Patch 1.9.3.0

[Tom Clayton]

Downloading now. In addition to the well-publicized Japan update, here are the rest of the release notes:

Airports
Airports added:


LEMG – Málaga Airport
LFLC – Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne
PAFR – Bryant Army Airfield Heliport



Airports improvements:


60 airports improvements based on community feedback
Control towers added on 700+ US airports



UI
Sensitivity screen is now displayed correctly
The Manual cache management UI has been improved
ATC Options should now correctly be saved
Liveries selection menu should now work as expected
The music can now be deactivated before or during the initial download on startup



AERODYNAMICS
The collision problems at negative altitudes have been fixed
Braking power on ground has been tweaked to reflect more realistic braking distances
Fuel consumption updating mass problem has fixed for some airplanes
A plane with no fuel leak system should no longer lead to a crash
Aircraft gyroscopic stability can now be set in our SDK toolset



PLANES
Incorrect energy formulas resulting in inaccurate autopilot behavior have been fixed
Autopilot overshooting altitude capture during descent has been fixed
Allow to up to 8500fpm max climb speed after the new AP is now more accurately respecting 6000fpm



Visuals and animation


Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: wing flex has been improved
Beechcraft King Air 350i: rudder pedals animation is now correct
Cessna 152 : fixed a graphic glitch when switching between cockpit and external views
Airbus A320neo : fixed issues related to copilot AP button lights



General aviation systems


Cessna 172 Skyhawk: fixed impossible connection with ATC when BUS 1 is ON and bus 2 is off
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: fixed PFD and MFD button issues between pilot and copilot sides
Robin DR400/100 Cadet: can now request ground services to the ATC
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000): fixed checklist camera issues during the “After starting engine” procedure
Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat: fixed pilot heat not working
Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat: fixed copilot not setting master switch ON during starting engine checklist procedure
Daher TBM 930: fixed fuel tank incorrect tooltip



General aviation avionics


Garmin avionics : fixed issues with auto switch from NAV to LOC in approach
Garmin avionics : Fixed wrong country codes
G1000/3000 : Fixes on flight plan entering / duplicate waypoint page
G1000 : performance improvements when displaying nearest airport page
G3000 : it is now possible to active approach legs
Cessna 172 Skyhawk (G1000): fixed automatic change from GPS to VOR 1 when a flight plan or approach loaded
Cessna 172 Skyhawk: fixed crash when deleting direct-to flight plan
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: fixed default state of avionics Sby & avionic bus guarded switches when starting cold and dark
Cessna Citation CJ4: Upper menu and ENG buttons are no longer INOP



Airliners systems


Airbus A320neo Fix APU Fuel Flow shutting down left engine
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner/ Airbus A320neo Fixed lack of elevator authority with FBW at low speeds
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: fixed APU fault light behavior
Airbus A320neo : fixed max thrust display
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: altitude target can no longer be set to negative values
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: fixed wrong approach VREF speeds



Airliners avionics


Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner HUD colors and layout improvements
Airbus A320neo : fixed missing runway in the MCDU perf page
Airbus A320neo : improved disappearance of legs too early when following a flight plan
Airbus A320neo : STARs are filtered to display the ones connected to the selected runway in the MCDU
Airbus A320neo : “Invalid entry” has been replaced by “Not allowed” message in MCDU
Airbus A320neo : Flaps “F” indication replaced by “FULL” when flaps completely deployed



WEATHER
The wind gradient when getting close to the ground on live weather has been fixed
Lightning have been added when applicable



MARKETPLACE
Average rating has been fine-tuned for more accuracy
3rd party filter is now sorted alphabetically
Improved notification system for content bought outside of the marketplace existing in the Community folder
Version history is now available when an item is patched



CONTENT MANAGER
The community content is now clearly identified in the content manager
The content manager button in the Marketplace will redirect to the corresponding addon content
Version history is now available when an item is patched



INSTALLATION MANAGER
The title’s audio is properly muted when the window is out of focus
Graphic settings UI during onboarding has been fixed
Apply and Save pop up now displays only once during the Graphic Settings in the Onboarding



LOCALIZATION
Various typo fixes in multiple languages



CAMERAS
Fixed visual glitch happening in camera cuts
Fixed wrong LOD selection when a camera cut happens
Camera reset function does not revert Cam speed/ momentum to default values anymore



INPUT
CH Eclipse default preset has been added
TrackIR can now be enabled or disabled in the camera panel
Track IR is now disabled when on the pause menu
Improved support for Logitech Multi panel



BUSH TRIPS
Back on track should no longer show the wrong airport



WORLD
Ocean rendering has been improved (waves scale, foam and reflections)
Water mask has been edited to display actual aerial image near the shore in some areas
Luminance has been tweaked for some photogrammetry cities (Napoli, Darwin, San Gorgonio, Las Vegas)
Fixed terraforming issue which was causing issues in KTEX airport
Water elevation has been updated to improve rivers (Missouri river and around Toronto for example) and lakes (center of Canada)
Fixed detail map rendering around runway/taxiway borders



KNOWN ISSUES
Game may crash if the VFR Map is not opened right after starting the flight
Cessna Citation Longitude: Regression AP FLC and VS mode
Cessna Citation Longitude: Autopilot climb and level off issues
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to FLCH mode instead of catching the glideslope
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: Autopilot switches to VNAV mode on take-off even if VNAV is not used by the pilot
Airbus A320neo : PFDs shutdowns randomly
The Tour of Japan discovery flight will be greyed out in the main menu if the Beechcraft King Air 350i is not installed
A new install on a different install folder will only download the mandatory content and will require a reboot (non mandatory content can be downloaded from the Content manager)

[Tom Clayton]

Just finished. After inspecting the Official folder, EVERY package folder except three FS Base folders - CVT, Marketplace, and Videos - has been updated. So if you commented out your copilot, he/she will be back. The line "ATC Options should now correctly be saved" has me hopeful that I won't have to edit all of my ATC_ID lines again, but we'll see.

