December 8, 2025Dec 8 Is anyone else getting this ridiculous internet connection required error from Microsoft? Tried starting the Sim, said there was an update. Downloaded the update now I'm getting an Internet connection required error. Nothing wrong with my internet
December 8, 2025Dec 8 I'm wondering if the servers are overloaded with everyone trying to update MSFS24? NZXT H9 Elite Mid-Tower | ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7800X3D | Corsair CW-9060060-WW iCUE H150i RGB ELITE Liquid CPU Cooler | G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series 64GB | MSI Suprim Liquid GeForce RTX 4090 24GB | Corsair RMe Series RM1200e ATX PSU | WD Blue SN580 M.2 2TB | Samsung SSD 990 Pro 2TB x 2 | Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB | Windows 11 Pro 64-bit |
December 8, 2025Dec 8 19 minutes ago, flhx_ridr said: I'm wondering if the servers are overloaded with everyone trying to update MSFS24? Of course! I'm shocked I was able to fly out of KSFO in I-Fly's MAX 8! Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
December 8, 2025Dec 8 Author If that's all it is then no big deal. Just hope it's not something where I need to spend hours watching YouTube videos about making coding adjustments.
December 8, 2025Dec 8 As always with any game that relies on the internet the best advice is simply; No Play On Patch Day If you have troubles, simply do something else, or as above you'll end up going down a rabbit hole for absolutely no reason whatsoever! 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)
December 8, 2025Dec 8 yep I'm getting bandwidth issues after installing SU4 and can't even start a flight (the button is greyed out) and lots of spinning circles! Thomas Derbyshire
December 8, 2025Dec 8 Nope, zipped through in less than 2-3 mins with 1gb Fibre. AMD Ryzen 7800x3d 64gb DDR5, Sapphire 7900 GPU MSSI Tomahawk AM5 M/Board. 1x 4tb Crucial M.2 SSD, 3x 2tb Crucial M.2 SSD's
December 9, 2025Dec 9 Author Day two and the same nonsense. No idea where to even begin because it's not my system that's the issue and all of you have no problem. It was working fine until this update.
December 9, 2025Dec 9 Same here, each time I click on fly now, the whole inet connection is lost (globe symbol appears in task bar). Five to ten seconds later, connection is re established and loading continues... Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
December 9, 2025Dec 9 Author 3 minutes ago, AnkH said: Same here, each time I click on fly now, the whole inet connection is lost (globe symbol appears in task bar). Five to ten seconds later, connection is re established and loading continues... I don't get past the opening screen. It says validation 0% then a screen comes up saying Internet connection required.
December 9, 2025Dec 9 21 minutes ago, DarkMantle said: I don't get past the opening screen. It says validation 0% then a screen comes up saying Internet connection required. Have you tried a big standard uninstall/reinstall of the game? Cleared caches etc? 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)
December 9, 2025Dec 9 Welcome to todays time when software relies on the internet. MSFS is no different than any other modern standard game or sim that is fed off the internet. Maybe find something else to do in the meanwhile until its back and running. No need to get all in up to arms about it. Edited December 9, 2025Dec 9 by JBDB-MD80
December 9, 2025Dec 9 Author The problem is Xbox and gaming services. Neither will update and are giving error codes.
December 10, 2025Dec 10 Author Got it fixed. Required a full hardrive format and complete reinstall of everything. Wonderful way to spend an evening. Now to reload everything back up
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