RELEASE NOTES Sim Update 5 - BETA 2 - 1.7.7
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New Content and Features
- Added sim rate under minimap
General Bug Fixes
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Fixed a bug where the time does not advance while the weather panel is opened.
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Fixed several options not being properly reset in the “Effects and Animation” category of the settings
Install, Performance & Graphics
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Added a pop-up while changing language.
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Temporary fix for visual glitch on AMD Radeon RX 9xxx due to badly read exposure in divergent code path.
Aircraft
- Fixed an issue causing the GNS430/530 SimAttachments to have their Zoom/Dezoom buttons inverted.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
- Added C172 classic variants equipped with an Avidyne IFD550/540 rather than the GNS530/430.
Aircraft Core Systems
Failure / Wear & Tear
- Added a way to indicate the speed level at which gears take damage when immersed in water.
Pneumatic & ECS System
- Added simvar PNEUMATICS_ENGINE_BLEED_AIR_PRESSURE_EX1 that actually gives the bleed air exiting from the engine, whereas PNEUMATICS_ENGINE_BLEED_AIR_PRESSURE gave the pressure of the air inside of the engine.
Career
General Bug Fixes
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Added a fallback if aircraft crashes when spawning on parking
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Fixed the flightplan in familiarization flight not displaying its first leg
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Fixed the taxi ribbon on the runway sometimes displaying an unrequired U-turn
Airports
Generic Airports
- Fixed helipads on ground colliding with buildings and vegetation
Virtual Reality
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Added an option to disable the HUD while in cockpit view specifically in Virtual Reality
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Added a shortcut in the bottom bar to indicate how to switch to VR when a headset is detected on the main page
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The cockpit tooltip cards are now closer to the currently hovered element in Virtual Reality
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Fixed a bug where virtual reality pre-set option was not correctly loaded after a game’s reboot.
Peripherals
- Added new native support for peripherals
Various Peripheral Fixes
- Fixed a conflict with leaving cockpit interactions on gamepads would also decrease throttle by 1%
DevMode
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Removed “Debug SoundTracks” tool from public builds (showing CRCs in this configuration made the tool useless)
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Fixed some debug not correctly reset when closing the devmode
General
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Fixed a possible crash when using long names in UserLight Tool
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Added new package validator rules at build and export
Scenery Editor
- Improved rectangle heightmap edition:
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The heightmap button automatically enable the terraforming
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More grid display option
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Independent brush strength
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Weaker inflate brush
- Added material name in the decal name
SimObject Editor
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Fixed empty aicraft.cfg file created on save
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Added prop_mod_version field
SDK
- Added Avidyne IFD540 and IFD550 sim attachments for use by aircraft developers.
WASM API
- Fixed approximation error when spawning vfx in world