This has been a huge week for the Microsoft Flight Simulator team! We kicked things off on January 31 with the release of Aircraft & Avionics Update 1 (AAU1). This update contains dozens of fixes and improvement to aircraft systems. In case you missed it, you can read the full patch notes here.
Yesterday, we also hosted the latest in our series of Developer Livestreams on Twitch. This 90-minute session was packed with information about future updates and releases coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. Some of the highlights include Asobo CEO Sebastian Wloch discussing planned improvements to thermals and turbulence coming in Sim Update 12, and head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann revealing more details about several upcoming features, including our next major release: World Update 12: New Zealand. In addition to WU12, Jorg also showcased Local Legend 08: DHC-4 Caribou and Famous Flyer 05: Antonov An-2.
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Development Update Blog - January 12, 2023
Work on Aircraft & Avionics Update 1 (AAU1) continues to go well in advance of its expected release date later this month. We released a new beta build (1.30.11.0) to testers earlier this week. Players participating in the AAU1 beta can read the release notes for 1.30.11.0 here. AAU1 is the first of three planned Aircraft & Avionics updates slated for 2023.
Looking beyond AAU1, the next two major updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator will be World Update 12: New Zealand in February and Sim Update 12 in March. Among other bug fixes and improvements, SU12 will include the long-awaited support for WASM aircraft on Xbox.
These three updates are just the first of several things we have planned for 2023. Stay tuned for more information!
Work on Aircraft & Avionics Update 1 (AAU1) continues to go well in advance of its expected release date later this month. We released a new beta build (1.30.11.0) to testers earlier this week. Players participating in the AAU1 beta can read the release notes for 1.30.11.0 here. AAU1 is the first of three planned Aircraft & Avionics updates slated for 2023.
Looking beyond AAU1, the next two major updates to Microsoft Flight Simulator will be World Update 12: New Zealand in February and Sim Update 12 in March. Among other bug fixes and improvements, SU12 will include the long-awaited support for WASM aircraft on Xbox.
These three updates are just the first of several things we have planned for 2023. Stay tuned for more information!
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Development Update Blog - January 5, 2022
Happy new year and welcome to 2023!
We hope everyone had a relaxing holiday season surrounded by friends and family. The MSFS team has returned from holiday and are now once again hard at work to bring you tonnes of great flight sim content in 2023. Coming up first is Aircraft & Avionics Update 1 (AAU1), which is currently in public beta testing with a full release planned for later in January. Yesterday, we deployed a new build to beta testers; you can see the release notes here.
AAU1 is the first of several updates scheduled for 2023. We have already revealed some of our plans in the 2023 development roadmap, including the next World Update (New Zealand). We also have a few surprises in store for later in the year, so stay tuned for more information about those!
On behalf of the team, we’d like to wish everyone a peaceful and prosperous new year. The sky is calling!
We will be skipping next week’s Update due to the holidays. We’ll be back with another Marketplace Update on December 29th, and the main Development Update blog will return starting January 5, 2023.
This week will be the last full Development Update Blog for 2022. We will continue to bring you Marketplace Updates on December 8, 15, and 29, and the main blog will return starting January 5, 2023.
Thank you for making 2022 a great year for MSFS! Looking back on the year, we released four Sim Updates, five World Updates, the Top Gun: Maverick expansion, numerous planes in our Local Legends and Famous Flyers series, the iconic Pelican dropship from Halo, and we capped off 2022 with the free 40th Anniversary Edition update. We have many exciting things planned for MSFS in 2023, and we can’t wait to share them with you soon!
On Monday, November 28, we released update 1.29.30.0 to all players. You can read the patch notes here.
Coming up next week on Friday, December 9 at 1800Z, we are proud to partner with the Reno Air Racing Association for a charity fundraising livestream on our Official Twitch channel. Players on all platforms and of any skill level are invited to join this group flight in the Douglas DC-3 as we fly “The Hump” over the Himalayas from India to China. Please see this forum thread for details on how you can participate.
On behalf of the team at Microsoft Flight Simulator, we wish all our players and fans a joyous and peaceful holiday season and a happy new year! We’ll see you again in 2023.
