dcc
P-38 nut
Using an aviation analogy...that was by far the most turbulent update experience yet for me.
Up until today I had counted myself very lucky -- compared to some -- that I've had relatively smooth experiences with the updates since I got the sim last fall. But I wasn't so lucky this time.
As with previous updates and patches, I prepared by quarantining the communities folder add-ons, downloading the lastet launcher from MS store, re-booting the PC, logging off/back on to XBOX, etc. Yet, despite all that, it got stuck in unpacking loops many times (probably 10 or 15) as it downloaded and unpacked the airplanes and other non-France/Benelux files. Some of the times it would resume after hitting pause, exit and restarting the game. Some times I had to log in/out of Windows, sometimes I had to reboot to get it to resume d/l.
I just spent close to 6 hours with this update (despite very good d/l speeds) and have re-booted the PC a few times times, and it only just finished the second phase of the update. I haven't downloaded France/Benelux yet, I'm almost afraid to.
Then I encountered a new bug -- I took the C152 up for a quick flight and found that if I hit Esc (to get to settings) and then resume, it would shut off my fuel mixture, causing the engine to die. It took me a bit to figure that one. What a great new feature!
I've confirmed this happens on the C172 as well, perhaps it's all props with mixture controls.
Isn't beta testing fun ?
- dcc
[edit, after reading some posts on the official forum, this bug is related to the sim resetting controller axes to 50% or somesuch... I see another hotfix coming...]
Up until today I had counted myself very lucky -- compared to some -- that I've had relatively smooth experiences with the updates since I got the sim last fall. But I wasn't so lucky this time.
As with previous updates and patches, I prepared by quarantining the communities folder add-ons, downloading the lastet launcher from MS store, re-booting the PC, logging off/back on to XBOX, etc. Yet, despite all that, it got stuck in unpacking loops many times (probably 10 or 15) as it downloaded and unpacked the airplanes and other non-France/Benelux files. Some of the times it would resume after hitting pause, exit and restarting the game. Some times I had to log in/out of Windows, sometimes I had to reboot to get it to resume d/l.
I just spent close to 6 hours with this update (despite very good d/l speeds) and have re-booted the PC a few times times, and it only just finished the second phase of the update. I haven't downloaded France/Benelux yet, I'm almost afraid to.
Then I encountered a new bug -- I took the C152 up for a quick flight and found that if I hit Esc (to get to settings) and then resume, it would shut off my fuel mixture, causing the engine to die. It took me a bit to figure that one. What a great new feature!
I've confirmed this happens on the C172 as well, perhaps it's all props with mixture controls.Isn't beta testing fun ?
- dcc
[edit, after reading some posts on the official forum, this bug is related to the sim resetting controller axes to 50% or somesuch... I see another hotfix coming...]
