MARCH 7TH, 2024 – DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

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

Earlier today, we released a new beta build (1.37.7.0) for all players enrolled in the Sim Update 15 (SU_15) beta test. You can see the release notes on our forums here.

As always, we’d like to thank the players who continually provide invaluable feedback during these beta tests. Be sure to share your feedback on our forums here.

Also today, we released updates to three Local Legends/Famous Flyers: the Bell 47J Ranger, Junkers F 13, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2. These updates are available to download now from the in-sim Content Manager. The release notes are on our forums here.

Our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for March 13 at 10:30am PT (1730 UTC)! As always, it will be hosted on our official Twitch channel, so please follow it if you are not already to receive notifications whenever we go live.

If you missed the opportunity to pre-submit a question in advance, our panel will be taking live questions from Twitch chat during the event, so be sure to attend.

– MSFS Team

 

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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

FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

Click here for the latest web-friendly version of the Feedback Snapshot.

The next Feedback Snapshot is scheduled for March 14.

MARKETPLACE UPDATE

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.

There are 65 new and 61 updated products in today’s Marketplace Update.

MARKETPLACE BACKLOG

Current Backlog: 432 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

	Testing Status
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	38	0	6	44
Mission	14	0	64	78
Scenery	21	3	0	24
Livery	47	2	3	52
Airport	47	0	23	70
Other	15	0	9	24
Total	182	5	105	292

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

	Testing Status
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	15	0	17	32
Mission	16	0	4	20
Scenery	16	0	0	16
Livery	4	0	8	12
Airport	41	1	6	48
Other	6	0	6	12
Total	98	1	41	140

 

SDK UPDATE

ASOBO

• No update this week.

WORKING TITLE / MSFS AVIONICS FRAMEWORK

• No update this week.

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• As of 03/03, we have now approved 262 (+9) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 219 (+2) have released 3,302 products on PC (+34) and 3,039 on Xbox (+39).
• In total, 4,190 products (+32) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 845 products (+4) from 3^rd party developers are in production (346 announced, 499 unannounced). In total, over 5,032 3^rd party products (+49) have either been released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 2,350 airports (+17) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 2,118 airports (+9) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 1,598 airports (+10) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 112 airports (+0) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 120 airports (+8) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 808 aircraft (+14) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 368 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 287 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
    • 272 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
    • 211 aircraft (-1) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 229 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 1,116 scenery packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 1,083 scenery packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 648 scenery packs (+4) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 21 scenery packs (-1) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 12 scenery packs (-1) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
• Mission Packs:
  • 302 mission packs (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 258 mission packs (+16) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 197 mission packs (+16) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
    • 44 mission packs (-6) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
• Livery Packs:
  • 418 livery packs (+7) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 336 livery packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 328 livery packs (+3) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
    • 81 livery packs (+4) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
• Ships & Watercraft:
  • 38 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 27 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 22 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 11 ships & watercraft (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

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COMMUNITY FLY-IN FRIDAY

March 8 is both International Women’s Day and part of Women of Aviation Week! To mark this occasion, our Community Fly-In this week will be a historic re-creation of the first two stages of one of the most important events from the pioneering days of women’s aviation history, the 1929 Women’s Air Derby!

Joining us as guest co-hosts for this event will be three women from the Microsoft Flight Simulator community, each of whom are IRL licensed pilots or student pilots: Alyson Johnson, FactualGull, and Heidiological!

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

TUBELINER TUESDAY

 

COMMUNITY VIDEO

Combining cinematic shots with graceful music, this week’s Community Video is brought to you by Cpt. WhiteKnight. From snowy mountains to city skyscrapes, Cpt. WhiteKnight provides a glimpse into the Alberta province of Canada.

We were very impressed with the composition of this short video, and look forward to hopefully seeing more in the near future!

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This week’s screenshot challenge: Springtime Soaring

This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was: V1…Rotate!

Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: @tsujiKa_air (Twitter)

Screenshot by HolmesCZ6127 (Forums)

Screenshot by @ukaka5656 (Twitter)

Screenshot by Parorng (Forums)

Screenshot by @CpuGeta486 (Twitter)

Screenshot by Zeanuck (Forums)

Screenshot by @nintaroww (Twitter)

Screenshot by Mifaman701 (Forums)

Screenshot by ZILLNIAZI17 (Forums)

Screenshot by @Johnny_aircargo (Twitter)

Screenshot by HeKa48 (Forums)

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NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – March 14th, 2024

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited March 8, 20242 yr by David Mills

Any feedback on the latest (v3?) beta released today?

I wish they would do a major tweak on the format of these updates. 

16 minutes ago, micstatic said:

I wish they would do a major tweak on the format of these updates. 

Or stop doing them all together! They've had their moments in the past but this one marks their finest hour. How can the cock up something so comprehensively? P3D is starting to look good!

Just now, Ron Attwood said:

How can the cock up something so comprehensively? P3D is starting to look good!

huh? please elaborate

Next week we will have a Developer Livestream , I wonder what the main topics will be, apart from the status of SU15 Beta test, of course.

Great update! Flew the PMDG DC6 four times in a row last night and the gyropilot worked consistently with the 430 every time. Yay!!😃

4 hours ago, polosim said:

Next week we will have a Developer Livestream , I wonder what the main topics will be, apart from the status of SU15 Beta test, of course.

I'm even more curious to hear what they have to say about SU16. The timing of this live stream is a little weird tbh. They usually have them right after the full launch of the SU.

12 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Or stop doing them all together! They've had their moments in the past but this one marks their finest hour. How can the cock up something so comprehensively? P3D is starting to look good!

The heck are you going on about?

  

1 hour ago, Krakin said:

I'm even more curious to hear what they have to say about SU16. The timing of this live stream is a little weird tbh. They usually have them right after the full launch of the SU.

Well remember, SU15 was delayed. So it would have been right after if it hadn't been.

Edited March 8, 20242 yr by Tuskin38

35 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

The heck are you going on about?

Those are the words of a man at the end of his tether.

You've obviously not had a nightmare update.

However. This morning I started MSFS and it loaded as per normal! I can only assume that it was unable to connect with the famous Cloud, thereby all hell broke loose.

But now all is well. The sun is out, the sky is blue. God is in his heaven and all's well with the world. 😁

 

1 hour ago, Ron Attwood said:

Those are the words of a man at the end of his tether.

You've obviously not had a nightmare update.

However. This morning I started MSFS and it loaded as per normal! I can only assume that it was unable to connect with the famous Cloud, thereby all hell broke loose.

But now all is well. The sun is out, the sky is blue. God is in his heaven and all's well with the world. 😁

I've mentioned it before Ron - you need to take more water with it!  

Anyway, the weekend is here, so I'm off to @turbomax's virtual bar myself.  All good. 

6 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Those are the words of a man at the end of his tether.

Ironic from the guy who started with ‘How can they cock up something so comprehensively’ after he had a bad connection or something.

40 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

Those are the words of a man at the end of his tether.

They were my words. i.e. I was at the end of my tether.

3 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

They were my words. i.e. I was at the end of my tether.

Ah, apologies. Mine were the words of a man getting the wrong end of the stick.

My fault entirely. Badly laid out post. Friends? 😁