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MSFS - Loading times

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Hanse:
I recognized that after installing GSX the MSFS loading time increased because it seems that everytime I am starting the system all scenery directories are searched by GSX again for valid files. Cannot be this omitted?

Regards,
Rolf

BobbyFuzzy:
The scenery scan is not happening within MSFS - it is Couatl running the scan as you will see if you check "%AppData%\Roaming\virtuali\Couatl.log" - as this runs external to the sim it should therefore should not adversely affect your loading times.

If I had to make a guess the longer load times are due to MS/Asobo backend. I've just been messing with the sim and noticed especially long loading times vs just a few hours ago (no changes at all to the sim).

There is a lot of discussions currently around the online service part of MSFS causing issues with CTD's and this I suspect this could also be affecting load times in certain scenarios. Considering my case above.

Thanks,
Rob

virtuali:

--- Quote from: Hanse on August 22, 2022, 03:10:29 pm ---I recognized that after installing GSX the MSFS loading time increased because it seems that everytime I am starting the system all scenery directories are searched by GSX again for valid files. Cannot be this omitted?
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This should happen only the first time you start GSX, not always.

It's normal to be happening if you change something in the scenery library, like adding/re-linking or removing/un-linking a scenery, because GSX must always have the currently active sceneries database updated, otherwise it will read the wrong airports.

If you are using a tool to constantly change the active sceneries list, you are forcing GSX to do a rescan every time. HOWEVER, this scan is NOT done internally to MSFS, so it won't affect MSFS loading time in any way, it done in a separate background thread so, the only downside of a rescan is that you'll have to wait longer before GSX can be used after starting a flight.

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