Weird message - Friend request is a long variable name

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These past 15 days, every time I open FS2020 I get this wierd message
“MENU.COMMUNITY_friend_request_received_desc”
It appears only with MSFS

Anybody else gets this?

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Hmm… this was reported in the PerformancePLUS beta:
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/friend-request-appears-as-a-long-variable-name-instead-of-normal-text-still-an-issue-in-1-18-9-0/415459

It either wasn’t fixed or broke along the way since then.

EDIT: I just realized that link is not accessible to anyone who was not in the PerformacePLUS Beta, but I’m leaving it there for staff.

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Hi,

can you mention which version of MSFS you have installed ?

I found the translation for that key in the language files in SU10, as example

\fs-base\en-US.locPak

“MENU.COMMUNITY_FRIEND_REQUEST_RECEIVED_DESC”: “{PLAYER_NAME} wants to be your friend.”,

thut it should show you the text you see.

Or have you changed some files, folders ?

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Had a corrupted Locpak file that was showing me that kind of error for DLSS options in the Graphics menu.

My fix was to rename fs-base in Official Packages folder and restart the sim, force a partial download.

That’s potentially 13GB compressed, so be warned.

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I have the latest version of the deluxe edition.
Thanks to all for your responses.
I get this message only for 40 seconds when FS is loading, so I guess I can live with it!