The developers of Microsoft Flight Simulator have shared a new development update regarding the recently released patch and new YouTube videos from Partnership and Around the World series.
In this development update, the developer spoke about the new patch, that has been released yesterday. With the update released, there have been several performance and flight dynamics issues fixed. The weather engine should be now more accurate, issues with live weather not working or errors have been fixed, Garmin G1000 and G3000 have now fixed autopilot, grainy reflections has been fixed, and much more. The changelog can be found below.
Changelog
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- 225/03 Wind Thread – “Thread for people having the 225/03 wind issue in North America and other places around the world. The winds aloft are always about 225 degrees at 3kts
- Wind Testing – “In an effort to give this issue more visibility, and greater importance for addressing. Did a test of (6) different airports to show that the wind depiction issues go well beyond the 223/3 knots winds aloft bug we all know about.”
- Live Weather and Wind Readings are Not accurate – “Hello, I’m wondering if you all are having the well know weather issue with the wind still at 2 kts when you fly anywhere in the world because I did a test flight from KSFO to Eureka, CA and flew over the ocean where winds this morning where around 30 kts but my Grand Caravan aircraft only had winds 225 degrees at 2 kts”
- Live Weather Not Working: In general, Live Weather not accurate. “Having to restart to get live weather working again, then sometimes midflight it just changes to clear conditions.”
- Live Weather Error – “After I quit the flight and go back to World Map the live weather does not work anymore. Weather appears to be clear in whatever airport I start again.”
- Garmin G1000/G3000 & Autopilot Related Issues – Variety of AP and issues with the Garmin Avionics. Read list in thread.
- Turboprop Engine Logic Issues – “Basic turboprop engine issues to include ITT on start, ITT with altitude, torque versus altitude, and N1 versus altitude issues.”
- ATC Incorrect Phraseology – Airline pilot highlights it in thread.
- After patch A320 left engine starts, then dies, won’t start again
- A32 engines starts and dies – “After patch A320 left engine starts, then dies, won’t start again”
- Night lighting – Terrain emits light? – Terrain emits light, see thread for further examples and screenshots.
- Dreadful Performance – General performance issues (stutters, jumpy, etc.) with good computer set up.
- Reflections look grainy, even if reflections are on ultra
- Lack of Real Time Traffic
- Cessna Citation Longitude Performance issues – “Engine, fuel, and flight dynamics issues with the Longitude”
- A320 swaying left and right – When on Autopilot, the A320 sways left and right
The developer also updated SDK, which mainly fixed bug fixes in scenery editor, aircraft editor, particle effects system and webassembly. Speaking of SDK, Asobo developers stated that around 900 applications from third party developers for the Marketplace has been noted.
The last but not least, the developer shared new videos from their YouTube series. In the Around the World episode 3, the developers take us through interesting sights of Africa.
In the Partnership series, the developer introduce us to developer Textron Aviation, which is responsible for some aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator.
The development update can be found on Microsoft Flight Simulator website.
