On Friday 30th 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