loki Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Microsoft has pushed out a new beat release of FSX Steam Edition. The primary change is adding telemetry to support their development of the new sim. There are, however, additional bug fixes and updates, including the reintegration of live weather. See the link below for the full release notes. https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791436916733/announcements/detail/2549529393507642734 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 This is more exciting than the new sim for me! lol I hope they do more with it in the future than look to obtain usage data. I doubt it but I'll live in hope. Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossfly68 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) Live weather is back, and actually accurate. EDIT: and it crashes to desktop. Probably my security settings, but "aint nobody got no time for that!".. back to what works Edited November 16, 2019 by Hossfly68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossfly68 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 And it gets weirder. Went back to the normal files, but it seems that there has been massive climate change on FlightSim World. Taking off over Mobile Bay and the bay is gone. There is no bay, no Gulf, no lakes, no rivers. I validated the Steam files and restarted. Nuthin! Restarted the computer. Nuthin! What can cause all water to disappear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Live weather is back, and actually accurate. EDIT: and it crashes to desktop. Probably my security settings, but "aint nobody got no time for that!".. back to what works Take a read of the comments from the link, lots and lots of problems with it atm. Can't wait to see what the new MSFS will be like if they can't manage to fix a couple of minor things without screwing everything up. lol Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossfly68 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Yep. I got excited and ran in without checking it out. I trusted that it had been checked. Won't do that again! Deactivated all my added sceneries and Ultimate Terrain and GEX. Added em all back one at a time and Mobile Bay has filled back up. Seems back to normal. More test flights will be done tomorrow to ensure that everything still works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 HHHMMM Will keep this in mind if Microsoft pushes out a "Update" for the boxed edition. Loki should lock this thread before it does anymore harm. Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywatcher12 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Loki should lock this thread before it does anymore harm. Then it'll be just like AVSIM! A Board of Directors determining what information FS users should have access too! lol Mark Daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howlak Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 No problems here with a fresh install (in D: HDD), I don't use FSX. The internal antialiasing works without Nvidia inspector and getting +100 fps. The weather engine runs very, very fast. Looks like MS boys are working and solving past mistakes My PC HP OMEN PC 880 i7-7700K 4.2GHz 32GB RAM Nvidia 1080GTX 476 GB SSD 2x1.8 TB HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) No problems here with a fresh install... That appears to be the key. As long as you do a FRESH install. Reading the comments at Steam forum, if you all ready have add-ons (who doesn't), is when the problems start. From Steam forum... Not compatible with many add ons. Fps is really higher this is good news and i am happy with the real weather again. It only works if someone reinstalles the game completely. On an existing installation, only crash. it would have been good if they had given me notice.. Edited November 17, 2019 by dogdish Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) It appears that many people got excited and skipped over the "Beta" part of the title. This is not a final release and bugs should be expected. To install it, Steam users have to go into the Steam Client and explicitly opt into the beta version. Don't see any reason to lock this thread. Edited November 17, 2019 by loki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaismith Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Wondering..... is it possible to retain the orig FSXSE, or does this Beta overwrite the settings in the AppData folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaismith Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Canx that just read "Remember that you are always able to opt out of the beta branch and return to the normal branch at any time" so I guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f16jockey_2 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 It appears that many people got excited and skipped over the "Beta" part of the title. This is not a final release and bugs should be expected. +1 on the "skipped the beta part", but... from what I read, I see no plans for a "final" release. It's above all meant as a telemetry object for a marketing study for the upcoming MSFS 2020 release. We've released a new beta branch for FSX:SE that will help us gain valuable new telemetry data that will help us in the development of the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you are interested in assisting us with this process, please follow the link below, select the branch labeled fsx-beta – External Beta and select “yes†when asked if you allow telemetry. Remember that you are always able to opt out of the beta branch and return to the normal branch at any time. IMO there's a chance it remains a beta until it has done it's purpose, to dissolve in thin air after that. Wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossfly68 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 "skipped the beta part" guilty! "Remember that you are always able to opt out of the beta branch and return to the normal branch at any time" Thank goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flacke Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Live weather is back, and actually accurate. EDIT: and it crashes to desktop. Probably my security settings, but "aint nobody got no time for that!".. back to what works I have done some flying in the Beta tonight and I just love having my Real Live weather back. What a treat and it works very well right out of the box. Too bad yours seems to have crashed to desktop but its most likely something simple. If you get some time to poke around a bit you may just discover the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malct Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Hi All, I have just downloaded the FSX Steam Beta Version and it keeps crashing on start up I click yes on the Do you want to allow telemetry, FSX page comes up and then in the right bottom corner, i get the message microsoft FS has stopped working, Saying that a problem caused the program to stop working correctly, Windows will close the program and notify me if a solution is found. Any help on this , I do not have any third party software on my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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