[BLOG] April 29th, 2021 Development Update

Jummivana · April 28, 2021, 7:44pm

Screenshot by zerch00

The Top Rudder 103 ultralight plane developed by Asobo Studio came out yesterday and is available for $9.99 in the Marketplace! We hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave any feedback here. Check out the trailer here:

An updated Development Roadmap is now available as well. Have a great week!

- 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 04/24, we have now approved 159 (+10) third parties to sell content in the in-sim marketplace and so far 81 (+2) have released 334 products (+16).
In total, 870 products (+25) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 317 products (+5) from 3rd party developers are in production (190 announced, 127 unannounced). In total, over 1,187 3rd party products (+24) are either released or are in development.
Airports:
- 749 airports (+9) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 550 airports (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 278 airports (+15) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 94 airports (+3) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 105 airports (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 135 aircraft (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 34 aircraft (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 24 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 79 aircraft (+3) 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.
Scenery:
- 276 sceneries (+15) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 259 sceneries (+14) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 22 sceneries (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 17 sceneries (+1) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
Mission Packs:
- 27 mission packs (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 27 mission packs (+0) 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 (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.

SDK UPDATE

Documentation:
- We made some changes on the Flight Model section, created a Flights & Missions section, added a page about ice on aircraft models, and updated flightmodel.cfg with new parameters. More to come!
Dev Mode:
- We fixed the “add custom asset group” window which wouldn’t close when creating a new non-templated asset group.
- We fixed the font displayed in the release notes window.
- The Audio team fixed a shared convolution IR which didn’t load in Wwise remote and added Built-in Emitter & Listener cone game-parameters.
- In the Scenery Editor, we fixed the windsocks with the wrong orientation, and we fixed ‘`’ char being filtered in taxiway sign content text entry.
SimConnect:
- We added the GEAR_SKIDDING_FACTOR SimVar.

MARKETPLACE

There are 21 new products and 8 updated products in the Marketplace today.

Released Wednesday, 4/28:

Releasing Thursday, 4/29:

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TWITCH UPDATE

Tomorrow, join community manager Jayne and Twitch streamer ForderLearntoFly for the next C152 flying lesson: Forward Slip and Flapless Landings! 2pm PST.

Community Video

Check out this stunning aerial tour of France/Benelux. Enjoy!

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

This past week we challenged you to take a screenshot of “Peace and Quiet”. The winner is featured above. Below are our 10 runner up choices! This week’s Screenshot Challenge: Best Kept Secret

Last challenge’s Finalists: