Changelog v1.3.2 > v1.4.0
🚀 **Spotty26 Update Available!** 🚀

A new Spotty26 update is now available, bringing several new features, usability improvements, and bug fixes for MSFS 2024 plane spotters and camera enthusiasts.

### ✨ New Features

✅ Added user activation for support for Global Hotkeys so user defined keystrokes can be used for all camera modes (Flyby - FlybyO - Chase - World -Tower)
when Spotty26 is minimized to Taskbar or out of focus.

Important note when using Global Hotkeys: Spotty26 will highjack activated hotkeys and cause issues with other running programs.
Global Hotkeys in Spotty can be toggled ON/OFF easily.


✅ Added support for configuring additional joystick buttons:

* D-Pad Up
* D-Pad Down
* D-Pad Left
* D-Pad Right

✅ Added new assignable joystick actions:

* Camera Zoom In
* Camera Zoom Out
* Altitude Up
* Altitude Down

✅ Added **FlybyO (Cinematic Flyby)** button to Spotty26 UI.

✅ Added **FlybyO** support on the Xbox Controller Right Thumb button for instant cinematic flyby sequences.

### 🎥 Camera Improvements

* Chase, World, and Tower camera panels can now be shown or hidden by repeatedly activating the same camera mode.
* Works from the Spotty26 UI, keyboard, joystick buttons, and Xbox controller.
* Camera movement behavior has been significantly improved for keyboard, joystick, and controller users. Movements now feel much more natural and intuitive.

### 🗺️ Map Improvements

* Disabled automatic map centering when selecting aircraft markers, making traffic monitoring and aircraft selection easier.

### 🔧 Other Improvements

* Various bug fixes and stability improvements throughout the application.
* Updated Spotty26 User Guide (PDF).

Spotty26 continues its journey toward becoming a **must-have utility for every MSFS 2024 flyer**, whether you're into plane spotting, cinematic flybys, AI traffic tracking, or simply enjoying the world from the perfect camera angle.

As always, feedback and suggestions are welcome. Enjoy the update and happy flybys and aircraft spotting! ✈️

Existing users can update via Spotty26's Menu/Check for update or from their web shop.

New users should reach out to www.simmarket.com or www.flightsim.to

Edited June 4Jun 4 by rksoftware

Sounds like a great update, I look forward to trying it out tonight. Thanks!

Yep same here, ^what he said^, and thank you!

I’m finding that a lot of my aircraft have no or very muted sounds on flyby. This includes the Fenix A320, PMDG 737 and many others. Are other people seeing the same? I’m wondering if there’s an issue on my end or if camera tools like this are exposing aircraft sound packs that weren’t intended for use with a flyby camera?

I'm sorry but either this update is not working for me, or I am using it wrong. The camera is not working the way it was before when I clicked on a flight in the traffic board. If I click on a flight in chase view it doesn't switch to that plane. I click on the map and also the list, but it never switches. Sometimes the camera controls aren't working in tower view as well. Just a view things that I am wondering about as well. Can the camera view be set in chase view? I would like to not have to configure my view on each flight. I would also like to ask if there is a way to plant a camera next to a runway and just watch planes arrive tracking them one by one without clicking on each one. What I mean is that I was hoping for a way to track the plane to a certain distance and then the camera would automatically switch to the next plane and so on and so on. Can this program do this? it's already been a game changer for me but with just a view bumps in the road. Thank you

There are a few issues with the curr

On 6/9/2026 at 12:08 AM, regis9 said:

I’m finding that a lot of my aircraft have no or very muted sounds on flyby. This includes the Fenix A320, PMDG 737 and many others. Are other people seeing the same? I’m wondering if there’s an issue on my end or if camera tools like this are exposing aircraft sound packs that weren’t intended for use with a flyby camera?

The sound issue has been reported to MS/ASOBO and is logged as a bug.

bosflo:

Sometimes the camera controls aren't working

This is a known issue and fixed in 1.4.1 that is coming soon.

Can the camera view be set in chase view

Added to improvement list for next update

I would also like to ask if there is a way to plant a camera next to a runway and just watch planes arrive tracking them one by one without clicking on each one. What I mean is that I was hoping for a way to track the plane to a certain distance and then the camera would automatically switch to the next plane and so on and so on. Can this program do this?

Added to improvement list for next update

Ok, that sounds good. Looks like I'm not the only playing this way :) looking forward to it.

Hi,

 

A new updated Spotty26 v1.4.1 for testing is ready.

Fix broken sounds.

Fix broken camera selection and usage.

Implemented ONE-CLICK selection for easier camera LOCK ON in map and TrafficBoard.

If you are a user and interested in getting it for some testing, send a request via the CONTACT FORM here: https://flightsim4fun.com/support

Sounds good, it think it's time for me to purchase Spotty.

But it still doesn't cease to amaze me that we already had all of this standard in FSX, but not in FS2024.