Vor wenigen Tagen angekündigt, vor 30 Minuten veröffentlicht: Ein neues Update für den Microsoft Flight Simulator ist erschienen. Das World Upate 1 bringt den Simulator jetzt auf Version 1.9.3 und verspricht diverse optische Verbesserungen im virtuellen Japan. Aber auch andere weltweite Flughäfen wurde verbessert, LEMG – Málaga Airport, LFLC – Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne und PAFR – Bryant Army Airfield Heliport wurden ergänzt. Mit dem neuen Update ist jetzt auch wieder das Empfindlichkeitsmenü für die Joystick-Einstellungen sichtbar.

Das Update ist circa 9 Gigabyte groß.

Achtung: Das Japan-Update muss extra über den MSFS-internen Marketplace heruntergeladen werden.

Hier alle Patchnotes in der Übersicht.

Airports

Airports added:

• LEMG – Málaga Airport
• LFLC – Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne
• PAFR – Bryant Army Airfield Heliport

Airports improvements:

• 60 airports improvements based on community feedback
• Control towers added on 700+ US airports

UI

• Sensitivity screen is now displayed correctly
• The Manual cache management UI has been improved
• ATC Options should now correctly be saved
• Liveries selection menu should now work as expected
• The music can now be deactivated before or during the initial download on startup

AERODYNAMICS

• The collision problems at negative altitudes have been fixed
• Braking power on ground has been tweaked to reflect more realistic braking distances
• Fuel consumption updating mass problem has fixed for some airplanes
• A plane with no fuel leak system should no longer lead to a crash
• Aircraft gyroscopic stability can now be set in our SDK toolset

PLANES

• Incorrect energy formulas resulting in inaccurate autopilot behavior have been fixed
• Autopilot overshooting altitude capture during descent has been fixed
• Allow to up to 8500fpm max climb speed after the new AP is now more accurately respecting 6000fpm

Visuals and animation

• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: wing flex has been improved
• Beechcraft King Air 350i: rudder pedals animation is now correct
• Cessna 152 : fixed a graphic glitch when switching between cockpit and external views
• Airbus A320neo : fixed issues related to copilot AP button lights

General aviation systems

• Cessna 172 Skyhawk: fixed impossible connection with ATC when BUS 1 is ON and bus 2 is off
• Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: fixed PFD and MFD button issues between pilot and copilot sides
• Robin DR400/100 Cadet: can now request ground services to the ATC
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000): fixed checklist camera issues during the “After starting engine” procedure
• Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat: fixed pilot heat not working
• Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat: fixed copilot not setting master switch ON during starting engine checklist procedure
• Daher TBM 930: fixed fuel tank incorrect tooltip

General aviation avionics

• Garmin avionics : fixed issues with auto switch from NAV to LOC in approach
• Garmin avionics : Fixed wrong country codes
• G1000/3000 : Fixes on flight plan entering / duplicate waypoint page
• G1000 : performance improvements when displaying nearest airport page
• G3000 : it is now possible to active approach legs
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000): fixed automatic change from GPS to VOR 1 when a flight plan or approach loaded
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk: fixed crash when deleting direct-to flight plan
• Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: fixed default state of avionics Sby & avionic bus guarded switches when starting cold and dark
• Cessna Citation CJ4: Upper menu and ENG buttons are no longer INOP

Airliners systems

• Airbus A320neo Fix APU Fuel Flow shutting down left engine
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner/ Airbus A320neo Fixed lack of elevator authority with FBW at low speeds
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: fixed APU fault light behavior
• Airbus A320neo : fixed max thrust display
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: altitude target can no longer be set to negative values
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: fixed wrong approach VREF speeds

Airliners avionics

• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner HUD colors and layout improvements
• Airbus A320neo : fixed missing runway in the MCDU perf page
• Airbus A320neo : improved disappearance of legs too early when following a flight plan
• Airbus A320neo : STARs are filtered to display the ones connected to the selected runway in the MCDU
• Airbus A320neo : “Invalid entry” has been replaced by “Not allowed” message in MCDU
• Airbus A320neo : Flaps “F” indication replaced by “FULL” when flaps completely deployed

WEATHER

• The wind gradient when getting close to the ground on live weather has been fixed
• Lightning have been added when applicable

MARKETPLACE

• Average rating has been fine-tuned for more accuracy
• 3rd party filter is now sorted alphabetically
• Improved notification system for content bought outside of the marketplace existing in the Community folder
• Version history is now available when an item is patched

CONTENT MANAGER

• The community content is now clearly identified in the content manager
• The content manager button in the Marketplace will redirect to the corresponding addon content
• Version history is now available when an item is patched

INSTALLATION MANAGER

• The title’s audio is properly muted when the window is out of focus
• Graphic settings UI during onboarding has been fixed
• Apply and Save pop up now displays only once during the Graphic Settings in the Onboarding

LOCALIZATION

• Various typo fixes in multiple languages

CAMERAS

• Fixed visual glitch happening in camera cuts
• Fixed wrong LOD selection when a camera cut happens
• Camera reset function does not revert Cam speed/ momentum to default values anymore

INPUT

• CH Eclipse default preset has been added
• TrackIR can now be enabled or disabled in the camera panel
• Track IR is now disabled when on the pause menu
• Improved support for Logitech Multi panel

BUSH TRIPS

• Back on track should no longer show the wrong airport

WORLD

• Ocean rendering has been improved (waves scale, foam and reflections)
• Water mask has been edited to display actual aerial image near the shore in some areas
• Luminance has been tweaked for some photogrammetry cities (Napoli, Darwin, San Gorgonio, Las Vegas)
• Fixed terraforming issue which was causing issues in KTEX airport
• Water elevation has been updated to improve rivers (Missouri river and around Toronto for example) and lakes (center of Canada)
• Fixed detail map rendering around runway/taxiway borders

KNOWN ISSUES

• Game may crash if the VFR Map is not opened right after starting the flight
• Cessna Citation Longitude: Regression AP FLC and VS mode
• Cessna Citation Longitude: Autopilot climb and level off issues
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to FLCH mode instead of catching the glideslope
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to VNAV mode on take-off even if VNAV is not used by the pilot
• Airbus A320neo : PFDs shutdowns randomly
• The Tour of Japan discovery flight will be greyed out in the main menu if the Beechcraft King Air 350i is not installed
• A new install on a different install folder will only download the mandatory content and will require a reboot (non mandatory content can be downloaded from the Content manager)