USA UPDATE anyone have the details ?

[AmeliaCat 201]

I ve downloaded new patch and expected some sort of USA Splash screen or USA tour in the UI but its still JAPAN..

on the main menu there is an icon that says NEW for the world map but what its saying is new I have no idea..

So did they actually do anything?  Its kinda odd they haven't pointed out int he game what the updated parts are.. we are supposed to fly aound the whole county and guess ?

[Drumcode 1,893]

 

[AmeliaCat 201]

Yah ...Ive even checked the official forums and there isnt anything detailing whats updated either. 

[samcan 37]

World Update 2 (USA) hasn't yet been released. It's not on the Development Roadmap as of the October 8th update.

[Blat14 34]

2 minutes ago, AmeliaCat said:

So did they actually do anything?  Its kinda odd they haven't pointed out int he game what the updated parts are.. we are supposed to fly aound the whole county and guess ?

Seems so, perhaps it's one of the new Missions, first person to spot 10 changes gets a medal.

Had a quick look at the USA in a few areas I've been before, (San diego, Portland and up around some of the great lakes but I didn't notice anything different so far.

 

[AmeliaCat 201]

2 minutes ago, samcan said:

World Update 2 (USA) hasn't yet been released. It's not on the Development Roadmap as of the October 8th update.

HUH  Either alot of os are bad at reading or Microsoft is making this really confusing.. as far as updates etc etc.. ok guess ill just be happy with what ever they fixed

[Blat14 34]

Yeah I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere that the USA update was with patch 4 but I can't remember where I saw it.

 

[samcan 37]

5 minutes ago, AmeliaCat said:

HUH  Either alot of os are bad at reading or Microsoft is making this really confusing.. as far as updates etc etc.. ok guess ill just be happy with what ever they fixed

Well, I mean, this could be interpreted as that (emphasis mine)—from the October 8th development update:

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The Patch is set to release October 13th. Here is a brief overview of what’s coming. Full patch notes will be posted once the patch is live.

• Bug fixes (VFR Map, Avionics black screen, etc.)
• Navigation data updates
• UI updates
• Aerodynamics updates
• Activity updates
• Marketplace updates
• World updates

But looking at the development roadmap graphic from the same update, it doesn't show any World Updates through November. I figure they would update when it's closer to release?

Edit: I'll go watch the developer video and see if they say. Maybe they did give the impression that it would be released today!

Edited October 13, 2020 by samcan

[AmeliaCat 201]

YAh I wonder if the updates to the scenery and buildings and turning off MP in the Tour of Japan is what they meant by WORLD UPDATE,,,  geeexh I was all excited for better Grand Canyon and Monument Valley etc etc etc..

[leprechaunlive 1,852]

From the sources i've read, USA update was NEVER going to be today. Patch and world update are 2 very different things. And did you really think that 2gigs were gonna cover your US world update. My guess is free up at least 15gigs for that.

[samcan 37]

So I just listened to the portion of the 9/30 developer Q&A video on YouTube where they announced the USA world update. They said it would be "later this year" and that world updates would be "every 2–3 months." I imagine the "world updates" mentioned in the 10/8 development update was just referring to general fixes and updates in the world, not a comprehensive world update like the Japan update was and (hopefully) the USA update will be.

[AmeliaCat 201]

1 minute ago, samcan said:

So I just listened to the portion of the 9/30 developer Q&A video on YouTube where they announced the USA world update. They said it would be "later this year" and that world updates would be "every 2–3 months." I imagine the "world updates" mentioned in the 10/8 development update was just referring to general fixes and updates in the world, not a comprehensive world update like the Japan update was and (hopefully) the USA update will be.

Makes sense thanks for doing some research.  Seems I have some Win 10 culmative updataes to do today as well hopefully this doenst break anything..lol 

[Blat14 34]

9 minutes ago, leprechaunlive said:

From the sources i've read, USA update was NEVER going to be today. Patch and world update are 2 very different things. And did you really think that 2gigs were gonna cover your US world update. My guess is free up at least 15gigs for that.

The world updates (scenery at least ) are not stored on your PC they are streamed in as you fly, most of the data for the world updates will be on the servers and therefore not part of the patch/update download.

 

[Moria15 950]

10 minutes ago, samcan said:

So I just listened to the portion of the 9/30 developer Q&A video on YouTube where they announced the USA world update. They said it would be "later this year" and that world updates would be "every 2–3 months." I imagine the "world updates" mentioned in the 10/8 development update was just referring to general fixes and updates in the world, not a comprehensive world update like the Japan update was and (hopefully) the USA update will be.

There were updates to the files for San Fran (I think it was) and Heathrow in this patch and they also took a new download from NavBlue  which I guess could have been deemed World Updates.

Graham

[leprechaunlive 1,852]

10 minutes ago, Blat14 said:

The world updates (scenery at least ) are not stored on your PC they are streamed in as you fly, most of the data for the world updates will be on the servers and therefore not part of the patch/update download.

 

Wich is why the Japan update was 12Gigs....