MARCH 4TH, 2021 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Screenshot by Chtybeau

 

Next week is going to be a good one! Sim Update 3 is slated to go live, we have our Live Dev Q&A next Wednesday, and Pilot Emilie will be taking over our Twitch channel on Monday (see Twitch Schedule below).

The Devs are excited to connect with you again and delve into the latest update, what’s coming, and our progress on the sim. We hope you have a safe weekend and we will see you next week!

–MSFS TEAM-

 

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• Airports
  • 636 airports (+36) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 454 airports (+27) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 196 airports (+25) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 67 airports (+0) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 124 airports (+9) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 120 aircraft (+8) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 24 aircraft (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 16 aircraft (+5) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 74 aircraft (+2) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 22 aircraft (+3) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 223 sceneries (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 220 sceneries (+10) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 17 sceneries (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 3 sceneries (0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
• Mission Packs:
  • 20 mission packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 20 mission packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 3 mission packs (+3) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.

 

SDK UPDATE

• On the DevMode side:
  • We fixed font-related issues in DevMode.
  • In the Scenery Editor, we fixed a bug that didn’t show object test radius when selected. We also added a button to remove material from polygons.
  • We also implemented the Delete key as a way to delete individual points on polygons-based objects (like painted lines, aprons, polygons etc.).
• On the WASM side:
  • We fixed execute_calculator_code proxy and added more security to it.

 

MARKETPLACE

This week we added 17 new products and updated 4.

17 NEW PRODUCTS

 

4 UPDATED PRODUCTS

 

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

Learn more about Pilot Emilie in this Community Spotlight that dropped this morning!

 

TWITCH SCHEDULE

Tomorrow: Come join in an IFR flight with us from Calgary to Vancouver! All are welcome. Details here.

• March 8th – Pilot Emilie // 2000Z
• March 10th – Live Developer Q&A // 1830Z
• March 12th – Community Fly in Friday // 2000Z

 

COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot “MSFS Vs. The Volcano” The winner is Chtybeau 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: The Soup

Screenshot by tomlaut1980

 

Screenshot by Squibby6134

 

Screenshot by gordongreig

 

Screenshot by RevampedSine732

 

Screenshot by walterdog9598

 

Screenshot by WatchfulLand959

 

Screenshot by Parorng1

 

Screenshot by TimeSupernova

 

Screenshot by Filippo20032222

 

Screenshot by DrCsany

 

NEXT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BLOG – 3.11

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited March 4, 20215 yr by ChaoticBeauty

Wow Seminole updated again. I anxious to see what!

So is the Carenado Arrow ready? They are showing it with a store picture.

Interesting how they have beaten JF to get it out.

11 minutes ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Next week is going to be a good one!

I don't know what shall I say, I am excited for the update and the dev Q&A but at the same time, I am scared from them breaking something new 😂

The first PA28 is out!
 

@ChaoticBeauty

Screenshot by Chtybeau <------- your pic?

I have a major crush on Pilot Emilie.

3 minutes ago, Brandon01110 said:

@ChaoticBeauty

Screenshot by Chtybeau <------- your pic?

Nice catch, did not notice the similarities in the names. It is not mine, I have not participated in any of those screenshot contests so far. Maybe I will when I have a system that can make the simulator look as good as that. 😄

The updates repeat themselfs and have barely any relevent and interesting info. The same snapshots every work, some numbers for the additions to the store nobody cares for and the millionth screenshots that we alle have seen aleready.

4 minutes ago, DaWu said:

The updates repeat themselfs and have barely any relevent and interesting info. The same snapshots every work, some numbers for the additions to the store nobody cares for and the millionth screenshots that we alle have seen aleready.

Then ignore them, simple.

27 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

So is the Carenado Arrow ready? They are showing it with a store picture.

Interesting how they have beaten JF to get it out.

They always release stuff conveniently right before other developers release their stuff.  Because they know people buy their pretty stuff and likely take some away from other devs.  I own a bunch of Carenado addons....  But I'm blessed to be able to afford their "lite" addons and also buy the quality addon that comes right after.

This will be an important update and I'm eager to know what they've fixed in the G1000/3000 and autopilot.  They need these things!

11 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Then ignore them, simple.

Or, provide constructive relevant criticism. One doesn’t have to ‘ignore’ it. Especially in a discussion forum, where the general idea is to offer an opinion. And what he said has a lot of truth. 

Contrails are cool. Not going to lie I never noticed they were missing until someone pointed it out.

 

From what I gathered from previous live Q&As is contrails are not dynamic, aircraft makers have to add the effect points themselves to their aircraft, so you'll only see them Asobo planes until those addon makers update their planes.

Edited March 4, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

Imagine a sky crisscrossed by AI contrails...