June 5, 2025 Development Update Blog Discussion

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A bit poor in new additions.

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We tend to see more military planes coming to MSFS 2024, all the while, some aircraft (the CRJ), are available but not in 2024 because there is no explanation why the updates are taking so long. If people want to fly military fighter jets, go to DCS. And update the planes people want to fly. Disappointing update again (10 weeks with no CRJ)

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I’m concerned that their “Bugs MSFS 2024 - Lifetime - June 04,2025” list is not updated or complete. One issue I and at least 231 others are experiencing, is tagged “No repro” in their Update Blog. However, it’s marked bug-logged" in the Bug Reporting Hub.

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Some people can’t play DCS. Especially Xbox players. Plus it gets expensive very quickly. The base game might be free but add-on planes are at least $50. Maps are at least $30. Campaigns need both planes and maps, and it can get expensive very quickly. You might as well buy MSFS 2024 standard for the price of 1 DCS plane. Plus the good military planes are reasonably priced here in the Marketplace.

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One important thing is that the worst developer in the MP, MScenery, releases A LOT of VERY bad military airplanes.
Exclude those and all the Captain Sim livery packs that they listed as aircraft* and you’ll see that there are really not a lot of new things in the sim at all.

*Of course, CS didn’t bother to learn that in 2024, liveries are listed under Customisation, not Aircraft like in 2020. That bit of laziness shows just how much they care about their craft.

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It’s always the same spamming junk from MScenery, VA systems and Captain Sim
2024 would be much more enjoyable if we could have decent 3rd party content, but at the moment it’s ■■■■ content in a buggy sim a double whammy

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You are mistaken.

The “Military” looking releases in the Marketplace in this weeks “addons” are digital models intentionally released into the marketplace (IMO) to foster resentment in the MSFS playerbase, as your post demonstrates.

People that want to fly “Military” style addons probably don’t purchase the flood/chaff of addons you see this week - and for the past 4 years for that matter. (except for 3 notable exceptions, and maybe only 1 choice for some enthusiasts)

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The video of the storm was cool but it needs some work of course.
Other than the tweaks and toning down the lightning bolts I would like to see some sheet lightning as well - that would look really cool and it is a more common type of lightning.
Also the wind should be stronger and the rain more widespread (as it gets carried on the wind) and there should be wind preceding the storm.
It would also be great if the flora reacted to high winds more.
This is a decent resource.

The ‘state’ of the marketplace really sums up the ‘state’ of the product.

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That would have to be the record for the most mscenery products released at once!

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Also still waiting for the updated FS2020 bug-list that was mentioned in the May 2025 livestream, and that was meant to be included in last week’s developer update.

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Waiting, waiting, waiting. I feel all everyone does at this point is waiting. Waiting for more sim updates to get the sim up to scratch, waiting for plane updates, waiting for new releases.

Everyone is in a holding pattern at the moment, it feels like. Where’s the CRJ? Where are the Arrows? When are some of those Local Legends and Famous flyers going to be updated, if at all?

Waiting for PMDG, waiting for Fenix BFU, waiting for sceneries to finally be compatible.

You need to be very patient to be a simmer at the moment.

Unless you like your night lights or trashy fighter planes, of course.

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Another week, and still the developer remains hidden on FS24 Marketplace products. There are a slew of military aircraft this week. I love military aircraft. Are any of them good? I suspect I know the answer to that, but I can’t confirm because the developer is hidden. It shouldn’t be hidden in-game and it shouldn’t be hidden in the update. It’s a disservice to customers and good developers alike. This does not make me want to buy FS24.

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Xbox users aside, you can fly any DCS aircraft for free for up to 2 weeks. Then you could try another one for 2 weeks. You can try the entire catalogue for free. Then, 6 months after you last tried an aircraft, you can try it again for 2 weeks. Lots of fun to be had for little monetary outlay.

