SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Posted by: Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter/X user KotetuP! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

We released Sim Update 13, the next major release to Microsoft Flight Simulator, earlier today. This update includes dozens of fixes and improvements to many different facets of the sim. You can read the full release notes here. At the time of this writing, we are aware that some players are experiencing issues downloading and/or installing Sim Update 13. We are following your reports very closely, and our team is currently hard at work to resolve this issue. We will provide an update as soon as we can – please follow the MSFS Support twitter or check out the MSFS forums for the latest information.

Yesterday, we hosted our latest Developer Livestream on Twitch. If you weren’t able to watch it live, you can catch up on the latest MSFS news from our panel of Jorg, Seb, Martial and special guests on YouTube here:

During the stream, the panel addressed some high-priority questions from the community, including implementing a different set of atmospheric coefficients, a topic that has been a popular point of conversation among sim pilots for the past few weeks. We also revealed some new upcoming content, such as World Update XV: Northern Europe and Greenland! Launching alongside this World Update next month will also be a new Local Legend, Sweden’s Saab B 17.

Another highlight of yesterday’s Developer Livestream was the unveiling of the next entry in our Famous Flyers series of aircraft, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2 from developer iniBuilds! Last week’s Development Roadmap indicated that this plane was originally planned to be released today. We don’t have an exact release date to share with you at this time, but we’re excited to get this beautiful light turboprop into your hands as soon as we can.

Finally, we are temporarily delaying today’s new Marketplace releases until the ongoing issues related to installing Sim Update 13 are resolved. We will update this page with the new and updated Marketplace products once they are available. Thank you for your patience.

– MSFS Team

 

FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Feedback Snapshot.

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Development Roadmap.

MARKETPLACE UPDATE

Click here for the web-friendly version of the Marketplace Update.

We are temporarily delaying today’s new Marketplace releases until the ongoing issues related to installing Sim Update 13 are resolved. This section will be updated with this week’s new and updated Marketplace products once they are available.

 

SDK UPDATE

SDK UPDATE (ASOBO)

• No Update this week.

 

SDK UPDATE (WORKING TITLE / MSFS AVIONICS FRAMEWORK)

• We are currently preparing a Framework SDK update to reflect changes coming in SU_13 – documentation updates are being finalized as well – look for that shortly after SU_13 release.
• Check out https://github.com/microsoft/msfs-avionics-mirrorto access the latest Avionics Framework source code.
• Find the latest documentation about the avionics framework here https://microsoft.github.io/msfs-avionics-mirror/.
• Upcoming framework updates:
  • Unifying Subscription logic for ConsumerSubject and ConsumerValue to implement generic Subscription. (SU_14)
  • Adding new features to the Framework Map module, including adding new DTK property to MapRotationModule and adding additional conversion functions to MapSystemUtils . (SU_14)
  • Adding a new MapSharedCanvasLayer class. This layer allows multiple sublayers to draw to a single canvas layer while managing callbacks and invalidation logic. (SU_14)
  • Fixing a bug with the fuel_usable_total_weight event publisher. (SU_14)
  • Adding reverse_thrust_engaged and throttle_lower_limit values to the EngineData EventBus publisher. (SU_13)
  • Improving Avionics Framework TCAS module to support dynamic max intruder count and update frequencies. (SU_14)

 

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• As of 09/22, we have now approved 234 (+00) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 203 (+0) have released 2,622 products on PC (+18) and 2,340 on Xbox (+24).
• In total, 3,597 products (+36) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 793 products (+8) from 3^rd party developers are in production (353 announced, 440 unannounced). In total, over 4,392 3^rd party products (+36) have either been released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 2,137 airports (+11) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 1,902 airports (+17) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 1,355 airports (+16) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 119 airports (-3) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 116 airports (-5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 672 aircraft (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 285 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 217 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
    • 202 aircraft (+2) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
    • 213 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 174 aircraft (+1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 1,003 scenery packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 946 scenery packs (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 502 scenery packs (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 37 scenery packs (-5) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
• Mission Packs:
  • 216 mission packs (+12) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 188 mission packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 126 mission packs (+3) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
    • 30 mission packs (+11) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
• Livery Packs:
  • 329 livery packs (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 250 livery packs (+7) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 243 livery packs (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
    • 78 livery packs (+3) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
• Ships & Watercraft:
  • 35 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 26 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 19 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
    • 9 ships & watercraft (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

 

COMMUNITY FLY-IN

October 1 is International Coffee Day! According to the International Coffee Organization, this day is “a celebration of the coffee sector’s diversity, quality and passion. It is an opportunity for coffee lovers to share their love of the beverage and support the millions of farmers whose livelihoods depend on the aromatic crop.”

