August 3, 20232 yr AUGUST 3RD, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user 2525ARW, taken flying above the Assumption of Maria Church in Slovenia. If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below! The development team is currently hard at work preparing the first beta build of Sim Update 13 (SU_13), the next major release for Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you were enrolled in previous public tests and didn’t manually opt-out, the SU_13 beta build will be automatically installed for you as soon as it is available. If you did not take part in previous betas but would like to help test SU_13, we will provide instructions on how to join the beta when the public testing period begins. Recently, we have seen some questions from players asking about the status of the Scenery Gateway System, which the Development Roadmap stated would be released with World Update XIV last week. Unfortunately, this did not happen. The Scenery Gateway is currently undergoing accessibility and privacy requirement reviews, and while we were hopeful these reviews would be complete in time for a launch with World Update XIV, they remain ongoing. We are currently targeting the Scenery Gateway System to release alongside the launch of Sim Update 13 in September, although this may change depending on how the accessibility and privacy reviews progress. Yesterday, the Xbox team announced the lineup of titles that will be appearing at gamescom, the world’s largest gaming event, in Cologne, Germany from August 24-27. Attendees at gamescom will have the opportunity of hands-on experience with the latest content coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator! If you’re attending gamescom, be sure to stop by the Xbox booth in Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse, North entrance and say hello to the team! For gamescom attendees and those who will be in or near the Cologne area on August 26, we are hosting a small community event for Microsoft Flight Simulator fans. Space will be limited, so please complete this form to express your interest in attending this event! Finally, to third party developers, you may have noticed that the DevSupport forum migrated to a new software platform today. The web address remains unchanged, and you should have received an email advising you how to login to the new platform. – MSFS Team DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP Click here for the web-friendly version of the Development Roadmap. MARKETPLACE BACKLOG Current Backlog: 356 Total We are changing our backlog view to reflect testing status for each content type. BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS Testing Status Content Type Initial Processing and Validation by MS Handed off to 3P for Functional Testing Functional Testing in Progress by 3P Functional Testing Signed off by 3P Total Aircraft 22 11 1 2 36 Mission 14 24 8 0 46 Scenery 0 1 3 0 4 Livery 24 8 6 0 38 Airport 39 14 7 0 60 Other 40 12 0 0 52 Total 139 70 25 2 236 BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS Testing Status Content Type Initial Processing and Validation by MS Handed off to 3P for Functional Testing Functional Testing in Progress by 3P Functional Testing Signed off by 3P Total Aircraft 28 9 4 0 41 Mission 0 0 0 0 0 Scenery 9 1 1 0 11 Livery 6 4 0 0 10 Airport 17 16 8 0 41 Other 2 0 1 0 3 Total 62 30 14 0 106 SDK & THIRD PARTY UPDATES The SDK and Third Party Updates will return in a future Development Update blog. COMMUNITY FLY-IN Last week we released World Update XIV: Central Eastern Europe! To celebrate the release of this new World Update, our Community Fly-In event this week will be a trip along Croatia’s beautiful Dalmatian Coast! Our flight will depart from LDRI and see us fly on a generally southbound heading to the cities of Split and Dubrovnik. Along the way, we will pass several of the new POIs introduced with World Update 14 including Nehaj Fortress, Stari Maslenicki, Krka Bridge, St. Nicholas’s Fortress, Fortress Kamerlengo, Star Village Mosor, Stolac Fortress, and more! For the best experience, make sure you have installed WU14 from the in-sim Marketplace prior to this event. Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate! COMMUNITY VIDEO Princess Juliana International Airport (TNCM) in Sint Maarten remains a very popular destination for beachgoing tourists, planespotters, and sim pilots alike. So popular is this airport among aviation enthusiasts that the Microsoft Flight Simulator team added an updated bespoke version of TNCM as part of last year’s 40th Anniversary Edition release. Recently on YouTube, Alpha Originals re-created a real-world flight to Princess Juliana: a seven-hour voyage in a KLM Boeing 747-8 from Amsterdam. You can watch a highlight reel showing the best parts of this flight in our featured Community Video this week. Check it out! SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE You can submit your screenshot via Twitter with #MSFSchallenge or the Weekly Forum Post! This week’s screenshot challenge: Circles, Squares, and Triangles This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was “Central Eastern Europe“! Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: 2525ARW (Twitter) Screenshot by CpuGeta486 (Twitter) Screenshot by DrCsany (Forum) Screenshot by ExplorerJB (Forum) Screenshot by HolmesCZ6127 (Forum) Screenshot by iNeedKelp (Forum) Screenshot by IronWings_VP (Twitter) Screenshot by IsakWold (Forum) Screenshot by KotetuP (Twitter) Screenshot by ukaka5656 (Twitter) Screenshot by ZILLNIAZI17 (Forum) NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – August 10th, 2023 Sincerely, Microsoft Flight Simulator Team Edited August 3, 20232 yr by David Mills Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. 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August 4, 20232 yr Commercial Member A few minutes ago I thought: "Today is Thursday again, will we have good news in the development update this week?" GAMESCOM 2023, noted. Thanks @David Mills , As always, doing a great job bringing the news to this forum.
