My download of MSFS is going well, but it’s been going really really slow. I’m 24 hours into the download and it’s been almost 2 hours and it’s been “decompressing fs-base-cgl-0.1.21.fspackage.015. What should I do?
Any help please?
Apparently common issue at moment happens randomly
Zendesk sent me this
Please be aware that:
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If you have reached your Data limit cap you might be prevented from downloading additional data. The data cap will reset at the date you have set up. By default, it should be on the first day of every month, unless you have selected a different day.
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If you set up a Data bandwidth usage limit your download speed will be limited to the value you have set up (5Mbps, 20Mbps or 40Mbps.)
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To set up your Data Bandwidth Usage Limit to unlimited, please do the following:
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Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator
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Go to Options > General > Data
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Move the cursor to Unlimited
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Apply and Save
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Download stuck on big files
If the download is stuck on a package such as “pc-fs-base-bigfiles-0.1.59.fspackage”
A) Disable Window Auto-tuning
- In the Windows search bar, type Command and look for ‘Command Prompt’
- In the menu select “Run as administrator”
- Enter: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
- Press enter
- Reboot your computer
B) Use Netlimiter
Some users reported that using Netlimiter and setting the download speed between 5 and 20 Mbps helped them bypass the looping issue.
C) Retrieve the local save
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- Uninstall the Microsoft Flight Simulator app and packages (See step II from our articles How to repair or remove Microsoft Flight Simulator on Microsoft Store or
on Steam) - Reinstall the Microsoft Flight Simulator app (See: Download & Installation guides)
- Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator as an administrator
- Type “Flight Simulator” in the Windows Search bar and select “Run as administrator” in the menu that appears.
- Unplug your Ethernet cable or turn off your wifi
- Continue through the menu that appears on the screen
- The sim will crash when loading. Press Alt-F4
- Plug your internet back and launch the sim as administrator again
- A pop up will appear asking to choose between the cloud save or the local save. Select “the one on this device.”
- Follow the instructions on the screen and point to the correct game path
- Wait for the core packages to finish downloading and installing
- Go to Content Manager and select the additional packages you want to download and install
- Restart the game
- Uninstall the Microsoft Flight Simulator app and packages (See step II from our articles How to repair or remove Microsoft Flight Simulator on Microsoft Store or
Download stuck on small files
If the download is Stuck on a particular aircraft or activity package such as “asobo_aircraft_b787_10_0.1.42.fspatch” or “asobo_bushtrip_nevada0.1.35fspatch” and you have community-created content, please do the following:
- Step 1: Close the launcher
- Step 2: Go to the Community folder
- By default this folder is located here:
- Microsoft Store edition:
- C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community
- Steam edition:
- C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community
- Microsoft Store edition:
- By default this folder is located here:
- Step 3: Search any non-official content corresponding to the package that is stuck. For instance “b787” or “bushtrip”
- Step 3: Delete the corresponding non-official content
- Step 4: Reboot your computer
- Step 5: Relaunch the download