[Polls] Sim Update 12 (1.31.22.0) Discussion

[notsofearless]

Update went well but getting the feeling that the process around these beta programs might need some tweaks?

The Good

The Xboxen will get lots of new content. The WASM update is huge. Congrats to our keyboard-less brethern.

Not So Good.

Regressions for a few things. It seems like the case that if things aren’t reported and noticed in the initial days of the beta then they stand a lot less chance of being fixed up. It’s a shame as there’s a few quality of life things that means SU12 is a little less better sometimes than SU11 and reduces interest in reporting in upcoming builds.

Here’s some things SU12 broke:

3rd Party Application Toolbars Scaling Broken?

Thank you for using the Bug section, using templates provided will greatly help the team reproducing the issue and ease the process of fixing it. Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it? Nope. Have you disabled/removed all your mods and addons? Nope, that’s what this report is about. Brief description of the issue: 3PD toolbar applications showing UI issues after installing SU12 beta. The UI elements become too tiny and render some add-ons unusable. For instance, I c…

AI Traffic Touches Down way too late, has unrealistic braking efficacy

Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it? No What aircraft are using that experiences this issue (if relevant)? Generic AI Traffic Airplanes in MSFS FSLTL AI Traffic Aircraft Brief description of the issue: All aircraft (both default generic AI traffic planes, and FSLTL AI Aircraft) touchdown way too late (about half way down the runway, as opposed to the touch down zone). Generic AI Traffic airplanes have an unrealistic braking efficacy, and therefore stop before the end o…

Changing Aircraft or Livery After Choosing a Parking Spot for C&D Changes the Departure Point to the Default Runway

Thank you using the Bug section, using templates provided will greatly help the team reproducing the issue and ease the process of fixing it. Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it? No Brief description of the issue: If you choose a parking spot as a departure point at an airport and then change aircraft, the departure point will change to the default runway in the FROM section. You will still see the parking spot’s “node” filled-in in green even though the sim has chan…

Let’s hope for updates for these, and maybe even before Lucky SU13 rolls out?