Release Notes (1.16.2.0) Sim Update IV Now Available

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[h=1]RELEASE NOTES 1.16.2.0[/h]
  • Some packages in your community folder may not have been updated and, as a result, may have an unexpected impact on the title’s performance and behavior.
  • Please move your community package(s) to another folder before relaunching the title if you suffer from stability issues or long loading times.
  • We performed some optimization for the initial full download of the title so the base game is only 83GB instead of +170GB.
[h=1]NAVIGATION[/h]
  • New AIRAC cycle 2105 has been implemented
  • FAA data has been implemented to our navdata solution
  • Departure gates are now saved in flight plan (.PLN) files
  • Fixed a crash and other issues when selecting a parking space as arrival and no set departure
  • Fixed some Live Air Traffic aircraft using the wrong model
  • Fixed an issue where some Live Air Traffic aircraft had broken callsigns
  • Increased the density of Live Air Traffic
  • Aircraft that are not on the ground but that have an altitude of zero will now appear at a default altitude of 5000m
  • Live traffic stability has been improved
  • ATC phraseology improvements to FAA standards (wording only)
[h=1]WEATHER[/h]
  • Reduced weather data bandwidth
  • Improved precision of live snow coverage
  • “Visual Effect Only” in assistance now does properly deactivate other weather effects
  • “Visual Icing” has been renamed “Icing” in the devmode because it impacts the whole icing system
  • “Icing” in DevMode only changes visual effects if “Visual Effect Only” is activated
  • Ice constant decay is no longer ignored outside of frost conditions
  • Accelerated pitot icing model while making it slower to defrost
  • Fixed pitot icing not scaling with the number of instruments
  • Fixed overspeed controller vibrations not affected by pitot icing
  • Decrease structural icing rate by a factor of 15 for severe icing (6 for moderate)
[h=1]PLANES[/h][h=1]All planes:[/h]
  • Added altitude interception for PITCH HOLD mode
  • Increased native induced drag amount and improved induced drag precision
  • Autopilot no longer flies toward a Waypoint removed from the FlightPlan
  • SimConnect injected traffic (VATSIM, IVAO) should now be displayed in HTML/JS instruments that have traffic displays as well as on the VFR Map
  • Fixed simvar acceleration not taking impacts into account and returning wrong values on ground
  • Writing back corrected acceleration values after impact resolutions so that they are exact when pulled as a simvar
  • Flaps, stall, wing and fuselage updates of flight model
  • More cleanup of the flaps system. Support multi systems with different number of levels and max angles
  • Increased threshold to avoid trim fight against elevator to 50% (corresponds to disconnect threshold)
  • Changed elevator AP with trim to avoid fighting against user input when user input is >50% on elevator
  • Allow setting the empty CG position out of limits
  • Fixed more audio not playing on large aircraft
  • Fixed Autothrottle sometimes disabled by AI
[h=1]Turboprop:[/h]
  • Improved tools to tune prop drag on constant speed & turbo propellers
  • Removed fake and completely wrong ITT simulation when prop is feathered or reverse
  • Fixed reverse thrust problem with propeller (no support of negative beta & induced wind)
  • Added prop lever debug on engines debug page
  • Fixed torque increasing with altitude because of N1 / Corrected N1 confusion in FSX turboprop code
  • Fixed crash bug when scrolling Daher TBM 9300 Flight Plan pag
  • Torque fine adjustment per POH for the Daher TBM 930
  • Updated stability and inertia for the Daher TBM 930
  • Adjusted sea level max torque on the Daher TBM 930
  • Turbine fine tuning: ITT, Torque, Performance, and Fuel Flow on the Daher TBM 930
  • Flight model update for handling on the Daher TBM 930
  • Ground level max torque and torque limiter setting updated. 100% max with inertial separator; 112% max, limited to 109% without inertial separator on the Daher TBM 930
  • Reduced effect of inertial separator from 25% TQ to 12% TQ for the Daher TBM 930
  • Tuned stability and inertia on the Beechcraft King Air 350i
  • Tweaked Idle RPM from 1030 to 1060RPM for the Beechcraft King Air 350i
  • Adjusted max sea level torque on the Beechcraft King Air 350i
  • Tuned Beechcraft King Air 350i turboprop engine: ITT, Torque, Fuel Flow and other minor changes
  • Added ITT debug to engine debug and added density on fuel flow table for turboprop engines on the Beechcraft King Air 350i
  • Fine tuned fuel consumption per the POH at IDLE, 12000ft cruise and 18000ft cruise on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Fixed ITT, Throttle to Torque Ratio, and Garmin color bands for ITT and TRQ on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Pass on stability and inertia on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Fine tuned Fuel Flow per altitude and adjusted sea level max torque on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Turbine Torque fine tuned per POH on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Control surfaces & handling improvements on the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX
  • Prop lever of the Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX can now be set in feathering range
