Release Notes - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 2 [1.4.20.0] Available Now

Aircraft Core Systems

Electricity system

  • Quick access window upgrades:
    • Added a ‘Power setting’ column in the circuits section
    • Moved explicative text in a button in the menu bar
    • Improved columns readability by greying out some values when they are at 0
  • Replaced huge values in diodes voltages tooltip in the lines tab with ‘INF’
  • Added new parameter for AC suppliers: TensionDropRPM
  • Giving this parameter will change the way AC suppliers produce voltage:
    • Above the given value, VRMS will be used as outputed tension.
    • Under the given value, the outputed tension will be linearly decreased from VRMS to 0.
  • Also, if this parameter is given, the system will ignore others based on frequency, such as:
    • Frequency
    • Phase
    • ReferenceFrequency
    • ReferenceRPM
    • NumberOfPoles
  • Fixed an issue that causes the panel light and the landing light to be linked on aircraft that are using the non-modular electrical system
  • Fixed line state buttons in relays quick access window not working in some cases.
  • Debug window fixes and quality of life improvements
    • Fixed crash when opening list of powered consumers in a supplier details panel, circuits and relays are now displayed in separated lists
    • Allow item selection across all columns in quick access lists
    • Add new columns (Tension, Power, number of suppliers) to relays quick access informations
  • Added circuit type filter in circuits quick access debug window.
  • Made columns in lines and breakers debug window tabs hideable.
  • Fixed suppliers load sharing issues (blinking displays in some aircraft overhead)
  • Added some informations in the debug quick access window
    • Average load, average tension and power for suppliers
    • Tension, Power and number of suppliers for the circuits
    • Power for the buses
  • The debug window can now be opened without needing the behaviors debug window to be opened aswell.
  • Fixed external power not outputing any tension when of AC type.
  • Fixed load sharing issues with batteries.
  • Improved electrical system debug window with better button displays in the quick access panel
  • Added informations in the connectibles details (right part of main panel), lists of suppliers powering a consumer or a list of consumers powered by a supplier are now available via a new menu

Failure / Wear & Tear

  • Fixed brakes efficiency on generel aviation when brakes are weak
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the inhibit wear and tear section to inhibit the general wear and tear. (All other elements can still be inhibited)

Fuel System

  • Fixed issue causing lines after junctions to ignore fuelflow settings

Glass Cockpits

  • M803 - Added possibility to reference voltage value in the panel.xml configuration.
  • Improved screen luminosity
  • Made the backlight parameter from panel.cfg support 2 as a value, which when enabled allows the emissive’s value to be dynamically modified (i.e. by some XML logic).
  • Fixed onSoundEnd() BaseInstrument callback being called on sound start
  • Fixed checklist highlight alignement for VCockpit with placement offset.
  • Fixed screens not able to be externalized for instruments GNS430/530, ADF 87, AutoPilot 140, Transponder AS76C

G1000 NXI

  • Fixed range +/- inversion
  • Screen backlight settings now default to AUTO at the start of a flight.
  • When receiving a flight plan from the EFB, RNP AR approaches are no longer loaded.
  • Updated screen backlight auto adjustment to use ambient light.
  • Fixed syncing of airway segments in the flight plan to the EFB.
  • Fixed an issue where elevation for some airports were not displayed accurately.
  • Fixed an issue where region text for some airports were not displayed accurately.

G1000

  • Fixed missing outer nav knob animation
  • Fixed audiopannel LED disapearing too quickly with the distance.
  • Fixed issue with G1000 having a circle instead of a plane icon on the MFD map.
  • Improved texture visual on lods MPA for Audio Panel

Garmin G3000 / G5000

  • When receiving a flight plan from the EFB, RNP AR approaches are no longer loaded if the airplane is not configured to support such approaches.
  • Fixed syncing of airway segments in the flight plan to the EFB.
  • Fixed an issue where long procedure name text in the GTC Procedures page could sometimes wrap and overflow its containing button.
  • Fixed HSI indications when LNAV is tracking a heading leg.
  • Fixed an issue where very long flight plans were not displayed correctly in the GTC Flight Plan page.
  • Fixed the color of the PFD CAS display’s background while a message is flashing.
  • Slightly reduced the size of the text in the PFD CAS display.
  • Fixed an issue where elevation for some airports were not displayed accurately.
  • Fixed an issue where region text for some airports were not displayed accurately.
  • The SET AP CURRENT HDG key event now interacts properly with the Garmin autopilot’s Heading Sync function.
  • Loading procedures into the flight plan will now pull the correct type (AT, AT OR ABOVE, AT OR BELOW) of speed restrictions from the published procedure in all cases.
  • Added support for electronic charts. By default LIDO and FAA charts are supported.
  • Added the barometric transition alert function.

