SU6 - tips for a smooth update

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Sound advice :+1:

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Actually you didnā€™t lose much.

I shouldā€™ve mentioned in my post that, although backing up the content saves you a huge amount of downloading, most of the content didnā€™t work with SU5 so it had to be updated anyway.

That for me was the one exception.

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That of course can happen (after the update), but the content of the Community folder will not influence the update in any way.

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MS advise us to clear the community folder; thatā€™s good enough for me.

Better safe than sorry.

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Thanks - Very good information and tips.

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Thatā€™s true - but read my post as to why it is a helpful thing to do, and Asobo recommend this themselves (this was from world update 6):

  1. For PC users: Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the titleā€™s performance and behavior. Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.

There have also been reports from people where it DID influence the sim update.

Also bear in mind that when the update finishes, the sim continues to load - potentially with broken community folder material that could lead to an immediate crash. This is what that step is trying to avoid.

As I said above, you donā€™t have to do any of this if you donā€™t want to.

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Thatā€™s after the update.

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But that doesnā€™t mean that itā€™s productive to remove everything from the Community folder before updating. Only if you experience problems after updating should you empty it to check if something in it is now incompatible with the sim.

Absolutely nothing goes on in the Community folder during an update, so moving it proactively only serves as one more thing that can go wrong if you fumble.

The general guide lines from Asobo, that you quote yourself in another post, clearly supports me on this if you read it carefully.

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Iā€™ve got about 60+ items in my community folder (planes, liveries, scenery packs ) and Iā€™ve never done anything before an update and never had a problem..Iā€™ll be doing the same as usual, hit the install button, wait for it to finish, restart my pc and then go flying :+1:

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This is great what you didā€¦ but 2021 is the year we are inā€¦ App upgrades should not require step by step instructions and this much effort. All these draconian steps (folder and backup management) need to be done in the background.

That you for your very clear, detailed instructions.

Microsoft, the update is cumbersome!

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and only IF you suffer from stability issues- which i have rarely ( if ever ) experienced.

YMMV i guess

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Iā€™m not going to argue with anyone who says this is all not required, never had a problem etc. It is entirely your choice what you do.

However, here is what Asobo included in the patch notes for World Update 6 (specifically for @pdeswardt @NeilPearlJam @hendis55 @kaha300d):

Do I need to do anything with add-ons in the community folder?

We highly recommended that you move the content from your community folder to a temporary location on your hard drive before applying the patch and replacing after testing the new version.

Note the use of the words ā€œbefore applying the patchā€.

You can see the whole patch notes/help guide here:

Also, if you want a flavour of the angst, wailing and general gnashing of teeth that these updates can create, a lot of which is caused by not doing some simple things to make it go more smoothly, have a cruise through the rest of the thread I just linked.

It is, of course, entirely up to you what you do, so with that I bid you adios.

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and

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\MISSIONS\ACTIVITIES

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Well itā€™s already Wednesday in Auckland so for some , no.

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Microsoft, the update is cumbersome!

P3D was cumbersome, especially when the client updates didnā€™t work afterwards and you had to reinstall e-v-e-r-y b-l-o-d-d-y addon for hours on end. Renaming a Community folder is so much easier or following the checklist above. Even with all the bugs and problems MSFS2020 had in the meantime - my flying-to-tinkering ratio is much better. Less config-headaches and more aviation. Letā€™s hope that this update works well for you and me both - in fact for all fellow virtual aviators :slight_smile:

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Also delete all files and folders from

C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\packages

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Great adviceGordon above appreciated

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Updating live Steam Version

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ā€œIn the meantime @Asobo Studio with Jorg, Sebastian and Martialā€ā€¦

Jorg: "Seb..have you send SU-6 already..?

Sebastian: ā€œNope, not yet..whyā€?

Jorg: ā€œThere might be a small problem, so Iā€™m not sure if we should take the risk of getting flooded with questions againā€.

Martial: ā€œDonā€™t be such a ***** Just press the freaking send-buttonā€!

Jorg: ā€œIā€™ve got an idea, just a secā€¦ Jummi!..JUMMMMI!!..could you come over her for a momentā€?

Jummivana: ā€œSup guysā€?

Jorg: ā€œWe were wondering if you could be so kind to just press this here left mouse buttonā€.

Jummivana: ā€œWhat does it doā€?

Martial: ā€œNahh..just a small kind of update thingyā€¦thatā€™s why it says SU-6..Small Update6 get itā€?

Jummivana: ā€œAl right, no problemā€¦but where are you all running to all of a suddenā€?

J. S. M.: We had planned a short vacation..somewhere out in the country, you know. Just relaxing, no Social Media, Phoneā€¦that kind of stuff.
So we count to 10 and then you press the button deal"?

Jummivana: "Sounds greatā€¦here we goā€¦ 10, 9, 8ā€¦

*Sound of squeaking tiresā€¦

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Right so the Update is 120MB? its downloaded that and now just boots up as normal every timeā€¦??..come on!! this is getting beyond a bloody joke now