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[cormack12]

So its out as of now right? Where's the reviews?

I don't think they dropped any review code. They wanted to avoid a day one patch so it's released at the same time for everyone.

Probably have impressions up within the hour from some youtube channels desperate for traffic though

 

[nikos]

Language loading simulator?

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Language loading simulator?

I've been stuck at 6% for like 5 minutes

 

[nemiroff]

The download was over in the blink of an eye. But now sort of very slowly getting there.. I guess I have plenty time to unpack my big pile of gear while waiting

Marketplace currently isn’t available, everything I had downloaded previously says it is being streamed but any purchases made will be available soon. Seems like a cleaner version of 2020 so far with the menus.

How tf are you already in..?

 

[missiles]

Hanging on "Customize Identity" for the last 10 minutes. Don't know whether to leave it or reboot. So very MS.

 

[nikos]

I've been stuck at 6% for like 5 minutes

Took a few but mine is finally moving. People on Steam forums also posting about it.

 

[calistan]

Very cool.

The game has decent support for that kind of hardware?

As far as I can tell, it supports absolutely everything.

Mapping various types of weird hardware is really easy, you can search for the exact function you want to put on a button, or press the button to see what it's already mapped to.

edit: PC only, if that's not obvious. Xbox requires Xbox certified controllers.

 

[WoodyStare]

How tf are you already in..?

The initial load time on Xbox only took about 5 minutes. Hoping that’s not necessary every time or it’s at least faster in subsequent launches.

 

[nikos]

Loading process on PC is taking a while and it's not really utilizing any of my system components or internet connection.

 

[cormack12]

Activating packages on xsx. Taking a bit of time like

 

[Xdrive05]

On PC and it’s still activating my 9 inch package, er, 9% packages.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Bought Aviator Edition. Let's see for how many hours it will download the damn game.

 

[Spukc]

why the fuck is unpacking so fucking slow?

 

[cormack12]

It's stuck on customise identity for me. I dont know which one to pick.

Ffs, it froze. Reset and now it's unpacking again

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

It's stuck on customise identity for me. I dont know which one to pick.

Ffs, it froze. Reset and now it's unpacking again

I see some things are as stable as PS4 firmware updates.

 

[pudel]

Okay, I see...i can relax with buying and installing it.

 

[shoplifter]

Seems they completely redid the UI and now I can't find where anything is

 

[TheStam]

At 10% now, time to activate packages, let's go! Cool elevator music that plays even when minimized for our listening pleasure.

 

[cormack12]

Hung on this screen. Fuck sake doing it again

 

[WoodyStare]

Just rebooted the game to see how long it took to load again and it was about two minutes or less. Not ideal but it could be worse.

 

[cormack12]

 

[cormack12]

94% - Loading unusually long...

 

[nemiroff]

After a LONG while between 5-15% it suddenly jumped to 100%.

Edit: Minor complaint here while getting the sim up and running.. I kinda can't get over the character design.. Out of 800 people working on this, they couldn't find a better artist..? The faces look like absolute ASS.

 

[TVexperto]

Bought Aviator Edition. Let's see for how many hours it will download the damn game.

Its only 11gb, rest is unpacking which is amazing technical achievement considering mfs20 was over 200gb

 

[SyberWolf]

i'm also stuck on that screen, restarted the game now its loading again from scratch wtf

 

[Spukc]

what language is this big?

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Its only 11gb, rest is unpacking which is amazing technical achievement considering mfs20 was over 200gb

It's a launcher, not the game.

 

[cormack12]

what language is this big?

Welsh, they need to include all the L's

 

[poppabk]

what language is this big?

Yeah I am stuck loading language too. Not a big deal as I'm just getting the install ready, but would be painful if I was ready to play.

 

[FalconPunch]

Its only 11gb, rest is unpacking which is amazing technical achievement considering mfs20 was over 200gb

It's not really amazing at all. They're just streaming the data so you can't play offline. Instead of paying the bandwidth cost once, you'll pay it everytime you want to play the game. It's very annoying.

 

[Ammogeddon]

10% activating packages torture.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

2% loading language

10 hours of install here we gooooooooooooo

 

[rodrigolfp]

Are their servers being hammered or just bugged stuff?

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Are their servers being hammered or just bugged stuff?

Typical Azure stuff, it's MSFS 2020 launch all over again.

Power of the cloud, my ass.

 

[35cent]

Good thing that my spidy senses tingled and I decided to wait a bit before installing it. Looks like it takes hours at the moment.

 

[BigLee74]

I get to the point where I can select my airport in free flight, then it just spins away loading forever. Not made it into the game yet.

Oh, and warnings that my bandwidth is low with my FTTP 1gig connection (although admittedly nowhere near that on my XSX WiFi).

Typical teething issues I assume.

 

[TheStam]

Took me 40+ minutes to get from 10 to 17%. Then now boom 50, 84, 100 in a few seconds...

 

[cormack12]

These accident scars are traumatic

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

fml

 

[rodrigolfp]

fml

Same here. The nerve of them saying unusually...

 

[Aion002]

Series S:

And the game crashed...

 

[TheMan]

Yeah, I’m reading about nothing but problems so far. Still have 2020 installed so i might hold off on this today

 

[rodrigolfp]

Series S:

And the game crashed...

You downloaded the FS 98.

 

[Wonko_C]

I heard this edition does multithreading a lot better? I believe CPU was my bottleneck for VR in FS2020. I have an i5 11400F and a 3070 Ti, I went below 30fps in big cities.

 

[calistan]

fml

I've got exactly the same message. 97%. I'm going to quit and come back when the servers are taking less of a pounding, this is a waste of electricity.

 

[nemiroff]

Typical Azure stuff, it's MSFS 2020 launch all over again.

Power of the cloud, my ass.

You're such a drama queen.. It's not even close to 2020. It took hours and hours to download and decompress 2020, even after launch. And that style process also took place for big updates. This time the whole process for 2024 took me a mere fraction of the time - At peak congestion.

I heard this edition does multithreading a lot better? I believe CPU was my bottleneck for VR in FS2020. I have an i5 11400F and a 3070 Ti, I went below 30fps in big cities.

Correct. True multithreading is one of the big things this time.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

You're such a drama queen.. It's not even close to 2020. It took hours and hours to download and decompress 2020, even after launch. And that style process also took place for big updates. This time the whole process for 2024 took me a mere fraction of the time - At peak congestion.

Happy for you, lol. I'm stuck at 97% for half an hour now.

 

[Aion002]

You downloaded the FS 98.

Even Red Baron 3d looked better in my memory.

 

[Burger]

Strange a French company launching something like this at the end of their business day.

 

[Kvally]

Downloading now. Pretty stoked. Gonna try it on my lunch here at work.