For our Fly-In this week, we will mark the occasion with a flight over two coffee-producing countries in Central America: Guatemala and Honduras! Both nations rank in the global top 10 for annual coffee production!

Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate!

COMMUNITY VIDEO

A few weeks ago, we featured YouTube creator AviatorCro‘s California video in this space. Today, we’re pleased to highlight AviatorCro’s newest cinematic video, Bella Italia. Check out the beautiful scenery in picturesque Italy in the video below!

 

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

You can submit your screenshot via Twitter with #MSFSchallenge or the Weekly Forum Post!

This week’s screenshot challenge: Country Roads

This past week’s Screenshot Challenge was “Mountains“:

Weekly Screenshot Challenge Winner: KotetuP (Twitter)

Screenshot by CpuGeta486 (Twitter)

Screenshot by EejayX (Forum)

Screenshot by HolmesCZ6127 (Forum)

Screenshot by JohnStarp (Forum)

Screenshot by Lwsail (Forum)

Screenshot by PaulausPilot (Forum)

Screenshot by pommes_l (Twitter)

Screenshot by ukaka5656 (Twitter)

Screenshot by Zeanuck (Forum)

Screenshot by ZillNiazi (Twitter)

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NEXT DEVELOPMENT BLOG UPDATE – October 5th, 2023

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team

Edited September 28, 20232 yr by David Mills

OK. Now I am big time confused.  With all the reports of issues with SU13 installation, I followed the link to the official forums at FlighSimulator.com.  The pinned message at the top speaks to the reports, says they are looking into it, and reports SU13 as version 1.34.16.   I am able to start MSFS and when up and running mine reports the version as 1.34.16.  Seriously?  I encountered a few small updates this morning right after 1500Z.  No way did I expect that to be SU13.  I was not on the beta.

Is v 1.34.16 really post SU13?

1 minute ago, fppilot said:

Is v 1.34.16 really post SU13?

That's the number on my Window, I was in the Beta.

I think, I did get the mandatory update early this afternoon and installed it; I am now on 1.34.16.0. I was not in the beta.

My installation, both of the sim and the world updates, went quite smoothly but it seems many others are having troubles.

Edited September 29, 20232 yr by Cognita

2 minutes ago, Cognita said:

I think, I did get the mandatory update early this afternoon and installed it; I am now on 1.34.16.0. I was not in the beta.

My installation, both of the sim and the world updates, went quite smoothly but it seems many others are having troubles.

OIdd.  I too barely blinked and it was done. Incredible what I am reading from others.

My update went well and fast but I haven't been able to access Content Manager since.

The initial update went well just the content stuff took for ever. Can't wait for 2024 to be like it was when 2020 first launched 

This MSFS update needs a pin.

17 hours ago, DMullert said:

My update went well and fast but I haven't been able to access Content Manager since.

Another user reported that when SimBridge is active they were not able to access Content Manager. I just checked and had a SimBridge update to run in the FBW installer - maybe it fixes the conflict with Content Manager.

 

Even if you can access the Content Manager without SimBridge, all downloads fail. There must be a more complex issue.....

Content downloads go ok. It's the decompressing that is interminably slow. Never had this before and I'm at a loss to explain why.

I'm having the decompression issue.

I have a solid PC and a good internet connection. MSFS stalled last night on LEMD update decompression, and right now, it's stalling on "asobo-aircraft-b787-10-0.1.105.fspackage". My community folder is empty as I run add on linker. Its almost the weekend and I wanted to fly. Hopefully they can figure it out or its more Baldur's Gate 3 or Mortal Kombat 1 for the weekend.

Edited September 30, 20232 yr by SKEWR

Saturday morning UK time and FINALLY I have managed to complete the update with the content manager stuff taking many hours 😞  I have a barely acceptable internet connection of around 35Mb/S [3.5 MB/S] as I live in the countryside, but getting 1 or 2 Mb/S for much of that time on this update.  I did, however, manage to up the speed by using my NordVPN connection, just to establish the start of the download and once downloading at 5 or 6 Mb/S dropping the VPN and was then downloading at 20 - 30 Mb/S.  The slow stuff was the Content Manager updates.  I am somewhat dreading the future with MSFS 2024 requiring downloading at all times when online in the Sim I will have a lesser experience than currently 😞.  There is a little hope that our small village will get full fibre early 2024, so here's hoping. This update was particularly difficult.  BR

M.