May 30th, 2024 - Development Update - Microsoft Flight Simulator

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

Hot off the heels of last week’s release of Sim Update 15, this week saw two more new additions to Microsoft Flight Simulator!

City Update VII: European Cities II is now available as a free download from the in-sim Marketplace. After installing this package, you can enjoy updated scenery for Barcelona, Madrid, Monaco, Nice, Porto and Stockholm.

Also available from the Marketplace is the next Local Legend series aircraft, the Short SC.7 Skyvan. You can learn more about the plane affectionately known as the “Flying Shoebox” on our website here. We have also released an Aircraft Discovery Series video on YouTube to help simmers become familiar with the Skyvan’s features:

As a reminder, our monthly Developer Livestream was pushed back by one week. Originally scheduled for May 29, it will now be held on Wednesday, June 5 at 10:30am PDT (1730 UTC). Follow our official Twitch channel to be notified when the regular panel of Jorg, Seb, Martial, and special guests go live to answer questions from the community and discuss the future of Microsoft Flight Simulator. If you missed your chance to pre-submit a question in advance, we will also be taking questions live from viewers in Twitch chat. See you then!

– MSFS Team

Development Update

Development Roadmap

Feedback Snapshot

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SDK UPDATE

Asobo

No update

Working Title / MSFS Avionics Framework

No update

Marketplace

Marketplace Releases

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There are 80 new and 49 updated products in this week’s Marketplace Update.

Released Earlier: 4 NEW Products and 2 UPDATED Products: 3 ON PC, 3 ON XBOX
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, May 30: 76 NEW PRODUCTS: 40 ON PC, 36 ON 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	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox
New on PC and Xbox	New on PC and Xbox	New on PC
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
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
	New on PC and Xbox

Released Thursday, May 30: 46 UPDATED PRODUCTS: 22 ON PC, 24 ON XBOX
Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox	Updated on PC and Xbox
Updated 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 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

Marketplace Backlog

Current Backlog: 398 Total

BACKLOG: NEW PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	11	0	14	25
Mission	56	0	73	129
Scenery	14	6	2	22
Livery	10	5	13	28
Airport	26	5	26	57
Other	10	0	15	25
Total	127	16	143	286

BACKLOG: UPDATED PRODUCTS

Content Type	In MS Processing	In MS Testing	In 3P Testing	Total
	*Testing Status*
Aircraft	33	1	18	52
Mission	2	0	2	4
Scenery	5	1	1	7
Livery	0	0	10	10
Airport	16	8	13	37
Other	0	0	2	2
Total	56	10	46	112

THIRD PARTY UPDATE

As of 05/26, we have now approved 286 (+4) third parties into the in-sim marketplace and so far 229 (+1) have released 3,627 products on PC (+33) and 3,381 on Xbox (+29).
In total, 4,461 products (+16) have already been released in 3^rd party stores and the in-sim marketplace. Beyond that, another 855 products (+37) from 3^rd party developers are in production (328 announced, 527 unannounced). In total, over 5,317 3^rd party products (+39) have either been released or are in development.
Airports:
- 2,404 airports (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 2,194 airports (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 1,688 airports (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 108 airports (+0) beyond the released airports have been announced.
  - 102 airports (+0) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an airport is in production.
Aircraft:
- 827 aircraft (+0) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 399 aircraft (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 319 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim PC marketplace.
  - 304 aircraft (+1) have been released in the in-sim Xbox marketplace.
  - 201 aircraft (+0) beyond the released aircraft have been announced.
  - 227 aircraft (-1) are not announced, but the dev let us know that an aircraft is in production.
Scenery:
- 1,152 scenery packs (+2) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 1,112 scenery packs (+1) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 676 scenery packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 20 scenery packs (+0) beyond the released scenery have been announced.
  - 20 scenery packs (+1) are not announced but the dev let us know that scenery is in production.
Mission Packs:
- 434 mission packs (+30) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 358 mission packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 297 mission packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 mission packs (+0) beyond the released missions have been announced.
  - 76 mission packs (+30) are not announced, but the dev let us know that they are in production.
Livery Packs:
- 455 livery packs (+7) are either released or are in various stages of development.
  - 373 livery packs (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 364 livery packs (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 1 livery pack (+0) beyond the released scenery has been announced.
  - 88 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 (+0) have been released on the platform so far in various stores.
  - 22 ships (+0) have been released in the in-sim marketplace.
  - 0 ships (+0) beyond the released ships have been announced.
  - 11 ships (+0) are not announced, but dev let us know that ships are in production.

Community

Community Fly-In Friday

The Community Fly-In Friday World Tour continues!

Picking up where we left off last week, our flight begins in Algiers and then continues along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Africa. We will cross the border into Tunisia and have our full-stop landing at the capital city of Tunis.

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

Community Video

On Tuesday we released Local Legend 16: The Short SC.7 Skyvan via our in-sim Marketplace. YouTuber Into the Blue Simulations has created this incredibly fun video flying the affectionally dubbed “flying shoebox” around the Caribbean!

Departing Saba (TNCS) for a short hop across to the infamous Saint Barthélemy (TFFJ), we always enjoy watching the great production value put into these videos from Into the Blue!