MSFS Team Releases a Hotfix for Microsoft Flight Simulator

On Friday 30^th of July, The Microsoft Flight Simulator Team have taken to their website to announce the release of a hotfix update for their popular flight simulator.

The hotfix was released following their long-awaited “Sim 5 Update”, which introduced the simulator to Xbox users and drastically improved performances for PC users. The hotfix, version 1.18.14.0, aims to fix bugs as well as to improve some aspects of the simulator.

Release Notes 1.18.14.0

Stability/Perfomrance

Fixed various crashes in game and on the world map
Fixed crashes related to the offline AI traffic
Fixed minor memory leaks

Navigation

Fixed broken flight plan for Garmin devices when adding an enroute waypoint that was inserted as a destination
Fixed flightplanner not resetting when going from one activity to another
Fixed flightplan from flight assistant not displaying on certain planes when VFR map is open after the destination is set
Fixed freezes happening when using the flight assistant when setting a new destination

UI

VR options should no longer be duplicated in the Option menu
Marketplace “Get and download” and “Download” buttons will now function as expected on the Content Page
User unable to interact with UI elements with the in game cursor for free flight in some cases

Planes

Improvements of pitot static system to fix altimeter bugs, improve accuracy and correctly simulate temperature impact
Fixed AutoBrakes Button Behavior on the Airbus A320Neo

Gameplay

The correct runway is now taken into account for the Landing challenge at Nice
Pilots are now displayed in external view at the Isafjordur Landing challenge
Title will no longer become unresponsive after using Fuel Supply and using a fuel or payload as a numerical value via ATC Ground Services
Some achievements will no longer be awarded in error for certain landing scenarios

Weather

Fixed big temperature spikes at high altitudes

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