longhaul747

Just completed my SEA-ANC flight and no CTD. It was pretty smooth sailing until on final I got one of the famous FS2024 memory error pop ups and it started to get little pauses when I changed views but luckily it never CTD on me. I think it might need more testing to know for sure but I think its extremely positive it did not CTD on this flight and after the update. Actually the 1st successful flight with SP1.

I am taking this up for a SEA-ANC flight checking to see if the CTD issue I have been having is fixed? I have noticed so far the plane feels a little less resource heavy on my machine. This certainly helps one way or another I would think! Please Stand By......

Yes, Unfortunately very true!

Unfortunately I got another CTD about 6 hours into the flight. I was over Greenland so not much more to go. This time it was sort of self induced but was going to happen any as soon as I started doing stuff anyway. All was well so I went to an exterior view of the aircraft. The sim stuttered and paused for a second and I got a pop in the audio. At that point I know I was doomed. Went back into cockpit view and it was pausing and stuttering pretty bad but still working. As soon as I dialed in a higher flight level on the AP it froze and about 5 seconds later shut down. This is a classic memory leakage issue. Probably related to the bug already reported. Different systems will react different with the bug but it will probably be fixed when the fix the official bug that has already been reported for FS2024. I plan to do some more debugging and joining the discord so I can report it and read about others with the issue. I don't think I am alone though.

So far so good...4 hours 10 minutes in. I have not gone this long without a CTD so far on SP1. Currently over Hudson Bay Canada.

With promotional videos like this coming out it can't be very long now!

Right now I am doing flight #4 as an acid test. Hopefully clearing the WASM folder helps! All the flights so far have been somewhat similar but the crash at the CTD was at the 2 to 2.5 hour mark each time. First was SEA-ANC and the second flight was SEA-KEF. Third flight was KEF-SEA and same results each time. Most of the time I am a pretty lazy flight simmer. Because of time constraints I usually just program DIR routing and not so much with way points. I don't think its a lot of way points causing the issue. I am going with strictly a memory leakage issue of some sort! Right now as I type this I am attempting to do SEA-KEF again. Currently about 57 minutes into the flight. I hope its now stable after clearing the WASM folder but I won't know for about another 2 hours. If not I will attempt to debug with the information above and I need to join the iFly discord anyway. I would not be entirely shocked if my system is now reaching a point that with the higher detailed scenery and airplanes coming into the market it will have a harder and harder time. Its a 2021 upper mid level build. CPU is surprisingly still current but my graphics card is showing its age being a 2070 Super. A new system is in my budget forecast for next Fall but it will only happen if the stars align. Lately they have not been aligning well this year. Amazingly despite my systems age it runs FS2024 really well. In fact I see better performance than what some people get with faster systems. So it is hard to say but I would like to be able to crank my display settings a bit. Some of it is on high but other settings mid level.

I did after a bit of searching find the WASM folder for the SP1 version of the iFly MAX 8. Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\WASM\MSFS2020\ifly-aircraft-737max8 It's in the MSFS2020 folder even though it is installed in FS2024. I cleared it and rebooted the simulator and reloaded the iFly MAX 8. Everything was working fine but the real acid test will be tomorrow when I try a long haul flight again. I am also getting an Asobo Crash Log and its definitely something with the iFly MAX 8. It's mostly gibberish but I see a bunch of WASM related error dumps in the log. So hopefully clearing the WASM files and having the system rebuild them under the SP1 hopefully makes a difference. It has with some models in the past!

I did delete the old liveries and install the updated ones. So its likely not that I would think. Now the WASM folder is interesting and I have not deleted it but wanted to do that. This does feel similar to some types of WASM crashes I have seen. Now the irony is where is the iFly WASM folder? I found instructions for locating it but interestingly the iFly MAX was not listed in there. I believe it was in the past but I wonder if they somehow moved it?

I did read this bit of info that iFly put out. Its currently set for auto and I don't launch it manually. It loads automatically when I load the aircraft as recommended. It seems at least on my system the memory issue is still present even when following iFly's recommendations.

