Downloading 1.8.3.0

[Tom Clayton]

New patch is 13.40 GB

Microsoft Flight Simulator Build 1.8.3.0 Changelog

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Optimized cockpit screen display when screens are not displayed on screen.
New option available to control cockpit screen update frequency.
Tweaked CPU thread priorities to reduce interruption of frame critical threads.
Optimized loading system to reduce overall loading times.
Optimized heavy airport scenes impact on CPU.
Reduced the amount of GPU overdraw to improve GPU performance.
Memory optimizations to reduce software memory footprint and improve performance on memory limited computers.
Overall performance optimizations.


ATC
Incoming ATC Azure speech has now three different voices.
ATC voice gender is now based on the avatar of the pilot/copilot.
Fix for the incorrect voice pack being used if the game is not localized in English and if the Windows Offline Text-to-Speech option is used.


UI
Filters and sorting have been improved in the marketplace.
Manual cache layout has been improved and the download estimated time should now be correct.
Improved support for gamepad navigation in many menus.
Case sensitive search is now working properly in control screen.
Search by axis in control screen has been fixed.
Active pause button has been added in the toolbar.
Pause button has been fixed in the Content manager.


AERODYNAMICS
Improved wind turbulence simulation to reduce horizontal turbulences.
Added simulation of low rpm piston engine vibrations on cockpit.
Added simulation of water particles (rain/clouds) density in aerodynamics => generates vibrations flying through clouds or rain.
Fixed wet surface friction and braking distances.
Fixed live weather wind offset in higher latitude areas (America, Asia…) that was causing the 3kts Wind bug.


AIRCRAFT
COCKPITS VISUALS AND ANIMATIONS
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: AP buttons animations have been fixed.
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, ICON A5: placards have been updated.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk : compass texture have been improved.
Zlin Savage Cub : tail wheel blur effect is now correctly triggered.
Zlin Shock Ultra : arcs on airspeed indicator is correctly set.
Zlin Shock Ultra : turbo mode has been removed from dashboard.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : MCP buttons visual improvements.


GENERAL AVIATION SYSTEMS
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : propeller sound has been improved when RPM is changing.
Cessna Longitude : AP altitude and speed management improvements.
Cessna Longitude : auto throttle is now inhibited during take off and until 400 feet AGL.
Daher TBM 930 : yaw damper is now automatically turned on when the AP is enabled.
Beechcraft King Air 350i : windshield deicing is now working.
ICON A5 : « incorrect heading indicator » notification is now correctly triggered.
Zlin Shock Ultra : flaps now operate mechanically instead of electrically.
Zlin Shock Ultra : trim management improvements.
Cessna Citation CJ4 : reverse thrust has been removed.
Cub Crafter X Cub : IAS AP mode is now working properly.
Daher TBM 930 and Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX : PT6 engines shutdown duration has been increased.


GENERAL AVIATION AVIONICS
Cessna Longitude : several knobs of the G5000 are now working.
Beachcraft Baron G58, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000, Diamond DA40 NG : fixed missing ALT knob.
Beechcraft King Air 350i : « menu » key is now working properly.
Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat : avionics state have been fixed using Honeycomb device battery switch.
GNS 530 : flight plan display alignment has been fixed on the Garmin GNS 530.
G1000 : automatically switches from NAV to LOC when needed.
G1000 : ETE and ETA fixed wrong values.
G1000/3000/3x : AP setup is no longer reset when enabling AP.
G1000/3000/3x : fixed missing flight plan when the selected departure is coordinates on the world map.
G3x : text size in « approach box » has been increased.
G3x : approaches can now be selected and loaded.
G3x : fixed bad information in nearest VOR page when unknown VOR is selected.


AIRLINER SYSTEMS
General : AP behavior improvements.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : rear wheels steering has been fixed.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : pressing the battery button now always display the ON part.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : improved flaps deployment and retraction sequences.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed auto–throttle not giving back control to the pilot when disabled.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : center tanks drain first when decreasing fuel quantity via fuel and payload menu.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle is now automatically disengaged when landing.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle now engages correctly during take off roll when conditions are met.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : alt intervention no longer needs to be pressed again when not needed.
Airbus A320neo : automatic speed management improvements.
Airbus A320neo : alpha floor condition is now correctly triggered.


