27

August

2020

August 27th, 2020 Development Update

We are in the final stages of prepping the upcoming patch for release next week. The team has been actively working on addressing issues impacting download and installation issues as a priority for this patch. We appreciate all the feedback from the community and we are hard at work updating the feedback snapshot and development roadmap, which we hope to release within the next few weeks!

– MSFS TEAM

PATCH UPDATE COMING WITHIN 7 DAYS

Patch contains fixes to reduce crash and installation issues, along with other bug fixes and improvements.

The team would like to thank the community for all your feedback!

ONCE THE PATCH HAS BEEN RELEASED – To install the patch, simply close Microsoft Flight Simulator and and relaunch.

PATCH NOTES

STABILITY ISSUES

  • The title will no longer crash when different input devices/peripherals are disconnected
  • The title will no longer crash when the TBM 930 package is deleted

 

INSTALLATION ISSUES

  • The install process will no longer be blocked after a partial decompression of a package
  • The install process will no longer be blocked when a local user account includes non-ASCII characters
  • The install process will no longer be blocked after a failed connection to servers
  • The install process will no longer display an empty onboarding screen under certain conditions
  • The title will download a critical missing/deleted package to access the main menu even if the save data preference is set to offline (when an internet connection is available)

 

CONTENT MANAGER

  • The title will no longer automatically download packages that have been deleted through the content manager
  • The content manager will no longer get stuck in an infinite loading state when checked offline
  • The Creator name of the packages should now be properly updated

 

SIMCONNECT

  • Significant FPS drop when using Simconnect should no longer affect the experience

 

OPTIMIZATION

  • The performance of the title has been improved when the Display name plate option is set to active

 

MARKETPLACE

  • The correct currency is now properly updated in the marketplace

 

MORE AMAZING SCREENSHOTS FROM THE COMMUNITY

 

NEXT UPDATE – 09.03

Sincerely,

Microsoft Flight Simulator Team