Release Notes (1.15.7.0) World Update IV: France/Benelux

RELEASE NOTES 1.14.5.0

WORLD

• Fixed reduction of tree display distance that was caused by smaller tree sizes
• Water mask has been updated with latest locations

UI

• Localization has been added for Japanese and Dutch
• Incorrect fuel weight calculation when switching planes in the “Weight and Balance” screen has been fixed

PLANES

• S7 Airbus A320neo livery has been added
• KLM Boeing 787-10 Dreamline livery has been added
• Fixed screens not turning on under rare circumstances
• Fixed black screens for various Aviat Pitts Special S2S liveries
• Fixed altitude and standard altitude calculations to fix the altimeter behavior (Now correctly calculates altitude based on altimeter pressure setting and outside pressure)
• Updated Diamond DA40NG speed, ground roll and fuel consumption

INPUT:

• Honeycomb device 10 degrees heading issue has been fixed

ACTIVITIES

• Fix sim rate speed change according to the various activity types
• Autopilot has been fixed in the second tutorial

SDK/DEVMODE

GENERAL:

• Added a new feature on the DevMode toolbar to let you know when a new release is available for download. It also includes the release notes for this update and the previous ones
• Improved the DevMode font, which could be blurry on some screens
• Added an Airport Creation Wizard to ease the creation of new airports
• New option to flag if a package is designed for Xbox and/or PC. This is mainly in preparation for some transparent changes in the back-end and shouldn’t affect your current work. Simply select this option if you consider releasing your content on Xbox via the in-game marketplace in the future.

DOCUMENTATION:

• Massive update to the Scenery Editor documentation
• Added External Installer Sample
• Added a page about VR for cockpits
• Added liveries sample
• Split « Documentation » tab in 2 links, « Open local » which is downloaded with the SDK update or « Open online » which redirects to docs.flightsimulator.com

SCENERY EDITOR:

• Fixed a bug on TaxiwaySign properties to prevent from typing invalid characters
• Removed inactive options: Cast shadow & No Snow
• Fixed a crash when using Importer from AP
• Fixed a bug that didn’t show object test radius when selected
• Fixed a bug on taxiway lines that were no longer displayed
• Fixed a buffer overflow on Display Name
• Fixed a crash when exiting « one-click placing » with Properties window visible
• Added a button to remove material from polygons
• Implemented the Delete Key as a way to delete individual points on polygons-based objects (painted lines, apron, polygons…)

AIRCRAFT EDITOR:

• The Initial Zoom value in the Camera tab is now capped to 20

WEBASSEMBLY:

• Fixed execute_calculator_code proxy and added more security to it

SIMCONNECT:

• Exposed ROTATION_ACCELERATION_BODY_X/Y/Z Simvars

KNOWN ISSUE

• The cockpit screens can end up in an unresponsive state if the RTC finishes and proceed into flight. Please make sure to click the Fly Now button before the RTC ends.

POI's and airports

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POINTS OF INTEREST (POIS)

 

