September 7, 20232 yr SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user pcdyoung, featuring the Campout Utility add-on by 3rd party developer //42. If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below! A new pre-release test build (1.34.14.0) is available now for those enrolled in the Sim Update 13 public beta. You can read the release notes on the forums here. Based on feedback from testers so far, we have noticed positive improvements in this build to the long loading time issue which we discussed in last week’s blog post. Some testers also remarked that they are seeing smoother performance in 1.34.14.0 compared to previous test builds. The Microsoft Flight Simulator Community Team will be at the Reno Air Races next week from September 13-17! If you’re attending the National Championship Air Races — the last year they will be hosted in Reno — stop by our booth and say hello! We always love meeting sim pilots and fellow aviation enthusiasts. – MSFS Team DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP Click here for the web-friendly version of the Development Roadmap. MARKETPLACE BACKLOG Current Backlog: 629 Total* *The MS test process is currently going through iteration, so our backlog numbers are fluctuating. 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 84 3 1 0 88 Mission 26 16 6 0 48 Scenery 64 5 5 0 74 Livery 46 6 6 0 58 Airport 89 25 4 7 125 Other 38 15 12 1 66 Total 347 70 34 8 459 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 26 10 10 1 47 Mission 0 0 2 0 2 Scenery 3 0 1 0 4 Livery 30 8 6 4 48 Airport 30 22 3 9 64 Other 5 0 0 0 5 Total 94 40 22 14 170 SDK & THIRD PARTY UPDATE The SDK and Third Party Updates will return in a future Development Update blog. COMMUNITY FLY-IN Every year on September 7 (Sete de Setembro), millions of Brazilians celebrate their country’s independence day. To mark the occasion, this week our Fly-In Friday group flight will be returning to South America for a flight over some of Brazil’s beautiful beaches and the culturally-rich city of Rio de Janeiro. Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate! COMMUNITY VIDEO The first community video of September comes from Greek Youtuber AviatorCro. California Dreamin’ is the first part of a new cinematic series aiming to “bring different regions to life through the lens of flight simulator”. From the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco, to the Griffiths Observatory watching over LA, the state of California looks more inviting than ever thanks to this very well captured and edited virtual glimpse of (or at??) The Golden State! We can’t wait to see the next episode in this series from AviatorCro. What region would you love to see highlighted? SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE You can submit your screenshot via Twitter with #MSFSchallenge or the Weekly Forum Post! This week’s screenshot challenge: The Sun This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was “Stars and Fields“: Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: pcdyoung (Forum) Screenshot by Ikulin09 (Twitter) Screenshot by KotetuP (Twitter) Screenshot by MihamaBlend (Twitter) Screenshot by ukaka5656 (Twitter) Screenshot by Batterby76 (Forum) Screenshot by HeKa48 (Forum) Screenshot by PaulausPilot (Forum) Screenshot by ScenicAtol37419 (Forum) Screenshot by VFRRaider (Forum) Screenshot by ZILLNIAZI17 (Forum) NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – September 14th, 2023 Sincerely, Microsoft Flight Simulator Team Edited September 7, 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. Controller: Xbox Controller attached to PC via USB.
September 7, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, okupton said: Is this accurate? The roadmap screenshot is dated July 6, 2023. Noticed that too, looks like they posted an old one by accident? All the WU/SU stuff is still "TBA" and I think the SU13 date might've slipped (otherwise it's out in 2 weeks?)
September 8, 20232 yr No wishlist / bugs again? i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea
September 8, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, scotchegg said: No wishlist / bugs again? It will simply carry on over to the next Version of 2024 and so on. When is the next MS QnA? not asking scotchegg direct but what is going on here? Edited September 8, 20232 yr by JBDB-MD80
September 8, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, scotchegg said: No wishlist / bugs again? I noticed this as well: more and more weekly updates do no longer come with the the wishlist/buglist anymore. Funny enough that the absence of those two lists coincede with several immersion breaking bugs existing since release finally ending up on this list... Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
September 8, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, okupton said: Is this accurate? The roadmap screenshot is dated July 6, 2023. The roadmap is only updated every 3 months or so, they mentioned this in one of the Dev Q&A live streams. So this is not a mistake, it works just as intended. Take a look at end of October, there's even an item "Dev Roadmap Update Oct/Jan", wouldn't expect a new roadmap before that date. My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
September 8, 20232 yr 52 minutes ago, pstrub said: The roadmap is only updated every 3 months or so, they mentioned this in one of the Dev Q&A live streams. So this is not a mistake, it works just as intended. Take a look at end of October, there's even an item "Dev Roadmap Update Oct/Jan", wouldn't expect a new roadmap before that date. ah ok. Thanks for clarifying that for me. Orman
September 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, pstrub said: The roadmap is only updated every 3 months or so, they mentioned this in one of the Dev Q&A live streams. So this is not a mistake, it works just as intended. Take a look at end of October, there's even an item "Dev Roadmap Update Oct/Jan", wouldn't expect a new roadmap before that date. Should be updated every month in my opinion, then it moves forward at a steady pace. As it is now we get to the end of the three months and don't know what's happening the following month, then the next month we get the next three months then at the end.... doesn't make sense to me, but then these weekly posts have been pretty much pointless since day dot anyway bar the odd one with some useful insights. 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)
September 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, MarcG said: Should be updated every month in my opinion, then it moves forward at a steady pace. I agree, they should update the roadmap more frequently, and a monthly cadence seems preferable to me. Just saying the outdated July roadmap isn't shown by accident (as was assumed earlier on in this thread), it's fully intentional. My simming system: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D, 32GB RAM, RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, LG 38" 3840x1600
September 9, 20232 yr I see the discussion thread for this update on MSFS forums has a number of pointed comments about the lack of info contained in these updates with a suggestion that perhaps they should move them to a monthly basis. Give people power to really test their personality.
September 14, 20232 yr These synchronous turning windmills in the video look awful. Edited September 14, 20232 yr by MUC1
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