Sim Update 1 Beta (1.3.10.0) Release Notes - January 31, 2025

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General Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where going into a showcase “Fixed camera” in the camera panel would cause the camera to go in the cockpit view when reopening the same panel
  • Fixed multiplayer nameplate display range to low
  • Fixed UI render issue of items outside of their frame
  • Fixed profile bar not accessible when using shortcut in the aircraft management page
  • Fixed unexpected server error after quickly activating and removing active pause
  • Disabled the skip phase button while in active pause

Backwards Compatibility Bug Fixes

  • Fixed FS2020 planes exterior lights bleeding into cockpit when displayed in FS2024

Marketplace

  • Fixed buying content which is already in community preventing from enabling/disabling said content

Activities

Training

  • Fixed an issue where a player couldn’t pass the “Look Around” objective in “Preflight” training

Aircraft

Boeing 737 MAX 8

  • Fixed CLB derate logic to be in accordance with the FCOM
  • CLB 1 and CLB 2 derate modes now revert to CLB when the derate fades out at high altitude
  • Fixed an issue where CDU2 would be blank when spawning on the runway
  • Fixed TAKEOFF SPEEDS DELETED sometimes showing incorrectly when spawning on the runway
  • Fixed ident page navigation database dates
  • Added LDG ALT flag on PFD and improved landing altitude logic
  • Removed landing altitude from HUD altitude tape
  • Now targetting +0.1 psid cabin pressure differential during takeoff
  • Takeoff prepressurization only happens if the engines are running and bleed air is available now
  • Removed altitude trend vector from PFD

Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan Ex

  • Fixed MFD icon being a dot instead of an aircraft

Glass Cockpits

  • Fixed the avionic displays which became extremely overexposed

G1000 NXI

  • The autopilot is now inhibited from activating altitude capture mode (ALTS) for a short time each time the autopilot’s pre-selected altitude is manually changed.
  • Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.
  • Fixed false positives when filtering RNP AR approaches that are unavailable
  • Fixed an issue where the electrical power state of NAV/COM radios were sometimes incorrectly represented.

G1000

  • Fixed aircraft icon on the MFD being displayed as a dot instead of an aircraft.

Garmin G3000 / G5000

  • The autopilot is now inhibited from activating altitude capture mode (ALTS) for a short time each time the autopilot’s pre-selected altitude is manually changed.
  • Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.
  • Fixed false positives when filtering RNP AR approaches that are unavailable
  • Fixed the display of waypoint ident in certain parts of the GTC Direct To page.

Garmin G3X Touch

  • Fixed an issue where after syncing the EFB flight plan to the G3X, enroute waypoints would not be loaded correctly if the first two waypoints in the flight plan were both airports.
  • The G3X autopilot is now inhibited from activating altitude capture mode (ALTS) for a short time each time the autopilot’s pre-selected altitude is manually changed.

GNS 430/GNS 530

  • The autopilot is now inhibited from activating altitude capture mode (ALTS) for a short time each time the autopilot’s pre-selected altitude is manually changed.
  • Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.
  • Fixed false positives when filtering RNP AR approaches that are unavailable

Primus Epic 2.0 Integrated Avionics System

  • Fixed an issue where old arrival and approach legs were left in the flightplan after being deselected
  • Fixed an issue where an erroneous leg to the destination runway appeared in the flightplan after the missed approach in some cases
  • Fixed various input fields not losing focus when the enter key is pressed
  • Fixed various input fields not being editable via the TSC keyboard
  • The localizer course is now also set when Tune Nav 1/2 is selected for a localizer
  • Fixed an issue where some facilities did not appear in the select object dialog, and improved the layout
  • Fixed an issue where duplicate waypoints with discontinuities appear in the flightplan when amending the route
  • When the active leg is being tracked by LNAV, it will now display as magenta, matching the map colours
  • Fixed handling of the enter button on the direc to random window
  • Pressing the direct to button on the TSC now scrolls the flightplan to the direct to window
  • Fixed incorrect procedure legs being removed when changing procedures
  • Fixed erroneous transitions being displayed for SIDs and STARs with no transitions
  • Fixed STAR/APPR/transition combinations that are not compatible with existing selections being shown
  • Fixed VECTORS approach transition selected by default and no deselectable
  • Fixed the activate vectors button positioning and logic
  • Fixed PFD overlay menu on wrong side when the artifical horizon is on the outboard side (e.g. SeaStar)
  • Fixed soft buttons on the radio management window affecting other display units as well
  • Fixed merging of approach transition and final approach when the transition joins the FAF
  • Fixed flight paths at the connection between STAR and approach transition
  • 3 and 5 letter airport idents are now accepted as origin and destination
  • Fixed destination fuel remaining unit on the flight management window
  • Fixed an issue where the rightside TSC outer and inner knob functions were swapped when setting the transponder code
  • Fixed pilotdefined waypoints failing to insert and not calculating correct flight path
  • Fixed an issue where TOD/TOC markers could overlap with initial waypoint due to not hiding when below certain speed
  • Fixed an issue where the origin/destination airport waypoint labels could be range filtered
  • Fixed flight director coupling button tooltip not appearing
  • Convert feet in Airport Elevation to meters
  • The autopilot now rejects invalid flight director coupling flags (L:XMLVAR_AUTOPILOT_LR )
  • Fixed FMS message alignment on PFD
  • Selecting to amend the flight plan route now scrolls to the amend route list item
  • The select object dialog (for duplicates) is now sorted by proximity to the aircraft
  • Added multi function controller event handling for for COM, NAV, XPDR, DIR TO buttons
  • Added PBD/PBPB info on Show Info pane
  • Some avionics settings will now persist between flights
  • Implemented transponder alternative mode switching
  • Added a landing gear extended speed limit which can be set from panel.xml using a <Gear type="extended"> tag
  • Added LIDO and FAA chart viewer, with aircraft ownship implemented and third party ability to extend charts and chart viewer

