Captains,

The FS2Crew Animated First Officer for the PMDG 737 is now LIVE for MSFS 2024!

Download it now via the Product Manager — this update is 100% FREE for current owners.

Be sure to check the changelog for full details, as we made additional changes beyond just adding the FO to 2024!

Important: Disable the built-in MSFS copilot or you’ll end up with two First Officers in the cockpit!

SOP 1, 2 and 3 supported!

Our Legacy website for FSX/P3D orders will be shutting down on December 31st, 2025.

That's only one month away!

If you have older FSX/P3D purchases, please log in now and download your installers so you can keep them safely backed up before access ends.

As an alternative, remember we now offer the FSX/P3D All Access Pack, which includes everything in one bundle — and we’ve made it almost free for Black Friday!

💶 Price dropped from €99 to just €19

🔖 Use coupon FALL2025 for an extra 30% off!

Don’t wait — grab your old installers or secure the All Access Pack while you still can!

Have a lovely weekend!
-Team FS2Crew

When I read the checklists the FO does not react to most of my phrase. I checked what the control window to see what FS2Crew has recognized and the recognition is correct, the correct phrase shows up, yet the FO does not react.

The problem starts with the Cockpit preparation Checklist. Up until Baro Ref everything works, but as soon as I answer the Baro Ref with the QNH setting and say xxxxQNH I get no confirmation from the FO and the checklist does not progress.

It then continues with the Before Start checklist. The V Speeds string is correctly recognized as I can see in the control window yet the FO does not react to it, neither does he to my "closed" to the Window item, even though it says in the string that a "closed" was uttered by me.

I use the newest version, that was released a just about yesterday and I use the new speech recognition method.

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We’ve just pushed significant updates across multiple FS2Crew products (PMDG 777, 737, iFly, Maddog, CRJ) – and you won’t want to miss these! 

New Speech Recognition System
The additional speech recognition option that was previously exclusive to Fenix has now been rolled out to the rest of the FS2Crew product line. You’ll find it on the Settings Panel.

iFly 737 Improvements
We can now pull far more data directly from the aircraft – meaning you no longer need to manually enter values like before. This is a huge step forward in usability and immersion. Just make sure you’ve got the latest iFly 737 host aircraft version installed.

As always, grab the latest versions using the Product Manager.

https://fs2crew.com/downloads/

Read the Change Logs
Every product has been touched with new features and fixes, so please take a moment to review the change logs carefully!

This is one of our biggest updates yet – enjoy the new features and let us know your feedback!

Change Logs link:

https://fs2crew.com/fs2crew-change_logs

 Fenix Airbus
 PMDG 777

Please download the latest versions via the FS2Crew Product Manager.
Don’t forget to check the FS2Crew Change Logs for full details on what’s new.

New Experimental Feature:

The Fenix Airbus edition now includes an alternative speech recognition system that you can try out. If this proves successful, we’ll look at rolling this option out across other FS2Crew products as well!

Thank you for your continued support and happy flying! 

-Team FS2Crew
www.fs2crew.com

Please answer our poll!

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To celebrate, we’re dropping a special 5€ discount code: 777CREW

(Works with BOTH the base 777 and the Animated FO product!)

Important notes for Captains:

Compatible only with the PMDG Web Store version of the 777 (not the MSFS Marketplace version).
Fully supports all PMDG 777 models in MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024.

To learn more, you're cleared via direct to:

www.fs2crew.com

Let your 777 come alive with FS2Crew’s Animated FO – Your crew is waiting!










 

The Animated FO and the Fenix BFU:
Today, we pushed out multiple updates.  The Change Logs are viewable via the "Change Logs" link in the "Critical Links" section on the FS2Crew website.,

The most significant change is that the "Animated First Officer" for the Fenix Airbus now works with the recently released Fenix update (BFU).  Happy times at FS2Crew 

Use the FS2Crew Product Manager to update.

The mighty Animated FO for the PMDG 777:
In preparation for the Animated 777 release, we've also updated the PMDG 777 version with fixes and improvements.

We're doing a final test on the Animated 777 FO before launch, and we expect to release it early next week.

I'm sorry for not getting the 777 animated FO out early.  The Fenix BFU update diverted us.  Also, PMDG keeps releasing new 777 models, and we have to support them all, which takes time.

The animated FOs are extremely complex and time-consuming to build and maintain.

IMPORTANT NOTE - FS2Crew Legacy Website End of Life notice - 31 December 2025:
The old "FS2Crew Legacy Website" will be taken offline on December 31st, 2025.   This website is used for people who own very old FS2Crew products created before the year 2020. 

Yes, amazingly, there are still people who use FSX and P3D and still use FS2Crew. Some FS9 holdouts are lurking about, too. 

Me, I'm still on Solo Flight for the  Commodore 64 

At any rate, it's impossible to maintain the old Legacy Website due to technical reasons.

So if you own an old FSX/P3D FS2Crew, download your product now via the Legacy Website and store it somewhere safe.

The Legacy Website is available via the 'Critical Links' section on the FS2Crew website.

Server Improvements:
We recently upgraded our server, so you should see better download speeds, especially if everyone is pounding the server at the same time!

Have a lovely weekend!
-Team FS2Crew

Just a friendly reminder:  We pushed out significant updates a few days ago.  Please check the FS2Crew Product Manager to see if you're current!

The Change Logs are available on the FS2Crew website in the "Critical Links" section.

These updates correct basically all current known issues (until SU 3 is released, that is!  Then we have to re-check everything again because Asobo keeps changing things, especially the tools used to make the animated FOs  )

These updates delayed the release of FS "3" Crew for the 777.   Our 777 animated pilots should now be out in about 1.5 weeks, assuming no major hiccups in the meantime.