Garmin G3X Touch

  • Improved performance when making large edits to the internal flight plan when multiple GDUs are present in an airplane.
  • The PFD Options menu will now display external GPS CDI sources as “GPS1” and “GPS2” when there is more than one external GPS source.
  • Adjusted the styling of the PFD NAV/COM radio volume shortcut popup and the MFD radio volume popup to more closely match the real unit.
  • Fixed an issue where the volume indication in the CNS NAV/COM radio buttons did not correctly display 0% volume.
  • Added appropriate failure indications for COM and NAV radios.
  • By default, the G3X will now use the fuel density reported by the “FUEL WEIGHT PER GALLON” SimVar when converting between fuel volume and fuel weight.
  • Fixed the display of the EGT readout in the EIS to show the correct value.
  • Fixed HSI indications when LNAV is tracking a heading leg.
  • Fixed an issue where very long flight plans were sometimes not displayed correctly in the MFD Flight Plan page and PFD Active Flight Plan inset.
  • When sending a flight plan route from the EFB to the G3X, waypoints that are part of airways are now properly loaded into the G3X flight plan.
  • Fixed an issue where elevation for some airports were not displayed accurately.
  • Fixed an issue where region text for some airports were not displayed accurately.
  • Added support for electronic charts. By default LIDO and FAA charts are supported.

GNS 430/GNS 530

  • Modified range button interaction to split zoom in and out
  • When receiving a flight plan from the EFB, RNP AR approaches are no longer loaded.
  • Fixed an issue where region text for some airports were not displayed accurately.

GTN 650

  • Added transponder controls.
  • Added compatibility with the EFB send route to and request route from avionics functions.

LX9070

  • Fixed LX9070 glasscockpit broken UI when flying the DG1001

Primus Epic 2.0 Integrated Avionics System

  • Improved performance when making large edits to the flight plan.
  • Added support for GPWS alerting.
  • Fixed the PFD decluttering at 20deg pitch up and 30deg pitch down - now reversed this to declutter at 30deg pitch up and 20deg pitch down.
  • SID and STAR selection buttons will now also enable if the pending flight plan has a selected origin/destination.
  • Correct turn radius on ND for approach and missed approach legs.
  • Added Vertical Situation Display with full display of VNAV path for descents, including TOD/TOC markers, and including terrain profile display.

Pro Line 21 Integrated Avionics System

  • Improved performance when making large edits to the flight plan.
  • Added support for electronic checklists.
  • Fixed issue where flight plan would desync between the left and right FMCs and MFDs
  • Fixed issue where sending flightplan to avionics from the EFB would duplicate legs
  • Fixed excessive turn radius for approach and missed approach legs.

UNS-1Ew SBAS-Flight Management System

  • Correct turn radius on ND for approach and missed approach legs.

Physics

  • Refined many physical constants and unit conversions used in simulation.
  • Atmosphere: refined calculations of all physical parameters for both actual and standard atmosphere (ISA).
  • Atmosphere: fixed humid air density calculaion (was practically no different from dry air).
  • Fixed front friction formula of water to account for local relative speed.
  • Improvements of thermals in turbulence system.
  • Fixed a bug in turbulence system that was generating agressive turbulence.
  • Fixed several aerodynamics backwards compatibility issues with drag.

Flight System

Flight planning

  • Added support for optional parameters in the “flight_performance.cfg” file:
    • “fuel_density_table” in the [ENGINE_PERFORMANCE] section;
    • “fuel_type_idx” in the [CLIMB_PERFORMANCE.N], [CRUISE_PERFORMANCE.N], and [DESCENT_PERFORMANCE.N] sections;
    • “IAS_below_transition”, “IAS_above_transtion” and “Mach” in the [CRUISE_PERFORMANCE.N] section. At the same time, the “cruise_Mach” parmeter is no longer supported in this section.
  • See SDK for details.

NavData

  • Improved handling of navdata for runways that do not exist in the sim. The resolution is now only done after all scenery layers are loaded, and only transitions will be removed rather than full procedures where possible.

Aircraft Engines

Piston Engines

  • Fixed an issue that prevented props of piston based aircraft from autofeathering despite setting the required cfg params.

