[BLOG] June 2nd, 2022 Development Update

Jummivana · June 2, 2022, 5:35pm

Screenshot by phsch03 (Forum)

We are excited to release our long-awaited Local Legends #4 - The Savoia Marchetti S.55, now available in the Marketplace for PC and Xbox! Learn more about the aircraft here. We will soon add the aircraft manual as well, which will be located here once live.

MSFS Team

Development Roadmap

Click here for the web-friendly version of the most recent Development Roadmap.

Feedback Snapshot

Click here for the web-friendly version of the most recent Feedback Snapshot. Unfortunately, we do not have an updated version of the Feedback Snapshot today as promised due to internal time constraints. The most recent can be read here.

SDK Update

Roadmap:
- Sim Update 10:
  - Terrain & Weather Radar Drawing APIs
  - NavData API
  - Aircraft Editor V2
  - Game rendered in a window in the DevMode
DevMode:
- With the game rendered in a window, we fixed some resizing lag issues. Now we stretch the view and only resize when the mouse is released to save performance.
- On XML gauges using NanoVG, we fixed an incorrect text position in formatted text with several strings on the same line.
- We fixed the developer cam focus on objects.
  - Vision Effects Editor:
    - We fixed a crash when trying to update VFXs on a ModeBehaviorInstance without Sim.
  - Scenery Editor:
    - We fixed the “add a jetway” button that created invalid jetways.
WASM:
- We fixed the loading of standalone modules after sign out / sign in.

Third Party Update

As of 05/28, we have now approved 251 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 150 (+2) have released 1,147 products on PC (+11) and 862 on Xbox (+29).
In total, 2,171 products (+19) have already been released in 3rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 562 products (+2) from 3rd party developers are in production (305 announced, 257 unannounced). In total, over 2,733 3rd party products (+21) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 1,528 airports (+16) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,300 airports (+13) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 752 airports (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 119 airports (+4) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 109 airports (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 382 aircraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 132 aircraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 95 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 68 aircraft (+2) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 170 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 80 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 734 scenery packs (+5) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 650 scenery packs (+6) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 167 scenery packs (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 16 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 68 scenery packs (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Mission Packs:
- 89 mission packs (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 89 mission packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 25 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 0 mission packs (-0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.

MARKETPLACE UPDATE

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There are 20 new and 18 updated products in the Marketplace today. Marketplace updates generally go live on Thursdays between the release of this blog post and 5pm PT.

TWITCH UPDATE

We stream weekly on Twitch.tv/MSFSOfficial! June is Pride Month, and we here at the Microsoft Flight Simulator team are proud to celebrate with all our LGBTQ+ players and fans. Members of the MSFS team will be attending the National Gay Pilots Association (NGPA) Wings Over Iowa event this weekend, but for those of us who won’t be there in-person, we can instead attend virtually via this Community Friday Fly-In. All are welcome to participate! Click here for details.

Next Wednesday, June 8th, Jayne will continue her flying lessons with ForderLearnToFly in the Beechcraft Bonanza G36. Join us and learn together!

COMMUNITY VIDEO

We know many of you feel the need for speed and are loving the new Top Gun Maverick DLC, but for those sim pilots out there who prefer civilian aviation, it’s been a great month for plane releases. Between the DC Designs Concorde, the Just Flight BAe 146 Professional, the Leonardo MD-82 Maddog, the PMDG 737, and the Fenix A320, it’s truly a wonderful time to be a virtual airline captain in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Another jet recently released for both PC and Xbox to the in-sim Marketplace was the HA-420 HondaJet from developer Marwan Gharib. YouTuber AvAngel recently put this new plane through its paces. Is it worth a purchase? Find out by watching AvAngel’s review video below (spoiler alert: YES!).

SCREENSHOT CHALLENGE

You can submit your screenshot via Twitter with #MSFSchallenge or the Weekly Forum Post ! This week’s screenshot challenge: Rainbows

This past week our Screenshot Challenge was “Need for Speed”. In celebration of our Top Gun: Maverick DLC, we chose a few additional runner ups this week: