Jaxsimmer

I couldn't resist replying to this topic. Just opened my old log books, and blew the dust off them. Sure brings back fond memories. First official lesson on 3/22/83, signed off for solo on 7/06/83 in a BE-77 after 14 hours, moved to a BE-23 and cross country soloed on 10/27/83. PPL on 4/22/84. Next moved up to a Beech Debonaire high performance retractable, then finally bought a Turbo Arrow with a couple other guys. Accumulated a couple hundred hours, had fantasies of getting the IFR ticket, then got married in 1990, had kids, and the rest is history, as they say. Probably should have kept the plane and gotten rid of the wife...lol. Not sure which would have been cheaper in the long run.😅 Can't tell you how many times I was on the ground looking up, and wishing I was up there. The crazy thing, I remember many times over the years feeling anxious on a commercial airliner because I wasn't in control of my own destiny like I was when I was PIC...and I know that's insane because I know the statistics. However, never lost the itch and the MSFS franchise sure has helped scratch it over the years. I read all the negativity on here and on the official forums, and then look at how far we have come from the Apple Sublogic days, and am just mystified, since our hobby is so close to merging the virtual world with the real world. Answering the original poster's question, I use the live weather with a Quest 3 headset. It's not perfect, but for my needs the immersion is just incredible.

I set it up today. Works great for me!

June 2nd. Same 69. As long as I don't look in a mirror I still think I'm a lot younger!

Tough crowd! I bought a whole case of Orville Redenbacher's at Publix for this one! I guess I'm lucky, I haven't really been burned over the last 30 years or so of this hobby, so I'm not hyper-jaded. Sounds like many have. I feel bad for those who have been. In a perfect world, Asobo/MS would be working on something like this as part of the core sim - a rewrite of that 60% ATC we now have. Something that hooked seamlessly into the sim without all the Simconnect burps and sideline code running outside of the sim like all these 3rd party products. In some ways I'm excited if something like this is really a thing, in other ways I'm sad, because if it is what it says it is, it is just one more disincentive for Asobo/MS to fix the in sim ATC...something I feel I already paid for and shouldn't have to pay for again with another add on. P.S. Just turned 69 the other day and I guess too senile to figure out the hidden "Easter Egg". lol Jaxsimmer

Normally I cut Asobo a lot of slack. But right now I am fuming. A perfect flight from DAL to TPA completely ruined because of this idiotic behavior of the Xbox controller to light up and capture random items at the worst possible time. I was on a half mile final with the PMDG 737, perfectly setup to land after a flawless flight, and lo and behold, somehow the RESET button on the 737 panel is captured by the hidden (apparently), formerly banished, invisible white dot, and totally locks up any action of the controller, including the throttles, the control surfaces, and the ability to move the camera. And the only way to free everything is to hit the escape key on the keyboard, stop the flight, and resume? And of course, at that point your approach is completely ruined. What genius designed this behavior? Like I said, I am normally super supportive of the developer, having an IT background and understanding how complex this software is, but this just makes me madder than you know what. Yeah, I know, first world problems, but give me a break. Jaxsimmer

I appreciate the help. Like I said, the issue seems to be solved with the latest update. Yes, I had removed everything from the community folder and tried to shutdown any other programs I could think of. It was almost like the main thread was locking up for an instant at regular intervals.

This sim is more temperamental than both my ex-wives combined.... Just got home, fired it up, apparently it downloaded the latest SU5 update, .22, and we are back to smooth as silk performance, no stuttering, and no sound hiccups. That's at 3440 x 1440 and landing at X-Codr KDEN. Asobo, I have very little gray hair left to pull out...but thank you... Jaxsimmer

I sure wish that was my situation. I have a 5090, AMD 9800X3D, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 1000 watt power supply, clean Windows install in a Dual Boot config, empty community folder, 1GB fiber connection and the &$@!# thing stutters every ten seconds with this latest .21 beta build. The audio crackles every time it does it. The frame counter turns red for an instant, then green for a period, then rinse and repeat. VRAM usage is low, regular RAM usage is low, it’s set on 40 frames max. Nuts.

This post takes me down memory lane. I started my IT career in 1980 at 23 years old, fresh out of college, selling Apple IIs with 48KB of RAM, a green screen, two 143KB floppies, and an Epson MX-80 printer for $3,500.00 a pop…and we couldn’t get them fast enough to keep up with demand. How far we’ve come at a fraction of the cost. Jaxsimmer

I for one am really enjoying this aircraft. Making a flight from KSLC to KLIT right now and having a ball. Yes, the Experimental version has quirks, but its fun to fly, and I appreciate the developers admitting they bit off more than they could chew, not folding the tents, and continuing to try to salvage their reputation. Happy Holidays everyone!!!! BAT

Problems for me as well. Gets to 3% loading then crashes. I uninstalled and went back to SU2 and all my settings are reset, including control assignments. Dummy me, I didn't back them up. I've cut Asobo a lot of slack, but this is getting to the breaking point.

Too funny!

My base i7-10400 clock speed is 3.8GHz. Turbo Boost (Intel tech) was increasing it to 4.3GHz automatically at certain points under load. CTD. My Asus MB with AI overclocking allows me to jack it up to 5.1MHz safely. Instant CTD and error with MSFS2024 SU3 beta 10.5.9.0 and 10.5.10.0 when launching program at that speed. Interestingly, SU2 and the earlier SU3 betas worked fine under both overclocked conditions. Now that I’ve locked the CPU to never go over 3.8GHz SU3 10.5.10.0 beta runs fine in a vanilla state. I suspect a lot out there have overclocked systems and that’s causing the CTDs. Of course, the apparent Simconnect issue seems to be an entirely different issue.

I have nothing in the exe.xml file and have not tried fsuipc yet. Totally clean vanilla install of MSFS2024.

Guys, I hope this helps someone. I couldn’t even start 1.5.9.0 and 1.5.10.0 was constant random CTDs. I removed everything from Community folder, exe.xml and still no luck. What fixed it was turning off hyper threading and Intel Turbo Boost in the BIOS and making sure there was no overclocking going on with the CPU and the GPU anywhere. I’ve flown two days in a row with nary a hiccup, and the performance with 1.5.10.0 is great. No stutters on landing. Like I said in another post, this SU3 beta is highly sensitive to memory and CPU timing issues. I hope they sort it out. Also, make sure you don’t have anything running in the background in the system tray, like Navigraph or FS2Crew. Check your startup apps which run when you log in.