The Weekly Development Update of MSFS. the release of two new beta test builds for Sim Update 4 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. You can read the changelog for these two test builds at the links below:
Stability & Performance
- Fixed ocean tiles flashing white when navigating the world map
- Improved loading of runways materials during RTC
- Fixed concurrent accesses to Atmosphere Cache which could lead to crashes when add-ons write to AIRSPEED SimVars
- Fixed crash occurring sometimes when default audio device is not available
- Fixed stutter in ATC panel when receiving new messages
- Fixed a crash when manipulating departure/arrival info in freeflight
- Fixed fps drop due to tessellation on DEM skirts
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed character portraits sometimes being empty after booting the game
- Fixed an issue where the detailled list of controls could be visually empty after modifying a control
- Fixed an issue where the arrows on the tabs of the ATC were not always present
- Fixed an issue where resizing the window would break some UI elements in the game
- Fixed custom aerials sometimes creating tiling or black tiles
Aircraft Core Systems
Electricity system
- Fixed an issue that caused some lights to not work properly when using _SET events with an index as parameter.
Passive Aircraft
- Bell 205 fixed Main Rotor not spinning at certain LOD ranges + Added Green Livery
Airports
- COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: Fixed floating jetways
DevMode
Scenery Editor
- Avoid CPU max out at 100% when editing airports. Changed “Hide / Skip vegetation details” to “Hide / skip ground details”
SDK
WASM API
- Added a C++ Wrapper arround Vars API in SimUtils Library
Stability & Performance
- Fixed a crash occurring when switching Antialiasing
- Add new Multiplayer replication models option (High Fidelity/Simplified)
- Fixed an issue that could lead to out of memory
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed HUD color randomly changing after flight restart
- Fixed an issue where the “Unbind” button in the input bar could be displayed after going through the “controls” menu
- Fixed an issue where the user had to be hovered on the text box in the multiplayer chat field to be able to type in it
Missions
Search & Rescue – Hoist (Rotorcraft)
- Fixed rescuer not going down while hovering over the target
Airports
- Fixed floating lights when launching a flight
MyLibrary
- Fixed the community content not appearing individually in my library
Activities
Training
- Fixed briefing text in VFR – Departure training to match new Navigation Log in EFB
In addition to the SU4 beta, They also currently running a test for the upcoming PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro releases of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. As you can read here.
