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MSFS20 MSFS Update Precautions

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Hi all.

Many developers are finding the MSFS updates are causing problems such as loss of aerial addon imagery, loss of polygons, CTDs, etc... I have a Steam version, and have had some of these problems after updates. (I suspect some problems are caused by a Windows 10 update occurring after the Asobo update.) I have been able to overcome these problems.

1) Make a copy of your Official folder. It will take some time. Copy it to a hard-drive location. It's just a backup copy.
2) With Steam, you can now verify the MSFS install. This will erase your Official folder. With the Microsoft install, I believe you can repair the install ( I don't know if this will erase the Official folder).
3) Starting the sim, it will direct you to download the huge (93GB?) data. Don't do this. Exit the sim.
4) Copy the backup Official to the appropriate location. It takes me about 30 minutes to do so. Microsoft installers might need to delete the current Official folder and then copy the backup Official to the right location.
5) Restart the sim, and now you should have the ability to download the update, about 8GB in my last case. Much better than 93GB.
6) Test your developments. If the polys, aerials, airports all behave as expected, then the problem is cured... so exit the sim, and delete your copy of the Official folder, and then copy the new Official folder (with the updates). Done.

This has worked for me and and a few others.
 
yeah this is true especially for me because i cant even continue my project without me being cautious of doing something wrong, because for example, this update broke taxiway paths, so now when i open the taxiway path creator it just crashes my game when i place it down a few times, i hope they fix these issues and add more documentary!
 
I had to take an extended break from working on my project due to real life schedules. I was behind on the SDK version although I had kept the sim up to date. Everything was working with my project until I updated to SDK 0.8.0 today. Now my project will build and display correctly but when I load the airport in the scenery editor it crashes the sim. I have deleted the cache, taken things one by one out of the airport xml to see what the issue might be....all with zero success. I guess I am going to have to start the airport editing from scratch again. In the meantime until ASOBO gets this more stable I will just work on 3D assets and texturing since I am still learning all of that anyway. Too bad my airport layout, parking, and such will have to be done again possibly....
 
After several days of troubleshooting including completely emptying my community folder (of which I only had two add-ons), re-installing the SDK multiple times, trying a new blank project etc., nothing worked to fix the crash I had loading the scenery editor. I finally uninstalled the entire sim and SDK today and then re-installed. Now everything is working again with SDK 0.8.0 and my old project is opening again. I sure hope this is not going to be a frequent event....
 
My 1.11.6.0 "mandatory" fs2020 download comes thru with no buildings, just jetways and wind generators. I simply do a system restore back to the 1.10 .?? era and that dumps this turkey and gets my buildings back. There are a number of people on other sites with the same loss of buildings problem.

Their using the word mandatory is not good customer relations, IMOP.
 
As of this Sunday, Dec 6 , Asobo is back with another demand: Download our MANDATORY update(which doesn't work for some), or you will not BE "PERMITTED" TO USE YOUR PURCHASED SOFTWARE. My community folder is empty except for plane liveries.
 
There was a long discussion on the MSFS forums about mandatory updates. Sadly without them the general situation would become unmanageable with users on many different versions either by intent or neglect. I have this problem with ADE when we stopped mandatory updates since it gives many people on different versions reporting bugs that were fixed when PCs were driven by water wheels. Also with a game such as MSFS which uses live connections for much of what is going on an already difficult support situation would become impossible.
 
I don't really have an issue with the mandatory updates but they need to test their releases more and not only that but test the SDK releases vs. products already in progress. I know bugs are going to happen but they can catch alot of these project stopping issues on the front-end. I have not used any "community mods" yet to keep the sim as clean as possible. Only thing I had in my community folder was a couple of FSDT airports that I bought. I actually am not even flying the simulator for months now as I am waiting for VR and trying to learn and continue my airport project in the meantime.
 
rhumbaflappy said:
Hi all.

Many developers are finding the MSFS updates are causing problems such as loss of aerial addon imagery, loss of polygons, CTDs, etc... I have a Steam version, and have had some of these problems after updates. (I suspect some problems are caused by a Windows 10 update occurring after the Asobo update.) I have been able to overcome these problems.

1) Make a copy of your Official folder. It will take some time. Copy it to a hard-drive location. It's just a backup copy.
2) With Steam, you can now verify the MSFS install. This will erase your Official folder. With the Microsoft install, I believe you can repair the install ( I don't know if this will erase the Official folder).
3) Starting the sim, it will direct you to download the huge (93GB?) data. Don't do this. Exit the sim.
4) Copy the backup Official to the appropriate location. It takes me about 30 minutes to do so. Microsoft installers might need to delete the current Official folder and then copy the backup Official to the right location.
5) Restart the sim, and now you should have the ability to download the update, about 8GB in my last case. Much better than 93GB.
6) Test your developments. If the polys, aerials, airports all behave as expected, then the problem is cured... so exit the sim, and delete your copy of the Official folder, and then copy the new Official folder (with the updates). Done.

This has worked for me and and a few others.
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Thanks for this info.

I have only 500gb for my C: drive but 2TB for my D: drive M2 SSD. So I purchased the Microsoft Store Deluxe version and installed on my D: drive in D:\Games\XBox\ - It was on sale a week ago.
The install created LINKS in my C: drive to folders on my D: drive.
For those that installed from the Microsoft store the location of the "Official" and "Community" folders on my computer is:
D:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-902807894-4070685277-127255966-1001\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\
The Official folder is 172GB though and the Community now is empty.
Gonna back it up now as it took almost full day to download and install all the files and updates.
 
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