Since yesterday and install of WU8 it takes ages for the sim to load up. Yes I have a large community folder but it was still faster before yesterday. The loading bar seems to go at a crawl.
Anyone else had this issue?
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Yes, and with a photogrammetry on the FPS dropps to 1 (one) FPS when clicking āFLYā. No problems with photogrammetry off.
Yes, even with zero mods. Itās really slow to load but it was always like this in my opinion, nothing new.
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i would Really suggest using only addons you need for each flight, i know its popular to just throw them all in there but ā¦ its bound to cause issues eventually
as we (modders) learn more it may be less likely but going thru some of the mods i use many are incomplete or simply not up to date
some have the wrong ācontent_typeā and many dont have the ātotal_package_sizeā comment etc
they work like this but āmayā cause delay in loading, hangups or maybe even memory issues
im as guilty of these āshortcutsā as anyone, mostly from lack of knowledge, the more i do the more i see how these minor appearing items that āworkā may cause some problem
If your using more than say 10-20 mods in any given flight your exposing yourself to lots of unnecessary 3rd party code that ācouldā bork things
to answer the question at hand - No i have not noticed this problem
i like and use AddonLinker, i would suggest everyone look into something of this nature to help with stability as well as start up times
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Seems a bit faster if anything. Not by much, mind.
Hmm strange. I am not using add-on linker but I may try it on my second drive.
Everything loads slower the first time you load it in. Iāve noticed this after any update I do. Every subsequent time is faster than the initial. The only thing that still loads slow for me is FSDT KORD but I also have Chicago landmarks so itās a lot to load. Doesnāt bother me.
Can we leave the mods in like for example the airport textures, lvfr ground traffic at airport?
I tried the MSFS.bat file to try and load the Sim quicker, fully updated the sim now takes 4mins 27secs.
But for me, the MSFS.bat file didnāt make any difference.
I only have FBW and one skin in the Community Folder, and Newcastle Airport extra.
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What helped me in the past when I ran into that issue - try deleting the content.xml file and see if load times improve a little afterwards.
If you say you have a large Community folder and you generally move a lot of stuff around over time, that file might have become a little chaotic.
You will find the file in the main MSFS folder:
C:\Users[YOURUSERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe
That last, wild number-letter-mess after the underscore might be different for you on your system.
Thatās if you have the Microsoft Store version. If you have it on Steam, I figure you will find it in the SteamApps folder.
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So after updating to WU my load times have increased. Just for reference, from when I click on the FS icon to get to the main menu took 2 min 22 seconds. How long does it take you for when you select the sim until you get to the main menu?
Iām usually just over the 3 minute mark to the main menu. Its being pulled from a Samsung 970 Pro NVMe, so Iām sure its not storage related, more to do with addons. I donāt have many though.
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My load time hasnāt really changed. I still use this command line in a batch file to start MSFS:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App ā-FastLaunchā
Same here, it skips those movies at the start.
My load time from selecting the sim until I get to the main menu took 2min 22sec. Seems longer than normal, what times do you guys get?
I donāt feel like it changed after the update. I still have time to clean the house, watch a movie, go to medical school and discover the meaning of life before I reach the main menu.
So much for buying an expensive SSD.
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Yes gained a few minutes after the update.
Without any addons loaded, it takes 3min. 38sec.
This can go up to 6-8 min. depending how many addons, mods and libraries I activate to load.
It definitely feels like it has become a bit slower.
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If youāre looking at the first start of MSFS, it will take longer than subsequent restarts. I work a lot in the SDK and ADE so I make changes to airports. My wife says that I spend more time making changes than actually flying, and thatās true - the ratio is probably 4-1 in hours spent. Anyway, I timed my first start today and it took 4:05, but after I exited and came back in, I was at the main menu in 1:48 ā maybe MSFS is like the old TSRās I wrote back in high school. 
And absolutely, you need to use a linker app. When Iām flying in California or Colorado, I donāt need to load any Caribbean scenery. And on update days, I canāt say for sure whether having technically nothing in my Community folder helps, but I enjoy carefree updates (Iām on Steam).
But to answer your question, the load times seem normal to me.
Mine is 3 minutes now. With a empty community folder it is about 2:22 minutes.