August 4, 20232 yr Author I read with great fascination Asobo's comments about the upcoming Gamescom 2023 in late August! It seems Asobo will be showcasing the upcoming new features to "Microsoft Flight Simulator." They didn't specifically say MSFS2024, but I assume that's what they mean. So @lwt1971, we might be getting that new information very soon! Processor: Intel i9-13900KF 5.8GHz 24-Core, Graphics Processor: Nvidia RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6, System Memory: 64GB High Performance DDR5 SDRAM 5600MHz, Operating System: Windows 11 Home Edition, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX, LGA 1700, CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling, RGB and LCD Display, Chassis Fans: Corsair Low Decibel, Addressable RGB Fans, Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low-Noise Platinum ATX 1000 Watt, Primary Storage: 2TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, Secondary Storage: 1TB Samsung Gen 4 NVMe SSD, VR Headset: Meta Quest 2, Primary Display: SONY 4K Bravia 75-inch, 2nd Display: SONY 4K Bravia 43-inch, 3rd Display: Vizio 28-inch, 1920x1080. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
August 4, 20232 yr Moderator @David Mills Thanks for the update. It’s pined 🌲 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 4, 20232 yr Where is the lifetime bug list and wishlist in this update? Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
August 4, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, AnkH said: Where is the lifetime bug list and wishlist in this update? It is being reformatted to carry it over to MSFS2024 - no big deal! Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
August 4, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, David Mills said: I read with great fascination Asobo's comments about the upcoming Gamescom 2023 in late August! It seems Asobo will be showcasing the upcoming new features to "Microsoft Flight Simulator." They didn't specifically say MSFS2024, but I assume that's what they mean. I must admit I just assumed that meant they would be showing a version with Sim 13 included but maybe you're correct. Give people power to really test their personality.
August 4, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, David Mills said: I read with great fascination Asobo's comments about the upcoming Gamescom 2023 in late August! It seems Asobo will be showcasing the upcoming new features to "Microsoft Flight Simulator." They didn't specifically say MSFS2024, but I assume that's what they mean. So @lwt1971, we might be getting that new information very soon! Hopefully!, On that last dev video update Jorg mentioned something coming around the Gamescom timeframe that he is "very happy" about. Maybe it's something for v2020, but surely they can at least drop another trailer for v2024 🙂 Edited August 4, 20232 yr by lwt1971 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
August 7, 20232 yr On 8/4/2023 at 2:16 PM, lwt1971 said: On that last dev video update Jorg mentioned something coming around the Gamescom timeframe that he is "very happy" about. Maybe it's the announcement that MSFS 2024 is coming for Christmas 2023 😂 TBH, based on the remarks they made so far, I have to admit this is pretty far fetched and I suppose we have to wait at least till summer 2024. On the other hand, FS98 was released in 1997, FS2000 in 1999, FS2002 in 2001 and FS2004 in 2003... Edited August 7, 20232 yr by pstrub My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
August 7, 20232 yr 56 minutes ago, pstrub said: Maybe the announcement that MSFS 2024 is coming for Christmas 2023 😂 ... On the other hand, FS98 was released in 1997, FS2000 in 1999, FS2002 in 2001 and FS2004 in 2003... You may joke, but looking at the announcement video, it seemed fairly well complete at a graphical level, and maybe most of the background code is from MSFS2020 anyway, (might just require a few tweaks), so I think there is actually a chance of seeing it this year if things are going well. Plus the fact that MSFS2020 is carrying a certain amount of baggage with it now, and they seem to be finding it hard to fix or don't want to waste the effort on. I expect MSFS2024 to be fully DX12 from the start, so that should take care of that part! Edited August 7, 20232 yr by bobcat999 Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
August 7, 20232 yr 55 minutes ago, bobcat999 said: You may joke, but looking at the announcement video, it seemed fairly well complete at a graphical level, and maybe most of the background code is from MSFS2020 anyway, (might just require a few tweaks), so I think there is actually a chance of seeing it this year if things are going well. Plus the fact that MSFS2020 is carrying a certain amount of baggage with it now they they seem to be finding hard to fix or don't want to waste the effort on. I expect MSFS2024 to be fully DX12 from the start, so that should take care of that part! Looking at the videos, it certainly seems like MSFS2024 isn't that far from release - but we had the same impression graphically when MSFS2020 was first announced in June 2019 😂. Admittedly, I'm convinced that the foundation for FS2024 is a lot more solid now than it was for FS2020 at release, but we all know how long it takes to fix the last 20% of issues after things look pretty good already. My impression that it might not release before mid 2024 is mostly based on some details Jörg and Seb said in various videos, plus reading between the lines. I can't point my finger to anything specific, but my feeling is that mid 2024 is the timeframe they were hinting at. But who knows, their vagueness about the release date might be deliberate so they can still surprise us - by releasing earlier than expected (or later 😆) Anyway, I wasn't entirely joking, but I wasn't really serious either. A 2023 release doesn't look impossible to me, but at this point it's probably more wishful thinking than anything else. Edited August 7, 20232 yr by pstrub My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
August 8, 20232 yr Well the 2024 trailer said at the end that it's coming next year. Not when next year, just next year. Edited August 8, 20232 yr by Tuskin38
August 8, 20232 yr The later in 2024 the better, gives them more time to iron out bugs & issues before release <he says expectantly> Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
August 8, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Tuskin38 said: Well the 2024 trailer said at the end that it's coming next year. Not when next year, just next year. ahhh thanks! That's where my feeling came from 😉 My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
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