FrankR409

On the ground I switch to UNICOM when I have what I need, and whilst stationary. I stay on Ground frequency while Taxiing or until directed to Tower.

Well friend, I don’t have any fresh ideas. Option 1 would be opening a Zendesk ticket with Microsoft/Asobo. If you have access to an AI tool you could try to work through whatever it might suggest you could do. I wish you luck getting this going, as I am sure it is very frustrating.

Panos, I was hoping we could get through this. You will probably need to enter a Zendesk ticket with Microsoft, who will probably have you do the following steps, so let’s have you do it first. IF you are so lucky as to get past the loading screen afterwards, go into the graphic configuration and roll back anything you may have changed to a different value. Open your Windows Start Menu, search for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and right-click its icon.Select App Settings (or go to Windows Settings > Apps > Installed Apps > MSFS 2024 > Advanced Options).Scroll down until you see the Repair button. Click Repair (do not click Reset). This ensures no core game execution files are corrupted.

Welcome to AVSIM. I did some research with AI and have found what I hope is the resolution for you. The DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG message essentially means your graphics card and Windows briefly stopped talking to each other for a split second during heavy asset loading, causing the sim to crash. The screen flickering you noticed on the main menu points directly to a known stability issue with the recent NVIDIA drivers and the built-in NVIDIA overlay tool. Since you mentioned you aren't a tech expert, here are two very easy, highly effective steps that have fixed this exact issue for other 5080 owners. They don't require messing around with deep system files: Step 1: Turn off the NVIDIA In-Game Overlay There is a documented bug where the new NVIDIA software tries to draw its overlay menu over MSFS 2024 at 4K resolution, causing the 50-series cards to stall and crash at the main menu. Open the NVIDIA App on your PC. Click on the Settings icon (the small gear wheel). Look for In-Game Overlay (or NVIDIA Overlay) and toggle the switch to Off. Step 2: Perform a Clean Graphics Driver Installation Because you just got the PC recently, a background Windows update or initial setup might have left some corrupted driver fragments behind. Go to the official NVIDIA website and download the latest Game Ready Driver for your RTX 5080. Run the downloaded installer file. When it asks for your installation options, choose Custom (Advanced)instead of Express. On the next screen, make sure to check the box at the bottom that says Perform a clean installation. This safely wipes out old, glitchy configuration files before installing the fresh ones. Let it finish, restart your PC, and see if the flickering stops. Give those two a try first. They are the most direct solutions to the exact error you are seeing and should get you back in the air smoothly. Let us know how it goes! Best regards, Frank

I completely agree. I use BATC with local voice instead of premium. I had flights to New Orleans, Houston and Dallas yesterday and today. Having traveled in those areas for business I was impressed how accurately local voices mimics those very particular dialects without sounding robotic or forced. I am very satisfied with the product so far.

You would be correct, Navdata is only Navdata.

Smooth for me, Noel. I am using FSLTL and AIG Models. Just originated a flight from KORD, I felt the presence of the traffic even with BATC set to 5 for Traffic.

I love Canada so I won’t go where I wanted to go with this! Step 1: Update the Windows 11 Region Click the Start menu and open Settings (or press Windows Key + I). Select Time & language from the left sidebar. Click on Language & region on the right side. Look for the Region section, and change the Country or region dropdown menu from United States to Canada. [1, 2] Step 2: Clear the Microsoft Store Cache Sometimes Windows caches the older regional storefront, so it needs to be forcefully refreshed: [1] Close Microsoft Flight Simulator and the Microsoft Store entirely. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog box. Type wsreset.exe and press Enter. A blank Command Prompt window will appear for a few seconds and then close automatically, which launches a clean instance of the Microsoft Store.[1, 2] Step 3: Align Xbox & Microsoft Account Profiles If the problem persists, double-check that the online account settings weren't accidentally altered: [1] Log into the online Microsoft Account Profile page and verify that the country under your personal info states Canada. Open the Xbox App on Windows, log out of your profile, and log back in to force it to sync up with the freshly updated Windows 11 regional settings. [1, 2, 3]

I picked this airport up this evening and had a flight out of it to South Bend. The airport is magnificent inside and out. Apparently they did some optimization work to the airport in late August. I was getting frame rates in the 100+ area so I felt that it was a very smooth experience for sure. I made sure to disable the airport in the base game first, of course.

First of all Stan, A big Congratulations to you on your retirement! I retired at the end of May, and had the very same goal as you, re-learn my PMDG 737 and re-kindle my passion for flying that I had left behind for three years due to work related matters. I did the same thing you are going to do, videos on the plane, the FMC, and a re-visit of basic Navigation with SIDS and STARS. I even made index cards that contain the Process flows of the plane from Startup to Shutdown. I’m having more fun than I ever remembered having now that I can plan and fly at any time it works for me. Remember, you do not need to know everything all at once, just make a mental note of any questions or issues you had and maybe use AI to research the questions as part of an after-flight debriefing. Congratulations again! You will love retirement! Frank

In my case, at one of the airports that I had landed at, KPIT to be exact, I noticed there was a medical flight in one of the adjacent aprons that was doing a taxi. When I checked flight aware, there was indeed a medical flight at the same time and place getting ready for takeoff. So to echo your thoughts, I agree the integration with flight radar is well done. Now as for the question from @Noel like many of the others I simply disregard the instructions to descend and use my top of descent as my cue to descend. I typically disregard any of the vectoring as well and fix those up in my FMC much like I would a discontinuity and simply go direct to whatever fix points. I need for my arrival.

I am welcoming additional competition in this area of the Sim, surely nobody can disagree with that. With that said, I am leary of subscription models unless they add commensurate value to my flight simming, like a Navigraph. The concept though is promising, especially if ACE can genuinely track aircraft within their routes and manage sequencing and separation dynamically. Since it’s still in beta, though, I’d be interested to see how it performs with dense traffic, missed approaches, go-arounds, and aircraft that do not follow instructions. Looking forward to seeing real-world testing before drawing firm conclusions. I won’t know until I see the product on actual release, but wish the developer success on this project.

I’m sure it was the Username thing, get well really soon, Jack!

I wanted to also thank you for developing this wonderful tool. I have been reading about it for a little while now, but decided to implement it for my airline flying. I downloaded it today installed it and it was extremely easy to use. And it did it job. I had absolutely zero issues on the ground during takeoff in flight or most importantly on descent and approach. There were no stutters.

I am only on my third flight, but you certainly appreciate all of the small details. I started mine as a new airplane, and am doing everything possible to fly it by the check lists, and great prudence as well. My last landing at KBMI was so smooth, that I simply can’t wait to go back. It really makes me want to learn more about the plane, which I am doing now. It will be difficult going back to any of my other planes. This was a long time in the making, but my utmost appreciation and respect for what the A2A team did here, as they exceeded any expectation I had for this project.