Landmark	Location
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin	France
Amiens Cathedral	France
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière	France
Basilica of Our Lady of La Salette	France
Basilica of the Sacred Heart	Belgium
Bourges Cathedral	France
Cathedral of Our Lady Antwerp	Belgium
Chartres Cathedral	France
Church of Our Lady Bruges	Belgium
Notre-Dame de la Garde	France
Notre-Dame de Paris	France
Oude Kerk Amsterdam	Netherlands
Reims Cathedral	France
Strasbourg Cathedral	France
Tournai Cathedral	Belgium
Vézelay Abbey	France
Erasmus Bridge	Netherlands
Pont de Normandie	France
Pont de Wandre	Belgium
Python Bridge	Netherlands
Saint-Nazaire Bridge	France
Afsluitdijk (Dam)	Netherlands
Arc de Triomphe	France
Arles Monuments (multiple)	France
Avenue des Champs-Élysées	France
Belfry of Bruges	Belgium
Cairn of Barnenez	France
Canadian National Vimy Memorial	France
Carcassonne	France
Caserne Loubere + Lighthouse	French Guiana
Château de Chenonceau	France
Château de Costaérès	France
Château de Pierrefonds	France
Château de Quéribus	France
Château de Vaux le Vicomte	France
Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg	France
Citadel of Lille	France
Citadel of Namur	Belgium
Cordouan Lighthouse	France
Douaumont Ossuary	France
Dreyfus Tower	French Guiana
Dune of Pilat	France
Etretat Chalk Complex	France
Fort Boyard	France
Fort Napoléon des Saintes	Guadelupe
Grande Arche de la Defense	France
Houtribdijk (Dam)	Netherlands
Ile Vierge	France
La Cavelle Lighthouse	Martinique
La Jument	France
Maine-Montparnasse Tower	France
Maasvlakte Light	Netherlands
Millau Viaduct	France
Mont Aiguille	France
Mudam	Luxembourg
Musée Draï Eechelen	Luxembourg
Museum aan de Stroom (Antwerp)	Belgium
Palace of Fontainebleau	France
Palais de Justice Antwerp	Belgium
Palais des Festivals	France
Palais des Paper	France
Panorama of the Battle Waterloo	Belgium
Panthéon	France
Perret Tower	France
Phare d’Eckmühl	France
Phare de Gatteville	France
Phare du Cap Ferret	France
Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory	France
Place de la Concorde	France
Place Stanislas	France
Planier Light	France
Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse	Sainte Pierre
Provinciaal Hof	Belgium
Rham-Plateau (multiple things!)	Luxembourg
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)	Netherlands
Roches-Douvres Light	France
Royal Palace (Amsterdam)	Netherlands
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans	France
Vianden Castle	Luxembourg
Windmills at Kinderdijk	Netherlands
Allianz Riviera	France
d’Coque Sport Center	Luxembourg
De Grolsch Veste	Netherlands
Johan Cruyff Arena	Netherlands
King Baudouin Stadum	Belgium
Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux	France
Parc de Princes	France
Parc Olympique Lyonnais	France
Philips Stadion	Netherlands
Stade de France	France
Stade de la Beaujoire	France
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	France
Stade Jean-Bouin	France
Stade Pieree-Mauroy	France
Stade Vélodrome	France
Stadium de Toulouse	France
Adolphe Bridge	Luxembourg
Palais de Justice- Brussels	Belgium
CNIT	France
Framatome	France
Society General Complex	France
Tour First	France
Tour D2	France
Coeur Defense	France
Engie	France
Tour Majunga	France
Tour Total	France
Tour Carpe Diem	France
metallic tower of fourvière	France

 
HANDCRAFTED AIRPORTS

 

• Megève Airport (LFHM)
• Nice Côte d’Azur Airport (LFMN)
• Rotterdam The Hague Airport (EHRD)

 PHOTOGRAMMETRY

 

• Paris and Amsterdam
• Visual and logical improvements for 100 additional airports

 ACTIVITIES

 

• Landing Challenge at La Salette
• Bush Trip in Pyrenees and the Alps

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Everything ok this side of the world, Zoolt ...past Charles De Gaulle.
Regards
RegardsAttachment 82362

Zsolts, that's the wrong update, also happened to me.

Suggest to pauze it, stop MSFS.

Then update first the MSFS app via de Store (1GB)
1. Press the WINDOW key on your keyboard (Windows icon key) and type "Store" to bring up the Microsoft Store app. In the menu, select Open.
2. Click on the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the screen to open the dropdown menu
3. In the dropdown menu, select My Library.
4. In the list, select Microsoft Flight Simulator and select Update to begin the update process.

Then start MSFS to get the 20 GB update.

Paris is beautiful if I do not use NavAids mode other than hard. If I do will get this...asked Zendesk and Asobo/microsoft about this, say they take note, no solution whatsoever. Community folder empty... anyone got this? thanksAttachment 82367

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Paris is beautiful if I do not use NavAids mode other than hard. If I do will get this...asked Zendesk and Asobo/microsoft about this, say they take note, no solution whatsoever. Community folder empty... anyone got this? thanksAttachment 82367

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I want to say there is a setting in the dev mode that toggles this.. but I'm having trouble recalling which one exactly. Do you use dev mode at all?

EDIT: Enable developer mode, select Options tab, make sure POI is unchecked

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Originally Posted by ak416

I want to say there is a setting in the dev mode that toggles this.. but I'm having trouble recalling which one exactly. Do you use dev mode at all?

EDIT: Enable developer mode, select Options tab, make sure POI is unchecked

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Nice!!! thank you so much, that was it...now I'm going to have a little conversation with my oldest grandson about his experiences with MSFS. :untroubled:
Once again, thanks a lot. That was very annoying when trying to find a location in Paris within this update.

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Originally Posted by mgr

Zsolts, that's the wrong update, also happened to me.

Suggest to pauze it, stop MSFS.

Then update first the MSFS app via de Store (1GB)
1. Press the WINDOW key on your keyboard (Windows icon key) and type "Store" to bring up the Microsoft Store app. In the menu, select Open.
2. Click on the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the screen to open the dropdown menu
3. In the dropdown menu, select My Library.
4. In the list, select Microsoft Flight Simulator and select Update to begin the update process.

Then start MSFS to get the 20 GB update.

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Hello,

I am on duty now, but we will return to this problem tomorrow

I am grateful for the help!

Regards,
Zsolt

The download is not going well for me.
The initial Windows Store part went just fine but the in Sim part seems to be looping on the same file.
Its currently on 5/181 and is going round and round from 121.85MiB to 121.89MiB continually

(Update) It was stuck trying to download the C172 G1000. I got fed up waiting for it so shut the sim down and started it again and it started downloading OK again, then it got stuck again on the E330, shut it down again and it started downloading OK again, now its stuck again on the C208.

Looks like I'm going to have to keep stopping and starting it again and again.
Is there a way to verify the files after the download on the store version like you can with Steam games ?

Wish me luck.

All I get is Error 0x80073cf9; Now What?
Restarted nicely & is currently downloading revision.

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Originally Posted by jim

All I get is Error 0x80073cf9; Now What?

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Found this, give it a try
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...1-0b35760962d6

I thought I had issues, I think I'm all good.

Fortunately no issues with today's update on my end. I saw posted elsewhere again, and it has become standard practice, to make sure that Windows is fully updated first and that the Community folder is empty, prior to running the update and the sim for the first time after the update. I never had to do any update from the Microsoft Store this time. After installing the update and running the sim one time, I then closed it down and added in some of my addons, including the FlyingIron Spitfire, and it all checks out just fine.

No problems at all with the update. Community folder emptied, update, community reinstated, fine...

I installed this today. I have no Arc De Triumph or Notre Dame. I thought that was strange considering how well the rest of the city was done. Can anyone confirm those two items are there? I have nothing where Notre Dame should be, and I have a 12 story building where the arc should be. Thanks for any info you can share.

Don BP;)

All told, the update was nearly 28 gigs if you include the regional update. Perhaps it would be better to have more frequent, smaller updates? Even through my high speed connection, it was a good 2+ hours to complete the total task. Eithernet is mandatory.

-d

I don't understand, before the upgrade, do I need to empty the community folder?

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Originally Posted by zsoltquack

I don't understand, before the upgrade, do I need to empty the community folder?

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The best way is to rename the Community folder (example: Community_old). This is done before making the update. When FS2020 does the update, it will actually create a new Community folder because it can't find the original. Once the update is done, close FS2020, and copy over the contents of the original to the new community folder.

If you don't do this, some of the freeware aircraft or scenery may not work. It may also prevent you from accessing the content manager if a file is corrupted. Anyway, that's what I have found effective to do.

Good luck. I think it is a huge mistake to provide monster updates like this. Much better experience would be smaller, more frequent updates. 28 gigs is a bit much and with so many changes there are bound to be bugs.

-d

I'm glad!

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Originally Posted by Bushpounder

I installed this today. I have no Arc De Triumph or Notre Dame. I thought that was strange considering how well the rest of the city was done. Can anyone confirm those two items are there? I have nothing where Notre Dame should be, and I have a 12 story building where the arc should be. Thanks for any info you can share.

Don BP;)

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Yes they are there. Go into MSFS store and load the recent update that appears there. Then exit MSFS and restart. The photogrammetry will also become active.

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Originally Posted by jimjones

Yes they are there. Go into MSFS store and load the recent update that appears there. Then exit MSFS and restart. The photogrammetry will also become active.

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So easy to forget this. The steps I took are:

1. Rename to Community folder to Community.bak so that the game doesn't see it (reverse steps after updates are done).
2. Update game in Microsoft store (1.3gb)
3. Update game contents when firing game up (22gb)
4. Download France updates from MS Store (5gb)

Why you have to take 3 steps to update, I don't know, but all working fine.

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Originally Posted by dvj

I think it is a huge mistake to provide monster updates like this. Much better experience would be smaller, more frequent updates. 28 gigs is a bit much and with so many changes there are bound to be bugs.

-d

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This is how it was initially but Asobo changed their update schedule to do be able to test patches more thoroughly before releasing them. The updates aren't usually as big as this one, and while initially I was put off by having to download the World Updates separately from the store, I've come to appreciate it. If I decide I am done flying in France/Japan/US etc, I can selectively uninstall and reinstall each region instead of my base sim growing by a few gigs every 3 months when a World Update is released.

Also a heads up for everyone, I had about ~500mb of updates to existing packages in my Content Manager so make sure you are all up to date there as well.

No problems updating and downloading the full 28+ GB. I'm on the Steam version I might add.

Cheers,

Priller

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Originally Posted by Bushpounder

I installed this today. I have no Arc De Triumph or Notre Dame. I thought that was strange considering how well the rest of the city was done. Can anyone confirm those two items are there? I have nothing where Notre Dame should be, and I have a 12 story building where the arc should be. Thanks for any info you can share.

Don BP;)

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With previous World Updates, once your sim was updated, there were still items that had to be downloaded from the Marketplace. Select the Free Content filter and you should be able to find it easily. I'm not on my flight rig at the moment, so I'll have to verify when I get back to it.