RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 5 Beta - 1.7.16.0
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Stability & Performance
- Fixed Model Instance being potentially destroyed upon a Build Package while reloading active LODs (could crash the sim when building the package of the currently used aircraft)
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the mission steps panel and the discovery objective panel could be truncated after switching between full screen and windowed using the ALT+ENTER shortcut
- Fixed text in logbook that was not correctly translated
Aircraft
- The PERFORMANCE_DATA section of the flight_model.cfg has been moved to the flight_performance.cfg file. It will still be loaded from the flight_model.cfg if it is missing from the flight_performance.cfg to ensure backwards compatibility.
Boeing 737 MAX 8
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on or when activating a flight director mode when no mode was previously active.
- Adjusted FLC mode to more closely adjust for target speed.
- Fixed an issue where the FMC message TAKEOFF SPEEDS DELETED could be shown in flight.
- Improved Glideslope tracking to reduce pitch oscillations.
- Improved autothrottle response and tracking in SPD target modes.
- Improved autothrottle tracking accuracy in thrust target modes.
- Fixed an error during automatic PERF INIT when the plane spawns in the air.
Aircraft Core Systems
- Added VarSet capabilities for Hydraulic and Pneumatic valves’ target positions, to replace their respective malfunctionning Key Events.
- Simvars are: HYDRAULIC_VALVE_TARGET_POS and PNEUMATICS_VALVE_TARGET_STATUS
- ModelBehaviors: To reflect this change, new “EX1” parameters have been added to functions “ASOBO_Hydraulic_Valve_Parameters” and “ASOBO_Pneumatics_Valve_Parameters” that uses proper simvars to set the targets positions of valves.
Glass Cockpits
G1000 NXI
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
Garmin G3000 / G5000
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
Garmin G3X Touch
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
GNS 430/GNS 530
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
Primus Epic 2.0 Integrated Avionics System
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
Pro Line 21 Integrated Avionics System
- Optimized the PFD’s artificial horizon for memory savings.
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
UNS-1Ew SBAS-Flight Management System
- Fixed an issue where the flight director could sometimes command the wrong pitch/bank angle immediately after turning the flight director on.
EFB
- Fixed an issue where stale chart data could sometimes overwrite chart data from a newly selected airport.
- Planner App - Fixed an issue where stale chart data could sometimes overwrite chart data from a newly selected airport.
Career
- Changed misleading name of the Super Heavy specialization and Heavy certification to Oversized
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed taxi to gate clearance sent twice when infringed
- Added “Stop after holdshort line” step validation if overpassed but not infringed
- Fixed Announce taxi to helipad flow not available.
- Fixed acknowledge frequency change not automatically completing when infringed
- Fixed ATC broken after taking off without clearance
- Fixed part of the flightplan not displayed in some IFR missions
Free Flight
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Modified the ‘Fly Now’ button to be grayed out when selecting an helipad while an airplane is selected
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Fixed aircraft fuel resetting to its default quantity when selecting a fuel amount then exiting and going back in the aircraft configuration screen
Airports
Generic Airports
- EGLC : Fixed missing water around airport
- KHRF : Fixed wrong ICAO : 6S5 to KHRF
- KGRR : Fixed missing terminal
- KGDK : Fixed wrong ICAO : I19 to KGDK
- KGDA : Fixed wrong ICAO : 5M9 to KGDA
- KGDA : Fixed missing buildings
- KDVO : Fixed misplaced beacon tower
- KPDG : Fixed misplaced beacon tower
- KGLN : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- OKKK : Fixed wrong ICAO : OKBK to OKKK
- KDWA : Fixed missing runway designators
- KMII : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- KJRO : Fixed wrong ICAO : I43 to KJRO
- KBRG - Fixed wrong airport altitude
- 01V : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02K : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02MU : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02ND : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02NE : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02OR : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02PS : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 02Y : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03FD : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03I : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03IN : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03NE : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03PS : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 03WY : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
- 04F : Fixed airport needed to be closed according to real life
Traffic
Air Traffic
- Fixed Offline AI Traffic. We have fixed and reactivated it. It wasblocking some traffic add-ons.
- Traffic that can be in “sleeping” state for various reasons, will now be ignored by the traffic conflict system to avoid lock ups.
- Various traffic behavior improvements when taxiing onto the runway and taking off.
- Fixed an issue that had Live Traffic planes spin when holdingshort.
- Traffic will now have NAV and TAXI lights on during daytime also.
Virtual Reality
- Fixed loss of inputs sometimes occurring when launching the Preflight training in VR
- Fixed an issue that caused the Yoke/Collective highlight not to be active in VR on some aircraft.
- Fixed an issue sometimes causing the yoke/collective to not be grabbable in VR
- Fixed an issue that caused the yoke/collective interaction to fail if the second controller was targeting a collideable glasscockpit.
- Fixed an issue that caused the yoke/collective interaction to fail if the second controller was targeting a collideable glass cockpit.
- Fixed lighting issues with clouds fogging (fixes cockpit glass flickering through clouds, and lighting differences using Quad Views)
Peripherals
- Remapped “VR - camera Reset” on gamepads to RB+Menu / R1+Options
Various Peripheral Fixes
- Fixed DualSense wireless controller scroll axis in menus.
DevMode
- Removed option to select old LOD curve
General
- Fixed AutoSet filter disappearing from the console after Build
- Added “Debug biomes” and “Debug surface type” in the “Debug > Terrain” menu
Scenery Editor
- Fixed VectorPlacement no longer in groups when loaded by the editor.
SimObject Editor
- Added missing hydraulic actuator types LiquidDroppingDoor and ThrustReverser
- Fixed edit in place mode + live reload wrongly saving files
- Updated cockpit.cfg params in the editor
SDK
- Changed the way status update message are sent when the user enables/disables the addon camera through the ingame panel
- Fixed SimVarWatcher documentation links
- Few Camera API changes:
- Added functions to load some parts of the world
- Changed the way position and rotation referential are handled
- Added the possibility to focus a SimObject and follow its movement based on its object Id
- Keep the world arounf the arocraft loaded while using the Camera API and going far away of the aircraft to avoid it to fall under the ground
Samples
- Fixed SimVarWatcher debug build in SDK samples
WASM API
- Fixed fstat for stdin, stdout and sterr
- Added “fsMapViewSetWeatherRadarTiltInRadians”, “fsMapViewSetWeatherRadarStabilization”, “fsMapViewSetWeatherRadarPitchLimitsInRadians”, “fsMapViewSetWeatherRadarBankLimitsInRadians” and “fsMapViewSetWeatherRadarScanRate” in MapView API
Exporter Blender
- Fixed landing gears animations in DA62 Sample.
- Fixed invalid vertex normal on skinned meshes.