How is MSFS not crashing for you?

[olarnser]

Some people seem to be able to run MSFS without a hitch, you lucky so-and-so, while for many others the game is always stuttering and crashing, even people with high end CPU and graphics cards. If you are able to run the game very well, do share with us how you are able to do it!

[Oz Gaming]

I've been playing for 46 hours now and not one single game crash. High settings. All running smoothly.

[Banz]

how is your build? i havent had a crash yet.

[Moga CMDR]

my 4700k and 1070 typically don't crash unless i am modding stuff. ^_^


I did have about 2-4 crashes at two airports, but I think it was just a quirk. I'm not overly concerned.

[Bilbo]

Same thing. I have the recommended spec but about 5 or 10 mins into a flight the game freezes, sounds stutters and it crashes. Tried pretty much all the suggestions and it still won't run properly. Running out of ideas...

[Detective Dan]

5500 xt
2700x
32gb ddr4 @ 2996

no crashes yet. Playing ultra. Went to LAX and experienced frame drops (expected though). Cleared up shortly. I am running it on a solid state with a gig internet so....i may have some advantage

[Maki Nishikino]

I don't tinker around with anything regarding hardware. I run a mixture of High and Ultra and it runs just fine, no crashes at all. What I have noticed in other games is when people crash the question of "Are you overclocking anything?" is asked and generally speaking the OP will say they are.

[Shλl' D.]

Just in case this helps for some reason, I've played through all the training missions and messed around a little bit (I know, that's not much flying, but I'm a noob), and did not experience any difficulty (except some lag when the map loads but it goes away quite fast).

My setup:
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
16,0 Go Dual-Channel DDR3
Crucial SSD
1GB fiber internet.
This machine is around 5yo.

Playing on medium settings with FPS capped at 30 in order to avoid putting too much stress on the machine. I did not mess with the settings so I'm sure there's better ones to suit your hardware.

[brotherofgurnip]

I was crashing every 30-60 seconds of loading into the game map, despite having a PC capable of running high-end to ultra graphics.

What fixed it for me was increasing my system's paging file to 16 GB for both drives (game is installed on D: for me) - Also by going into the games folder and setting the .exe to run as administrator.

I would check online to see if your system can use higher paging file limits!

Edit: I also disabled MSI Afterburner on startup, and reset values to default.

[Secretagentshyguy001]

I turned off Geforce experience and any other overlays.

[svennoj]

I'm playing on an under powered laptop and only had two crashes so far. One from unplugging the flight stick mid flight (should be fixed in the patch) and once while contacting atc (so now I let my co-pilot do the atc stuff)

The longest I had the game running was 16 hours continuously without issues. I did make sure windows has plenty space for swap files since 16 GB RAM is not enough in dense areas.

[[aTm] pickledmidget]

Originally posted by Shλl' D.:

Just in case this helps for some reason, I've played through all the training missions and messed around a little bit (I know, that's not much flying, but I'm a noob), and did not experience any difficulty (except some lag when the map loads but it goes away quite fast).

My setup:
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
16,0 Go Dual-Channel DDR3
Crucial SSD
1GB fiber internet.
This machine is around 5yo.

Playing on medium settings with FPS capped at 30 in order to avoid putting too much stress on the machine. I did not mess with the settings so I'm sure there's better ones to suit your hardware.

hello. i have almost the same system as you.

i7-4790
gtx970
16gig ram
HHD
100 m internet

did you use the preset MEDIUM? or did you adjust things. i would like to use your settings to see what performance i get out ot it.

thank you for any help you can give.

[m_j_lyons]

Running a few year old MSI laptop - model GE62VR 6RF. (I7-6700 @2.66GHz, 16 GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, game runs of mechanical drive but cache is on a SSD, and a have a 500M fiber connection to the house and very fast wifi). Steam overlay on and streaming video enabled. I also run with the OnAir.Company app running and a Chrome webpate with navigation information up.

I've had 1 crash to desktop which happened after landing and while switching to OnAir.Company app - it was a total fluke I think. I run on high settings, use full internet download for updated graphics, real-world traffic, real-world weather, and full multiplayer visuals. I do get studdering from time to time - much like FSX had in the early months before optimizations really honed in - but it's nothing I can't live with. I was running on Ultra for a few days and feel that High settings are good enough with the benefit of less studdering in busy areas. Clouds seem to be the killer for me - if I make it clear I'm totally fine anywhere. But make it a big puffy cloud day with good visibility and the frames take a hit.

Good luck. Fly safe.