March 24, 20251 yr 22 minutes ago, Claudius_ said: verify that you are checking MSFS24 and not just MSFS20 Excellent point. I stared at this for a bit, just to make sure because it's easy to get confused. Not the best UI. John Wiesenfeld KPBI | FAA PPL/SEL/IFR in a galaxy long ago and far away | VATSIM PILOT P2 i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4 3.6 GHz, MSI RTX 3070ti, Dell 4K monitor
March 24, 20251 yr 17 hours ago, MarcG said: this update also affected users who were NOT in the Beta I've yet to see anyone post evidence of this. Edited March 24, 20251 yr by Tuskin38
March 24, 20251 yr 23 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said: I've yet to see anyone post evidence of this. What sort of evidence are you looking for? This is precisely what I was trying to report a few posts above. Perhaps we need a precise definition of not being in the Beta, but I can confirm that leaving the Beta this morning using the Insider Hub, restarting the computer, checking Insider Hub again to ensure that MSFS 2024 was actually NOT in the Beta, still resulted in the phantom download, mass resetting of options, etc. Not the end of the world as we know it, but kind of annoying. Cheers. John Wiesenfeld KPBI | FAA PPL/SEL/IFR in a galaxy long ago and far away | VATSIM PILOT P2 i7-11700K, 32 GB DDR4 3.6 GHz, MSI RTX 3070ti, Dell 4K monitor
March 24, 20251 yr 8 minutes ago, jrw4 said: Not the end of the world as we know it, but kind of annoying... It is indeed. You may have already realised but it sounds as if you have the XBOX app set to download updates automatically. This is what caused the damage. By the time you had opted out of the beta, the XBOX app had probably already triggered the phantom update. I have now set it to not automatically download updates, not that I'll necessarily bother joining the beta again.
March 24, 20251 yr I'm just upset at the potential for this to further delay the start of the beta 5800X3D. 32 GB RAM. 1TB SATA SSD. 3TB HDD. RX 9070XT.
March 24, 20251 yr jrw4, your post was procedurally correct in that you resulted in receiving the "update". Per the main MSFS forums, if you were still a member of the former SU1 beta at the time on Friday when this phantom update was pushed out, unjoining after that time would not keep you from getting the update. Where you post is incorrect, is that anyone who was not part of the SU1 Beta or unscubsribed prior to the release time of the update has been affected.
March 24, 20251 yr So I got everything (after a considerable effort) back to normal after this update nonsense. Then I left the beta and started the sim and it re downloaded the 8.7GB update because I'd forgotten to restart my PC!! Gods Teeth I'm back to square one! I'm going to have to pinch a couple of my wife's Valium.... Why on earth is it still live? Why haven't they pulled it? Edited March 24, 20251 yr by jarmstro
March 24, 20251 yr 39 minutes ago, jarmstro said: Why on earth is it still live? Why haven't they pulled it? Haha precisely this.
March 24, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, Tuskin38 said: I've yet to see anyone post evidence of this. Official forums and discord. Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
March 24, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, bszuch said: unjoining after that time would not keep you from getting the update. Well, it did not in my case, only started up the Xbox App after I opted out of the Beta on Saturday evening CET and restarted the PC. No update happened, no settings lost. That is why I would bet some money on the fact that those still affected after opting out had the Xbox App in their autostart resulting in triggering the update at the very moment the PC was fully booted and Xbox App is up and running. Edited March 24, 20251 yr by AnkH Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
March 24, 20251 yr 49 minutes ago, jarmstro said: So I got everything (after a considerable effort) back to normal after this update nonsense. Then I left the beta and started the sim and it re downloaded the 8.7GB update because I'd forgotten to restart my PC!! Gods Teeth I'm back to square one! I'm going to have to pinch a couple of my wife's Valium.... Why on earth is it still live? Why haven't they pulled it? That really sucks. Their definition of "escalate" the issue and mine are very different. 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 96GB DDR5 | 4K G-Sync | Win11 Pro
March 24, 20251 yr 42 minutes ago, AnkH said: Stupid wrong button... Edited March 24, 20251 yr by AnkH Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
March 24, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, jarmstro said: So I got everything (after a considerable effort) back to normal after this update nonsense. Then I left the beta and started the sim and it re downloaded the 8.7GB update because I'd forgotten to restart my PC!! Gods Teeth I'm back to square one! I'm going to have to pinch a couple of my wife's Valium.... Why on earth is it still live? Why haven't they pulled it? Sorry to hear that @jarmstro. I'd need something stronger than vallium! 😉 As for pulling it, that's the very question I asked a couple of hours after this farce started but MASOBO move in mysterious ways it seems.
March 24, 20251 yr https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/phantom-update-on-march-21/ Official response (finally..) Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
March 24, 20251 yr Got struck by that update as well. Despite not actively pulling it. All messed up. Had to uninstall and reinstall 2024. luckily that part goes fast nowadays. Adding back my (few) content one by one. Though I am not happy about it I see it as a housecleaning effort - to find a positive result of this mess Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
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