kingnorris

That’s fine, my lips are sealed. Lol. as was stated, whatever makes a flight sim user happy is all that matters. I got a buddy of mine who only swears by X Plane. He won’t ever touch Microsoft ever. that’s all good.

That’s right. and no need to drag users of other sims thru the mud either. (Not you, but some who have)

I’m used to it I guess. Going back to FSX, after awhile if an add on had no VC, I’d pass on it. again that’s just me.

Personally, I don’t miss the 2D cockpits. when I’m driving my car, I look around and see everything. The 3D panels simulate this, not a gauge cluster in my face. Just my personal opinion.

It was freezing for me using the FBW A320 as well.

Have you tried using VR?

Still having this issue, I searched and searched online yet again, and one thing suggested was turning off online AI. I switched to offline AI and was able to complete a flight finally. Also, it was suggested to try a different flight plan on Simbrief than the one they give first. (most common or something like that). I'll try that next. But after one session, the online AI seemed to be the culprit. For now, of course. More testing is needed, but for now, it's given me something to try other than reinstallation....

I mean, default flight planning isn’t bad, but for those that want “as real as it gets”, Simbrief and Navigraph were both highly recommended to me when I first bought MSFS. I see both points.

So what do you input as for example, the cost index? Just a random number? Performance? Etc? Just curious; that's why I use Simbrief. They select all that.

I have the PMDG. You need to input fuel, weights, winds, waypoints, approaches, altitudes, etc. By using Simbrief, it's all pre-determined and it'll input the info for me.

Simbrief makes it easier to program the FMC....lol....just "plug and play". No 15-20 minutes of programming each waypoint, weights, fuel, etc.

Although I don’t have Pilot2atc, I’m beginning to think the waypoint issue is the culprit. I’ve done two flights now using default MSFS flight planning and no freezes. using just simbrief I got freezes at almost the exact same location every time.

So…. using just the default MSFS flight plan, selecting the origin, destination, cruise alt etc and NOT Simbrief AT ALL, I finally completed a flight with zero freeze. Coincidence???

It's not just the FBW, at least not in my case. Happens with my PMDG 737 as well.

Never was an issue since I bought MSFS and my new gaming PC. (Specs in sig) Only recently has this been happening.

It’s even worse now. Every flight. Every. Single. One! I get the freeze. Deleting cache no longer works. Only solution is restarting the flight after using task manager to shut down MSFS. But if I wait one day, I get the freeze yet again. I just don’t get it. No errors or anything. Internet is strong. Video card drivers up to date. Not ready to ditch the sim yet but then again, if I can’t use it….

“You are 45 miles south. Descend and maintain 3000 feet…” while I’m currently at 32,000 feet. talk about a rapid ear exploding descent… lol

Since flying the newly acquired PMDG 737, I don't even use the ATC anymore; just listen as they talk to other aircraft. (So it's not so quiet lol) but it's always been a bit off as far as giving me directions, so it isn't missed.

Me too. Their all chromed livery was sick in my opinion!

So here's an update: After clearing my cache (Thanks Tiger!), I managed to do the entire flight with no freeze ups. To JSkorna---overheating didn't seem to be an issue. But I appreciate your input!

Recently bought the PMDG 737-600 for $35 bucks.

That’ll be my last resort. thanks. If that fails, guess I’m $crewed.

No add on scenery. All default. Even with no flight plan filed, if I just take off and fly a bit, it freezes up shortly after reaching cruise or close to it. Last thing I’m gonna try is reverting my drivers. I just don’t know how far back I should go with those.

So this started Dec 19, after I purchased PMDG's 737-600. I can take off, fly, and get to cruise altitude, but soon after, the sim freezes with the sound still going. I mean a complete freeze, meaning absolutely nothing works. I tried waiting it out to see if it would resume at some point, but after almost 30 minutes, it did not. I have to Ctrl Alt Delete and close the sim via the task manager. Which of course means, going back in I get the "MSFS did not close properly" and I have to choose "Start in normal mode". No crash to desktop with an error warning, nothing. It's like the sim paused itself. Thinking it was the newest aircraft, I uninstalled it and flew the same route with the FBW A320, and the same thing happened, nearly the same area as well. I updated my drivers to the newest ones (Dec 12) to no avail. I lowered my graphics, nothing. All this happened after the latest update, which I thought was scenery only. Google was no help. Anybody else have this issue? Again, it's not a freeze on the loading screen, not a freeze on the "fly now", etc. It's during a relatively short flight (Around an hour and a half), shortly after reaching cruise alt.

I don't update anymore. Seems every time I do, MSFS crashes.