Screenshot by YusufWardana
We had a great time answering your questions and interacting with the community in yesterday’s Dev Q&A. If you missed it, here is the video with timestamps for each question:
The Q&A was packed with information like an update from Working Title, a guest appearance from Will at Fly By Wire Simulations, a new partnership with Perfect Flight, and a new plane announcement coming soon to MSFS: The Husky A-1C!
Sneak peek of the new Husky coming ~August, 2021
We are also pleased to welcome Fly By Wire Simulations’ A32NX mod to the Marketplace today, your top Wishlist request!
– The MSFS team
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT
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Key:
SU = Sim Update (3, 4, etc.)
WU = World Update
ASAP = As Soon as Possible
TBD = To Be Determined
Several Releases = Fixes will come over a series of updates
Ongoing Fixes = An item we will continually be working on
Planned = Scheduled to be worked on
Under Investigation = The team is currently looking into the issue
Not Planned = We will likely not work on this
Started = Work as started on this item
THIRD PARTY UPDATE
- As of 05/22, we have now approved 192 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 92 (+2) have released 398 products (+15).
- We were excited to read Robert Randazzo’s recent blog post (link) with an update on their exciting fleet of planes. We simply cannot wait to try out the upcoming Douglas DC-6 Skymaster (hopefully soon) and their 737, 747 and 777 aircraft. All of us are very happy that this acclaimed developer is “all in” on the platform!
- In total, 994 products (+32) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 339 products (+3) from 3rd party developers are in production (203 announced, 136 unannounced). In total, over 1,333 3rd party products (+35) are either released or are in development.
- Airports:
- 836 airports (+27) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 628 airports (+23) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 336 airports (+15) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 94 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
- 114 airports (+5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
- 836 airports (+27) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- Aircraft:
- 156 aircraft (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 41 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 23 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 93 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
- 22 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
- 156 aircraft (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- Scenery:
- 305 sceneries (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 289 sceneries (+6) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 24 sceneries (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 16 sceneries (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
- 305 sceneries (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- Mission Packs:
- 36 mission packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 36 mission packs (+2) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 3 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 0 mission packs (-1) beyond the released missions have been announced.
- 36 mission packs (+1) are either released or are in various stages of development.
SDK UPDATE
- General
- We updated the warning prompt when a package has been modified before building/exporting, to clearly state the consequences of saving versus not saving before building.
- Documentation
- We added mission docs.
- We added a tutorial for airport creation which uses our new Airport Creation Wizard.
- We also made a minor fix to call out changes in .flags file behavior for MetalRoughnessAO textures.
- The WASM documentation was updated.
- Dev Mode
- We fixed a crash when loading a project during game load
- The FX Editor will be available in beta version along with the SDK. We added FX selection when right clicking on it and we fixed several issues (listed below):
- ParticleColor parameter that wasn’t working in the Update
- orphan attachments when FX isn’t spawned (node graph related)
- the attachments when no node is specified (node graph related)
- We fixed corrupted asset group paths when creating a VFX library.
MARKETPLACE
Today there are 4 new products and 8 updated products in the Marketplace.
The CRJ update will be going out later today to match Aerosoft’s timing on their store.
4 NEW PRODUCTS |
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8 UPDATED PRODUCTS |
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TWITCH UPDATE
Join us tomorrow for fly-in Friday for a trip to Mount Everest! All are welcome to attend. More details can be found here. Next Wednesday, we will learn about cross-country planning and flying on the C152 with ForderLearntoFly. Details here! And last but not least, rescheduled for next Friday, June 4th, TheFlyingFabio will lead a group flight. Mark your calendars!
COMMUNITY VIDEO
Drawyah’s new series on freeware – 5 Freeware in 5 Minutes:
SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE
This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot of “Natural Ecosystems – Tropical Rainforests”. The winner is featured above. Below are our runner up choices! This week’s Screenshot Challenge: Higher Ground
Last challenge’s Finalists:
Amazonas – Screenshot by tomlaut1980
Argentina – Screenshot by Lisandro1969
Papua New Guinea – Screenshot by Airwolf6727
Hawaii – Screenshot by SnagglePss68
Khao Sok, Thailand – Screenshot by Jannik207
Dominican Sunrise – Screenshot by ArcanePython931
Brazil – Screenshot by LumpLizard18973
Screenshot by YusufWardana
Hawaii – Screenshot by z32ands30
Screenshot by ebbsy2
NEXT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE BLOG – 6.03
Sincerely,
Microsoft Flight Simulator Team