@ITDreamFly
I tried this on the new PC.
Right after “checking for updates” disappeared, I disabled the ethernet connection.
I got a white info box in the middle of the screen, with red text, saying I had lost connection, and that online features would not work.
After a long while I got into the menu, I could start a flight etc, but you know… the sim doesn’t look good, there’s no traffic, there’s no photogrammetry… The whole reason for an immersive experience is gone, and I can’t download my purchased airports and planes.
I changed a lot of settings, applied and saved them all. Then quit the sim, hoping it would save something on disk and scream ‘there is a conflict!’. But nope… Starting the sim, letting it load, CTD after a while during load.
So I tried disabling the ethernet connection again, but this time I got in kind of a loop; the white box with red text pops up, I am eventually let in to the main menu, but then I’m told ther’s an issue with my license because I’m disconnected. I click the OK button and I’m thrown back to the loading screen, the blue bar keeps loading and loading and… back to the menu, “license issue!”, back to the loading…
Asobo and Microsoft; please let me in to the holy vault of corrupted cloud data so I can delete it all (but don’t delete the records of my purchases, please…)
I’m at a loss of what more I can do at this point. This is the most frustrating “forced to update” and “corrupted cloud data” situation I’ve ever encountered.