So that doesn’t sound like the Bing data issue, as you would not have even had the opportunity to get in the cockpit. I have three airports that have that issue, and it’s impossible to visit them without turning Bing data off, or renaming their respective CGL files.
If you haven’t removed it yet, can you try one thing for me. Try setting Use Generic Plane models on for both AI, and MP. It’s under Traffic.
FOR THE THIRD TIME i reply this topic with CTD report
the first one caused by broken Visual c++ and the second one because of the Xbox app.
and this time it caused by the freaking SPEAKER DRIVER. i update the dolby driver and it crashed my MSFS
idk why but this time i got CTD in map menu not in mid-flight as before
im sorry for you all but i need help again this time -_-
That’s not what you said before. You said it crashed on takeoff. Now you are saying it crashes on load. If its the later, then it could be the Bing data issue.
Look inside the scenery folder, and find a folder called “CGL”. Inside that may be a single file. Rename its file extension to anything except .cgl i.e. .cgl.bak
Have been doing some testing today involving removing all community content, removing paid content and have found the issue causing my CTDs meaning I didn’t need to do any of that. Stupid that I hadn’t spotted this earlier! This won’t be a workaround for everyone but if you have Nvidia graphics card this is definitely worth a shot.
I’ve noticed when a new GPU driver is automatically installed (normally by GeForce) it disables settings which have been set using a tool such as MSI afterburner. I have to manually set my graphics card fan speed to 80+ within afterburner. MSFS2020 is so GPU dependent I have noticed if you don’t do this the graphics card will reach a max temperature and that will result in a cut out instantly on whatever application is being used. I believe the max temp is 90’c for the RTX2080 (I’m not sure of other Nvidia cards but imagine the same). Since changing these I have completed 4 flights (5 hours) which Navigraph, Pacx, FCUIP7 etc was running and had no issues.
MSI afterburner is free and very easy to use and change the fan speed of your GPU and takes a matter of minutes to do. I’d highly recommend trying this. If this isn’t the issue for you, I hope you get your CTDs sorted soon…
I had managed to run MSFS without CTDs during the last months but today I am unable to use it. I get a CTD without error message when loading the flight. Checking on the event viewer I am getting the following details (every CTD changes the Faulting process id, the rest is the same):
Well, that"s random either during take-off or directly before.
After setting the generic plane mode to on, it was the first time it crashed during loading.
Let me check if I understood: I see a CGL folder in \Packages\Official\Steam\fs-base-cgl\CGL
There is only one file called DB_notices but it’s not a .cgl file.
Do you talk about this one?
Don’t touch the “fs-base-cgl” folder at all. Only custom sceneries. Some custom sceneries will have a CGL folder inside. Apparently you can rename the folder, I have chosen to rename the .cgl file inside that folder.
Read back through this thread, and all will become clear.
Crashing over the Gulf of Mexico. Flew the sim no issues or changes for days tried flying over the gulf twice and the sim crashes. About 5-10 min after leaving the coast near Houston the sim freezes then crashes no error message etc. Anyone experience this? Is it something with the water?
I’ve renamed the .cgl file from the EDDM CGL/120 folder to .cgl.bak. No CTD observed. Seems this is a valid workaround. Thanks
Is the .cgl file not required for the scenery? What does it contain? Do I have now any side effects when renaming it?
The .cgl file is used with data which is streamed directly from Bing to your device to make accurate scenery. Right now there is an issue with that data and it causes a CTD when the .cgl file is accessed.
Renaming the file prevents the Bing Data from accessing the file, and thus prevents the CTD.
Scenery probably won’t look as nice, or maybe some sections missing, but no long term issues.
It will work fine when renamed.
I believe it functions similar to items in the Community folder, if the data stream finds data in an addon folder, it uses the folder’s data, not the default in the stream, displaying the folder scenery with the remaining streamed items. Right now mixing that data together seems to be causing the issue
Renaming the .cgl prevents that.
Thanks for the details.
That helps a lot.
So is this now a long time workaround, or is it expected that this is going to be fixed, so I can revert the renaming?
AND:
Should I perform the renaming for each add-on I have, right?