EFB

  • Fixed the maximum mass of cargo loads in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu so that it matches the configured value
  • Added the possibility to add/remove the copilot in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Fixed the collision size of the hide button on the EFB Tablet
  • Added a horizontal layout for the EFB home page when it is in landscape mode
  • Fixed the empty mass that was not showed in the mass and balance empty tab of the Aircraft app when the player is in career
  • Fixed an issue that caused Liquid Tanks settings from the EFB set while in the world map to be ignored when starting a free flight.
  • Added a new battery display in the electrical tab of the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Fixed the Pilot book hours display overflow when reaching 24 hours
  • Added the aircraft size category (small/medium/large) retrieved either via the Aircraft JS Listener or the aircraft XML config to the mass & balance menu of the Aircraft app
  • Fixed the fuel/liquid tanks mass synchronization with the tab quick fill & total mass in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Fixed the format of the distributed load quantities in career mode in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Fixed the stylesheet of the alerts displayed when the configuration cannot be loaded in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Combined import/export actions to a dropdown menu at the top.
  • Improved the waypoint mission lock behavior, allowing adding waypoints before or after locked waypoints if the neighboring waypoint is not locked.
  • Add a button for each route section that allows to collapse it and show a compact summary.
  • Added airway names in the enroute waypoint list.
  • Added departure and arrival procedure selection to auto-routing.
  • Added more data to the waypoint list items.
  • A list of waypoints are displayed in the procedure sections.
  • Fixed the issue where the Facility submenu close button in Navbar would appear without facility submenu.
  • Changing the departure or arrival runway will now keep a previously selected departure or arrival if it is compatible with the new runway.
  • Added new feature to enter or edit a route string to import a route.
  • Added a split view that allows the user to see the Route Page and the map at the same time.
  • When the facility submenu close button is clicked, all facility-related menu pages are closed.
  • METAR and TAF data update every 5min when Facility Info Page is open.
  • Added a re-center button that resets zoom and position of a chart.
  • Fixed the optional checkpoint tags stylesheet in the Aircraft app checklists
  • Fixed the “no notification” message stylesheet
  • Added an Aircraft Information page in the Aircraft app
  • Fixed wrong headwind calculation in the Aircraft App flight performance page
  • Added the possibility to close the EFB panel on hover like any other panel with the approriate input shortcut
  • Added a scroll on hover of any too-long load item title in the Aircraft app mass & balance menu
  • Added an informative message when no checkpoints (given a level of details) are available within a checklist in the Aircraft app
  • Fixed usage of EFB tag in panel.cfg when it was not a sim-attachment
  • Fixed issue where aircraft performance profiles could become stuck or stale when changing airplanes.
  • Fixed an issue where the weather page would not show the weather data on the first load.
  • Fixed an issue where the cruise speed was not always showing round numbers, and increased input field size to prevent numbers being clipped.
  • Fixed issue where the map would re-center when clicking on coordinates that do not correspond to a facility.
  • The weather page now shows the nearest available METAR and TAF data if the selected facility does not have any data.
  • Pressing the Enter key in the Route String dialog will now save changes instead of adding a line break when the “Save” button is enabled.
  • Added buttons to the enroute section that open the route string dialog, removed “add waypoint” button from the collapsed enroute section summary.
  • Adjusted spacing and button sizes of the page layout.
  • Removed the disabled “Profile view” button from the map toolbar to declutter the interface.
  • The app will now prioritize the facilities from the flight plan to be displayed on the map.
  • The charts provider toggle is now only visible for regions where FAA charts are available.
  • Added a “Refresh” button to the weather page to manually update the weather data besides the 5-minute automatic update interval.
  • Added runway entries to waypoint lists.
  • Added a “Recenter on current route” button to the map toolbar.
  • Extra fuel and payload now affect performance calculations, fixed issue when using aircraft profiles in trip fuel not always being re-calculated.
  • Fixed the cruise altitude and speed inputs having no effect on performance calculations.
  • Moved the VFR Pattern option to the top of the procedure list for better visibility.
  • Optimized chart data fetching, reducing unnecessary data loads.
  • Added warning to the cruise altitude selection if the selected cruise altitude cannot be reached
  • Added automatic cruise altitude calculation based on the selected aircraft and the given route.
  • Added a loading spinner and a “No charts available” message to the Chart List page.
  • Moved flight plan management buttons to the header and grouped them by action. Added tooltips for every icon-button.
  • Adjusted the styling of the Flight Details page so that it is more consistent with other pages.
  • Facility Search Bar result items (facility icon, icao and facility name) are aligned horizontally.
  • Closing Facility Info Pages will clear the Facility Search Bar.
  • Added a bounds verification to georeferenced charts to fix the issue where the aircraft icon was displayed in the wrong position.
  • Allowed the fuel reorganization from the hangar in career mode
  • Payload and Fuel options are combined and displayed in one page.
  • Added a possibility to collapse a section when clicking on a section title in the Route page.
  • Added button to navigate to the Mass and balance section of the Aircraft app.
  • Added support for loading fuel and payload into the active aircraft.
  • Payload and Fuel sections now have a total fuel and a total payload quick input setters.
  • Fixed an issue where seat positions could be incorrect or seat shapes might be missing due to an unresolved asynchronous call
  • Fixed an issue where user waypoint altitudes were being misinterpreted using the wrong units when importing from a PLN file
  • Fixed an issue where cruise altitude was mismatching between the flight planner app, PLN files, and ATC clearance
  • Fixed an issue where user waypoint idents were being overwritten when imported from a PLN file
  • Fixed an issue where the remarks builder popup content would overflow on certain tablet settings without possibility to scroll.
  • Improved mission lock display on the Route Page.
  • Moved cruise altitude selection to a newly created Performance section on the Route Page.
  • The vertical line in the Route Page is now color-coded based on the flight plan segment.
  • Added runway selector to the procedure selection page.
  • Added synchronization of aircraft cruise speed on aircraft change.
  • Added dark mode option for charts.
  • Added a performance dropdown and popup to configure flight performance profile data on the Route Page.
  • Added the ability to manage (saving, updating, deleting) flight plans stored on the web server.
  • Added a confirmation popup when attempting to reset the flight plan on the Route Page.
  • Added a collapse all sections button on the Route Page.
  • Added configuration of step climbs on enroute waypoints on the Route Page.
  • Added add waypoint button to collapsed enroute section on the Route Page.
  • Added quick edit buttons to collapsed procedure sections on the Route Page.
  • Added info buttons to collapsed airport sections on the Route Page.