Unfortunately I had my 3rd CTD at the 2 to 2.5 hour mark with the iFly MAX 8 in FS2024 today. Last night I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it in the hopes it would not happen again. This not something that usually happens on my system with other aircraft and the iFly MAX 8 before SP1. It is my opinion something is still a bit haywire with the FS2024 install at least for some users. This has been reported by some others out there. I do know its an experimental build but not sure if this specific issue is related to that? Its possible this new build in SP1 is just very resource heavy and many mid level systems just give it up after a period of time. Hopefully someone else out there has found a fix for it? For now I am not going to fly with it much until an update comes out that hopefully addresses the issue.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the MAX 8 today in an effort to cure the 2 hour CTD in FS2024 that has now happened twice. I noticed I forgot to delete the previous ifly-aircraft-data folder during the first uninstall of the older version for the new install of SP1. I kind of doubt it has anything to do with it but just maybe it does? I will find out tomorrow when I try yet another long haul flight. Yesterday it CTD 2 hours into an SEA-ANC flight and today it did it again right at the 2 hour mark on a SEA-KEF flight. Usually when I am doing something else like hitting a switch or or changing views. The whole FS2024 program just disappears instantly.

It's probably going to be another year at least for the MAX 9 at this rate. The MAX 7 and 10 can wait since they are not certified and in service yet but the MAX 9 is the work horse and more popular than the MAX 8 in US skies at least. I hoping to see iFly introduce it a bit sooner but it is what is what it is. Maybe with a bit of luck it will come sooner? The native version for FS2024 just might make it out in the next few months. After that work begins on the MAX 9. Not sure if it is still this way but back in the old days once you have the systems finalized the rest is just modeling. Of coarse the models are a lot more detailed but I imagine perhaps a 3 or 4 months after the FS2024 MAX 8 is released? Just maybe the MAX 9 will make it time to for Christmas? We will just have to see!

I like the new model and it flies really well. Really like the update except I am getting a CTD pretty much on the clock at the 2.5 hour mark. This is FS2024 and I heard of some issues in FS2024 so hopefully its a known issue and be fixed in an update. Also some new news on the Max 9 would be nice. In the US market the Max 9 is where it's mostly at except on some thinner long range routes in many cases. SWA being the exception flying Max 8 exclusively.

Not really anything new despite several updates. They recently announced a version 2 of the 727 with lots of updates and improvements. No real information on what the improvements or other details or any sort of time line. I guess we will know more in the future! I hope they throw in a non hush kit model at some point soon.

This is good news. I was planning to purchase it so I could fly into ATL and than into the new MK Studios Key West as soon as I can get in front of my PC. After the DRM news it was put on hold. I can now go back to the regularly scheduled program now.

I certainly understand the need to protect a developer from piracy and it is definitely a problem. I don't mind a kernal or whatever opening in the back ground to confirm my purchase as long is that is all its doing. What I do find incredibly stupid is the need to launch this program everytime I wish to use the product. This is not what I should be getting for the price of admission. I have a few planes that do have something running in the background but it does not require me to do anything when I use it. I get the piracy concerns but they need to find a better way. At this time it won't be purchasing the ATL coming out.

Thanks I am going to try this.... I am sure I got a few more that I will have to do the same!

Way back in the early days of FS2020 I purchased the Fly Tampa CPH (Copenhagen Kastrup) in the Marketplace. It has been updated and despite it being based on an older scenery package it still looks pretty good. It is supposedly FS2024 compatible but I don't think it is officially from Fly Tampa so this might be the problem with the FS2024 Marketplace. Many online retailers show it as FS2024 compatible. Today I decided I wanted to install it into my FS2024 since its supposedly compatible and it should not be a problem since I bought it for FS2020. However it simply does not show up in the FS2024 Marketplace. Even though I bought it for FS2020 they won't let me try it in FS2024 whether it works or not. Any work around? I suppose its a dated scenery anyway and probably sooner rather than later a nice new updated scenery for FS2024 will be released but for now it would sure be nice to use the scenery I paid for in the Marketplace. I typically don't buy from the marketplace in fear of this very thing but in rare cases it was the only option at the time.

I have had mixed results with SU5 and in a way I wish I could just go back to SU4. Everyone has different results and some of it is probably down to system specs but for me its a few steps back. Some of the positives I have noticed is the Dawn and Dusk lighting seems improved and last night I noticed the sun shining through the trees and made a nice shadow on the runway. Maybe this is not new but 1st time I have noticed it was with SU5? At the airport textures seem sharper than before and I notice less ghosting than before. At first when I fired up SU5 for the 1st time I was pretty excited for what I was seeing. However this morning I did my 1st flight and this time I noticed some pretty bad issues. Above a few thousand feet my ground textures are way more blurry than before. In SU4 I had pretty good looking textures. Not perfect but definitely very tolerable. Same for the trees in SU4 most rendered correctly and now most of them look like green rocks. Honestly at the moment its not a very good experience. The worst thing is at 36,000 feet my clouds looked very hazy and have this snow effect in them like on a old TV not tuned to a channel showing a much of snow on the screen. I occasionally had this before but its way worse in SU5. Also I am still getting many lines in the water and this was supposedly fixed. Performance however is of coarse very good even on my slightly dated system. I have noticed an improvement in the UI menu system. Before SU4 it was pretty bad and seemed to suffer from memory leakage issues. SU4 improved things greatly but was still not perfect. Now its pretty smooth and I no longer get those funny pops and clicks from my speakers when I use the system. For the record I have not had the time to go in and have a look at my user settings. Its very possible they have been downgraded when I installed SU5 and that putting in my tweaks that I have done will improve the looks. Hopefully this is all it is. Also I feel SU5 has done a good job of reminding me that my 2021 build PC is now slipping into lower spec category. A new system is the forecast in the Fall but it worked pretty solid before!

