Severe Problems on Xbox After Sim Update 9

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I’m wondering if the recent account verification and connection issues are caused by Microsoft frantically messing with the server-side code in the background? Naturally, without any word from above this is just conjecture - it really would not hurt Microsofts image if they just gave a little feedback to the community as to what steps they are taking and when.

I’ve reduced settings, limited my flights and flight time since SU9 landed, the trouble is, I am slowly losing interest now - pre SU9 I was planning and making VFR flights on a nav map using protractor, ruler and E6B flight computer then flying them, between that I was doing pattern training from various airports, working my way slowly up from the C152, C172, DA62.

If i try a longer flight it starts getting jittery then the “will it” or “won’t it” CTD feeling comes in and that takes away the whole enjoyment. I dislike it being called a “Game” as for me it’s way more than that, it’s a Simulator and I was treating it as such, even to the point of studying real flight-training books on flying and navigation, a “game” to me is Grand Theft Auto and sadly, I have been using that much more than FS2020 lately. :frowning:

I really can’t see why we never get any feedback from above, it would help repair some image damage and cost them nothing at all, MS surely must realise that this is more than a game to so many, do they really not care that much???

They have created a fantastic piece of software in FS2020, built up a massive user base of loyal followers who in many cases spend heavily on add-ons only to let it sink into self-destruction by releasing poorly tested and ill-thought updates.

They should announce that no more updates will be coming until the base simulator runs as expected, with no add-ons, on PC and X-Box, with all sliders at max/default settings, live weather, live traffic, any base plane from the hangar and any length of flight. Then and only then can they start rolling forwards with carefully vetted updates, tested on real hardware not emulators.

Will it ever happen??
Not a chance, the usual MS way is to press on, patch whats busted with sticking plasters, call it a new release and stuff all those left suffering.

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757

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

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758

anyone else have their game crash about 2 hours into every flight? i’ll be flying the concorde for a long range flight and i know it’s going to crash when all my electronics go dark…about 5 minutes after that, the game crashes. it does the same no matter what plane i am in….about 2 hours in the gsme always crashes. i’m playing in xbox series s

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759

With the sim in its current state, I would not invest any more than maybe 30-45 minutes in a flight, just too much chance of wasting the time with a freeze or CTD.

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760

Yes this happens all the time. I can (eventually) get pass the world map and start a flight about 20 mins in my C172 the GPS goes blank oh here we go again CTD. I have even had it happen even after a flight and I’m taxing to parking CTD.

761

lately only in kodiak been on the way. also longer than 2 hours. no ctd if i make it on the plane. wrong flickering on the glasses, from time to time low fps. my specs since su9:
xbsx
no live traffic
no live weather
default G1000
no rolling cache

with other specs: ctd

762

some good news for me, i was able to complete the two short hops i tried to wednesday.
i had already removed all 3rd party scenery packs , but also this time the airport enhancement. (it has left runways and taxi ways bright purple but hey). i had all the graphics setting on but not live weather. kept my sofly weather installed and running.
on my 3rd flight over an hour and i did the only crash. still choppy at times under 500 feet doing a tree count and worryingly in the pattern. but even though no where as smooth as SU8 it has stopped me getting fs 2004 back out.
menu is still choppy

763

Same here ,havent flown in over a week ,the CTDs & intermittent loss of connection to server was too stressful for my health & well being :face_with_steam_from_nose:

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764

Me, the same: CTDs on every part of the game, from World map onto mid flying, fps droppings, VFR map freezing on southeastern Britain as I add waypoints during a fligh planning via MCDU from Italy to London, and even A320 neo, but I guess also the other aircraft do so, “dancing” at low altitudes during descent/approach/landing maneuvers, as i it were a lot of wind though I set wind to 0 knots and whether to clean skies.

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765

No it’s not funny at all. I am going to claim my money back, I’m done with this simulator on Xbox. I cannot fly one single route without issues or CTD’s. Asobo, money back please!

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766

Has anybody else noticed AP issues especially in A320 neo? I used to be able to at least do a DIR to a waypoint but even this seems broken lately? Also when selecting an approach up to SU8 you would see the map display modify the route accordingly but now I don’t seem to notice any changes there and when the plane turns somewhere you have no clue whether you are taken around circles or if it is actually following the new approach… Lately having fun with Kodiak and Carenado Seneca while hoping some of the amazing airliners are out and working smoothly on XBOX late summer…

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767

the a320 neo had a pletora of issues even pre su9; i’d avoid it as a plague
i know we do not have much else in terms of airliners but good lord is so bad

if something i’m grateful to the a320 since it has moved me away from airliners and now i really enjoy a lot ga planes and made me discover the joy of non gps navigation

I’ll stay away from every available airliners until pmdg boeing (even if it’s goona be a long wait)

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769

Ehm…isnt the PMDG released tomorrow?

770

for pc yes, for xbox we have to wait the wasm issue fix (su10 if i recall)

771

And even then, it won’t be available direct. So July SU10, and then add a couple of months before we see it available at the marketplace. My guess is by the end of the year.

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772

I was having an erratic time with this latest update, some crashes usually on th AI pilot, so mistakenly I decided to power down the console and unplugged it over night. BIG MISTAKE!!

Now whenever I try to plan and start a flight it CTD whenever I try to fly :frowning:

Well I won’t do that again, or should I perhaps it will correct itself, who knows?

Yes this is for me the worst Xbox X MSFS update.

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773

Yet again some oddities…

This time i experienced what some others have mentioned, twice i started the game and had to quit out after 10 minutes on the loading screen…

Once i got it to work it was ok, not great. Still some mild stuttering at times, objects even close by suddenly appearing and still pauses in the menus, plus the issue again where the cursor disappears.

I’ve still no idea how we will know if something is updated as a fix as I still get the notifications each time I start the game telling me it’s downloading in the background and to relaunch to update but it has been doing this since the SU9 update.

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I don’t want to jinx myself here, but for me this has been running pretty well for about 5 days now.
The only thing I’ve started doing is waiting for 5 mins on the main screen before going to the map page. I’ve completed flights around Scandinavia using A320, B747, Beechcraft Bonanza and Concorde.
Prior to this I was having multiple CTD issues. I’m not sure what I’ve done other than the wait time. Maybe because I’m in Australia the server load isn’t as heavy when I’m on? Who knows.

Don’t give up hope!

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775

had a good run today, five hours of flying time before CTD. ironically it was an Asobo aircraft (T-6 texan) lining up for take off on a stared airport. of course lost all the hours too

776

You did better than me. 2 flights 2 CTD.

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