Flight Simulation developers shared news today, including reveals and releases for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, and X-Plane.
You can find all the flight simulation news below.
Papua New Guinea Highland Bush Strips Pack 4 Announced for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Orbx announced the impending release of a new add-on of its Papua New Guinea Highland Bush Strips series by indie developer Ken Hall.
The listing for the Papua New Guinea Highland Bush Strips Pack 4 is already available on Orbx Direct, and it’ll include the following airstrips.
- AYGM-Gema Runways 02-20 Elevation 5,070ft 1,638ft in length.
- AYBY-Wuyabo Runways 01-19 Elevation 6,387ft 1,646ft in length.
- AYUX-Usarumpia Runways 04-22 Elevation 5,738ft 1,645ft in length.
- AYDY-Sindeni Runways 11-29 Elevation 5,604ft 1,732ft in length.
- AYAD-Ande Runways 12-30 Elevation 5,399ft 1,563ft in length.
- AYKX-Asinuwa Runways 07-25 Elevation 5,829ft 1,647ft in length.
- AYOI-Boikoa Runways 17-35 Elevation 4,778ft 1,698ft in length.
Here’s a list of features you can expect.
- Newly animated wildlife, adding life and realism to the environment
- Over 10 brand-new character models added to the library
- Significantly enhanced ground textures with improved definition and depth
- Highly detailed vegetation and grasses for greater environmental realism
- Remarkable detail in sloped rock faces—no more blurry textures on inclines, which is a major plus for PNG’s rugged terrain
- An expanded library of custom-modeled objects, all utilizing the latest level-of-detail techniques to ensure smooth performance
TDS GTNXi Gets MSFS 2024 Default Aircraft Support and Crossfill in both MSFS and X-Plane
TDS Sim Software added Crossfill to its GTNXi products for X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator, specifically the following.-
- GTN Xi PC Trainer V20.42 or higher
- TDS GTNXi Pro for MSFS V1.3.0.0 or higher
- TDS GTNXi XPlane v1.0.0.4 or higher
Basically, crossfill allows two units to talk to each other and share data, including active flight plan, flight plan catalog, user waypoints, user-defined frequencies, alert/missed approach acknowledgement, nearest airport criteria, CDI scale, and more.
On top of that, support for MSFS 2024 default aircraft has been added to the version of the avionics for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
For now, support has been implemented for the following aircraft.
- Cessna 185 Skywagon (GTN 750 Xi and GTN 650 Xi)
- Cessna 404 Titan (two GTN 750 Xi units)
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk Classic (GTN 750 Xi and GTN 650 Xi)
Future support will include the DA40, PC6 Gauge version, DV20, C152, Twin Otter, C207, V35B Bonanza, and H125.
F-35 for X-Plane Gets New Screenshots
AOA Simulations has revealed more screenshots of its F-35B Lightning II for X-Plane 12.
As usual, we also get a brief development update.
“All clickable areas in the cockpit are now fully functional! Just a few minor tweaks left to align everything with the avionics code (written in LUA). Interior lighting is complete.
Next steps: integrating the ALE-70 towed decoy and animating the flare dispenser hatches.
Meanwhile, David is working tirelessly on the avionics and has just released a brand-new version of his R2C plugin — camera movements are now way smoother than before!”
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our previous roundup article from yesterday.
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