SpaceHippy1975
SOH-CM-2026
Received an email with the following details.
Keith.
Notes for 1.0.5:
TERRAIN DATA:
New higher-resolution terrain elevation and water data is now streamed from a server, instead of loaded from disk. This allows a significantly smaller installer while improving radar appearance.
The capability still exists to load the new database from file, and we could offer it as a separate download if people want it. The sentinel 1 radar imagery can only be streamed, as it's a couple TB of data.
RADAR:
The new radar, using Sentinel 1 imagery, looks significantly better and is significantly more accurate than the old MSFS (bing) Mapview imagery. HOWEVER, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS:
Imagery coverage is excellent over all continents except antarctica.
However coverage of the following is currently missing:
Antarctica, most of Greenland, and most small oceanic islands. For example: Bermuda, Ascension, Helena, part of the Canaries, the Maldives, Diego Garcia, Micronesia, Kiribati, French Polynesia (except Tahiti), Midway Atoll, and many other small central and eastern pacific islands.
These coverage gaps will be fixed over time on the server side and will not require an update to the aircraft.
In the meantime, a button has been added to the tablet "Aircraft" menu which toggles between the new Sentinel 1-based radar and the MSFS imagery, and this can be used in areas where the sentinel-1 data currently lacks coverage.
Note that, while the ground mapping radar technically functions out to 300NM, due to earth curvature you won't actually get returns past about 200NM (or less), depending on altitude and terrain.
FLIGHT PLAN:
Flight plans are now realistically limited to 60 waypoints each (counting from the active waypoint forward). The flight plan overlay on the HDD (radar, map, TAWS, CAPS) is limited to 50 legs. HOWEVER: these 50 legs are shared between the active and provisional routes, and the 50 leg limit assumes P-P legs. CP (default) or ROT legs are each made up of 3 segments. The practical effect of this is that, if you have a route with many legs, unexecuted changes, which normally are drawn in cyan, may not display.
Changes since 1.03
Performance/stability:
various tweaks to reduce heap and stack allocations
More safety checks
Multiplayer:
Disabled all extra/non-default MP behavior due to change in Avar setting/transmission in MSFS SU5
Feel/Physics:
Added Vibration/acceleration physics to all indicator needles
Added acceleration physics to microwave door (can be thrown ajar and flap about if not latched in place)
Sound:
Tweaked engine turbine whine
Added sound for microwave buttons
Fixed some spuriously repeating sounds
Fixed broken cargo bay alarm bell
Interior:
Tweaked sunshades
Fixed textures on cargo egg model
Fixed pilot's window animation hinge alignment
Flight dynamics:
Fixed bug in flight control response at medium/high speed in Long version
Tweaked rudder effect on roll
Tweaked p-factor
Controls:
Tweaked rudder/nws decoupling in realistic mode
Tooltips:
Fixed missing tooltip parameters
Standardized tooltip capitalization
Checklists:
Updated/fixed checklists and flows
Manual:
Updated ramp controls
Added sunshades
MC:
SAR INIT: leg space/width can now be entered separately (space or /width)
Fixed Creeping Line search space and width parameters switched
Fixed Creeping line and parallel search using course parameter as initial course instead of alignment
Fixed SARAW/TP can be calculated incorrectly if wpt prior to IP was inserted after SAR expanded
Nav Database reader:
Added further safety checks when loading cached data
Digital Map:
Fixed map tiles over a certain size never load
Tweaked edge case checks
Bleed Air:
Tweaked valve leakage orifices
Changes since 1.0.4
Controls/Hardware:
Fixed bugs in hardware assignments for autopilot pitch wheel
Optimization/Performance:
Optimized to (somewhat) smooth out FPS
Reduced WASM memory footprint overall
Faster nav database initialization at load-in
Flight Dynamics:
Tweaked crosswind effect on ground
Tablet:
Added button to Aircraft menu to toggle Radar imagery source
HDD Nav pages:
Cursor now clips overlay (range marks etc) but does not clip underlay video, regardless of brightness
Legs display limit now enforced. 50 legs - CP/ROT legs count for 3 legs each
Radar:
Fixed shadows far from aircraft look blocky regardless of resolution setting
Fixed occasional spurious shadow lines aligned with true N/S or E/W
Fixed occasional bright line on lower edge of beam (min-range edge) in pencil-beam mode
