April 29th, 2021 Development Update

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

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FEEDBACK SNAPSHOT

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THIRD PARTY UPDATE

• As of 04/24, we have now approved 159 (+10) third parties to sell content in the in-sim marketplace and so far 81 (+2) have released 334 products (+16).
• In total, 870 products (+25) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 317 products (+5) from 3^rd party developers are in production (190 announced, 127 unannounced). In total, over 1,187 3^rd party products (+24) are either released or are in development.
• Airports:
  • 749 airports (+9) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 550 airports (+8) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 278 airports (+15) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 94 airports (+3) beyond the released airports have been announced.
    • 105 airports (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
• Aircraft:
  • 135 aircraft (+6) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 34 aircraft (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 24 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 79 aircraft (+3) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
    • 22 aircraft (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
• Scenery:
  • 276 sceneries (+15) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 259 sceneries (+14) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 22 sceneries (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 17 sceneries (+1) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
• Mission Packs:
  • 27 mission packs (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
    • 27 mission packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
    • 3 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
    • 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.

SDK UPDATE

• Documentation:
  • We made some changes on the Flight Model section, created a Flights & Missions section, added a page about ice on aircraft models, and updated flightmodel.cfg with new parameters. More to come!
• Dev Mode:
  • We fixed the “add custom asset group” window which wouldn’t close when creating a new non-templated asset group.
  • We fixed the font displayed in the release notes window.
  • The Audio team fixed a shared convolution IR which didn’t load in Wwise remote and added Built-in Emitter & Listener cone game-parameters.
  • In the Scenery Editor, we fixed the windsocks with the wrong orientation, and we fixed ‘`’ char being filtered in taxiway sign content text entry.
• SimConnect:
  • We added the GEAR_SKIDDING_FACTOR SimVar.

MARKETPLACE

There are 21 new products and 8 updated products in the Marketplace today.

Released Wednesday, 4/28: