I would like to see an auto updater that could update GSX in the background when sim is not being used, or a tray icon to notify you that a GSX update is available.. Nothing is more frustrating than loading the sim, finding out GSX is out of date and GSX being goofy because you didnt update or know there was an update.
#Add Auto Updater or a tray notication icon to alert of GSX updates
mint ember
pine mauve
This!!! Given that FS2020/24 don't allow GSX to be updated while running as did P3D/FSX.
sick crane
Do you really want another program that starts with Windows, staying in the Traybar permanently for as long Windows is running ?
The current notification system ( sad face in the menu ) is not invasive, doesn't take memory, doesn't annoy with a pop-up and doesn't effect any operation if you don't want to update now
And no, in FSX/P3D you could only perform some updates without quitting the sim, which were labeled as "minor updates", which were those affecting just the code GSX code like Python scripts. Even if FSX/P3D, we also had "major updates" which required to quit the sim and were all those which involved models or textures, new operators, etc.
In MSFS, there's even less things that can be updated "on the fly", because the way of the packages are structured, with a layout.json that must match every file, and this is "mounted" when the sim starts. This is even more strict in MSFS 2024, were even a mis-match in size (common when a file is updated) would make the package invalid and being skipped from loading.
mint ember
I am fine with that, I would rather have a notification that an update or app that does the auto update while not in the sim. I find GSX does not work as well when it’s out of date and needs an update. (Example pushback was glitchy and studdery as hell pushing back a couple days ago when it said GSX was out of date…) I would rather deal with a tray icon/ notification or auto updater running in the background, gsx can be stay updated for a smoother experience
sick crane
I am fine with that, I would rather have a notification that an update or app th...
There's no way to create a notification in the sim without you opening the menu first (toolbar menus can't pop-up programmatically unless you open it manually first), and by the time you open the menu, you would have already seen the current "notification" of the update as a sad face + the version on the bottom of the menu.
If you read my previous explanation, you would have known there's no way to update an MSFS package automatically "in the background" while the sim is running so, such update would only possibly work for anything that doesn't touch any file in the Community.
An auto-updater "in the background", outside the sim, would require a Windows app permanently running, but in addition to the impact on memory, cpu cycles, some network traffic every now and then to check for updates, it would also have to: block you from running MSFS if an update is being performed, which is neither easy or desirable OR it should at minimum disable itself if you started MSFS while an update was being performed, because it would be very likely it won't work (with some files updated and others not yet) and if the update covered any file located in any one of the packages in the Community folder, they would require a sim restart in any case.
I don't think there are any add-ons that can update themselves on the fly like that, except those that are almost completely server-based.