FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Screenshot by KStarfightrr

 

World Update 3 is in its final polish phase and is now locked in for release on Tuesday, February 16th. The team is putting the finishing touches on all aspects of this massive update, and we appreciate your continued patience.

–MSFS TEAM-

 

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• We have a total of 110 approved payware partners (+5 from last week) and 176 products (+20 from last week) live in the in-sim store.
• 610 products (+16) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 273 products (+24) from 3rd party developers are in production (150 announced, 123 unannounced). In total, over 883 3rd party products (+40) are either released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 562 airports (+18) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 384 airports (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 147 airports (+18) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 75 airports (+16) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 103 airports (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 111 aircraft (+7) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 20 aircraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 9 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 71 aircraft (+5) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 20 aircraft (+2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 197 sceneries (+15) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 193 sceneries (+15) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 15 sceneries (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 4 sceneries (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
• Missions:
  • 13 missions (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 13 missions (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 0 missions (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 missions (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.

 

SDK UPDATE

• DevMode:
  • Fixed some warning formatting in the Aircraft Editor.
  • Removed the option to change Landmark display name (as it was causing issue at the packaging stage).
  • Completed transition to new help building system.

 

MARKETPLACE UPDATE

Today there are 16 new products and 4 updated products releasing in the Marketplace.

16 NEW PRODUCTS

4 UPDATED PRODUCTS

 

TWITCH SCHEDULE

Tomorrow, join us for an IFR community fly-in over from Seattle to Alaska. All experience levels are welcome! This week we learned about traffic patterns and correcting for wind direction. Next week we will continue our Flying Lessons on the C152! Click here for more information.

 

COMMUNITY VIDEO

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COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot in Island Hopping. The winner is “KStarfightrr” with their shot from the Bahamas and is our featured screenshot at the top of this update.  The top 10 are below. Thanks to all those who participated! Our next challenge: For the Love of IFR

Screenshot by GiGoLoW13

 

Screenshot by c0mmanderkiller

 

Screenshot by SPowell42

 

Screenshot by SubtotalGuide81

 

Screenshot by IrishFlyClub

 

Screenshot by Gwyllim82

 

Screenshot by WatchfulLand959

 

Screenshot by Theduck38

 

Screenshot by SlidHydra647449

 

Screenshot by DrCsany

 

NEXT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BLOG – 2.18

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited February 11, 20215 yr by ChaoticBeauty

Thanks 😉

That's a very dry update, very mechanical... Nothing about what kind of problem they are having with world update 3, no info on other fixes, no trailer, nothing on CRJ or other "special addons" and a mistake in the number of new plane on the MSFS market

Edited February 11, 20215 yr by bendead

2 minutes ago, bendead said:

That's a very dry update... Nothing about what kind of problem they are having with world update 3, no info on other fixes, no trailer, nothing on CRJ or other "special addons" and a mistake in the number of new plane on the MSFS market

Yep. When we were told to "stand by for the development update" I was expecting more than a copy and paste of the Discord announcement. Oh well. This patch better be worth it.

Not planned for opening the premium aircraft configs....bummer.

So our premium acft are indeed for screenshots hehe.  I just hope they fix the Longitude someday (mainly the systems and avioincs).

Ohh the Out Skerries look nice.

Edited February 11, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

Meh. I did expect more. Thanks anyway, @ChaoticBeauty.

Kind regards, Michael

3 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Ohh the Out Skerries look nice.

The screenshot of Islands with a white lighthouse?

Also not sure it was a good idea to select a watermask place for the first screenshot, since it's still missing in a lot of places

Edited February 11, 20215 yr by bendead

1 minute ago, bendead said:

The screenshot of Islands with a white lighthouse?

Yep (at least according to the file name)

1 minute ago, Tuskin38 said:

Yep (at least according to the file name)

That's a missed com opportunity, they could have selected 5-6 places and do some before after word update 3 screenshots

Edited February 11, 20215 yr by bendead

4 minutes ago, bendead said:

That's a missed com opportunity, they could have selected 5-6 places and do some before after word update 3 screenshots

Here is how it looks in the sim right now, there's entire island missing (the one with the light house)

4 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Here is how it looks in the sim right now, there's entire island missing (the one with the light house)

Thanks, it's day and night, looks so good, the comparaison make it obvious, I will probably do a 1066 😁

By the way, do you mind if I use your screenshot on MSFS forum?

Edited February 12, 20215 yr by bendead

3 minutes ago, bendead said:

Thanks, it's day and night, looks so good, the comparaison make it obvious, I will probably do a 1066 😁

By the way, do you mind if I use your screenshot on MSFS forum?

Go ahead, my username on there is the same here. I don't post very much.

Edited February 12, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

6 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Go ahead, my username on there is the same here.

Thanks

I really don't mind the delay to the 16th but what ticks me off is their communication. I'm sure they new before the end of day that it was going to be delayed, why wait till the end of day to announce it?

Edited February 12, 20215 yr by Clem116

Just now, Clem116 said:

I'm sure they new before the end of day that it was going to be delayed, why wait till the end of day to announce it?

They announced it 4 hours ago.