April 1st, 2021 – Development Update

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

APRIL 1ST, 2021 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Screenshot by InertialArc8286

 

UPCOMING TESTING OPPORTUNITY:

In our continued efforts to provide the best experience for our community we are looking for 300 individuals to help us test an upcoming World Update IV. As part of this test your participation will help our team gather valuable information prior to launching the next world update to the general public. We plan to open for signups tomorrow at 8am PDT. Check back here at that time for instructions and more information on how to participate!

– The MSFS team

 

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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KEY:

SU = Sim Update (3, 4, etc.)

WU = World Update

ASAP = As Soon as Possible

TBD = To Be Determined

Several Releases = Fixes will come over a series of updates

Ongoing Fixes = An item we will continually be working on

Planned = Scheduled to be worked on

Under Investigation = The team is currently looking into the issue

Not Planned = We will likely not work on this

Started = Work as started on this item

 

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

As of 03/27, we now approved 149 (+1) third parties into our marketplace and so far 71 (+4) of which have released the 280 products (+14). Outside of our store, 778 products (+18) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 285 products (+0) from 3rd party developers are in production (153 announced, 132 unannounced). In total, over 1063 3rd party products (+18) are either released or are in development.

• Airports:
  • 676 airports (+11) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  • 494 airports (+13) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  • 231 airports (+10) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  • 72 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  • 110 airports (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 126 aircraft (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  • 29 aircraft (+2) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  • 22 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  • 75 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  • 22 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 236 sceneries (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  • 230 sceneries (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  • 18 sceneries (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  • 6 sceneries (+2) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
• Mission Packs:
  • 25 mission packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  • 25 mission packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  • 3 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.

 

SDK UPDATE

• Documentation:
  • We added liveries samples.
• DevMode:
  • We split the “Documentation” tab in the DevMode into 2 links: “Open local,” to open the files you downloaded with your SDK update, or “Open online,” which will lead you to docs.FlightSimulator.com. The latter should always be the most up-to-date, even though we try to avoid differences between them.
  • Along with the next update, we shipped a first wizard, which will automatically create the XML files for your newly created airports.
  • We fixed a crash when exiting “one-click placing” with Properties window visible.
• SimConnect
  • We now expose Rotation Acceleration simvars. Available with the next update!
  • The SimVarWatcher sample has been updated to include recently added SimVars and Units.

 

 

MARKETPLACE

There are 21 new products in the Marketplace as well as 7 updated products. In addition, the CRJ update was release this past Tuesday!

1 UPDATED PRODUCT (3/30)

21 NEW PRODUCTS

 

7 UPDATED PRODUCTS

COMMUNITY VIDEO

An incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator Cinematic, produced and edited by Flight X

 

COMMUNITY SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot that embodies the phrase, “The grass is greener on the other side.” The winner is the featured screenshot in todays Development Update. Thanks to all those who participated! Our next challenge: Spontaneous landing.

Screenshot by Crowobarr1

 

Screenshot by gordongreig

 

Screenshot by CDRMaz

 

Screenshot by BrinyJarl122803

 

Screenshot by TastingDevotee7

 

Screenshot by Remko277

 

Screenshot by knack68

 

Screenshot by Mustang242Sqn

 

Screenshot by tomlaut1980

 

Screenshot by Indemen

 

NEXT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BLOG – 4.08

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited April 2, 2021 by ChaoticBeauty

[Twenty6 693]

300 beta testers? April Fools?

[omarsmak30 4,068]

Good news about the beta tests. Also I am wondering, it seems these new simvars either for PMDG or QW 👀

[scotchegg 4,186]

Happy to see moves towards large scale beta testing and also that performance fixes from the latest hot fix are listed as 'partial'.

[espent 1,394]

Will this help developers to create airplanes with a less aggressive pitch movement?:

"We now expose Rotation Acceleration simvars. Available with the next update!"

[cmpbellsjc 2,960]

🌲🌲🌲🌲

[peppy197 165]

It says check back "here" ….

Do they mean AVSIM or FSInsider

 

[Silicus 879]

Move into the right direction with the beta testers! Thank you.

I still like to see a 'voluntary' or 'opt in' update feature, which would allow me to be one or two updates 'behind'.

The update experience has not been good, since release to say the least. I still have major performance issues since world update 3. Popping out a window (i.e. PFD, ND) decreases frame rates by 10 fps for each window. Which was not the case before update 3.

Otherwise. Keep up the good work.

Edited April 2, 2021 by Silicus

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

Marketplace section is now added to the main post.

11 minutes ago, peppy197 said:

It says check back "here" ….

Do they mean AVSIM or FSInsider

Probably flightsimulator.com where the development updates are posted.

[F1Fan 121]

One things is for sure, they make some mouth watering videos!  WOW, that video looks crazy awesomeness!

[Tuskin38 6,471]

2 hours ago, Twenty6 said:

300 beta testers? April Fools?

considering the focus of the update, 300 is a lot. At least if they all actually test instead of just treating it like a demo.

[RaptyrOne 1,407]

2 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

considering the focus of the update, 300 is a lot. At least if they all actually test instead of just treating it like a demo.

Yep. Beta testing comes with responsibility. Plus, Asobo should be issuing very specific guidelines to beta testers to ensure feedback is relevant. No point hiring 300 beta testers that spend their time bombing around in the USA when all the work has been done in France. No point either in the testers going off at a tangent about live weather not working when it is not a part of the scope of the release. 

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

I keep getting this despite having followed all the workarounds for the autherror=xbla_invalid error.

[Donka 645]

Will be interesting to see what the livery samples provides us with. Would be good for an official way of producing liveries. 

[peroni 541]

April 13th is going to be a busy day, first the WU4 release then a couple of hours later the Q&A with the devs where we will get a preview of what's coming in SU4 and WU5 among other things.