Can't start a flight, just get a loading circle when clicking 'start flight'

If people could try again and post their latest experience that would probably be useful for Asobo/MS.

I have had no problems with loading or streaming since the evening of 21st Nov

today (23/11/24) - in the UK, VPN off - seems ok. Its certainly faster and I have not just been stuck.

cant fly ferry flight,cargo at career mode. unlimited loading.

I also have this issue. Seems to be completely random. I always run Internet Speed Test whenver it doesn’t work and slow internet has never been a possibility (speeds 150+ Mbps). Not really sure why some days it works, and some days it doesn’t but I just tried to load up three different flights at different airports (stock KPHL, stock KJFK and Pyreegue EGPH) and they all hung after Start Flight.

I’m getting very close to putting this product on the shelf for a month or so. The combination of issues is causing more frustrations than enjoyment.

Same here, but was fixed by reinstalling Windows.

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes. I’m using XBox x.

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• after 20 minutes and having pressed ‘ready to fly’ Im getting a picture of the avatar pilots tie and feet from his eyeline. The game is frozen.

Previously, I have got further but the mouse is useless in free lock as it can’t be controlled.

The game is unplayable other than starting in the cockpit with free flight. In other words not planning a glight at all.

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 purchasers in the UK have a right for goods and services to work as intended. Please advise how and when you will resolve this matter within a reasonable timescale or provide a refund of the purchase price.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes but strange works only First flight, flightseeing and Skydive aviation missions

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Location LT, 512 MBps Wired Ethernet.
GPU: GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-13600K CPU @ 3.4GHz
Motherboard Asus Rog Z790 E Gaming WiFi
Memory: 32 GB RAM

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• Roling circle on get missions information

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 or 2024: 2024

Version Build Number (Where do I locate that?): 1.1.9.0

Game Platform (Exampe: Steam, Xbox, MS Store): Steam

Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Have no community mods or addons yet

REPRODUCTION STEPS: Start any flight

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• 32GB RAM RTX 4090 have a low res world map when loading in, load in takes up to 20 mins
Have deleted the rolling cache and I can see it grow to 20GB but still cannot log in

Region being loaded is Aldinga YADG in South Australia

Based in South Australia, Australia ISP provider is Aussie Broadband Have a 1GBPS fibre to the home internet connection

I have exactly the same problem and a very similar pc spec!

Same issue, unless I use VPN or corporate warp.

Germany, Telekom, PC

If a VPN solved the issue, I’d suspect your ISP.

Nord VPN article about Telekom

Just for info, I have this problem but my son (on the same ISP) doesn’t. This suggests it not down to the ISP.

Checked with my ISP they have direct peering into AWS,Azure and Akamai.

I can run a speed test and sustain 900mb/s down and 45mb/s up

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• same issue any mission with a estimated completion time over 30 mins won’t load it’s just the load circle

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• I can really only do skydive and scenic missions. Everything else is too long to load. My too long I mean, never loads

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• no

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

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• 1.5 Gbps connection - Canada - East USA Server. It’s the only mode that doesn’t work for me as of Thurs Nov 28th

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

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• 250mbits connection in Germany, Game unusable due to low Bandwith in game.
Using VPN fixes it.

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The Todays patch didn’t solve the problem still circle of death

I had the same problem. Solved by ACTIVATE Live weather… dont ask me why…

Probably already mentioned but just in case, Fleet missions dont seem to load in career mode before and after the latest patch.

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UPDATE / SOLLUTION

I can confirm that going into the options menus > Online and activating Live Weather solves this. I can not load up ferry flights without any issues

I turned Live Weather off again just to check and with it off it failed to load the mission again confirming the fix for me