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This is odd. I tried that and as long as a discrete GPU is plugged in, I can not enable the integrated graphics chip on the CPU. I wanted the GPU to power the main screen and the integrated chip to power a small 1080 14" monitor plugged directly into the MB. No Joy. On my Gigabyte setup it's either/or. Glad yours works fine. When I plug the second monitor into the video card, naturally the FPS drops a few. Luck of the draw, I guess..

Jack, glad you have a solution. I took your postings to heart and particularly interested in the SteamWebHelper. I tried modifying the shortcut and it seemed to work. What also worked was and this I demonstrated by monitoring Task Manager. If you start Steam normally, SteamWebHelper loads and is active in TM. If you go into Steam and select "offline mode", SteamWebHelper does NOT stop. It still runs BUT, if you close Steam app, then restart and confirm to start in OFFLINE mode, then SteamWebHelper will NOT start and isn't present in TM. Seems after selecting Offline mode in Steam, one has to exit and confirm upon restart that OFFLINE is what is needed. Anyway, glad you got it sorted. Just a tidbit in case someone else has a similar issue. Happy flying.. Terry

Just a passing note. Marketplace does not usually sell warbirds with exposed weapons, whereas the developer's website will in most cases not only display them, but animate them somewhat. Also any updates are generally quicker on seller's websites than on the marketplace. Just a couple of notes to be aware of. Good hunting...

Jack, glad to see you're still hanging in there. I just noticed something on my rig that might be of benefit. However, not knowing your exact configuration, I'm shooting in the dark here. I was looking at Task Mgr and noticed a cycle of about one second duration. I use an overlay by NZXT that monitors cpu and GPU temp, CPU and GPU load and cpu and GPU clock speed. Oddly this seems to poll the system every second. I don't however; notice any interruption in MSFS. Just didn't know if perhaps you have any overlay/external app similarly that is running concurrently. Hope you find it soon... Best of luck. Terry

Fielder: Your post reiterated the one puzzling issue with Windows: Overriding customer selection. Previously I had no power plan selected and physically went to Dev Mgr and on the controllers I was using disabled power off feature. Using your suggestions, I found at least a dozen more USB devices that had the power management enabled even though I had opted for No Power Plan. Great tip. Thank you...

OK, Jack. I have to modify procedure slightly. Steam will not allow you to go OFFLINE if MSFS is running. Before starting MSFS, go to Steam main page, select Steam Option and in the dropdown select OFFLINE. Then start MSFS using either a shortcut or Addon Linker. I don't mean take MSFS Offline, but Steam.. They are two different functions

Standby. I want to confirm something, but basically while MSFS is running, click on the Steam icon and go to the front page that has the following across the top : Steam View Friends Games Help Click on Steam option and in the dropdown select GO OFFLINE. Check your MSFS performance..I'll confirm that one can do that...

Jack, really feel bad for you. Steam user here, Just a thought: How you tried the sim while being OFFLINE from Steam. ? That would be a quick way to see if Steam is doing something nefarious. You can start Steam to get MSFS started, then go OFFLINE from Steam and check you MSFS reaction. Just a thought.. Good Luck..Terry

Bert, I also wish to thank you for the great tip. I'd forgotten just how good the WT530 is over the default one. I had relegated the V35 to back of the hangar for awhile. It's now a joy.. Going to be difficult to decide V35, JPL152, CJ4, TBM, 737. hmmm. decisions, decisions. Thank you..

There be gremlins in the house. I first experienced this unexpected throttle back three nights ago. I was using the new JPL V2.0 152. In cockpit throttle would roll back after a few seconds. I use the Honeycomb Bravo. I also tried another AC.. same same. I do not use flight assist for anything. Nothing checked. Not sure if it's related, but I had selected the second AC from the developer's' dropdown. When the second AC exhibited same behavior, I exited to main menu, reselected AC and all was good. Strange.. for sure..

Jarmstro: Very interesting comment about the PMDG 737 AP and this JPL V2.0 mod. I flew all weekend in both AC and noticed that the 737 would not even follow a basic HDG, let alone the Magenta Line. I will followup and see if this mod is the culprit. Thank you for the tip. I never would have put the two together. I just love this mod and I might just have to forego the 737 for awhile until this gets sorted. Hats off to you for the HU.

There is a way to change planes without going back to Main Menu. I do it routinely. Hit ESC, select Developer Menu, enable then return to flight. Open the pull down menu Under Windows for Aircraft Selection, select the airplane, Load. Your new aircraft will be waiting for you at the location you just exited. HOWEVER, please note, the remainder of your flight might not be recorded in the pilot's log. Otherwise, all functions have worked fine for me, excepting logging the second part of the flight. I have done this many times, even changing planes multiple times during a particular route while checking for hardware control behavior. If your log book is sacred, then you should probably avoid this method as there's a good chance the flight will not be recorded..

Like the OP, after SU11 I was experiencing more CTDs after 30-45 min of flight, changing views, going back to main menu. Any function requiring an input. I took Sonosusto's list and discovered that by changing the power management profile (never turn off) of the USB devices seems to have eliminated the fearsome CTDs. Just a suggestion... but totally agree it's a real pain having to deal with sim crashing in midst of a long flight. Hope you get it sorted....