FSMapView mode Ground image now negative (looks more radar-like, runways/roads/rivers more likely to draw dark)
Added reflectivity modulation based on terrain angle relative to beam
Added Sentinel-1 SAR imagery mode as default
Fixed bugs in Expand/Zoom view logic
Fixed bugs in radar Freeze behavior
Range now defaults to 40nm
Fixed bugs in WS and SP mode defaults
Earth curvature now respected
Higher-resolution terrain data now streamed from server to reduce installer size
CNI-SP:
Fixed nearest (airports/navaids etc) sometimes not including correct set
ROUTE/LEGS pages: Fixed last waypoint (-----) entry does not branch to CUSTOM DATA when unknown ident entered
Flight Plan leg limit (max 60 legs) now enforced
Fixed bug in intercept leg logic
ROUTE pages no longer display historical legs
Fixed bug where certain user-entered magnetic bearings/courses sometimes display +-1deg instead of entered value
Fixed bug in processing of departure/arrival runways when storing/retrieving routes or loading from simbrief
MC:
Fixed bug forcing secondary fuel management whenever external fuel tanks above 1000lbs each
Vd, Vh, and clacker no longer reflect gear and flap limitations per new ref
Page IFF 2/3: fixed R1 (MODE 4) and R3 (HOLD) inop
Fixed RENDEZVOUS missions not updating correctly
PROGRESS ETP: fixed bug on nearest airport upselect/downselect (R1/R2)
AP/FD:
Fixed bug where a certain edge case could cause a sudden pitch up or down when engaging AP
ACAWS:
Fixed bug in clearing algorithm for PROP N OVERSPEED (above flight idle)
AIL PRESS LOW caution now inhibited unless utility or boost system is pressurized
Hard Panels:
FUEL MANAGEMENT qty set now changes by 50lbs each click
HDD TAWS page:
Fixed clipping artifacts in OFFSET mode
mitigated black lines between terrain squares
Fixed TAWS popup reset/sweep restart when already displayed on HDD 3
Fixed bug in TAWS popup vs Engine page priority logic
DIG MAP:
tweaked map underlay video brightness
TCAS:
Fixed non-aircraft simobjects sometimes appear on TCAS
Fixed bug in RA logic when threats will pass below
Electrical:
Fixed DC servos/valves not moving when operated via ECB control (in BIU backup mode)
Ice protection:
Fixed RH ice detector output ignored and only LH used
Fixed bug in prop deice sequencing
Fuel:
FLCV TEST: fixed secondary valve failure status reflects incorrect (primary) valve status
CAT II:
fixed missing copilot FD mode verification check
Keith.
Notes for 1.0.5:
TERRAIN DATA:
New higher-resolution terrain elevation and water data is now streamed from a server, instead of loaded from disk. This allows a significantly smaller installer while improving radar appearance.
The capability still exists to load the new database from file, and we could offer it as a separate download if people want it. The sentinel 1 radar imagery can only be streamed, as it's a couple TB of data.
RADAR:
The new radar, using Sentinel 1 imagery, looks significantly better and is significantly more accurate than the old MSFS (bing) Mapview imagery. HOWEVER, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS:
Imagery coverage is excellent over all continents except antarctica.
However coverage of the following is currently missing:
Antarctica, most of Greenland, and most small oceanic islands. For example: Bermuda, Ascension, Helena, part of the Canaries, the Maldives, Diego Garcia, Micronesia, Kiribati, French Polynesia (except Tahiti), Midway Atoll, and many other small central and eastern pacific islands.
These coverage gaps will be fixed over time on the server side and will not require an update to the aircraft.
In the meantime, a button has been added to the tablet "Aircraft" menu which toggles between the new Sentinel 1-based radar and the MSFS imagery, and this can be used in areas where the sentinel-1 data currently lacks coverage.
Note that, while the ground mapping radar technically functions out to 300NM, due to earth curvature you won't actually get returns past about 200NM (or less), depending on altitude and terrain.
FLIGHT PLAN:
Flight plans are now realistically limited to 60 waypoints each (counting from the active waypoint forward). The flight plan overlay on the HDD (radar, map, TAWS, CAPS) is limited to 50 legs. HOWEVER: these 50 legs are shared between the active and provisional routes, and the 50 leg limit assumes P-P legs. CP (default) or ROT legs are each made up of 3 segments. The practical effect of this is that, if you have a route with many legs, unexecuted changes, which normally are drawn in cyan, may not display.