Pro Line 21 Integrated Avionics System

  • Fixed mod plan data being displayed on FPLN page after cancelling the mod
  • Fixed navigation database date handling when the cycle spans between 2 different years
  • Fixed pilotdefined waypoints failing to insert and not calculating correct flight path
  • Fixed the flight director roll bar showing a inaccurate direction

UNS-1Ew SBAS-Flight Management System

  • Fix power/dim overlay not displaying properly on the LIST page
  • Fix not being able to select a departure if a departure with no transitions has already been selected
  • Fix departure page not updating runways after inputting a runway
  • Fixed arrival page not updating data from the flight plan on it being loaded
  • Fixed merging of approach transition and final approach when the transition joins the FAF
  • Fixed flight paths at the connection between STAR and approach transition
  • Fixed pilot-defined waypoints failing to insert and not calculating correct flight path

Flight System

NavData

  • Updated magnetic variation data to WMM 2025 model

EFB

  • Fixed issues where Planner app would drop waypoint name, ICAO, and/or altitude from custom waypoints in PLN files
  • Fixed issue where Add Waypoint button could become invisible on route page in Planner app
  • Fixed issue where selecting MAN contingency fuel in Planner app did not allow manual fuel entry
  • Fixed issue where previous METAR could stay visible when selecting new airport that doesn’t have METAR
  • Added shortcuts to size and rotation on Planner app map when EFB is used in 2D panel mode
  • Added scale line on Planner app map
  • Fixed issue with check mark appearing on hover in procedure selection in Planner app
  • Fixed issue where clicking on the info bar would attempt to interact with the map in Planner app
  • Added UI feedback to show while chart is loading in chart viewer
  • Fixed incorrectly positioned aircraft icon in chart viewer while in landscape mode
  • Chart viewer will now spring chart back into view if moved beyond the view
  • Addressed issue where back button could go to wrong page from chart viewer
  • Added mouse wheel zooming in chart viewer in Planner app
  • Fixed issue where runway length was always in meters on airport information page in Planner app
  • Fixed airport weather TAF page in Planner app missing hour selector

Online Services

Weather

  • Fixed “ALL PLAYERS” multiplayer option not saved when setting live time

MyLibrary

  • Fixed photogrammetry not being disabled in-game when disabling photogrammetry package
  • Fixed items not sorting correctly when sorting by content size

VR

  • Fixed environment cockpit occlusion not working in the right eye
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Yoke Hider interaction to fail in VR on the F18, 208B and 172

Controls

Peripherals

  • Fixed an issue where the mouse on Xbox was not working properly
  • Added feedback when setting the input curve axis/sensitivity
  • Added secondary standalone profiles for certain peripherals

DevMode

Scenery Editor

  • Fixed “Start” element of type “RUNWAY” unsupported in airport scenery files. Now support them for backward compatibility and also convert them to actual runway starts upon loading in the Scenery Editor.
  • Fixed incorrect terraforming falloff in FS2020 packages and in the editor.
  • Fixed incorrect position of building exclusion polygon around taxiway parkings
  • Fixed taxiway parkings building exclusion not updating during edition in Scenery editor

SDK

WASM API

  • Fixed WASI fd_readdir implementation not always returning all entries in the scanned folder
  • Fixed issue where approach suffix was always an empty string in Planned Route API

Exporter 3DSMAX

  • Fix remove IBL Menu when SDK 2020 is installed

Exporter Blender

  • Fixed decal extension export
  • Added “unique_id” to neutral_bone added by Khronos exporter
  • Fixed “Inverse roughness” parameter on clearcoat material type
  • Removed “Wear overlay scale” property from sail, tree and vegetation material types
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