FS4 Load Times

I have an i7 pc with an RTX 4080, with a Samsung 980 Pro SSD. I fly only in VR using Quest 3 goggles and Virtual Desktop. When I first installed FS4 about a year ago, it loaded very quickly (about 5-10 seconds to the menu screen). However, within the last year (after an update, don’t remember which), the load time from hitting “Play” to getting the menu screen in VR has increased to about a minute. It’s been pretty consistent at a minute since then. I did recently restart the program after a crash, and it loaded in 5 seconds, which prompted this post. Has anyone else experienced this? What load times are people experiencing?

Zitat von Jet-Pack (IPACS)

Do you have global scenery streaming turned on but no internet connection? Then it waits for a bit and tries again and again for up to 1 min.

The other reasons could be user made made contents that have issues loading. Try removing that as well for testing.

Thanks for the replies. I do have global scenery turned on, but have a 1Gb up/down internet connection. I have no other user content other than the default program . Just for reference, how quick of a load time should I expect on a system like mine?

Zitat von Jugac64

Hi, tell us more about your setup please, so we can try to help you.

I have a i9-14900KF CPU with an RTX 4080 GPU, with a 2TB SSD. I run Aerofly in VR mode using Virtual Desktop with a dedicated 6e router and Meta Quest 3 headset. The installation is stock, with global scenery turned on. I have a 1 GB/sec up/down connection. I also have the TCA Airbus Captain pack (joystick and throttle quadrant with flap/airbrake levers. Performance under VR is great (Ultra settings) with a 1.50 resolution multiplier.

As noted previously, I remember the program loading very quickly (about 5-10 seconds) after hitting "Play" in Steam. However, a few months ago, after one of the updates, the load times went up to about a minute. It now loads slower than MSFS2020. The only other thing I can think of is installing and uninstalling the beta version a few months ago.

I'm just wondering what kind of load times people are seeing and what I should expect. I'm thinking of reinstalling, but not sure that will fix it due to all the stuff Steam "remembers" about the installation.

Zitat von Armitage

I noticed the same happening to my AFS4. I checked the tm.log and saw that after moving some custom scenarios to (what I believed) an archive directory, I actually led AFS4 on a wild goose chase for missing files.

Properly deleting the files restored my boot-up time for the simulator.

For a quick test you can rename the Aerofly folder in your user documents directory, essentially starting with a clean slate. If this fixes your problem, you know that your user directory is to blame, and can re-renane the directory to start checking for the main cause.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Armitage!

You were spot on - something corrupted in my Documents folder. Renamed my old one as you suggested, started up the program to create a new Aerofly FS4 folder and it loads in 5 seconds like it did before. Now copying over the subfolders one by one to keep my bindings/preferences, etc.

Thanks again...