JUNE 15TH, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is forum user Spook1234567890. If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

Last weekend, during Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase event, we were proud to reveal the first teaser trailer for the next generation sequel to Microsoft Flight Simulator coming next year: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024!

We have created a short FAQ that answers some of the most common questions we have seen so far. Our team is very excited to share more information about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in the coming months.

Also during the Xbox Games Showcase, we revealed the Dune expansion, an upcoming free DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) that will launch alongside the November 3 theatrical release of Dune: Part Two from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. To learn more about this expansion, check out the Xbox Extended Showcase where Jorg Neumann and Parris Lilly met with Dune’s Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette to tour the actual ornithopter prop used in the film and discussed bringing this fantastic flying machine to Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Watch here at the Xbox Games Showcase Extended 2023!

Monday starts with two new content updates to the current version of Microsoft Flight Simulator scheduled: City Update 2: France and Local Legend 09: Latécoère 631. City Update 2 includes a bespoke version of Le Bourget Airport (LFPB), home of next week’s Paris Air Show. Both of these releases will be available on Monday, June 19.

Finally, the full release of Aircraft & Avionics Update 2 is almost ready to go. For this update, Working Title has made many significant improvements to the systems of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. We are targeting the AAU_02 release for Thursday, June 29. Thank you to everyone who participated in the AAU_02 public beta test. Your feedback and bug reports were very helpful to the development team!

– MSFS Team

 

FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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MARKETPLACE BACKLOG

Current Backlog: 470 Total

Marketplace submissions are assigned a priority (P1-P4, with P1 being the top priority) based on defined internal processes and metrics. We review and update the priority system regularly to ensure it is best serving both our players and 3rd Party Developers.

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

CONTENT TYPE	P1	P2	P3	P4	Total
Aircraft	7	3	31	6	47
Mission	0	10	36	0	46
Scenery	0	0	14	129	143
Livery	0	16	30	16	62
Airport	0	4	34	33	71
Other	0	2	15	6	23
Total	7	35	160	190	392

 

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

CONTENT TYPE	P1	P2	P3	P4	Total
Aircraft	4	5	11	1	21
Mission	0	0	0	0	0
Scenery	0	2	0	13	15
Livery	0	2	6	2	10
Airport	0	2	17	9	28
Other	0	1	3	0	4
Total	4	12	37	25	78

 

SDK UPDATE & THIRD PARTY UPDATE

The SDK & Third Party Updates will return next week!

 

 

PRIDE LIVERIES

Fly the Pride flag in Microsoft Flight Simulator! In celebration of Pride Month, check out some of these player-created freeware mods based on the Pride liveries of several real-world airlines!

• Air Transat Airbus A321 by sandwichwolf
• Alaska Airlines Airbus A320 by mjv5757 
• Cape Air Beechcraft Baron G58 by Nitkinthe3rd
• Cape Air Cessna 414AW Chancellor by H2Air
• Condor Airbus A32NX by exception247

 

COMMUNITY FLY-IN

This week is the anniversary of not one but TWO groundbreaking flights from the history of aviation!

This week’s fly-in will see our group fly between the two landing sites of two historic early transatlantic flights: Clifden to Burry Port. However, we’re also trying something new this week! One of our Fly-In streamers will be flying an alternate flight plan from New York JFK across the pond to Burry Port in the Darkstar. Anyone participating in the fly-in is welcome to choose whichever of the two flight plans you would prefer to follow.

Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate!

COMMUNITY VIDEO

Recently on YouTube, Community member rodsott uploaded an inspiring cinematic video of many different aircraft and locations from Microsoft Flight Simulator. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the beautiful scenery and lo-fi beats in Rod’s video titled “Self-Expression”.

 

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

You can submit your screenshot via Twitter with #MSFSchallenge or the Weekly Forum Post! This week’s screenshot challenge: Rainbows II

This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was “The High Seas“!

Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: Spook1234567890 (Forum)

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NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – June 22nd, 2023

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited June 16, 20232 yr by David Mills

AAU2 pushed back a week. That stinks

@David Mills Glad to see you again bringing this news to our forum.

The next few weeks will bring good additions to our hobby, I like how the new generation of flight simulator has been growing all this time.

1 hour ago, B777ER said:

AAU2 pushed back a week. That stinks

gives them more time to work on stuff.

44 minutes ago, polosim said:

@David Mills Glad to see you again bringing this news to our forum.

The next few weeks will bring good additions to our hobby, I like how the new generation of flight simulator has been growing all this time.

Thank you @polosim. Today is my first day back on the computer in exactly four weeks. Four weeks ago today, my three-month-old machine suddenly stopped working. It's a long story, but the machine ultimately had to be sent back to the factory for an entirely new CPU and motherboard. Thankfully, they were both still under warranty. While en route to the factory, however, UPS mishandled the shipment and the computer case and some of the fans were destroyed. The RTX 4090 suffered superficial damage but still works perfectly (thank heavens!). Because the shipment only had the default $100 insurance, I would have had to eat the loss of the graphics card had it been destroyed as well. So all things considered, I'm just very thankful to once again have a fully functioning computer here at the house. It arrived at noon today. 

Edited June 16, 20232 yr by David Mills

Glad you are back David and good luck with your new PC.

@David Mills Thanks for posting the update, it’s pined 🌲

13 hours ago, David Mills said:

Our team is very excited to share more information about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 in the coming months.

I'm starting to think we won't hear much at FSExpo.......

27 minutes ago, Krakin said:

I'm starting to think we won't hear much at FSExpo.......

Ya that's a possibility I guess 😟 , and even though it's in their interest to distribute out the information drip drip over months, it's also very much in their interest to provide some clarity and details at a flight sim conference like FSExpo (they're surely going to get asked some obvious questions which they'll have to answer), also especially given all the confusion raised in some of the community. Also given what the head of MS/XBox studios has already let slip about core sim improvements, I'm assuming they'll reveal more at FSExpo... hoping at least 🤞
 

Edited June 16, 20232 yr by lwt1971

9 hours ago, lwt1971 said:

Ya that's a possibility I guess 😟 , and even though it's in their interest to distribute out the information drip drip over months, it's also very much in their interest to provide some clarity and details at a flight sim conference like FSExpo (they're surely going to get asked some obvious questions which they'll have to answer), also especially given all the confusion raised in some of the community. Also given what the head of MS/XBox studios has already let slip about core sim improvements, I'm assuming they'll reveal more at FSExpo... hoping at least 🤞
 

If they show up at FSExpo and say, sorry, can’t say anything else on it until later, that will not go over well at all. They may get so much pushback that they pull a disappearing act.

On 6/16/2023 at 10:15 AM, Krakin said:

I'm starting to think we won't hear much at FSExpo.......

same policy as when they announced FS2020.

13 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

same policy as when they announced FS2020.

Well it made sense back then. The E3 conference happened on the last day of FSE so they wouldn't have been able to attend without spilling the beans. Many people were upset that they didn't choose FSE as the place to make the big announcement but that would have been a foolish thing for MS to do. I'd choose E3 over FSE in a heartbeat. Now however, the cat is out the bag long before FSE so there's nothing stopping them from giving additional information there but as I said, the evidence is pointing towards them saying they'll have more infor to share at a later date. I do hope I'm wrong.

4 hours ago, Krakin said:

Well it made sense back then. The E3 conference happened on the last day of FSE so they wouldn't have been able to attend without spilling the beans. Many people were upset that they didn't choose FSE as the place to make the big announcement but that would have been a foolish thing for MS to do. I'd choose E3 over FSE in a heartbeat. Now however, the cat is out the bag long before FSE so there's nothing stopping them from giving additional information there but as I said, the evidence is pointing towards them saying they'll have more infor to share at a later date. I do hope I'm wrong.

I think MS owe it to those that have made MSFS 2020 such a successful commercial success, hopefully we are given more info/intentions regarding MSFS v2 and the MSFS v1. It will surely be more beneficial to them as many will just stop buying addons. The same fate as to what happened to other older platforms could happen to MSFS 2020, after all they will still need income to fund current cost for what's already available. 

Personally I will continue to buy add ons for MSFS.

Yes, +1 Really hope they Asobo & Microsoft can give

*a bit more info* about MSFS-2020/24 on FSExpo 2023 😊 next Friday! 👍atleast clarify som things..

Fingers crossed! 

I think if they're NOT going to say anything at FSE, the smart thing to do would be to let us know from now.