Here’s a summary of the Sim Update 1 Beta (1.3.19.0) release notes from the Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums, published on February 19, 2025:
Important Note for PC Users: If you’re experiencing stability issues or long loading times, move any packages from your community folder to another location before relaunching the simulator. Outdated packages can negatively impact performance.
Key Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- General: A profanity check has been added for Callsigns and Flight Numbers in the aircraft configurator.
- World: A regression causing ground texture aliasing has been fixed.
- Aircraft: The grouping of 2020 aircraft with an empty icao_model in the Aircraft Selector/Configurator has been improved.
- Aircraft Core Systems (Fuel System): An issue where the
fuel_typeparameter was ignored in the[Fuel]section (under specific conditions) has been resolved. - DevMode (SimObject Editor): The “delete node” function is now correctly limited to the asset group.
- SDK (SimVars): A crash that occurred when accessing
ELEVATOR TRIM DOWN LIMITwhile using a helicopter has been fixed. - Tools: Issues with
fspackagetoolwhen using the Steam version of the simulator have been resolved.
Community Feedback:
- There are reports of anti-aliasing regression, with increased shimmering/aliasing since the SU1 beta was released.
