Simbrief App Integration on PS5 Ingame EFB + Third Party

Hello developers,

It would be great if you could integrate the Simbrief app/function/integration into the EFB of MSFS 2024 in the game, just like it works on the PC. This would guarantee that the in-game animations for boarding and refueling (passengers + fuel truck visible) would be easier to implement in conjunction with Simbrief. I know that this is only possible if third-party content is approved for PS5. I hope that you will be able to implement this in the future so that more options and more realism are available on PS5 as well…

Best regards,

Peachpocket209

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You can still use simbrief for flight planning. You’ll just have to enter the plans manually. Not s big deal.

I think the area where console users lose out here is the ability for importing weight data from SimBrief with one click, especially while the weights management tools in the EFB can be a challenge to work with.

I definitely support the addition of the SimBrief EFB app to the Marketplace!

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Yes I know. But it would be smarter and easier to use integrated in the in-game EFB in combination with the animations of passengers and refuelling on ground without clicking especially on the ATC buttons. Also it would be more realistic to get the correct weights (passengers, baggage and fuel) into GA aircraft which don’t have integration of simbrief like some airliners (inibuilds EFB).

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Hello,

I only fly commercial aircraft. I do my planning with Sim Letter and Navigraph. Then I save the data and open it with the Flight Planner. With this I can upload the data and then load it from the web in the EFB. This works quite well on the PS5 so far, but only the route and no performance data is loaded into the SIM. But I then import them via the aircraft’s internal system.

Hallo,

ich fliege ausschließlich Verkehrsflugzeuge. Meine Planung mache ich mit Sim-Brief und Navigraph. Dann speichere ich die Daten und öffne sie mit dem Flight Planner. Bei diesem kann ich die Daten hochladen und dann im EFB aus dem Web laden. Dies funktioniert soweit ganz gut auf der PS5, allerdings wird nur die Route und keine Performancedaten in die SIM geladen. Aber diese importiert ich mir dann über das Flugzeuginterne System.

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That’s exactly the problem with the matter, just out of round. For a realistic experience with correct calculations and animations, it is better to do everything via Simbrief app on the in-game EFB.

@RHaa2023 what do you mean exactly: “But I then import them via the aircraft’s internal system.” ?

Das ist genau das Problem an der Sache, einfach unrund. FĂĽr ein realistisches Erlebnis mit korrekten Berechnungen und Animationen ist es besser alles ĂĽber Simbrief App auf dem In-Game EFB.

@RHaa2023 was meinst du genau damit: “Aber diese importiert ich mir dann über das Flugzeuginterne System.” ?

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In the A320neo as an example, I have the tablet in the cockpit. Here I can import sim letters. In the second step, I import the data into the FMC.

All you have to do is store the SIM ID correctly in the tablet and FMC.

A Sim-Brief app in-game would be great, of course, but I prefer to have these windows on another screen.

Im A320neo als Beispiel habe ich das Tablet im Cockpit. Hier kann ich Sim-Brief importieren. Im zweiten Schritt importiere ich die Daten ins FMC.

Es muss nur die Sim-Brief ID korrekt im Tablet und FMC hinterlegt sein.

Eine Sim-Brief App Ingame wäre natürlich super, aber ich habe diese Fenster lieber auf einem anderen Bildschirm.

How about make plan in Simbrief and import it into Microsoft flight planner

I had some luck with that

Yes, you mean to copy the route and than paste into Microsoft Flight Planner?

The problems are only with the fuel and payload planning.

It is a big deal. You can not load your pre-made flight-plan in your EFB on PS5, unless you fly a iniBuilds airplane. The game is designed to be able to do that, the PC version can.

There are workarounds to get SimBrief data in your EFB, but it should just be an additional app in the EFB, like PC users have. Not all that complicated I would think.
For now it only fully integrates with iniBuilds airplanes with their own EFB system, that does indeed integrate with SimBrief.

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I think it’s possible to integrate in the Microsoft EFB. Maybe in future we will see that, hopefully. Would be very easier and more
immersive.

Since I’m convinced that this is technically possible, I’ve also added an entry about it to the wish list. Please vote for it as much as you can…