AIRLINER AVIONICS
General : weight is better taken into account for V speed calculations.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : FMC now allows to activate approach without going to route page.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : approach VREF speeds are fixed.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : empty rectangles no longer displayed on the FMA.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : runways are now displayed in correct order in the FMC.
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : cruise altitude no longer automatically filled in the FMC.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : LNAV and VNAV correctly displayed as armed in FMA when conditions are met.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : altitude target on MCP can no longer be set to negative values.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : auto–throttle mode no longer displayed on FMA when auto–throttle is disabled.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : fixed wrong flaps value displayed in the FMC take off page.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : target heading line on ND is no longer reset while in heading mode.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner : direct-to flight plans can now be entered in the FMC.
Airbus A320neo : target altitude can now be changed when AP is disabled.
Airbus A320neo : armed modes no longer appear in boxes on the FMA.
Airbus A320neo : flaps « FULL » indication instead of « F » on ECAM.
Airbus A320neo : FMGS message « INVALID ENTRY » replaced by « NOT ALLOWED ».
Airbus A320neo : FMGS now only displays arrival procedures corresponding to the selected runway.
Airbus A320neo : FMGS now correctly displays ETA for approach points.
Airbus A320neo : removed remaining waypoints on ND after selecting different approach procedures.
Airbus A320neo : fixed heading bug alignment offset issue.
Airbus A320neo : fixed missing runway in the perf page of FMGS when a departure runway is already selected.
Airbus A320neo : fixed constraints flickering on ND.
Airbus A320neo : FMGS block fuel indication now correctly initialized.


MISCELLANEOUS
Fixed freezes caused by glass cockpits.
Travel to feature no longer disengages autopilot when used.


WEATHER
Fixed 225°/3kt issue with inconsistent wind in game.
Fixed issue with weather persistency on flight restart.


SERVICES
Upgraded multiplayer servers.


MARKETPLACE
Rating display on bundles has been improved.
Performance drop after downloading an item in marketplace has been removed.
An addon purchased outside of the marketplace no longer has an impact on the “Installed” filter in the marketplace as it is considered as a “community” content.


CONTENT MANAGER
Addon purchased outside of the marketplace now also visible in the Content manager when online, and offline if downloaded in the community folder.
3rd Party content thumbnail display improved.
Pause download during installation is fixed.


LOCALIZATION
Various typo fixes in multiple languages.


ACCESSIBILITY
Subtitles are now enabled by default.
Subtitle option has been moved from Sound menu to Accessibility so users can set it during initial install.


CAMERAS
Remove rotation clamp on “Instrument cameras”.
Pilot camera position can now be saved or reset.


BUSH TRIPS
Fix leg completion trigger.
Completionist achievement should now unlock when all activities have been completed.


WORLD
Detected buildings that intersect roads are now excluded.
Longer bridges are less prone to having a gap.
UK city houses models should no longer appear in US suburbs.
“In The Wild” Achievement can now be unlocked

It's gonna be a few minutes. I think I'll just mute the music and let it run while I watch a "Law and Order" rerun.

[Sundog]

Oh, some of these fixes should help the performance on my system. I'm definitely looking forward to testing it tonight. I'll have to see if some of the planes still enter a stall with the game paused, lol. I was just hitting the escape key to act as pause in the meantime, when I had to step away.

[ak416]

Healthy amount of improvements here, very happy so far with their patch releases

Thanks for posting, Tom.

[UnknownGuest12]

New patch is 13.40 GB



It's gonna be a few minutes. I think I'll just mute the music and let it run while I watch a "Law and Order" rerun.

Thanks, downloading now. One question please. Where in the game can I check version number?
Regards

[ak416]

Thanks, downloading now. One question please. Where in the game can I check version number?
Regards

I think if you are at the main menu and you click on your Username in the upper right hand corner, where you select servers and such, it displays the current version number. Currently updating so can't confirm 100%, but I'm almost certain that's where it is.

[YoYo]

Thx for info. Im downloading now.

[UnknownGuest12]

I think if you are at the main menu and you click on your Username in the upper right hand corner, where you select servers and such, it displays the current version number. Currently updating so can't confirm 100%, but I'm almost certain that's where it is.

Thanks, will check later...

[Tom Clayton]

You can also just switch to Windowed mode and get it from the top-left corner.

As for the d/l size, somebody fibbed. I've already exceeded the 13+ and it's still going!

[paiken]

Mine shows 15.69 GiB...nearly there at 14.84. Might have to check out Sally if the wind issue is really fixed.

[Tom Clayton]

I ended up at 21.39 GB. It's installing now.

Edit: Aaaaand it's downloading more...

[YoYo]

I see nice FPS boost and faster start.

Btw. here is the new option:



This patch looks good in the first contact!

[paiken]

Things are better...the winds aloft etc are finally fixed. The added voices need some work. The female AI voice spells out the number 1 as ONE, so when changing frequencies it will say "Contact Albuquerque Center on ONE 25.4". Humorous and annoying at the same time. I did go down to Pensacola to see how the weather was...very rainy and low visibility with realistic winds and turbulence. I'll stick to the Southwest for today.