I realize this is only antidotal, but like the OP, I was getting CTD (not BSOD) after 30-45 min flight, changing views, exiting Dev Mode, even returning to Main Menu. No rhyme or reason. But after reading B777ER, I tried disabling FSUIPC..Only two flights, but both have not resulted in a CTD yet. Before, no matter condition of Community folder, about the 30 minute flight time and MSFS would CTD..I am not using the registered version of FSUIPC. Bizarre.. Luke, hope you find the issue.. it is extremely frustrating when it's happening to you..

I find AOL priceless. I load up 32GB of 100 addons including FSUIPC, LNM, Flight recorder, AAOs and others in a 2TB NVME drive. Total time from green arrow in AOL to the Map display in MSFS : 105 seconds. This is on a two year old 10th Gen system. Of course I do not load up ALL the World Updates as I only load where I fly. Addon Linker makes activating and deactivating addons as simple as clicking a box. Bad_T is THE man...

Fantastic news... Now if just one enterprising developer could take on the Convair B-36>>>😁 Great..will be following SWS with bated breath..

Yesterday, I flew for several hours no problem.. tonight, I had the 300 mb update, looked like some scenery files, and then twice, after about twenty-thirty minutes...boom...CTD. Hope it gets sorted soon.

Second that here. I've only experienced very few, less than a dozen in over a year with MSFS. Last night I had over a dozen in less than two hours. My first one occurred right after I installed FS Realistic. I didn't start it next load time, MSFS crashed again in about ten minutes of flight. I cleaned the community folder... same situation : ten minutes or so, MSFS freeze, CTD. The last three times I had loaded MSFS in SAFE mode. Lasted a little longer, but within about twenty minutes.. Freeze, CTD. I haven't tried tonight. Hopefully it was servers. Weird..

Paul, I've been using MSFS from Steam for 18 months. No real issues.. definitely no problems with updates that seemingly some Marketplace d/l have had. Although I think most of those have been remedied the past few months. Yes, Steam puts it in the same folder hierarchy as FSX: Steamlibrary/Steamapps/Common/msfs.. MSFS installs through the Steam app. Does Steam have to be running?:Yes, but I run MSFS many times with Steam offline. Is it a pain? Most definitely not. Sometimes when I run MSFS through Steam, the Steam client will update, but otherwise, totally transparent. No issues. It's my understanding that Multiple copies of MSFS can be on the same computer,, however, only ONE copy of MSFS can be run at one time. Not sure if you'll lose your marketplace purchases. I know you would not be able to transfer them to XBox from Steam, not sure if you'd lose them on the PC. Hope you get it sorted soon. Tough not being able to be in the MSFS skies. P.S. Love your paints... superb work!..

I've used a little app called Flight Recorder. it's here: https://flightsim.to/file/8163/flight-recorder It's not real fancy but will do the job well. It lacks some theatric polish, but if you just wan to watch T/O's and landings without any hassle, this will do it. Depends a lot on using drone camera..Doesn't take up much space.. Good luck.. tp

MSFS Addon Linker is available free at this site:https://flightsim.to/file/1572/msfs-addons-linker. Not sure if you are talking about a desktop or laptop, but installing an additional SSD, whether SATA or NVME, into a desktop isn't that difficult and would be most preferable than considering external devices. An additional 1TB drive can be gotten for less than $100. Good thing, you can move it to your new build later. Just some ideas.... good luck...

Gee.. who knew??? Thank you for the clarification. Would be nice if Fenix was a bit transparent about this, if this is the case in this instance...

Interesting thoughts, but further investigation reveals that both Asobo and FBW 320s load up fine and the AO work as expected. I tried to find the Volocopter, must be in Official folder. I went to Content Manager and deleted it there, but when I reloaded the Fenix, same issue as before: AO options were overwritten with Volocopter.. Hmm. The plot thickens. I can understand restricting the use of AO in Class D sims that are undergoing FAA certifications, but this is an "entertainment" system and surely the option would be available.

Yes, this is bizarre. I have been flying the C-310 and having a lovely time. I installed the Fenix A320 yesterday and within about 15 minutes I was taxiing, etc trying to learn the ac. During the subsequent trials during a landing, I noticed the rudder was not working, at all and ran off of the runway. Since I do not have pedals, I have always used "auto-rudder" in the Assistant Options. When I "escaped" and checked AO, 100% of the options were overwritten with the term "VOLOCOPTER" even Heading title between the blue tags. Obviously choices are also greyed out so that nothing is selectable. This is the WEIRD part. I am using a clean community folder and I have since tried again the 310, the DC-6 and Staggerwing and they work fabulously... No issues. AO presents itself as expected. I've rebooted, reinstalled Fenix, no joy. I'm going to remove, if I can, the Volocopter folder out of MSFS and see what happens.. In the meantime, I'm using a Logictech 3D twist grip as a rudder and it suffices, even though AO is corrupted with Volocopter..Anyone have any ideas???? Love the A320 in spite of these issues.

David, For the first three or four flights, I encountered exactly what you report. Except I think my ac rolled to the right. I checked the usual culprits: control tracking, power imbalance, rudder and aileron trim. All seemed normal. It wasn't until I physically adjusted the rudder and aileron trim in the ac and centered the trim. The "dots" looked centered, but obviously they weren't. This was immediately after a fresh download. I had never touched those controls. After I touched them and re-centered them, all has been fine. You just might double check with actually manipulating the trims. Good luck..