They also have sales every few weeks when many products are half price. It’s not the cheapest simulator if you want everything, but it’s also easy to keep the spend quite low. There’s no initial outlay for a base sim.

Since they added free-to-try, I’ve yet to actually try any. I still have a couple of modules I’ve barely touched, and I only have 4 or 5 in the hangar. I love DCS, even if I’ve barely touched it the last few years. For some reason, I keep battling on with MSFS and all its flaws! :upside_down_face:

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Nope. 10 characters.

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I suspect I know the answer to that, but I can’t confirm because the developer is hidden

What are you talking about? I can see the developer perfectly on my Marketplace when I hover over them. Also I see plenty of good military aircraft on the Marketplace. Just be prepared to pay a little :grin: but it’s worth it. They’re all in my wishlist when they go on sale. I even own a couple. Just keep looking and use the filters. don’t let what you first see color your entire experience.

I agree. The marketplace is annoying to navigate and lacks pretty much every sort of content. Awful.

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In the absence of an “official” updated FS2020 bug-list, I’ve gone through the “bug-logged” topic and captured every item reported or updated under the “FS2020” tag in the last 12 months. Out of nearly 130 items, here are the top 25, including when they were reported, and how many votes each has so far. Note that I didn’t READ every thread, only noted the reported date and vote count.

It’s entirely possible that some of these issues have already been resolved, or that some are actually FS2024 bugs that were accidentally tagged with FS2020. But I know most of these bugs are still present in FS2020, including in the SU16 beta. (The “MSFS 2020 will not shut down fully” issue IS fixed by the SU16 beta.)

Also note that I obviously have no idea which of these items are being “worked on” or “under investigation” or anything. We’ll need to wait for an official update for that information.

FS2020 Bug-logged Topics Reported Votes
ATC Incorrect Phraseology 2020-11 675
Msfs 2020 will not shut down fully 2025-04 647
Aerial ground tiles changing/popping in 2022-10 594
Freelook with mouse causes controls to freeze after SU5 2021-07 528
Multiplayer: Players disappearing or not visible at all 2021-08 516
[BUG LOGGED] Mountains/coastlines constantly morphing since the USA/UK/Nordics World Updates 2020-12 488
Extremely slow download speeds in content manager 2023-06 429
Performance Decrease when Using Pop-Out Panels 2020-10 418
Missing Airports Sent to Zendesk 2020-08 397
Engine Shutdown breaks immersion in VR and non-VR 2023-02 388
MSFS is breaking the VR golden rule: don't move the camera, the user is 2021-01 305
Sim now seems incapable of rendering overcast consistently or accurately using live weather 2021-11 299
METAR keeps disrupting the weather/ bugged weather/Cumulus/CB clouds only/no medium to high cloud coverage 2022-01 282
Where are the thunder and lightning...? 2021-12 266
Extreme flickering and stuttering with Frame Generation 2024-11 253
AI Control Aircraft - AI Pilot is broken, no longer works as expect 2020-10 249
Xbox/PC screens go black then CTD 2021-08 236
Issue with the atc menu - scrolls to top 2022-02 191
Snow partially at low altitudes at 19°C in LOWI 2021-05 177
Azure ATC only has one gender type on each frequency - for ATC and all AI aircraft 2022-04 177
Black lines in the water 2021-08 174
Checking for updates? No, we're way past that 2024-06 164
Changing Aircraft or Livery After Choosing a Parking Spot for C&D Changes the Departure Point to the Default Runway 2023-02 163
Toolbar Missing and ability to change certain weather settings missing when loading a saved flight 2020-12 162
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I don’t have FS24. I am interested, but not until it’s ready for release. Also, I am paying attention to the Marketplace to see aircraft of interest. So I can only see what’s posted in these developer updates. There is no reason to have to mouse over to see the developer in the first place, when the developer is clearly and neatly displayed in FS2020. It’s an extra step that provides no benefit. This is unprofessional, and that’s what I’m talking about.