JULY 13TH, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

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

For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, we are now fully in the summer months. For many people, this is a time for vacations, relaxation, and spending time with family and friends. To our community members enjoying the summer, we wish all of you a safe and relaxing break.

Many members of the MSFS team are also taking advantage of the summer months to enjoy some holiday time. Accordingly, we will not have a Developer Livestream in July, but we are instead preparing a pre-recorded video featuring updates from some members of the dev team and a few special guests. You can watch this video during our regular Twitch Community Fly-In Friday event next week on July 21.

– MSFS Team

 

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Development Roadmap.

MARKETPLACE BACKLOG

Current Backlog: 376 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	10	7	23	2	42
Mission	0	4	40	0	44
Scenery	0	0	7	21	28
Livery	0	12	16	12	40
Airport	2	5	35	19	61
Other	8	4	33	7	52
Total	20	32	154	61	267

 

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

CONTENT TYPE	P1	P2	P3	P4	Total
Aircraft	2	3	17	1	23
Mission	0	2	0	0	2
Scenery	0	2	3	11	16
Livery	10	2	9	14	35
Airport	0	2	16	10	28
Other	2	1	2	0	5
Total	14	12	47	36	109

 

 

SDK UPDATE

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• No Update this week.

WORKING TITLE / MSFS AVIONICS FRAMEWORK

• MSFS Avionics Framework
  • Reminder that the MSFS Avionics Framework and NPM packages have been updated with the latest updates from AAU_02.
  • Check out MSFS Avionics Source Code Mirror to access the latest Avionics Framework source code.
  • Find documentation about the avionics framework here: MSFS Avionics Frameworks and Instruments.
  • Upcoming framework updates:
    • Making several quality of life improvements to the FMC Framework, including easier implementation of data formatters. (AAU_03)
    • Fixing several bugs with Abstract Subscribables to prevent accessing or returning an undefined object. (AAU_03)
    • Optimizing subscription array use in ObjectSubject. (AAU_03)
    • Adding additional overload of FSComponent.bindCssClassSet to add flexibility when supplying styling to components. (AAU_03)
    • Adding support for payload management as part of flight planning import options. (SU_13)

 

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• As of 07/10, we have now approved 210 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 196 (+0) have released 2,307 products on PC (+28) and 2,019 on Xbox (+27).
• In total, 3,367 products (+25) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 731 products (-7) from 3^rd party developers are in production (359 announced, 372 unannounced). In total, over 4,098 3^rd party products (+29) have either been released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 2,039 airports (+12) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 1,802 airports (+13) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 1,278 airports (+9) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 128 airports (+3) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 109 airports (-4) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 623 aircraft (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 266 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 201 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
    • 184 aircraft (+2) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
    • 208 aircraft (+1) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 149 aircraft (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 941 scenery packs (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 902 scenery packs (+6) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 460 scenery packs (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 21 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 18 scenery packs (+4) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
• Mission Packs:
  • 192 mission packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 176 mission packs (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 115 mission packs (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
    • 16 mission packs (+1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
• Livery Packs:
  • 268 livery packs (+4) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 196 livery packs (+4) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 191 livery packs (+4) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
    • 71 livery packs (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
• Ships & Watercraft:
  • 35 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 25 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 18 ships & watercraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 1 ships & watercraft (+1) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 9 ships & watercraft (-1) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

 

COMMUNITY FLY-IN

Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

July 14 is the Fête nationale française, more commonly known in English as Bastille Day. To celebrate France’s national holiday, our Community Fly-In this week will see us visit L’Hexagone.

Our departure will be from Lyon, whose airport (LFLL) is named after beloved author – and famous pioneering aviator – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. From there we will continue onwards towards the capital city of Paris, including fly-overs of several sites relevant to the French Revolution such as the Palace of Versailles, Place de la Concorde and the former location of the Bastille itself. Our full stop landing will be at Paris Le Bourget Airport (LFPB).

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

COMMUNITY VIDEO

Recently on YouTube, Steven Cannell has created a series of short airport showcase videos. We encourage everyone to check out the entire collection at this link. For a quick taste, here’s Steven’s video showcasing Microsoft’s home airport, Seattle-Tacoma International (KSEA):

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GfzbZ7STWps

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

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

This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was “Words and Letters“!

Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: pommes_l (Twitter)

Screenshot by DjPartyLlama835 (Forum)

Screenshot by HamMan2118 (Forum)

Screenshot by HolmesCZ6127 (Forum)

Screenshot by Ikulin09 (Twitter)

Screenshot by KotetuP (Twitter)

Screenshot by mattgt933 (Forum)

Screenshot by MihamaBlend (Twitter)

Screenshot by THECHIZINATOR (Forum)

Screenshot by ukaka5656 (Twitter)

Screenshot by Woodier72 (Forum)

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NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – July 20th, 2023

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited July 13, 20232 yr by David Mills

Any hint on what will be covered by the WU14?

@David Mills Thanks for the update.

11 hours ago, edpatino said:

Any hint on what will be covered by the WU14?

There was a screenshot "leaked" as a tease by Microsoft last week somewhere - I came across it in a forum, most likely here at AVSIM somewhere. From memory, it was a shot of Prague (?). So I don't think there has been an announcement of how large the area is - country or region - but at least we saw a peek at one of the cities.

 

The contrast on my work monitor is rather low, so I thought the screenshot from mattgt933 was a bit rude until I realised what it was!  

16 hours ago, edpatino said:

Any hint on what will be covered by the WU14?

I've seen several mentions of Brazil. I'm not sure whether that's scheduled for WU14 or perhaps later.

14 minutes ago, David Mills said:

I've seen several mentions of Brazil. I'm not sure whether that's scheduled for WU14 or perhaps later.

Interesting. Not unwelcome, but might be a tough one to do. I feel like I recall Jorg mentioning something in their update that required PG and they had a helicopter in place, but it was raining unseasonably. I don't know if that was City Update Texas - I feel like I remember it was in reference to the next WU.

20 minutes ago, mspencer said:

I recall Jorg mentioning something in their update that required PG and they had a helicopter in place, but it was raining unseasonably.

I believe he was talking about Hawaii. Maybe that's WU14. Jorg and others expressed disappointment that the Oceana update didn't include all they wanted at the time. Maybe WU14 is Hawaii!

Edited July 14, 20232 yr by David Mills

On 7/14/2023 at 2:04 PM, David Mills said:

I've seen several mentions of Brazil. I'm not sure whether that's scheduled for WU14 or perhaps later.

WU14 is not Brazil (or Hawaiʻi) it's at the very least the Czech Republic, as they showed Prague off as a tease at the end of the last Q&A.

Edited July 18, 20232 yr by Tuskin38