November 28, 2024 Development Update

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user @ukaka5656! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

We published a blog post yesterday discussing the current status of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and the team’s plans for the next few weeks. We encourage everyone to read the article in full, but here are the key highlights:

We have resolved the issues many players were experiencing with server connectivity during the first few days after launch. The MSFS2024 servers and related online services are now performing as expected with greater than 99.999% reliability.
Non-aircraft add-on products (e.g. airports, scenery, etc.) from the MSFS (2020) Marketplace are being temporarily disabled in MSFS2024 as some of these products were causing long loading times, crashes, and other issues. All purchased Marketplace content will return in the future.
We are planning to release a patch next week (week of December 2) which will include stability improvements and some other fixes.
A larger patch is planned for the following week (week of December 9). This patch will include the capability for simmers to enable/disable individual Marketplace products at will as well as a Safe Mode option that disables all third-party content.

Our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4 at 10:30am PST (1830 UTC). As always, you can tune in at our official Twitch channel to hear the panel address many of the top concerns and answer questions from the community.

Finally, the Black Friday Sale for the Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Marketplace is on now! Over 3,500 products are discounted by up to 90%! See this page for more information.

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases (MSFS 2020)

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

There are 38 NEW and 28 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update.

Released Monday, November 25:
38 NEW Products: 19 ON PC, 19 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 PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, November 28:
No releases this thursday due to USA thanksgiving holiday

Released Monday, November 25:
28 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 14 ON PC, 14 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 and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox		Updated on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, November 28:
No releases this thursday due to USA thanksgiving holiday

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 565 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	19	2	7	28
Mission	78	24	72	174
Scenery	26	1	5	32
Livery	6	0	8	14
Airport	26	2	12	40
Other	9	1	5	15
Total	164	30	109	303

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	42	18	28	88
Mission	0	0	0	0
Scenery	19	11	3	33
Livery	6	2	11	19
Airport	75	20	19	114
Other	1	3	4	8
Total	143	54	65	262

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

Community Video

For our first Community Video highlight since the launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, we join AvAngel for their first look at one of the brand new aircraft to join the fleet in the new simulator, the Draco X by Got Friends!