For a while after the “fix” was pushed, things seemed to be gradually improving. Aircraft would still disappear but not as frequently or for as long. The last month or so it seems to be getting worse for me. Now it happens basically any time I try to fly with friends and worse, they don’t reappear at all anymore unless we swap servers and back or one of us restarts their flight and “rejoins” the MP server.
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Yep, I’m noticing a lot of this lately. Basically everyone in the group vanishes, maybe leaving one or two of us, we can all see each other but can’t see the main group. This actually seems like a different issue, as opposed to the random disappearing, but I reckon both issues are related.
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FYI - had this issue for evers… CHECK YOUR COMPUTER’S TIME.
Buddy’s computer was off by 5 minuites. Resynced time properly, setup to auto sync, now ZERO problems with seeing each other in multiplayer.
May not fix everyone, but might fix some.
Somehow this thread keeps getting other multiplayer issues grouped in with it.
I will link a post of a previous video posted by a community member that shows the exact issue being discussed in this thread.
No other multiplayer issues are being discussed here. Please create another bug report/ thread for other issues.
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Same here, in multiplayer “All Players”, sometimes I see my wingman, sometimes not, sometimes only one sees the other, sometimes we both see each other, sometimes switching online servers helps, sometimes not. Totally annoying.
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Maybe this is one of the causes:
Microsoft: Azure läuft wohl teils mit deutlich limitierter Kapazität - Golem.de
Sorry article in in german, but you can use deepl.com to translate in your native language.
Long story short:
Microsoft has problems with its Azure Network. Some of the data centres are running under high loads.
This problem is not to 100% Microsofts fault. it is more because of the current chip shortage.
This issue has been getting worse lately, not better. It’s particularly bad right now
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Yep, still happens to my dad and me when we fly. We lose each other’s planes every few minutes, and we have to switch to another server to see each other again, wasting ~30 seconds at a time. It’s really annoying, and I wish Asobo could sort it out.
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Still no solution to this - no announcements to say hey - we know what it is - we know how to fix it. Its great to see so many updates and upgrades to the sim, but this issue really needs top level attention - For a platform that showcases so much group flying - fly with your friends - I mean why after sooo long are we still having these issues? We are talking prior to SU5
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I seem to be having this issue. I’ve noticed a lack of other players in the sim. I only saw one other aircraft when taking off from Las Vegas before whereas there’s normally 10-20 people buzzing around and there’s no name plates in the sky like before.
Doing it AGAIN tonight. A small group of about 12 of us on the SE Asia server. 3 of us basically can see each other, and the other 9 can see each other. It’s like 3 of us moved to another server. This sim has been an absolute mess regarding servers, ever since SU5.
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Are some of you in the Beta? I realised I was in the beta and reinstalled back to the normal version and all players reappeared.
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No mate, not in the Beta.
It came back to normal after a half hour or so, but I mean that’s not really good enough. The idea of doing group flights heavily depends on the reliability of the servers. The sim is marketed as being multiplayer friendly when it clearly isn’t.
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Anyway even if we post something, nothing happens,
So we can only wait, maybe one day they will remember that it was a Multiplayer Sim 
Just for this memory, in case…
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That behavior simply is since day 1 of the msfs.
The group ability was NEVER usable.
The group capacity is to low and the group servers are totally unreliable.
Asobo should urgently fix that, instead of pushing new features!!!
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Push this thread up, because imho it’s an very important topic.
PLEASE VOTE FOR IT!
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I can’t see my friends list at all! Online friends are NEVER visible for me, some can see me just fine and even invite me to a group, but I can’t see them let alone accept their invite. They’re on PC and Steam like I am. I just can’t play with them whatsoever. It’s making me really mad.
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I’m noticing this too. It was never great to begin with, but since SU10 it seems to have been completely broken. I don’t know if this has anything to do with the main issue though (ie people disappearing in multiplayer while flying together) but I suspect that it’s somehow related.
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Very frustrating problem. I fly every Sunday with a group of 6-12 and every week it is diff. Sometimes some flyers can see others…some time no one can see anyone and some times u may see one or two in the group. Not sure why this problem cannot be fixed by the Devs. We have tried everything from settings changes to using diff aircraft. Really taking the fun out of group flying. We are talking to one another during the flight using team speak.
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More than 12 months since this issue was reported and its been under investigation for a long time. Some sort of insight would be appreciated other than “looking into it”. I dont for a second think the issue is a simple fix but I would really like to see this being made a priority
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