Minimap

  • Added ability to display fauna heat maps on EFB during World Photographer missions
  • Fixed heading value format to be prefixed with zeroes when value is inferior to 100° for more clarity.
  • Fixed aircraft thumbnail background not being transparent in the aircraft app main menu
  • Fixed mission layer being cropped in other resolutions than 1920x1080

Aircraft Tech

  • Fixed CAMERADEFINITION VarToggle_EX1 visibility not reset when changing camera
  • Fixed HUD projection direction frame delay

Model Behavior

  • Fixed signed integer overflow in rpn integer parsing when converting from double
  • Fixed ASOBO_IT_Altitude_Indicator_Template not allowing altimeter indications below 0ft
  • Modified ASOBO_Gauge_Animation_Parameters to allow specifying a GAUGE_VALUE_PERCENT directly
  • Fixed FSX animated tooltip not working
  • Modified ASOBO_Count_Token_In_Save_Helper to work similarly to ASOBO_Count_Token_Helper instead of counting the total number of parameters in a save
  • Fixed a bug that made some screens flicker after a restart on interaction exit due to some materials not being flagged as html render target
  • Fixed frequency presets which were no longer functionning in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2024)
  • Fixed frequency presets parsing from crashing the build package process
  • Fixed an issue that caused nodes linked to a Asobo_GT_Interaction_NoInteraction template to intercept glasscockpit interactions.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some aircraft’s Turn Coordinator to move instantly from min to max
  • Delayed the compilation of all behavior scripts waiting for input events to all be registered
  • ASOBO_IT_Hourmeter_Indicator_Template now carries digits instead of continuously rotating
  • Separated ball and needle anim lag in ASOBO_IT_Turn_Indicator_Template
  • Added support for wrappable knobs to the Asobo_EX1 templates using the WRAPPING_INTERACTION parameter
  • Make use of new throttle idle key events to ASOBO_Get_Throttle_Key_Events_To_Intercepts as the THROTTLE_CUT keys have been re-used for going to the previous detent
  • Added legacy control scheme to FS2024 template interactions (FSX like interactions)
  • Fixed cursor center radius debug to display more decimals
  • Added a toggle for the interaction model in the behavior viewer
  • Modified ASOBO_Get_Throttle_Key_Events_To_Intercepts to add individual throttle detents bindings using existing key event.
  • This feature is automatically enabled when the template is used with a list of Input_Detents but can be disabled by setting USE_INDIVIDUAL_THROTTLE_RANGE_LOCK to False to keep the old behavior
  • Fixed an issue that caused ModelAttached Model Behavior logic not to properly initialize, breaking some of the logic that should run from it.
  • Fixed an issue in the Epic2 model behaviour template that caused tooltips to not work on the flight director coupling button.
  • Fixed an issue in the Epic2 model behaviour template that caused push action tooltips to not work on pushable knobs.
  • Fixed an issue in the Epic2 model behaviour template that caused buttons to not work when the NODE_NAME was not as expected.
  • Updated the UNS model behavior template to support multiple indexed UNS units.
  • Fixed an incompatibility issue with some G3000 ESP model behavior templates when compiling them as version 2 behaviors.
  • Added ModelBehavior random number generator seed initialisation on creation
  • Fixed ModelBehaviorFile path handling for IncludeBase that no longer worked in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2024)

Modular Aircraft

  • Added attachment_guid to the SIM_ATTACHMENT section of attached_object.cfg. This parameter is a exclusive with attachment_root & attachment_file and allows loading models from the model lib
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