SU11 (40th anniversary) prevents Steam Deck from starting

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Brief description of the issue:

The program never seems to start - when running from Steam, the Steam loading screen never goes away. When running from Desktop mode, nothing displays (either the app is hanging, or it’s existing before displaying a window).

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Steam Deck

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Update 11 (40th anniversary update)

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can you clarify which app you mean exactly with “Steam Deck” ?

Did you mean you try to start MSFS from Steam ( nothing with Deck, nothing with Stream Deck ) and MSFS crash ? If so, please add the error message from windows event log.

In case you mean a different issue, please explain.

A pre note: In special if you try to start with former created links to the game, please try to start from Steam direct and renew the links.

PS: and I hope you not mean the “Steam Deck” device :rofl:

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I DID mean the Steam Deck, and it worked fine until Update 11. There is no error message; it just closes.

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Startup issue was resolved with the first post-SU11 update; keyboard popup preventing exit was resolved with the second update.

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Is it not syncing? If its a sync issue you might need to uninstall the sim on your other device then launch again on steam

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Syncing was a totally different issue that I didn’t even mention yet. That also resolved itself a few revisions ago, and now only happens if one computer has downloaded a MSFS update and the other hasn’t yet (which is totally understandable).