All good here!

 

5 hours ago, mikelockwood said:

Thank all for your feedback. It’s interesting to see that two of you had problems after the Windows 11 update. I’d completely forgotten that I’d downloaded that update myself. I’d like to ask the members who are having smooth experiences whether they have or have not downloaded that update as well. It might be significant.

Many thanks

Hi Mike,

I rebuilt my computer in December (7900x, 4070Ti Super, 4TB nvme, 32GB Ram) went to a 1440p Monitor, clean install of Win 11 and MSFS2020.  Windows is now running 24H2 and it has been a very smooth experience for me.  Loading times are much faster than my old system, takes about 3 minutes to load.

5 hours ago, mikelockwood said:

Thank all for your feedback. It’s interesting to see that two of you had problems after the Windows 11 update. I’d completely forgotten that I’d downloaded that update myself. I’d like to ask the members who are having smooth experiences whether they have or have not downloaded that update as well. It might be significant.

Many thanks

 

Edited January 20, 20251 yr by BuddyDog
Duplicate post

If you are using the Vatsim radio toolbar (VSR) it is known to have introduced stutters for some users. The developer is aware and working on a fix.

On 1/19/2025 at 4:04 PM, mikelockwood said:

Hi All, I'm hoping for some enlightenment. About 2 weeks ago I started experiencing very laggy graphics and sound stuttering. Also, loading times of the simulator became horrendously long just getting to the main menu and then just as long launching after hitting “Fly”.  My Fenix aircraft wouldn’t automatically sign in resulting in a dead aircraft at the gate.
I tried to think back over any recent updates that I had carried out. I had updated Fenix so after checking on the Fenix site I found an article recommending a complete re-install. This I did. The Fenix is ok now. I also remember updating my Nvidia graphics driver, so I rolled back to a safe November driver that I’d used without any problems.

I do have a lot of addon airports installed. I use the addon linker program, so I tried disabling 95% of them in case this was causing the problem, that made no difference. To be honest, having many installed airports has never given me any problems in the past. 
My system is not exactly cutting edge, I have a I7 9700K processor, 2080ti graphics card and 32gig of RAM. My broadband speed is 40-50mbs at the PC. I haven’t touched my graphics settings, in fact everything is as it’s always been. This set up has always given me a smooth experience.
My gut feeling is that this a Microsoft server issue. I’m sure that most of you are aware of the recent  publicised articles regarding long loading times for MS2020. Then of course there has been the disappointing launch of MS2024 which has it’s own streaming issues. My belief is that Microsoft are not pumping out a solid reliable data stream since MS2024. They need to upgrade their servers. I used task manager to check my broadband speed being received by the simulator and the graph goes up and down like a yo yo. I do not get erratic speeds with other applications.

I’d welcome any views/opinions or ideas as at the moment my simulator is not worth playing in this state. One of the reasons that I’ve stayed with MS2020 is because of its stability. This recent experience has made me less likely to change to MS2024 if poor streaming is the culprit.

Regards, Mike.

 

Hi Mike, I think I've found the solution to my problems. I've discovered that by removing from the Community folder the two folders that Navigraph creates when installing the updated Airac of the simulator, I stopped having problems. So, from Navigraph Hub, I've removed the MSFS 2020 Navigraph Cycle Airac, but I've not installed it again (to not have Navigraph folders in Community), and I've uninstalled and reinstalled the Fenix ones, which is the airplane I fly. Since this moment, I've done several tests, and everything seems to be working without problems. I hope it works for you.

Edited January 22, 20251 yr by luis70

Thank you all for your replies, Luis70 I will do as you suggested with the Navigraph files.

Regards