February 29th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Forum user Parorng! If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

On Wednesday, we released a new beta build (1.37.5.0) for those players enrolled in the optional Sim Update 15 (SU_15) public test. You can see the release notes on our forums here. Among other improvements, this build fixes a few known issues that were inadvertently introduced in the previous beta build, and it also has some stability enhancements.

We appreciate all the feedback and bug reports we’ve been receiving from the volunteer testers from the community. Your timely and detailed reports of issues really makes a huge difference to the development team. Thank you so much for your efforts!

If you’re participating in the beta, be sure to share your feedback on our forums here.

As noted in the new Development Roadmap below, Sim Update 15 is now targeted to launch on March 26th, alongside the release of the hotly anticipated iniBuilds A320 NEO!

Our next Developer Livestream is scheduled for March 13! As always, it will be hosted on our official Twitch channel, so please follow it if you are not already to receive notifications whenever we go live.

We will be taking questions from the chat live during the session, but if you would like to pre-submit a question to the panel in advance, you may do so at this link. We will tabulate all the submissions to ensure the most popular concerns from the community are addressed during the livestream.

– MSFS Team

Development Roadmap

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Feedback Snapshot

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Marketplace Update

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There are 73 new and 44 updated products in today’s Marketplace Update.

73 NEW PRODUCTS: 34 ON PC, 39 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on Xbox	New on Xbox
New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on Xbox	New on Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
	New on PC and Xbox

44 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 24 ON PC, 20 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC	Updated on Xbox
	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 466 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	24	0	10	34
Mission	20	0	66	86
Scenery	24	2	1	27
Livery	58	0	22	80
Airport	45	4	25	74
Other	10	0	9	19
Total	181	6	133	320

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
Aircraft	29	1	16	46
Mission	8	0	14	22
Scenery	17	0	0	17
Livery	4	0	4	8
Airport	28	3	10	41
Other	4	0	8	12
Total	90	4	52	146

SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

MSFS Avionics Framework
- In conjunction with SU15 flighting start, we have updated the avionics framework and documentation to support the launch:
  - Avionics Framework packages have been updated with some changes due to flighting feedback. Find the latest at the links below.
  - An NPM package updates will be forthcoming in the next week for avionics packages that have seen changes for or during SU15 flighting. Final versions will be made available upon final SU15 launch.
  - G3X documentation is available on the Avionics Framework document site (see link below).
- Find the Avionics Framework Source Code here.
- Find the latest documentation about the avionics framework here.
- Upcoming Framework Updates:
  - Adding a new checklist API to the Garmin SDK that provides a default framework for managing in-avionics checklists on Garmin avionics. (SU_16)
  - Enhancing features of the TouchSlider interface of the Garmin SDK to provide more logic options to avionics developers using the touch interface for Garmin avionics. (SU_15)
  - Updating WT21 avionics package to include a plugin system to allow third party developers to customize and extend the functionality of the WT21. (SU_15)
  - Adding alternate style options for the WT21 artificial horizon (documentation will be included in the framework docs). (SU_15)
  - Adding support to the WT21 for the new FMC framework from the Avionics Framework to enable extensibility by third party developers. (SU_15)

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

As of 02/26, we have now approved 253 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 217 (+2) have released 3,268 products on PC (+34) and 3,000 on Xbox (+33).
In total, 4,158 products (+22) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 841 products (+23) from 3^rd party developers are in production (347 announced, 494 unannounced). In total, over 4,983 3^rd party products (+29) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 2,333 airports (+10) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 2,109 airports (+6) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 1,588 airports (+14) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 112 airports (-1) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 112 airports (+5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 794 aircraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 367 aircraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 286 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 271 aircraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 212 aircraft (+2) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 229 aircraft (+12) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 1,115 scenery packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,080 scenery packs (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 644 scenery packs (+3) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 22 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 13 scenery packs (+0) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
Mission Packs:
- 292 mission packs (+9) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 242 mission packs (+11) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 181 mission packs (+11) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 50 mission packs (-2) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Livery Packs:
- 411 livery packs (+7) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 333 livery packs (+2) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 325 livery packs (+2) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
  - 77 livery packs (+7) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Ships & Watercraft:
- 38 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 27 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 22 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 11 ships & watercraft (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

Community Fly-In Friday

DUNE: PART TWO opens only in cinemas on March 1! To celebrate the release of director Denis Villeneuve’s new film from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, this week our Community Fly-In event will use the recently-launched Dune Expansion as we fly the Royal Atreides Ornithopter along the Persian Gulf from Bahrain to Dubai!

Event details are available here. All are welcome to participate!

Tubeliner Tuesday

Community Video

For this week’s Community Video we’re focusing on a new content creator, as we join Nylani for a trip in the Caribbean from St. Barth’s to St. Kitts. Operating in the Cessna 208, this scenic commute highlights two of the most famous airports in the world.

We really enjoyed this well edited flight, and look forward to seeing more in the future from Nylani!