Like everyone else I can't wait for the Fenix Neo's. It seems more and more at my local airport I see more Neo's than Ceo's these days. Same for the Max I see more of them at times than the older NG's at this point. I think its becoming pretty important that we get some Neo's and Max's in our simulator. As much as I want the Neo from Fenix I am not fully expecting it to arrive just yet. My prediction is early to mid Summer time frame (hopefully). Some Neo updates from Fenix would be nice but I can see why they don't. It could just very well show up and drop in weeks time. So it just might be sooner rather than later! The Max is interesting. You have the iFly Max 8 which is a nice model and its already out. They are supposedly coming out with the 9 and when and if the 7 and 10 are certified they plan to do those. However we have not seen a single update from iFly regarding the Max 9 since they announced it last August. At this rate the Max 7 and Max 10 will be certified before we ever even see the Max 9. Maybe like the Fenix its coming sooner rather than later and they are just being hush hush about it. We supposedly have the PMDG Max series aircraft but we really don't know anything about it other than PMDG occasionally dangling a carrot in front of us. I believe I read the PMDG Max has been on and off the burner since 2020 so I am starting to feel its probably never actually coming. I believe it was real close but RR at PMDG does not want to go head to head with iFly but does not want to publicly say that. Very similar to the sound update for the 777. It will be coming forever! Maybe with a bit of luck the PMDG Max will drop between now and the 747-100? I think the 747-100 is a ways off and PMDG will need another revenue stream since they just released the 737-700. I would be really surprised if the 747-100 makes it before Xmas and PMDG could probably use some revenue in the 4th quarter of this year. Just food for thought but it does make sense!

As far as I know installation went smoothly. I can always uninstall and reinstall it but I doubt it will make a difference. I suspect its some sort of missing texture that is preventing the view from rendering correctly. Maybe some of the paint jobs are still being worked on? View is fixed so you can't zoom or move it. Mostly 100% stock FS2024 install. I don't use Chaseplane or anything like that. Some of the other views are also a bit messed up but others are fine. Some show part of a window frame texture and look fine. I don't spend a lot of time in these views but it comes in handy when you see something cool and you want to take a screen shot showing the wings. Comes in handy when you want to see those flaps coming down. A nice clean view like before would be a nice touch.

I think I got it figured out... This is what I get in my wing views with the new model. Not sure if its a missing texture or not but I like it better when it was mostly just a clean wing view. This is the passenger version. The left side is much the same but not as bad.

I would love to do a screen shot but not sure how? Let me see if I can figure it out! Right now I am flying from SIT-SEA in the Alaska 737-700 colors.

Picked this up on release day. For me its okay and I don't seem to have any performance issues with it. I do get the VRAM error but I also get it with many other aircraft and it never seems to cause any issues. Sometimes I feel its more of an internal issue with FS2024 than anything really wrong at least on many systems. In the cockpit it looks a little better but not hugely so. Same for the exterior textures don't seem to really really be much different. I am hearing the exterior textures in this release are not the final versions so guess we can expect better textures in the future. A lot of extra modeling detail both inside and out which was not mandatory but kind of cool. I am looking forward to the same updates for the 600, 800 and 900. I also a bit perplexed that all the effort PMDG is putting into this plane in order to improve it but for some reason can't be bothered to do a non winglet version. I guess we will just have to wait for a competitor to make a better 737NG. Only real issue I am having that is bothering me I am a wing view nut at times. In the models for FS2020 and the earlier FS2024 models you would get a nice clean view of the wing. For now the same views exist but you got some sort of annoying box looking thing in the way. For example go to Views and Showcase and select External 8. You get a nice view behind the wing but it has some sort of textureless box destroying the nice clean view you had before. Not sure if its just anomaly with my particular paint or will be magically fixed in a future update but for now I liked it better before.