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Third-party developers had news to share about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator including Airplane and Scene.
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Third-party developers had news to share about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator including Airplane and Scene.
We start with PMDG, which has made a big package of updates about its products. Here is a summary.
An update coming to the entire Boeing 737 line including “fixes, tuning, and improvements” including modifications to “improve the stability of control-related functions such as pitch, yaw, roll and thrust.” It should come in a few days followed by another “to further stabilize the payment channel when working under A/T.”
The 737-900 is being prepared for beta testing, with a “best guess” for release in mid-November.
The launch of the 737 line on the official market will start “soon” but PMDG is going slow to make sure the product is mature.
Since Asobo and Microsoft are still working on compatibility with C++/WASM projects on Xbox, PMDG is waiting to sort this process out before releasing (actually a re-released) DC-6 on console. After that’s done, you’ll work in coordination with Microsoft to ensure that 737 devices are also compatible.
Last but not least, a little juice regarding the 777.
“This project is in full swing – it has actually made more progress than expected while I was away on vacation. I suggested to the team that this was a good indication that maybe I should stay on vacation, but there was no general sense of agreement in that regard.
The flight deck model for this project is absolutely stunning, and since we used a “well-loved” flight deck as the basis for our construction, it has more of the wear and maintenance abuse you’d expect to find in an in-service aircraft. For those who haven’t seen me point this out: We used a brand new 737 (not yet in service) for a 737 for MSFS, we used the average lifespan of a 777 and our 747 serviceable to death as the basis for this product. It’ll give you a pretty good view of the age — and before anyone asks, no, we’re not really planning on letting you choose the cockpit age. It’s a massive amount of work to match 3D models and texture, since the techniques we use build many flaws down to the model level…but wait until you see it – it’s amazing! “
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