Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
•Yes, the sim gets stuck at the activating packages step, even after waiting 30 plus minutes there is no change.
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• I have the premium deluxe, steam version. I was able to load the sim prior to the hotfix patch, and the sim ran fine at that time. I have not been able access the sim since the patch. Rebooting the computer and reinstalling MSFS 2024 did not make a difference. I am located in the US on the west coast.
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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• yes
Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
The first download takes 2 hours, and each subsequent download takes 30 minutes. The game can be played normally (except for bugs reported elsewhere).
A bandwidth reduction pop-up may appear when loading career mode, etc.
・Steam version
・Uninstalled/installed about 10 times
・Restarted PC many times
・How to transfer an empty folder of marketplace products from StreamedPackages to Packages\Community
NVMe PCLe4.0/ssd: Save to C drive
・i7-13700 4070ti asiaserver 700Mbps
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I’m on the store version and it takes average of 2 minutes 30 seconds every time. My son is on steam and it takes 15-25 minutes every time. So maybe folks should indicate what platform they are on. Just in case that’s a primary issue.
Same here, 12-13 minutes every single time on a 1 gig cable connection. Tried re-installing the game to no avail. VPN makes no difference. I’m on Gamepass.
At this point I’m guessing this has to be fixed with a patch or something. Days later and exact same situation for me, 15-20 mins. The time of day does not matter, I’m on US West servers and tried at like 2 am, I do not think its any kind of load on them.
Attention pilots Attention! Following the advice of a friend, loading FS2024 is correct.
1- Disconnect the PC from the internet
2- Start FS2024
3- reconnect the internet
As someone suggested elsewhere on the forum i tried to flush the DNS-cache… and it worked! Loadingtime went from 30-50 minutes to somewhere around the 3-4 minutemark.
-open commandpromt (windowskey + type “cmd”
-then type “ipconfig /flushdns”, then press enter.
So I just tried this (Temp Fix). It does indeed work.
So first I physically unplugged the ethernet cable from the PC. No internet connection. Loaded up MFS 2024. I got the grey screen saying needs a constant connection. Then while on that screen, I plugged in the ethernet cable. After a few seconds, the game started loading. Saying VFS activating. It SUPRINGLY worked. Maybe in about 3 minutes I was on the main menu.
So next I closed out the game, Started MFS 2024 again, slow loading again. Then I went to network properties and disabled the ethernet connection. I got the grey screen again. I then re-enabled the ethernet connection. STILL SAME SLOW LOADING. I then closed the game out completely. Then I went back into the network connections, disabled the ethernet. Then I started MFS 2024. Got the grey internet needed screen. While the game was stuck on this screen, I went back to network properties, and re-enabled the ethernet connection. Went back to the game and it WORKED AGAIN! Within maybe 3 minutes. I just wanted to let people know that you don’t have to physically remove the ethernet cable from the PC. Just to be clear, I have the MS store version installed on my PC. Don’t know if that matters or not.
TBH, this whole scenario is utter BS! Maybe now they can work on getting my content that I paid for (aviator edition) up and running. TBH, this is by far the worst I’ve ever seen a launch. I mean really Devs. This is not how MS and Asobe should be handling this! I say this after 1 week of MFS 2024 being released! Anyway, maybe this will help some people in the meantime.
and indeed saying 'VFS Activating Packages’ instead of ‘Activating Packages’.