Spectacular Japanese Update for Microsoft Flight Simulator Now Available With Update 1.9.3

Today Microsoft released the first world update for Microsoft Flight Simulator alongside a general software patch.

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 flightplan 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)

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About the author

Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.