[FlyingsCool]

Things are better...the winds aloft etc are finally fixed. The added voices need some work. The female AI voice spells out the number 1 as ONE, so when changing frequencies it will say "Contact Albuquerque Center on ONE 25.4". Humorous and annoying at the same time. I did go down to Pensacola to see how the weather was...very rainy and low visibility with realistic winds and turbulence. I'll stick to the Southwest for today.

I haven't installed the update yet, but, up to this point, I kept wondering why they were directing me to runway 3 when they wanted me to go 32... till I realized it was a super long pause between 3 and 2 with no pause to my N number or whatever else was after telling me which runway to use, so it was runway 3... 2508 instead of runway 32...508

[ak416]

My first impressions are pretty good. Improved loading times are noticeable, lowering the refresh rate of the displays has improved the performance of the Extra 330 quite a lot and the winds now seem mostly accurate, though the data they have for wind in the middle of the ocean, for example, doesnt seem very accurate. At airports and near land though it's great.

Very pleased so far

[StormILM]

Very oddly, I see the current version is listed the same as the patch but nothing downloaded before, I don't see the improvements on certain aircraft that are in the list. Am I missing something or did the update get pulled or what?

[Tom Clayton]

Very oddly, I see the current version is listed the same as the patch but nothing downloaded before, I don't see the improvements on certain aircraft that are in the list. Am I missing something or did the update get pulled or what?

Load up the Beech Baron. If you have an altitude select knob, then you got the patch.

I also noticed improved frames, but I'm iffy about the weather. I just loaded up the TBM at Montgomery AL and was only getting 3kt winds on the ground. Latest metar shows 22 with gusts of 30+. But overall, I'm happy. I no longer have time to make lunch while it loads, and flying over London with the ORBX landmarks package renders very smooth frames!

[dvj]

WOW, the update has uninstalled the whole thing. totally lost. Having to reinstall 120 gb of game again. Very special.

[mike_cyul]

My installation will now no longer run any FSX-imported aircraft (not just Flight Replicas). Loading any imported aircraft just crashes the sim once the aircraft is loaded for take-off. Tried re-installing them, but no change. Any one else have this?

Mike

[azflyboy]

Apparently the patch completely removed the ability to set dead zones or sensitivities for a control axis, and introduced fun new bugs where some autopilots randomly turn off and refuse to reengage, the Baron G1000 randomly shuts off, and the Garmin avionics will refuse to load approaches for no apparent reason.

Given that it took two weeks to get the installer to work properly, I assume we'll be able to adjust control sensitivities again some time in October.

[gman5250]

Updating as I post.

Slow bandwidth with the fires and lockdowns so it will take some time.

I suppose it would be too much to ask for MS to allow for 3DStudio Max 2015 compatibility.
I'm not inclined to accept a 75% depreciation on my $4K perpetual license to opt for eternal monthly software rental higher than an average car payment in order to continue developing into the "Future of Flight Simulation".

Hopefully Arno might find a clever solution.

[StormILM]

Something is seriously wrong on my end, last night everything was normal, scenery looked perfect. Today, I open FS2020 up, it's not connecting to the scenery servers or market place and I have FSX looking scenery. My local Net connection is normal so that's not the issue. It's showing I have the indicated patch version but obviously it's not in the actual software. Something is very screwed up on their end fore sure. I also took note they were doing routine server maintenance today (at the same time as a major update???). I think somebody got their wires crossed over at MS. Well, we shall see if they manage to get this sorted out as some of us can't get the update nor use the Sim as intended.

[StormILM]

Widespread reports of major issues with this patch borking the sim and likely to the point that once they do fix it in a month or two, you'll need th completely reinstall the sim and set up everything from square one. I'm not sure they have doing the major QC/Beta testing but boy, they goofed bigtime on this. SMH!

[dvj]

Apparently the patch completely removed the ability to set dead zones or sensitivities for a control axis, and introduced fun new bugs where some autopilots randomly turn off and refuse to reengage, the Baron G1000 randomly shuts off, and the Garmin avionics will refuse to load approaches for no apparent reason.

Given that it took two weeks to get the installer to work properly, I assume we'll be able to adjust control sensitivities again some time in October.

Confirmed. Thought it was my update crash and reload that caused that. Clickspots in aircraft randomly disable after a few minutes of flying. Oh well.

[Sundog]

Damn, reading all of this, I'm hoping I can fly it without updating.

[StormILM]

Yeah, their support forums and Facebook are getting smacked hard over this. What a mess! Not sure what went wrong but until it's fixed, I am out of FS2020.