllers were all good. Not sure this will help but wanted to share my experience. Good Luck!
May 20, 20242 yr Author I've tried everything, Doing a repair didn't help, doing a reinstall didn't either.
May 20, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said: I've tried everything, Doing a repair didn't help, doing a reinstall didn't either. Is it visible in the XBOX app? Maybe uninstall from there...
May 20, 20242 yr Author 1 hour ago, Gogolathome said: Is it visible in the XBOX app? Maybe uninstall from there... Yep, did that. No change.
May 20, 20242 yr Probably a glitch with a server. No need to reinstall full sim. Just wait for a hour or two 9950X3D, X870E ROG CROSSHAIR HERO, Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB DDR5-6000 PC5-48000, ASUS RTX 5070Ti 16GB, 9100 PRO 4TB Samsung ,990 PRO 4TB Samsung, AX1600i 1600 Watt 80 Plus Titanium ATX, ASUS 360 ARGB EXTREME 360mm Liquid CPU Cooling Kit.
May 21, 20242 yr Author 17 hours ago, G-YMML1 said: Probably a glitch with a server. No need to reinstall full sim. Just wait for a hour or two I've been waiting for over a week.
May 22, 20242 yr Author Well, I'm totally stuck. I know there's a final update due soon, and I'll have to hope that fixes something, or else I'll have to give up and go back to P3D.
May 22, 20242 yr So i have had a similar problem. Sim wont load, xbox app wont update when I try to open it. I found a link on the Microsoft help forums here: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/troubleshooting/gaming-services-repair-tool The download is in the Downloadable version section. I ran this and it fixed my issue. The next week again Sim wouldnt open again so I ran the exe downloaded from that link and the Sim booted again. I hope this helps you. Scott Griffiths
May 22, 20242 yr I logged out and in again and had to do this 3 times, now it's running an update. Yesterday I got an email "We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account." which I did not request since it was 4:00 am local time. Might be something to do with it. Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
May 23, 20242 yr Author Well, it's too bad. I really enjoyed using MSFS. Today I launched using the XBox app, and there was the option to update. But even after having done that, I get the splash screen and then it goes black and nothing more happens. I have tried different ways of running it, repairing it, reinstalling it, all to no avail.
May 24, 20242 yr On 5/17/2024 at 12:51 AM, 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. This happened to my sim sometimes in 2022 during SU-release-weeks, one time I was not able to launch the sim for a week, eternal stuck on the early loading screen with the rotating circle. Suddenly one day an update popped up instead of the empty loading screen and everything was fine again. 😺 If you have truly fast internet re-installing the sim over night or switching to Beta version might remove the hung loading screen, but the problem normally always solves itself as soon as the update appears.
May 24, 20242 yr Author 3 hours ago, JetCat said: This happened to my sim sometimes in 2022 during SU-release-weeks, one time I was not able to launch the sim for a week, eternal stuck on the early loading screen with the rotating circle. Suddenly one day an update popped up instead of the empty loading screen and everything was fine again. 😺 If you have truly fast internet re-installing the sim over night or switching to Beta version might remove the hung loading screen, but the problem normally always solves itself as soon as the update appears. But it was my understanding that the update was already available, Is that not correct?
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