MAY 27TH, 2021 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Screenshot by YusufWardana

 

We had a great time answering your questions and interacting with the community in yesterday’s Dev Q&A. If you missed it, here is the video with timestamps for each question:

The Q&A was packed with information like an update from Working Title, a guest appearance from Will at Fly By Wire Simulations, a new partnership with Perfect Flight, and a new plane announcement coming soon to MSFS: The Husky A-1C! 

Sneak peek of the new Husky coming ~August, 2021

 

We are also pleased to welcome Fly By Wire Simulations’ A32NX mod to the Marketplace today, your top Wishlist request!

– 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 05/22, we have now approved 192 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 92 (+2) have released 398 products (+15).
• We were excited to read Robert Randazzo’s recent blog post (link) with an update on their exciting fleet of planes. We simply cannot wait to try out the upcoming Douglas DC-6 Skymaster (hopefully soon) and their 737, 747 and 777 aircraft. All of us are very happy that this acclaimed developer is “all in” on the platform!
• In total, 994 products (+32) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 339 products (+3) from 3rd party developers are in production (203 announced, 136 unannounced). In total, over 1,333 3rd party products (+35) are either released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 836 airports (+27) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 628 airports (+23) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 336 airports (+15) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 94 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 114 airports (+5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 156 aircraft (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 41 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 23 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 93 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:
  • 305 sceneries (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 289 sceneries (+6) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 24 sceneries (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 16 sceneries (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
• Mission Packs:
  • 36 mission packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 36 mission packs (+2) 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 (-1) beyond the released missions have been announced.

 

SDK UPDATE

• General
  • We updated the warning prompt when a package has been modified before building/exporting, to clearly state the consequences of saving versus not saving before building.
• Documentation
  • We added mission docs.
  • We added a tutorial for airport creation which uses our new Airport Creation Wizard.
  • We also made a minor fix to call out changes in .flags file behavior for MetalRoughnessAO textures.
  • The WASM documentation was updated.
• Dev Mode
  • We fixed a crash when loading a project during game load
  • The FX Editor will be available in beta version along with the SDK. We added FX selection when right clicking on it and we fixed several issues (listed below):
    • ParticleColor parameter that wasn’t working in the Update
    • orphan attachments when FX isn’t spawned (node graph related)
    • the attachments when no node is specified (node graph related)
  • We fixed corrupted asset group paths when creating a VFX library.

 

MARKETPLACE

Today there are 4 new products and 8 updated products in the Marketplace.

The CRJ update will be going out later today to match Aerosoft’s timing on their store.

 

 

4 NEW PRODUCTS

 

8 UPDATED PRODUCTS

 

TWITCH UPDATE

Join us tomorrow for fly-in Friday for a trip to Mount Everest! All are welcome to attend. More details can be found here. Next Wednesday, we will learn about cross-country planning and flying on the C152 with ForderLearntoFly. Details here! And last but not least, rescheduled for next Friday, June 4th, TheFlyingFabio will lead a group flight. Mark your calendars!

 

COMMUNITY VIDEO

Drawyah’s new series on freeware – 5 Freeware in 5 Minutes:

 

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot of “Natural Ecosystems – Tropical Rainforests”. The winner is featured above. Below are our runner up choices! This week’s Screenshot Challenge: Higher Ground

Last challenge’s Finalists:

Amazonas – Screenshot by tomlaut1980

 

Argentina – Screenshot by Lisandro1969

 

Papua New Guinea – Screenshot by Airwolf6727

 

Hawaii – Screenshot by SnagglePss68

 

Khao Sok, Thailand – Screenshot by Jannik207

 

Dominican Sunrise – Screenshot by ArcanePython931

 

Brazil – Screenshot by LumpLizard18973

 

Screenshot by YusufWardana

 

Hawaii – Screenshot by z32ands30

 

Screenshot by ebbsy2

 

NEXT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BLOG – 6.03

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited May 27, 20215 yr by ChaoticBeauty

You are the man 🙂 Now I have to read it and edit this post.

FlyByWire A32NX in Market Place FREE, finally 🙂 Now it will always be there, and updated in the Market Place. Yes I am aware of the development stuff outside of the sim? And that NEW amphibious thingy, looks really cool! And a CRJ 500/700ER Update which I own!

 

YES, me like Completed things on the list 🙂

Edited May 27, 20215 yr by in2tech

I'm so happy to see that the Bugs snapshot has been cleaned up and the terrain morphing is under investigation now! Both that and the coastline glitch are said to be fixed in 2021, could this mean that they have found ways to resolve the lingering mesh issues from the USA World Update? I certainly hope so!

Also, we have the first mentions of Sim Update 7.

Edited May 27, 20215 yr by ChaoticBeauty

Any idea when the updates come through in the Market Place? I don't have the CRJ 550/700ER update yet?

 

https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-simulation/news/msfs-dlc-aerosoft-aircraft-crj-550/700-update

Edited May 27, 20215 yr by in2tech

21 minutes ago, in2tech said:

Any idea when the updates come through in the Market Place? I don't have the CRJ 550/700ER update yet?

 

https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-simulation/news/msfs-dlc-aerosoft-aircraft-crj-550/700-update

This is an old update. Look at the date.

Hm. it says the London City Landmarks was updated, but my content manager is saying mine is still the old version and is up to date.

I just reinstalled it, it's still the old version. I think someone messed up.

 

Edit: It's there now

Edited May 28, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

Years ago when my wife and I booked our first trip to the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana), the travel agent advised us that while most excursions are safe, she told us “you’re best to avoid the inflatable raft attached to a hang glider.  When you see it you’ll know what I mean”.  Our first day on the beach we saw it fly by, turned to each other and said “yup, the travel agent was right about that thing, no thanks”.

Now I can fly that thing in flight simulator for under $10, up and down Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana.  What a time to be alive 😂

I am seriously going to buy it though.

1 hour ago, fakeflyer737 said:

This is an old update. Look at the date.

It's states there is an Update today though. Yes, I have the wrong link apparently!

Oh, later today I guess? And No default FBW A32NX either. So the update has not happened yet?

Edited May 27, 20215 yr by in2tech

WHERE.IS.THE.PIN ?

@ChaoticBeauty

Your 🌲 was not on time. I forgot it was Thursday and hadn’t checked the forum all day 😂😂

@SierraDelta Lol, see above.

8 hours ago, in2tech said:

 

 

YES, me like Completed things on the list 🙂

Me too, but there not to mutch to see..🙁

cheers 😉

15 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

new partnership with Perfect Flight

Is this a good idea?