Flight Simulation developers shared news today including a new look at a highly anticipated vintage airliner and more airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator and an update for X-Plane.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will also get an update of its own tomorrow.
You can check out all the news below.
Airbus A300B4 for Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets New Screenshots
Just Flight provided a new look at its upcoming vintage version of the Airbus A300, the A300B4.
The developers are finishing work on the animation and lighting logic for nearly 2000 separate switches, dials, and annunciator lights. Flight deck artwork and animations are ready, and system coders have been making “excellent progress.”
The developer has not yet shown the exterior since the announcement of the aircraft as it has been completely overhauled. Modeling work has been completed and texturing is underway. We’ll see that in the new year.
Core development is being done on MSFS2020, while the developers wait for greater stability on MSFS2024. Both simulators will be supported.
Oulu Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Gets New Screenshots
MM Simulations showcased Oulu Airport (EFOU) in Finland including new screenshots and the mention that it’s only missing the final touches and it’s coming “very soon.”
Guanghan Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator
Halua6683 released Guanghan Airport (ZUGH) in Sichuan, China. It’s available on Simmarket for $17.61.
This is a rather interesting airport as it doesn’t host any scheduled flights, but it’s the base of the Civil Aviation Flight Academy of China.
Roskilde Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
AuraScenery released Roskilde Airport (EKRK) in Denmark for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
This airport is available on iniBuilds’ store for $17.12 including the following features.
- Highly detailed buildings
- Realistic interiors
- High quality dynamic lighting
- Detailed landscaping
- Perfectly optimized models
- HD materials
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Getting Update Tomorrow
Microsoft announced that a new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator will be released tomorrow (December 20) before the Holidays stop development for a while.
Here’s what you can expect:
Stability & Performance
- Fixed various crashes across the title
- Fixed performance issues at various airports
- Fixed animations and lights on various aircraft
- Fixed mission which couldn’t be started using the Career Tool
- Fixed DevMode display which could disappear (even if it was enabled) after a mission using the Career Tool or by moving to some menu
- Fixed NanoVG API issues users encountered on 2020 aircraft avionics
X-Plane Version 12.1.3 Gets Release Candidate 1 Update
Today Laminar research released a new experimental version of the upcoming update 12.1.3, and this time it’s the first release candidate, including the following fixes.
Users of AMD graphic cards should ensure to use the latest version in order avoid out of memory issues.
- The executable of X-Plane is signed again on Microsoft Windows
- Improvements around the display of cloud layers to avoid holes
- Fixed various crashes
- Fixed TCAS in default aircraft and the SDK (XPD-16080)
- Fixed performance issues when using the Airbus A330-300 (XPD-16239)
- Use four color radar scheme again for nav displays when showing precipitation
- Improved taxi instructions in specific circumstances when requesting taxi to parking (XPD-16370)
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.
You can also read more flight simulation news in the previous roundup article.