The sim stalled on “Checking for Updates” today (June 7th) at around 06:00 UTC. Task Manager was showing consistent traffic between client & server. I was in windowed mode, so after watching this for a couple of minutes, clicked “X” to exit the game and then restarted. This time the sim breezed through “Checking for Updates” in about 10 seconds.
Just started the game now & “Checking for Updates” took 9.46 seconds (using the clock timer app to measure it).
I’ve had no problems loading flights so far.
Partial Specs & current settings:
Build: SU15 (v1.37.19.0)
3rd-Party Addons: None, Community Addons: None
Flight configuration: Multiplayer: All Players. Traffic: Live, Weather: Live
i7-12700K (No overclocking or undervolting), 32 GB 5200 MHz DDR5 CL40, Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v31.0.101.5445).
Data Tab: Data Connection: All six options - On, Data Limit - Off, Bandwidth - Unlimited, Rolling Cache - Off
MSFS Version: MS-Store, Standard, plus All World and City Updates
[Edit June 8th:
I just looked at my settings (Windows Settings | Time & Language | Date & Time) and see that I have not synced since March!:
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