May 16th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user @CpuGeta486! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

We are pleased to share an updated Development Roadmap with you this week! You can find it below.

On Tuesday, we released a new test build (1.37.18.0) to those community volunteers enrolled in the Sim Update 15 public beta. We expect this to be the final SU_15 release build unless there are any blocking issues identified by the community beta testers.

Earlier today, we also released a small update to all players. This update includes new navdata (AIRAC cycle 2405). Additionally, for players enrolled in the SU_15 beta, today’s update also includes the next round of approved airport improvements submitted by World Hub closed alpha participants. These airport updates will be made available to all simmers with the full release of SU_15.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Development Roadmap

Feedback Snapshot

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

SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update this week.

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases

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

There are 66 new and 41 updated products in this week’s Marketplace Update.

Released Monday, May 13: 20 NEW PRODUCTS: 9 ON PC, 11 ON 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 PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on Xbox
New on PC and Xbox		New on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, May 16: 46 NEW PRODUCTS: 23 ON PC, 23 ON 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 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 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 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
	New on Xbox

Released Monday, May 13: 9 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 6 ON PC, 3 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on PC

Released Thursday, May 16: 32 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 18 ON PC, 14 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 382 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	14	2	12	28
Mission	0	0	82	82
Scenery	17	4	1	22
Livery	48	0	12	60
Airport	17	6	23	46
Other	15	0	10	25
Total	111	12	140	263

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	12	0	7	19
Mission	0	0	0	0
Scenery	11	0	12	23
Livery	20	4	6	30
Airport	28	5	14	47
Other	0	0	0	0
Total	71	9	39	119

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

As of 05/12, we have now approved 282 (+2) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 227 (+2) have released 3,562 products on PC (+26) and 3,318 on Xbox (+37).
In total, 4,445 products (+56) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 831 products (-13) from 3^rd party developers are in production (327 announced, 504 unannounced). In total, over 5,275 3^rd party products (+43) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 2,412 airports (+5) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 2,201 airports (+12) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 1,686 airports (+19) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 108 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 103 airports (-6) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 826 aircraft (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 397 aircraft (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 317 aircraft (+6) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 302 aircraft (+6) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 200 aircraft (-4) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 229 aircraft (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 1,142 scenery packs (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,105 scenery packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 669 scenery packs (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 17 scenery packs (+3) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Mission Packs:
- 402 mission packs (+28) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 344 mission packs (+28) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 282 mission packs (+28) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 58 mission packs (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Livery Packs:
- 455 livery packs (+4) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 371 livery packs (+5) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 362 livery packs (+5) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
  - 83 livery packs (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Ships & Watercraft:
- 38 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 27 ships (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 22 ships (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 ships (+0) beyond the released ships have been announced.
  - 11 ships (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that ships are in production.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

This week, we’re taking a pause from the Community Fly-In Friday World Tour to re-create an important milestone from aviation history, the first scheduled air mail flights in the United States!

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/the-1918-flights

On May 15, 1918, two groups of aviators carrying scheduled mail for the first time in the USA departed in Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft from Long Island, New York and Washington, DC. They both made a stop at the mid-way point in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before continuing on the rest of the way.

In commemoration of this event, we will re-fly both routes! You can choose your preferred departure, either New York or Washington. We are recommending that players enrolled in the option SU_15 beta choose the Washington (KDCA) departure and players on the regular release build choose the New York (KFRG) departure, but this is not a strict requirement.

Both groups should arrive in Philadelphia at approximately the same time.

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

Community Video

For our Community Video this week we join FlightSim Experience for a trip over Alaska in the brand new Dornier Do-31, which released as Local Legend 15 earlier this year.

With a plethora of cinematic shots across a variety of sequences and stages of flight, this is another impressive production from FlightSim Experience. We’re always very impressed with their work, and look forward to seeing more in the near future!