February 3rd, 2022 Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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We hope you’re enjoying the most recent World Update 7: Australia! Thank you for the recent feedback on both the free update and our new Local Legend aircraft, the Fokker F. VII. Next on the list for us is Sim Update 8, which focuses on bug fixes in the sim. This update is targeted for release on March 1st. As mentioned on last week’s dev Q&A, we are planning a public beta period for this update, which will include all platforms (that means Steam, too!). Stay tuned for how to join that optional flight soon.

Next Wednesday, February 9^th at 10:30am PT, we have our third SDK Q&A live on Twitch. Our SDK Team is ready to answer your questions and meet with you. We hope to see you there!

– MSFS TEAM –

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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We are working on revamping our Bugs & Issues section to better reflect the top bugs in our Feedback Snapshot. More updates to come!

SDK UPDATE

- DevMode:
- - Work is continuing on the weather API for WASM (exposing same bitmaps that are available in JavaScript).
  - We improved the management of memory for the Undo stack.
  - We fixed the interface of buttons in parking scripts.
  - Scenery Editor:
    - We fixed a memory leak in the Scenery Editor that could cause severe drops of FPS on some airports.
  - Visual Effects Editor:
    - We fixed a crash that happened when trying to open the object selector, while the scenery editor has not been initialized.
- SimConnect
  - Set FUEL TANK QUANTITY now converts unit to gallons.
  - RequestFacilitiesList now returns the entire list of facilities.

3RD PARTY UPDATE

As of 01/30, we have now approved 228 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 133 (+0) have released 881 products on PC (+15) and 575 on Xbox (+14).
In total, 1,763 products (+26) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 476 products (+19) from 3^rd party developers are in production (287 announced, 189 unannounced). In total, over 2,237 3^rd party products (+45) are either released or are in development.
Airports:
- 1307 airports (+17) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1084 airports (+14) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 624 airports (+11) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 113 airports (+1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 110 airports (+2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 282 aircraft (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 103 aircraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 69 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 157 aircraft (+3) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 22 aircraft (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 570 sceneries (+25) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 498 sceneries (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 107 sceneries (+5) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 17 sceneries (+1) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 55 sceneries (+16) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Mission Packs:
- 78 mission packs (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 76 mission packs (+2) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 8 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 2 mission packs (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.

MARKETPLACE UPDATE

There are 39 new and 30 updated products in the Marketplace today. Marketplace updates generally go live on Thursdays between the release of this blog post and 5pm PT.

39 NEW PRODUCTS: 17 ON PC, 22 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC ✅
New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅
New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅
New on Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅
New on Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC ✅
New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅
New on Xbox ✅	New on Xbox ✅	New on Xbox ✅
New on Xbox ✅	New on Xbox ✅	New on PC and Xbox ✅

30 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 19 ON PC, 11 ON XBOX
Updated on PC ✅	Updated on PC ✅	Updated on PC ✅
Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox✅
Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC Xbox ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox✅
Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC ✅
Updated on PC✅	Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox ✅
Updated on PC ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox ✅	Updated on PC and Xbox ✅
	Updated on PC ✅

TWITCH UPDATE

We stream weekly on Twitch.tv/MSFSOfficial! Stock up on Tim Tams, Arnott’s Shapes, and Vegemite! To celebrate the release of World Update VII: Australia, we’ll be flying a route northbound up the beautiful Gold Coast. For suggested aircraft, you’ll want to fly anything with a cruise speed of around 120 knots (X or NX Cub, Cessna 172, Pipistrel Virus, Flight Design CTSL, PC-6 Porter, or similar).

All are welcome to participate! Click here for details.

COMMUNITY VIDEO

Located near Mount Everest high in the Himalayas, Tenzing-Hillary Airport, also known as Lukla (ICAO: VNLK), is considered one of the most challenging places in the world for pilots to takeoff and land. In this video, YouTuber TFS2020 attempts many takeoffs from Lukla in a variety of different aircraft types including a Boeing 747!