Flight Simulation developers revealed some interesting news today, including good news for fans of PMDG and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and the tease of an airport in Puerto Rico.
Yet, before we get down to business, you can enjoy a couple of stories that received their own coverage.
- The Mighty Grumman TBF Avenger Has Been Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020
- X-Plane 12 “Flightlessons Update” 12.1.4 Released in Beta
You can check out all the news below.
PMDG “Optimistic” About Porting its Boeing Aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 After Sim Update 1 Beta Release
PMDG has not been able to start working on porting its popular Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft to MSFS 2024 due to issues that blocked their efforts, but now, with the release of the beta of Sim Update 1, which includes several backward compatibility fixes, CEO Robert Randazzo is “cautiously optimistic” that porting work can start in earnest on Monday.
Here is what he shared:
“We have had the SU1 public beta on hand for a bit over a day now, and are cautiously optimistic that, come Monday, we will find ourselves fully un-stuck when it comes to working within MSFS 2024.
Late this evening, we were able to build the 777 using the MSFS SDK, and it ran in mostly stable fashion, with debugging capability attached. We operated the airplane through an entire flight sequence and began cataloging the many issues that show up in 2024 that don’t appear in 2020 and thus need to be addressed. That process will start in earnest on Monday.
To describe this another way: We have reason to believe that the full-stop-blockers we that have prevented WASM development in MSFS 2024 appear to have been removed, and we are now able to begin a thorough analysis of the 777 in order to begin the process of itemizing all of the things we need to fix/upgrade in order for the airplane to represent itself well in MSFS 2024.
To be clear: It runs- but it is not truly usable- as there are many things that don’t work properly that must be adjusted, tweaked, corrected and tuned.
This is great news, however, and we have officially moved the optimism needle to the mid position- and we are looking forward to having a chance to finally bring our simulation value to this new platform.”
Hawk T1/A Gets First Screenshots in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Just Flight announced that the Hawk T1/A jet trainer is the next in its lineup to make the jump to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The port will be released at the same time as a v2 upgrade that will bring “heaps” of new features to the aircraft.
The hope is for this to be ready by the end of next week but in the meantime, we get to see the aircraft run in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Sukhoi Su-30 for Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets New Screenshots
Top Match Studios released a couple of screenshots of the model of the cockpit of its upcoming Sukhoi Su-30.
Mayagüez Eugenio María de Hostos Airport Teased
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (TJMZ) serving Mayagüez in Puerto Rico has been teased by Photorico Scenery.
The airport was not named officially, but commenters were quick to identify it and we could verify the airport’s identity via photographic evidence.
If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’re perhaps a bit intimidated by its apparent complexity, you can read our introductory guide, alongside the second episode focusing on installing add-ons, and another showcasing the basic instruments.
0You can also read more flight simulation news in the previous roundup article.