Enjoy your weekend, FS2Crew friends!

-The FS2Crew Team

Big changes are:
 

iFly 737 Max8  MSFS 2024 support!

We had to make a small change to make the iFly 737 work in 2024.  That fix has been made, and it's now on the server.

You can now enjoy FS2Crew iFly in all its glory in MSFS 2024!

Voice Control - Big Improvement!

You no longer need to set your Windows Display language to English!

For example, you don't need to set your Windows Display Language to English if you're German, French, or Spanish.  You just need to download the English language pack.

This makes things much more convenient for our many users from outside English-speaking countries.

(Note: We still have to update the ATR version with this new change.  That'll be coming soon.)

Animated FO for MSFS 2024 SU2!

We've recompiled the animated FO's for MSFS 2024 SU2.  This should resolve any issues some users experienced, like floating sunglasses in SU2.

Other bug fixes and improvements!

Please see the official FS2Crew Change Log page for more info (available via the 'Critical Links' page on the FS2Crew website.)

Coming Up Next!

Animated FO for the PMDG 777!  Our first FS "3" Crew 

The 777 animated FO version will also likely have an additional surprise feature VR users should like... Stay tuned.

Have a lovely weekend!
 

-Team FS2Crew

Product notes!

This product is a direct port of FS2Crew PMDG 737 SOP 1 made to work with the mighty MSFS 2020 iFly 737 Max8.

It should work 'out of the box' with the "MSFS 2024" version of the iFly 737 when iFly releases it.  The FS2Crew Product Manager already has the 2004 option enabled.

Some FMC data could not be read directly from the iFly aircraft (such as V1, VR, Transition Altitude, and Cruise Altitude.)

That said, you must manually enter the takeoff speeds on the FS2Crew Departure Brief page since we cannot auto-populate those fields at this moment in time.

However, the good news is that the FS2Crew Team made a request to the iFly developers so we could pull this FMC data directly.  They agreed, and in the next iFly Service Update, we should be able to pull the takeoff speeds, etc., directly out of the FMC, thus saving you the trouble of manually entering the takeoff V speeds, etc, in the Briefing panel.

A big shout out to the iFly developers for helping make FS2Crew integrate better!

SOP 2 and 3.  Is that coming too?  Well,  if we do an SOP 2 or 3 depends on market forces.  We'll see what the demand is like for SOP 1 to see if it warrants the development costs associated with producing SOP 2 and 3.

A 5 euro discount coupon code is available for our loyal user base.  Get 5 euros off using the code:  IFLY737

Have a nice weekend!

And enjoy your new flight crew in the mighty iFly!

-Team FS2Crew
web: www.fs2crew.com

For some reason it only seems to happen when using fs2crew 737 animated...i dont see how it could be related, but it only happens when using fs2crew 737 animated...anyone else?

I have tried using the FS2crew but to no avail. I followed the https://fs2crew.com/fs2crew-voice-control-setup-help/ tutorial, changing my os language to English-US, trained my voice via fs2crew voice training tools, disabled voice access when running FS2crew, I don't have Kaspersky nor Nahmic and asus sound studio on my pc, disabled Open Mic mode but still nothing works. If anybody knows how to fix this on Windows 11 24H2 I'll gladly take the hint. 

Thanks !

Last night, we released new updates for many of our products.  Please use the Product Manager to update!

Product Manager:

https://fs2crew.com/downloads/
 

Change logs:

https://fs2crew.com/fs2crew-change_logs/

Please read the Change Logs carefully!

Have a lovely weekend!

-Team FS2Crew
www.fs2crew.com

If -and only if- you cannot update to V2.0.18  (it should auto update) or if you encounter any other error with the Product Manager, please do a clean re-install of the Product Manager. 

To do that, follow these steps:

Make a backup of your "pm_status.json" file located in Roaming folder described below.  This file records which FS2Crew's you have installed.

Delete:

C:\Usersuser name\AppData\Roaming\fs2crew-product-manager-installer-v2

and:

C:\Users* user name*\AppData\Local\fs2crew-product-manager-installer-v2-updater

Re-download via the "Downloads" page on the FS2Crew website at: www.fs2crew.com

Restore the backed-up "pm_status.json" file.

If you accidentally forget to back up the "pm_status.json" file, it's no big deal. You can just go ahead and reinstall your FS2Crew's again through the Product Manager.

Important: Just so you know, if you cannot delete any of those folders because Windows says they're in use, please ensure the Product Manager is not running.  Open your Task Manager, and end any instances of the Product Manager running (blue airplane nose icon).

Please vote for FS2Crew at the FS Elite Awards!

FS2Crew: PMDG 737 has been nominated for best MSFS tool.   We're pretty proud of being nominated in this category and selected from the 100s of other outstanding MSFS tools available!

Please vote for us!

Here's the link:    https://flightsim-awards.com/

Animated FOs for the MSFS 2024 Fenix and FBW:

As you know, we released the animated FO for the MSFS 2024 FBW and Fenix Airbus.  You can download them via the Product Manager if you own them.

We released them as "experimental".

MSFS 2024 really changed everything for the animated FOs.  Very little was backward compatible with 2020.  So they required massive surgery.  We've invested much more time in them than we initially expected.  MSFS 2024 really is a different animal.

We hope to have the final versions out next week!

PMDG 777 version - V1.1 update status:

Once the FBW and Fenix animated FOs are final, we'll push out the PMDG 777 V1.1 update.  Hopefully, that'll happen next week as well.

Have a lovely weekend!

-Team FS2Crew

I prefer to hone my FMC setup, takeoff and landing skills and so prefer to start with 'engines running'. Will FS2Crew allow for that automatically and not go through all the startup procedures?