[IanHenry]

Why include a Heliport when there are no helicopters

[Tom Clayton]

I was wondering the same thing...

[dvj]

The trees, did they fix the trees? How hard can it be?

-d

[centuryseries]

How's the backward compatibility now? Did they make VCs work again for FSX imports? Can't see it in the list....

[ak416]

How's the backward compatibility now? Did they make VCs work again for FSX imports? Can't see it in the list....

Just loaded up the M2M Mirage 2000 and the VC click spots are working fine now.

[centuryseries]

Thats good to hear!

[Tom Clayton]

Japan is NOT included with the 1930 update! You'll need to go into the Marketplace and get it there. Just make sure you're logged in and click the "Buy and Download" option.

[Dimus]

Just loaded up the M2M Mirage 2000 and the VC click spots are working fine now.

Is the M2K conversion publicly available somewhere?

[dvj]

Lower resolution water has been flagged by a number of observent people in the MS Forums. Looks like the water graphics has significatnly lower resolution, even on the high graphics setting something has definately changed when I compare to early screen shots. If true, and not a bug, ASOBO seems to be removing graphics quality in favor of fps. This would be unaccepable to me, a loss of visual fidelity. Clouds also seem to be slightly lower resolution rendering as well. Yes, I have confirmed all of my graphics settings are where they should be.

If this is Asobo's plan, I'll simply leave the sim.

-d

[stansdds]

Why include a Heliport when there are no helicopters

I was wondering the same thing...

As I recall, ASOBO intends to make helicopters possible with future updates.

[BananaBob]

My anti-aliasing seems worse and the water and ground looks like it's alive up close, freaky. Water looks worse, will have to investigate further.

[warchild]

Perhaps its just my old eyes, but I'm personally not seeing any degradation..

[BananaBob]

Figured out my problem and it was flying in 4k with my TV at 1920x1080, changed my resolution to 4k, same as sim and horrible anti-aliasing went away. Only thing I don't like is seeing the same water texture copied over and over, really noticeable.

[Tom Clayton]

Yep - water is definitely an issue. Thankfully, I do most of my flying over land.

[dvj]

Water effects and reflections add to the overall immersion of the sim just like clouds or landclass and everything else that makes up the landscape.

[Brytskiva]

Yes , and now my Throttle function is "defunct" after the patch , only full or zero amount ( Thustmaster Airbus )

[ak416]

Is the M2K conversion publicly available somewhere?

I would hardly call it a conversion, honestly. Just imported the FSX model into the new sim. It doesn't fly correctly. It's a very involved process converting everything into the new .cfg formats and I have no idea what I'm doing so that makes thing a bit more difficult.

But it looks great and the afterburner works. Also the vapor effects and most of the click spots work. Hoping to eventually get it to a state where I can at least take off, fly it and land even if it's not quite "by the book".

I've been following OzWookie's guide
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/th...o-msfs.448744/

[Dimus]

I would hardly call it a conversion, honestly. Just imported the FSX model into the new sim. It doesn't fly correctly. It's a very involved process converting everything into the new .cfg formats and I have no idea what I'm doing so that makes thing a bit more difficult.

But it looks great and the afterburner works. Also the vapor effects and most of the click spots work. Hoping to eventually get it to a state where I can at least take off, fly it and land even if it's not quite "by the book".

I've been following OzWookie's guide
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/th...o-msfs.448744/

Thanks! I may give this a try. It is one of my favorites.

[Navy Chief]

As I recall, ASOBO intends to make helicopters possible with future updates.

It is not nice to tease us with helipad scenery, but no helos, or support for them to be in the sim! I know, I know, it is coming. But flying a helo would be so awesome in this sim. NC

[Navy Chief]

Japan is NOT included with the 1930 update! You'll need to go into the Marketplace and get it there. Just make sure you're logged in and click the "Buy and Download" option.

Ok, I thought I had Japan installed, but I guess I do not. I cannot locate in Marketplace how/where to download Japan. NC

[Tom Clayton]

Make sure you have the 1.9.3.0 either by going to windowed mode and checking the top left, or by clicking your account icon. Your version # will be listed under your gamer tag. As long as that's good, go to the Marketplace tab and use the Search - type Japan and it should be there.

[Navy Chief]

Make sure you have the 1.9.3.0 either by going to windowed mode and checking the top left, or by clicking your account icon. Your version # will be listed under your gamer tag. As long as that's good, go to the Marketplace tab and use the Search - type Japan and it should be there.

I have 1.9.3.0 installed, but I cannot find Japan listed on Marketplace. If I type Marketplace it goes to Microsoft's Azure Marketplace. I go to the Microsoft Store, and can't find it there, either. NC

Is there a link available, please?

[Tom Clayton]

Use the Marketplace tab at the top of the in-sim home page.