October 17th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user HolmesCZ6127! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

From October 11-14, we ran the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Technical Alpha Test. The purpose of this test was to gather automatic telemetry data related to several online services used by MSFS2024. THANK YOU to everyone who participated! The data collected from the Technical Alpha is tremendously valuable to our production team as we prepare for the launch of MSFS2024 on November 19. For anyone who did not participate in the test, we wish to remind you that any footage from the Technical Alpha you may have seen online was from a pre-release test build and should not be viewed as representative of the final product.

Yesterday, we hosted the first in our series of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Aircraft Partner livestreams. During the broadcast, Jorg was joined by Nick and Marwan from Flight FX to showcase three of the aircraft they created for MSFS2024: the Jetson One, Joby S4, and Archer Midnight. All three of these modern, cutting-edge aircraft are included in the Standard Edition of MSFS2024. If you missed the livestream, you can watch the VOD on YouTube below.

Our next 1st Party Aircraft Partner livestream is scheduled for Wednesday, October 23rd at 10:30am PDT (1730 UTC). As always, we will be livestreaming the event on our official Twitch channel! The full schedule for our upcoming Developer Livestreams is below:

Finally, we’re excited to share this video from last month’s Global Preview Event at the Grand Canyon. This is a recording of the presentation delivered by several members of the development team to invited members of the media and flight simulation creator community. The presentation covers many of the new features and improvements coming in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and we hope you enjoy watching it to learn more about MSFS2024 ahead of its launch in 33 days!

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Feedback Snapshot

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No update

SDK UPDATE

Asobo

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Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

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Marketplace

Marketplace Releases

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There are 83 NEW and 58 UPDATED products in this week’s Marketplace Update.

Released Monday, October 14:
10 NEW Products: 5 ON PC, 5 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC	New on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, October 17:
73 NEW Products: 36 ON PC, 37 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New 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
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 Monday, October 14:
19 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 9 ON PC, 10 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 Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
	Updated on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, October 10:
39 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 20 ON PC, 19 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 Xbox
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 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

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 343 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	26	0	8	34
Mission	38	0	81	119
Scenery	11	12	10	33
Livery	10	0	8	18
Airport	22	0	18	40
Other	4	0	4	8
Total	111	12	129	252

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	15	2	2	19
Mission	2	0	0	2
Scenery	2	0	7	9
Livery	12	0	9	21
Airport	27	0	9	36
Other	4	0	0	4
Total	62	2	27	91

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

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Community

Community Fly-In Friday

The Community Fly-In Friday World Tour continues!

We’re now fully into the segment of the World Tour where we journey across Scandinavia! This week, we’ll depart Copenhagen and head northbound across the Kattegat to Oslo, the capital of Norway!

En route, we will also make a foray into Swedish airspace for a touch & go landing at Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden!

For the best experience, be sure to download and install the FREE World Updates V and XV: Nordics from the in-sim Marketplace.

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

Community Video

For this week’s Community Video we join Ben Halvorson as they document their journey around the world in Microsoft Flight Simulator, but with an added twist!

By changing aircraft after every flight, and also with the added difficulty of not being allowed to land above 350FPM (feet per minute) on touchdown, Ben has to nail every landing or start the entire challenge again.

We love the ingenuity in creating a fun challenge like this, who else thinks they could complete this epic journey?