Why are we continuously getting updates for world update III, World update IV, Deluxe upgrade, premium upgrade, World update I Japan, World update II etc etc ?
Is it necessary to download all these updates or can you skip them to save space ?
What in the game is being changed for these updates ?
It is continously going on with the updates all the time when I load the game with no end in sight at all
My current x box series s has 1 game installed - which is flight sim - taking up 43.7 % of the storage space
Do I move flight sim fully to the seagate expansion drive now or not - or do I let the x box series s fill up to around 90% full - which it will at this rate - and then move the game to the expansion drive ?
The only thing I am worried about is that if I fully move the game to the seagate expansion drive - they can be difficult to read maybe in my experience for the USB type- so I am worried that I might lose all the game if I move the game to the expansion drive and that there is a reading problem further down the line
You do not have to install the WUs, they are purely optional.
Prior to WU7 (Australia) it is my understanding that changes to the sim were included in the WUs. That said, I’ve run the sim with and without the WUs and I couldn’t tell you what these changes are.
The Seagate external is nothing like a USB drive and is designed to be identical in performance and behavior as the internal drive. I can link the Xbox website page that describes this, if you’d like. Feel completely safe running the sim from there, that is what I’ve been doing since I bought FS20.
So the World updates don’t do anything in terms of better graphics etc - what are they actually for - as there are so many of them. Guess there is no better graphics or performance - so I don’t need to update them anymore.
It looked like to me that World update Japan has updated graphics for Japan and World update USA has updated graphics for USA etc - but looks like there is no change in graphics or performance of flight sim from the updates. Its all a mystery because the updates are quite big 1G to 4G etc - so they must do something
Also if I move the whole game onto the seagate expansion drive - is it totally safe -in the sense that if the whole of the game is on the drive - there might be a problem with the slot in the back of the xbox or with the drive not reading due to an error- so is it 100% safe - that’s if I remove the drive from the xbox after playing flight sim, and insert back in when next playing flight sim
I guess I could move the game from series s to the expansion drive, and leave the expansion drive permanently inserted in the back of the xbox. This would free up the series s hard drive to maximum available space to download and play other games, while I play flight sim from the expansion drive from the expansion drive which is permanently inserted at the back of the x box
The basic premise here is:
• Simulator Update aka SU is meant to address the core functions of the simulator
• World Update aka WU is meant to add photogrammetry cities, improved points of interest models, improved world mesh in some regions, some improved airports, and some other enhancements to improve the specific region the WU is addressing
To answer your question, it is a yes & no thing. The WUs improve the graphic content of key cities, airports, and regional areas, but not the entire world itself. If you aren’t flying in Australia, for instance, you aren’t going to gain anything in the USA, if that is where you fly, with WU7 installed.
Barring any hardware catastrophes, yes, it is safe to completely install and run the sim from the Seagate storage expansion “drive” with no difference in performance to the internal drive.
Do you leave the expansion drive permanently inserted in the back of the xbox - if running the game from the drive - or do you remove the drive from the xbox once you have finished playing the flight sim, and re-insert at the back of the xbox when next playing ?
OK thanks - I best move the whole game to the expansion drive then -so therefore giving me 100% space on the x box series s hard drive to play other games - as almost 50 % space is a lot for one game taken up on the series s for flight sim on the hard drive - that I currently have
I use the seagate expansion for series x. I have MSFS installed on it and it has no loading issues at all.
I recommend one if anyone is looking at getting one