Microsoft Flight Simulator Updated to Version 1.8.3.0

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

• Optimized cockpit screen display when screens are not displayed on screen.
• New option available to control cockpit screen update frequency.
• Tweaked CPU thread priorities to reduce interruption of frame critical threads.
• Optimized loading system to reduce overall loading times.
• Optimized heavy airport scenes impact on CPU.
• Reduced the amount of GPU overdraw to improve GPU performance.
• Memory optimizations to reduce software memory footprint and improve performance on memory limited computers.
• Overall performance optimizations.

ATC

• Incoming ATC Azure speech has now three different voices.
• ATC voice gender is now based on the avatar of the pilot/copilot.
• Fix for the incorrect voice pack being used if the game is not localized in English and if the Windows Offline Text-to-Speech option is used.

UI

• Filters and sorting have been improved in the marketplace.
• Manual cache layout has been improved and the download estimated time should now be correct.
• Improved support for gamepad navigation in many menus.
• Case sensitive search is now working properly in control screen.
• Search by axis in control screen has been fixed.
• Active pause button has been added in the toolbar.
• Pause button has been fixed in the Content manager.

AERODYNAMICS

• Improved wind turbulence simulation to reduce horizontal turbulences.
• Added simulation of low rpm piston engine vibrations on cockpit.
• Added simulation of water particles (rain/clouds) density in aerodynamics => generates vibrations flying through clouds or rain.
• Fixed wet surface friction and braking distances.
• Fixed live weather wind offset in higher latitude areas (America, Asia…) that was causing the 3kts Wind bug.

AIRCRAFT

COCKPITS VISUALS AND ANIMATIONS

• Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: AP buttons animations have been fixed.
• Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, ICON A5: placards have been updated.
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk : compass texture have been improved.
• Zlin Savage Cub : tail wheel blur effect is now correctly triggered.
• Zlin Shock Ultra : arcs on airspeed indicator is correctly set.
• Zlin Shock Ultra : turbo mode has been removed from dashboard.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : MCP buttons visual improvements.

GENERAL AVIATION SYSTEMS

• Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : propeller sound has been improved when RPM is changing.
• Cessna Longitude : AP altitude and speed management improvements.
• Cessna Longitude : auto throttle is now inhibited during take off and until 400 feet AGL.
• Daher TBM 930 : yaw damper is now automatically turned on when the AP is enabled.
• Beechcraft King Air 350i : windshield deicing is now working.
• ICON A5 : « incorrect heading indicator » notification is now correctly triggered.
• Zlin Shock Ultra : flaps now operate mechanically instead of electrically.
• Zlin Shock Ultra : trim management improvements.
• Cessna Citation CJ4 : reverse thrust has been removed.
• Cub Crafter X Cub : IAS AP mode is now working properly.
• Daher TBM 930 and Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : PT6 engines shutdown duration has been increased.

GENERAL AVIATION AVIONICS

• Cessna Longitude : several knobs of the G5000 are now working.
• Beachcraft Baron G58, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000, Diamond DA40 NG : fixed missing ALT knob.
• Beechcraft King Air 350i : « menu » key is now working properly.
• Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat : avionics state have been fixed using Honeycomb device battery switch.
• GNS 530 : flight plan display alignment has been fixed on the Garmin GNS 530.
• G1000 : automatically switches from NAV to LOC when needed.
• G1000 : ETE and ETA fixed wrong values.
• G1000/3000/3x : AP setup is no longer reset when enabling AP.
• G1000/3000/3x : fixed missing flight plan when the selected departure is coordinates on the world map.
• G3x : text size in « approach box » has been increased.
• G3x : approaches can now be selected and loaded.
• G3x : fixed bad information in nearest VOR page when unknown VOR is selected.

AIRLINER SYSTEMS

• General : AP behavior improvements.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : rear wheels steering has been fixed.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : pressing the battery button now always display the ON part.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : improved flaps deployment and retraction sequences.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed auto-throttle not giving back control to the pilot when disabled.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : center tanks drain first when decreasing fuel quantity via fuel and payload menu.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto-throttle is now automatically disengaged when landing.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto-throttle now engages correctly during take off roll when conditions are met.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : alt intervention no longer needs to be pressed again when not needed.
• Airbus A320neo : automatic speed management improvements.
• Airbus A320neo : alpha floor condition is now correctly triggered.

AIRLINER AVIONICS

• General : weight is better taken into account for V speed calculations.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : FMC now allows to activate approach without going to route page.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : approach VREF speeds are fixed.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : empty rectangles no longer displayed on the FMA.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : runways are now displayed in correct order in the FMC.
• Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : cruise altitude no longer automatically filled in the FMC.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : LNAV and VNAV correctly displayed as armed in FMA when conditions are met.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : altitude target on MCP can no longer be set to negative values.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto-throttle mode no longer displayed on FMA when auto-throttle is disabled.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed wrong flaps value displayed in the FMC take off page.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : target heading line on ND is no longer reset while in heading mode.
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : direct-to flight plans can now be entered in the FMC.
• Airbus A320neo : target altitude can now be changed when AP is disabled.
• Airbus A320neo : armed modes no longer appear in boxes on the FMA.
• Airbus A320neo : flaps « FULL » indication instead of « F » on ECAM.
• Airbus A320neo : FMGS message « INVALID ENTRY » replaced by « NOT ALLOWED ».
• Airbus A320neo : FMGS now only displays arrival procedures corresponding to the selected runway.
• Airbus A320neo : FMGS now correctly displays ETA for approach points.
• Airbus A320neo : removed remaining waypoints on ND after selecting different approach procedures.
• Airbus A320neo : fixed heading bug alignment offset issue.
• Airbus A320neo : fixed missing runway in the perf page of FMGS when a departure runway is already selected.
• Airbus A320neo : fixed constraints flickering on ND.
• Airbus A320neo : FMGS block fuel indication now correctly initialized.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Fixed freezes caused by glass cockpits.
• Travel to feature no longer disengages autopilot when used.

WEATHER

• Fixed 225°/3kt issue with inconsistent wind in game.
• Fixed issue with weather persistency on flight restart.

SERVICES

• Upgraded multiplayer servers.

MARKETPLACE

• Rating display on bundles has been improved.
• Performance drop after downloading an item in marketplace has been removed.
• An addon purchased outside of the marketplace no longer has an impact on the “Installed” filter in the marketplace as it is considered as a “community” content.

CONTENT MANAGER

• Addon purchased outside of the marketplace now also visible in the Content manager when online, and offline if downloaded in the community folder.
• 3rd Party content thumbnail display improved.
• Pause download during installation is fixed.

LOCALIZATION

• Various typo fixes in multiple languages.

ACCESSIBILITY

• Subtitles are now enabled by default.
• Subtitle option has been moved from Sound menu to Accessibility so users can set it during initial install.

CAMERAS

• Remove rotation clamp on “Instrument cameras”.
• Pilot camera position can now be saved or reset.

BUSH TRIPS

• Fix leg completion trigger.
• Completionist achievement should now unlock when all activities have been completed.

WORLD
• Detected buildings that intersect roads are now excluded.
• Longer bridges are less prone to having a gap.
• UK city houses models should no longer appear in US suburbs.
• “In The Wild” Achievement can now be unlocked

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Microsoft Flight Simulator Updated to Version 1.7.14.0

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 inlcudes 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