Changes since 1.03
Performance/stability:
various tweaks to reduce heap and stack allocations
More safety checks
Multiplayer:
Disabled all extra/non-default MP behavior due to change in Avar setting/transmission in MSFS SU5
Feel/Physics:
Added Vibration/acceleration physics to all indicator needles
Added acceleration physics to microwave door (can be thrown ajar and flap about if not latched in place)
Sound:
Tweaked engine turbine whine
Added sound for microwave buttons
Fixed some spuriously repeating sounds
Fixed broken cargo bay alarm bell
Interior:
Tweaked sunshades
Fixed textures on cargo egg model
Fixed pilot's window animation hinge alignment
Flight dynamics:
Fixed bug in flight control response at medium/high speed in Long version
Tweaked rudder effect on roll
Tweaked p-factor
Controls:
Tweaked rudder/nws decoupling in realistic mode
Tooltips:
Fixed missing tooltip parameters
Standardized tooltip capitalization
Checklists:
Updated/fixed checklists and flows
Manual:
Updated ramp controls
Added sunshades
MC:
SAR INIT: leg space/width can now be entered separately (space or /width)
Fixed Creeping Line search space and width parameters switched
Fixed Creeping line and parallel search using course parameter as initial course instead of alignment
Fixed SARAW/TP can be calculated incorrectly if wpt prior to IP was inserted after SAR expanded
Nav Database reader:
Added further safety checks when loading cached data
Digital Map:
Fixed map tiles over a certain size never load
Tweaked edge case checks
Bleed Air:
Tweaked valve leakage orifices
Changes since 1.0.4
Controls/Hardware:
Fixed bugs in hardware assignments for autopilot pitch wheel
Optimization/Performance:
Optimized to (somewhat) smooth out FPS
Reduced WASM memory footprint overall
Faster nav database initialization at load-in
Flight Dynamics:
Tweaked crosswind effect on ground
Tablet:
Added button to Aircraft menu to toggle Radar imagery source
HDD Nav pages:
Cursor now clips overlay (range marks etc) but does not clip underlay video, regardless of brightness
Legs display limit now enforced. 50 legs - CP/ROT legs count for 3 legs each
Radar:
Fixed shadows far from aircraft look blocky regardless of resolution setting
Fixed occasional spurious shadow lines aligned with true N/S or E/W
Fixed occasional bright line on lower edge of beam (min-range edge) in pencil-beam mode
FSMapView mode Ground image now negative (looks more radar-like, runways/roads/rivers more likely to draw dark)
Added reflectivity modulation based on terrain angle relative to beam
Added Sentinel-1 SAR imagery mode as default
Fixed bugs in Expand/Zoom view logic
Fixed bugs in radar Freeze behavior
Range now defaults to 40nm
Fixed bugs in WS and SP mode defaults
Earth curvature now respected
Higher-resolution terrain data now streamed from server to reduce installer size
CNI-SP:
Fixed nearest (airports/navaids etc) sometimes not including correct set
ROUTE/LEGS pages: Fixed last waypoint (-----) entry does not branch to CUSTOM DATA when unknown ident entered
Flight Plan leg limit (max 60 legs) now enforced
Fixed bug in intercept leg logic
ROUTE pages no longer display historical legs
Fixed bug where certain user-entered magnetic bearings/courses sometimes display +-1deg instead of entered value
Fixed bug in processing of departure/arrival runways when storing/retrieving routes or loading from simbrief
MC:
Fixed bug forcing secondary fuel management whenever external fuel tanks above 1000lbs each
Vd, Vh, and clacker no longer reflect gear and flap limitations per new ref
Page IFF 2/3: fixed R1 (MODE 4) and R3 (HOLD) inop
Fixed RENDEZVOUS missions not updating correctly
PROGRESS ETP: fixed bug on nearest airport upselect/downselect (R1/R2)
AP/FD:
Fixed bug where a certain edge case could cause a sudden pitch up or down when engaging AP
ACAWS:
Fixed bug in clearing algorithm for PROP N OVERSPEED (above flight idle)
AIL PRESS LOW caution now inhibited unless utility or boost system is pressurized
Hard Panels:
FUEL MANAGEMENT qty set now changes by 50lbs each click
HDD TAWS page:
Fixed clipping artifacts in OFFSET mode
mitigated black lines between terrain squares
Fixed TAWS popup reset/sweep restart when already displayed on HDD 3
Fixed bug in TAWS popup vs Engine page priority logic
DIG MAP:
tweaked map underlay video brightness
TCAS:
Fixed non-aircraft simobjects sometimes appear on TCAS
Fixed bug in RA logic when threats will pass below
Electrical:
Fixed DC servos/valves not moving when operated via ECB control (in BIU backup mode)
Ice protection:
Fixed RH ice detector output ignored and only LH used
Fixed bug in prop deice sequencing
Fuel:
FLCV TEST: fixed secondary valve failure status reflects incorrect (primary) valve status
CAT II:
fixed missing copilot FD mode verification check
