July 27th, 2023 Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

This week’s Screenshot Challenge winner is Twitter user CpuGeta486. If you’re interested in participating in our weekly Screenshot Challenges, check out the details in the Community section below!

In case you missed it, we played a pre-recorded Developer video during our Community Fly-In Friday livestream last week. During this segment, we addressed upcoming changes to Microsoft Flight Simulator including an overview of some of the improvements coming with Sim Update 13 and a brief update on the white dot and white avionics border bugs. If you didn’t see the video during the livestream, you can watch it on YouTube here:

This week was a busy one for the Microsoft Flight Simulator team with three new releases! On Monday, we launched Bullseye Landing, a new landing challenge we created in collaboration with Red Bull. In Bullseye Landing, sim pilots can attempt to land a CubCrafters Carbon Cub on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubia just like real Red Bull aerobatic pilot Luke Czepiela of Poland! Bullseye Landing is available now as a free download from the in-sim Marketplace.

On Tuesday, we launched World Update 14: Central Eastern Europe. This free update includes new POIs, TIN cities, bespoke airports, Discovery Flights, Landing Challenges, and Bush Trips for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. World Update 14 can be downloaded now from the in-sim Marketplace.

Releasing alongside World Update 14 was the latest entry in our Local Legends series of aircraft, the Aero Vodochody Ae-45 and Ae-145. This beautiful twin engine plane from Czechoslovakia made its first flight in 1947. Its unique cockpit design provides pilots with outstanding visibility. Local Legend 11: Aero Vodochody Ae-45 / Ae-145 is available now from the in-sim Marketplace for USD $14.99.

– MSFS Team

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Development Roadmap

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Marketplace Update

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There are 25 new and 44 updated products in the Marketplace today, and 6 products that were released earlier this week. Thursday’s Marketplace update generally goes live before 5pm PT.

RELEASED EARLIER THIS WEEK:
Monday, July 24	Tuesday, July 25	Tuesday, July 25
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox

25 NEW PRODUCTS: 11 ON PC, 14 ON XBOX
New on Xbox	New 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 Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox		New on PC and Xbox

44 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 23 ON PC, 21 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 and Xbox	Updated on PC
Updated on PC	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated on PC	Updated on Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 356 Total

We are changing our backlog view to reflect testing status for each content type.

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	Initial Processing and Validation by MS	Handed off to 3P for Functional Testing	Functional Testing in Progress by 3P	Functional Testing Signed off by 3P	Total
Aircraft	22	11	5	2	40
Mission	20	16	8	0	44
Scenery	2	2	4	2	10
Livery	16	10	8	4	38
Airport	38	15	7	6	66
Other	35	12	0	10	57
Total	133	66	32	24	255

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

	*Testing Status*
Content Type	Initial Processing and Validation by MS	Handed off to 3P for Functional Testing	Functional Testing in Progress by 3P	Functional Testing Signed off by 3P	Total
Aircraft	13	14	3	0	30
Mission	0	0	0	0	0
Scenery	4	0	1	0	5
Livery	10	6	4	0	20
Airport	11	19	5	4	39
Other	2	2	3	0	7
Total	40	41	16	4	101

SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No Update this week.

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

The latest version of the Avionics Framework is available including NPM packages for AAU_02 updates.
Check out MSFS Avionics Source Code Mirror to access the latest Avionics Framework source code.
Find documentation about the avionics framework here: MSFS Avionics Frameworks and Instruments.
Upcoming framework updates:
- Adding JSX support for binding an intrinsic element’s style attribute to a SubscribableMap<string, string>. (AAU_03)
- Fixing a bug with FSComponent where text and subscribables added directly as children of fragments would not be rendered to the DOM. (AAU_03)
- Adding new heading sync capability to the framework autopilot to support systems that have an enhanced heading sync function such as the Garmin G3000. (AAU_03)
- Adding generic payload management interface to the framework. (AAU_03)

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

As of 07/24, we have now approved 215 (+0) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and – so far 196 (+0) have released 2,458 products on PC (+34) and 2,167 on Xbox (+33).
In total, 3,421products(+47) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 735 products (+4) from 3^rd party developers are in production (356 announced, 379 unannounced). In total, over 4,153 3^rd party products (+48) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 2,059 airports (+17) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,825 airports (+18) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 1,302 airports (+24) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 125 airports (-2) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 109 airports (+1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 634 aircraft (+8) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 270 aircraft (+3) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 205 aircraft (+4) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 186 aircraft (+2) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 208 aircraft (-2) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 156 aircraft (+7) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 945 scenery packs (+3) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 914 scenery packs (+11) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 472 scenery packs (+12) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 21 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 10 scenery packs (-8) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production
Mission Packs:
- 192 mission packs (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 176 mission packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 115 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 19 mission packs (+3) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Livery Packs:
- 288 livery packs (+20) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 211 livery packs (+16) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 205 livery packs (+14) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
  - 76 livery packs (+5) are not announced, but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Ships & Watercraft:
- 35 ships & watercraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 25 ships & watercraft (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 19 ships & watercraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 ships & watercraft (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 9 ships & watercraft (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that scenery is in production

Community Fly-In

This week is EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world’s largest fly-in and gathering of aviation enthusiasts! In celebration of this event, our Community Fly-In this week will be a cross country trip from Meigs Field to KOSH.

Our flight plan will be of a slightly shorter duration than normal this week so we can take in the sights of Oshkosh and enjoy watching sim pilots land at what is temporarily the world’s busiest airport.

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

Community Video

The Microsoft Flight Simulator team has been enjoying watching players from the community attempt the new Bullseye Landing challenge this week. Japanese YouTuber RyotaSim documented his journey from multiple failed attempts to a successful landing with this video. Please note that the narration is in Japanese, but subtitles in multiple languages including English, German, Chinese, and Korean can be enabled.