Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including new scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and a new beta update directly from Microsoft.
You can check out all the news below.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Gets Sim Update 1 Beta 1.3.13.0
Microsoft itself released a new beta patch of Sim Update 1 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, numbered 1.3.13.0. Here’s what you can expect if you download it.
General Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where non-selectable aircraft were not taken into consideration by various systems after a mount/unmount or after a Build Package
- Fixed a crash when a package is disabled while texture is loading
- Fixed a crash when many avatars meet up online
- Fixed a crash on Xbox that would occur when accessing areas close to the antemeridian, such as Savusavu Airport (NFNS), for example
- Increased default player character camera speed
- Adjusted gamepad player character ROTATE X AXIS and ROTATE Y AXIS action curves to keep previous sensitivity on this peripheral
- Fixed a crash occurring after buying a package containing an airport during the briefing of a mission
- Fixed a crash when selecting airport to transfer an aircraft
- Fixed a crash occurring when transferring an aircraft to a new airport
- Fixed cliff textures sometimes displayed on photogrammetry buildings
- Fixed city lights sometimes displayed on photogrammetry landscapes
- Added a conflict popup when the user tries to enable multiple version (FS2020 & FS2024) of the same item
- Fixed the score not being sent to the leaderboard in Xbox builds
- Added save of the last weather preset
- Retrieve and set the last used weather choice
- Fixed retrieval of data from server in photographer mode; now displays the picture and the sub-objectives.
- Fixed package export error when the export path contains spaces
- Fixed taxi signs not rendering when the airport has no taxi light.
- Fixed an issue where FS9GPS simvars were returning ICAOs and idents with non-legacy formats
- Fixed max and default values for material ghost
- Fixed set default values for existing materials in scene and fix materials properties
- Fixed windshield properties decalaration
- Fixed max and default values for material ghost
Sandane Airport Released for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Orbx released the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 version of Sandane Airport (ENSD) in Norway. It’s available on Orbx Direct for $14.46. Of course, if you have the MSFS 2020 version, you get the upgrade for free.
Here’s what you can expect.
- Detailed rendition of ENSD Sandane Airport
- 2K textures and PBR
- Custom ground decals
- Crisp 60cm ortho
- Custom approach lighting and ground equipment
- By Andreas Hegi
El Hierro Airport Teased
FSDG teased its next airport, and it’s El Hierro (GCHI), serving the Spanish island in the Canaries. For the moment, we get to see only a screenshot, showcased above.
We’re probably going to hear more soon.
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.
