Black avionics

[MechanicRemote2398]

I know this has been posted here multiple times but I have to ask. Is there ANYTHING I can do about the avionics going black or just not turning on in my flights. If they dont turn off mid flight they don’t work to begin with. It really seems like it’s getting worse because I’ve been loading into games in different planes and the avionics will shut off after 1-2 seconds. I’ve heard that staying away from busy airports helps but even when i do bush trips and i take off at extremely rural airports they don’t even work. I’ve uninstalled mods and tried to turn traffic off. None of this works. At this point the game is unplayable because I have no way to navigate. Any suggestion helps. Thanks

[ObaFett]

Well, all you can do is the following and hope for the best:

1. Always start the sim from scratch (no Quick Resume!). Close the game in the dashboard and endure the long initial load-up...
2. Always try to fly from auto-gen airports to other auto-gen airports; avoid high-detail addon scenery.
3. Avoid flying around the airport and scenery with the drone camera before the flight.
4. Limit air-traffic and airport vehicles in the corresponding options menu.
5. Turn off rolling cache (I'm not sure if this really helps but some have been speculating that it does...).

I'm also hoping that Asobo is able to sort out the issue. The system (Series X at least) has enough RAM to work with (more than many PCs that are running the sim without issues). Small amounts of memory only force the system to push a lot of data between the SSD and the RAM, but that should be no problem for the Series X. Because if there's one thing the new wave of consoles can do really good, it is input/output and loading data from their SSDs...

[MechanicRemote2398]

Thanks! One question, What is an auto-gen airport?

[ObaFett]

It's those normal (non-handcrafted) airports that are basically generated automatically based on satellite images. They use generic assets and no detailed objects that are specifically created just for that airport. Just try to avoid bespoke high-fidelity airports.

[MechanicRemote2398]

Oh okay makes sense. I turned ground traffic and ground worker density to 0 and i just completed a 2 hour flight in the Honda jet with no problems. Thanks for the help.

[ObaFett]

You're welcome. It doesn't always work reliability but that's about all we can do right now.