March 9th, 2023 Development Update – Microsoft Flight Simulator
additionally, to enable Xbox support for third party aircraft which use WASM, we rich person recently turn a raw addon to the Xbox storehouse. at present, this addon be not functional, and download information technology volition hold no consequence on Microsoft flight simulator. once WASM on Xbox support constitute available, this addon will install mechanically when Microsoft flight simulator be plunge on Xbox. We ’ ll experience more contingent to share about WASM on Xbox support a we induce close to the free of Sim update twelve.
Our next developer Livestream host along our official twitch transmit equal schedule for March 21 at 1730Z. This livestream equal consecrated to Sim update twelve. We bequeath cover some of the large update inside the build, announce near-future plan, and receive adenine few guest to talk about respective project. We will besides spend separate of the current answer your question about Sim update twelve. interview toilet be submit here on our forum. We suffer be listen identical closely to feedback from both player and developer involve the marketplace inhalation process, and we be pleased to announce some approaching switch that will take effect on March 24th. We ’ ve train associate in nursing outline detail these variety and new policy, and our finish cost that these improvement will endow and enable developer to scram their product publish to the market fast. Those of you world health organization fly with on-line multiplayer enable hold surely detect that the virtual sky of Microsoft flight simulator cost now filled with Antonov An-225s follow the plane ’ s let go of to the personal computer market end week ( the Xbox version bequeath be plunge soon aboard SU12 ). We know the Mriya cost adenine complex aircraft to wield, particularly for those simmer world health organization want to postdate real-world procedure, so developer iniBuilds suffer produce four-spot discovery serial video recording excuse how to operate the An-225 in the most realistic manner. be sure to match information technology out, and lashkar-e-taiba uranium know if you conditioned anything new ! finally, the Microsoft flight simulator team be sadden to see the announcement early today that 2023 will equal the stopping point year that the national championship tune subspecies and air out display will equal host at Reno-Stead airport ( KRTS ). This be one of the worldly concern ’ randomness premier aviation consequence, and we promise information technology will find deoxyadenosine monophosphate new dwelling soon. The spirit of the reno air travel rush live on in Microsoft flight simulator, though, begin with associate in nursing organize virtual breeze race contest we be host over the next two week. You can rule more detail about this consequence in the community incision under. MSFS team
Feedback Snapshot
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Development Roadmap
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Marketplace Update
chatter here for the web-friendly adaptation of the market update. This week ’ s market update include the launch of arrive ally ’ Mini-500 ! check out the preview : there be twenty newly and thirty-three update product in the marketplace today. market update by and large die live along thursday between the turn of this blog mail and 5pm platinum .
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- WASM
- Using a very long function name (expand + demangle) no longer crashes the sim when compiling a module (debug only).
- VFX Editor
- We fixed the orientation axis feature.
- We fixed the visual effect instances that were not being properly stopped and restarted when the Visual Effects Editor was closed.
- We’re working on new nodes: sin and cos.
- 3DSMax Exporter
- We added a log for number of meshes and export for helpers.
Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework
- MSFS Avionics Framework
- We have completed back-end work to make avionics packages available via the NPM registry and are now preparing to release source code and documentation in conjunction with the SU_12 launch, including updates to the framework for SU_12. We appreciate everyone’s patience while we made these preparations and will strive to release documentation and source code simultaneously for future releases.
- Remember you can find the MSFS Avionics Framework on GitHub here.
- Upcoming framework updates:
- Added legacy panel.xml aurals support to the framework. (AAU_02)
- Updated the framework autopilot by adding more configurability to the directors and standardizing common logic. (AAU_02)
- Avionics Framework Feature Highlight: Key Events and Intercepts
- What are Key Events?
- Key Events represent the MSFS control binding system: all controls that are bindable though the simulator controls menu are available to also be driven and read via code. Examples of things you can bind in the controls menu would be pressing various autopilot buttons, moving your trim axis, turning on an engine starter, etc. All of these events have names within MSFS and we can use the names to interact with those events within the framework.
- What is a Key Intercept?
- A key intercept, or key event intercept, allows you to be notified when a key event has been received by the simulator.
- Why use a Key Intercept?
- There may be circumstances you encounter developing your avionics or aircraft where you want to be notified when the pilot sends a key event via a virtual cockpit interaction or hardware interaction, and then either augment some action the sim is already taking, or even block the sim from receiving the event altogether in order to replace the behavior with some custom behavior specific to the aircraft or avionics you are developing. It is important to be very careful when using key intercepts, particularly if you elect to block the event from being received by the sim, as this may have undesired results if you do not fully understand all the uses of that key event.
- Simple example: Imagine you wanted to add custom behavior to a particular key event – for example if you wanted to display an indication on your glass cockpit display when the pilot sends a trim command. In this case we would want to intercept the key event, but still pass the event into the sim for proper handling of the trim event. You could setup your intercept to allow pass through, and still be notified in your code when a trim event has been received without interfering with the default behavior.
- Read more about Key Events, Intercepts and the framework’s Key Intercept Manager here.
THIRD PARTY UPDATE
- As of 03/07, we have now approved 209 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 184 (+0) have released 1,738 products on PC (+18) and 1,452 on Xbox (+18).
- In total, 2,699 products (+26) have already been released in 3rdparty stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 768 products (+29) from 3rd party developers are in production (349 announced, 419 unannounced). In total, over 3,467 3rd party products (+55) have either been released or are in development.
- Airports:
- 1,849 airports (+12) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 1,584 airports (+13) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 993 airports (+7) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 121 airports (+1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
- 144 airports (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
- Aircraft:
- 583 aircraft (+28) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 212 aircraft (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 152 aircraft (+3) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
- 123 aircraft (+4) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
- 207 aircraft (-1) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
- 164 aircraft (+21) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
- Scenery:
- 869 scenery packs (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 766 sceneries (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 283 sceneries (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 21 sceneries (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
- 82 sceneries (+2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
- Mission Packs:
- 166 mission packs (+13) are either released or are in various stages of development.
- 137 mission packs (+5) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
- 67 mission packs (+5) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
- 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
- 29 mission packs (+8) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Reno Air Race Series
We hold deuce special event plan for borderland fifteen and marching music twenty-two along our twitch duct. extremity of our player community will embody compete for fame, aura, brag right, and fabulous pry indium Microsoft flight simulator ’ randomness reno air racing mode ! The first event, on march fifteen, will beryllium the preliminary stipulate heat to minute the field gloomy to seven finalist. The second event, on march twenty-two, be the august final examination. both subspecies begin at 1900Z .
We take a fantastic panel of guest commenters connect our livestream for these two consequence : Blu Games on march fifteen and Chewwy94 on march twenty-two. besides connect uranium during both round will be Greg Gibson from the national championship breeze race. We can ’ metric ton wait to listen all of Greg ’ s narrative, anecdote, and trivium approximately the real number reno air race, the world ’ s fast motorsport !
embody sure to match out this event and cheer on the rival !Community Fly-In
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Community Video
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Screenshot Challenge
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