[h=1]Others:[/h]
  • Weather radar now displays precipitation instead of cloud coverage
  • Fixed contrail behavior on player’s aircraft during windy conditions
  • Contrails are now displayed for applicable AI traffic planes
  • Reduced rudder authority based on the Cessna 152
  • Stability and inertia pass on Cessna 172 Skyhawk and Cessna 152
  • Flight model handling update for the Cessna 152
  • Fixed Cessna 152’s rear wheels not touching ground
  • Pass on engine power & propeller drag. Fine tuned max speed, cruise speed, climb speeds, glide speeds and other minor tweaks on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk
  • Flight model tuning of Cessna 172 Skyhawk (handling, induced yaw, roll and stall)
  • Fixed water on windows and tail color on LOD5 for the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
  • EICAS now displays “CLB” instead of “CL” when the thrust levers are set to CL in the A320
  • Fixed an issue which prevented copilot from autocompleting the Securing Aircraft page on the Diamond DA40 TDI
  • Improved propeller drag and engine drag tuning for the Diamond DA62
  • Flight model handling update on the Diamond DA62. Made engine effect more important by adjusting rudder surfaces
  • Increased rudder stability slightly and fixed engine stall in air at low speeds on the EXTRA 330LT
  • Added a notch more dihedral to increase induced roll a little on the EXTRA 330LT
  • Fuel Pressure gauges now display correct levels of pressure on the EXTRA 330LT
  • Fine tune on the 103Solo Engine and implementation of engine clutch below 2100 RPM
  • Fixed FS Livery on Cessna Citation Longitude disappearing too early on LOD6
  • Corrected Pipistrel Virus SW121 flaps animation which would not properly play for negative flaps values
  • G3000 : Map zoom level is now kept constant between Regular and Weather map
  • G1000 : Airspaces are redrawn uppon change in map orientation
  • G3000 : Fix PFD display error when a DirectTo is requested
  • Fixed aircraft spawning with glasscockpits turned off randomly
  • Fixed FlightPlan displaying passed waypoints when canceling a DirectTo
  • Fixed FlightPlan guidance not re-engaging properly when DirectTo is canceled or reached
  • Fixed G3000 and G3X MFD TopBar displaying True Bearing instead of Magnetic
  • Fixed overspeed strip being too low on airspeed tape
  • Fixed bug where the flightplan was not displayed properly if the flight was started directly on approach
  • Fixed VFRMap not updating approach according to FlightPlan
  • Tactile glasscockpits scrollbars are bigger and can be interacted with more easily
  • Fixed FlightPlan guidance not re-engaging properly when DirectTo is canceled or reached
[h=1]INPUT[/h]
  • Fixed resetting position peripheral input position when user exits the pause menu
  • Fixed the unresponsive specific axis on Honeycomb Bravo Throttle
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Eclipse Yoke
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Fighter Stick
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Flight Sim Yoke
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Fighter Stick Pro
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Pro Pedals
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Pro Throttle
  • Fixed default mapping for the CH Throttle Quadrant
[h=1]UI[/h]
  • Community Folder Addons will now show up as Installed in the Content manager
[h=1]SDK/DEVMODE[/h][h=1]General:[/h]
  • Coherent GT’s debugger is now included in the SDK
  • Speed restrictions and RF center fix information is now available on airport facility procedure data via the JS facility listener
  • JS facility listener LOAD_* calls now return bool to indicate whether or not an ICAO can be loaded
  • Facilities.getMagVar added when JS facility listener is loaded which allows one to get the mag var for a given LatLongAlt
  • Maximum number of JS BingMap views increased from 5 to 9
  • Ability to intercept and mask key events has been added to the JS key event listene
  • Preventing the game from crashing if too many virtual netbing maps were created
  • Fixed the installation of 3DS Max tools
  • Fixed the font displayed in the release notes window
[h=1]Documentation:[/h]
  • Creation of an Xbox X|S dedicated page in the documentation, which gathers the latest info & best practices to port content on Xbox.
  • Visual Effects documentation has been added along with a sample. A video tutorial will be added soon.
  • Major updates were made to The Project Editor section:
  • Updated main page with more information
  • New section for Project Asset Types (WIP)
  • New section for the various project editor menus: Project, Edit, View
  • Updated Marketplace Data page
  • Updated Export Window page
  • Content Configuration now has a section dedicated to Flights And Missions:
  • Initial documentation for Flight Plan Definitions
  • Initial documentation for Flight Definitions
  • Initial documentation for Event Trigger Definitions
  • Initial documentation for Weather Definitions
  • A page has been added documenting the new SimObject Stats window.
  • A page with samples to illustrate model optimization has been added specifically for the Xbox, although the samples shown are relevant to everyone creating add-ons.
  • A page has been added for Submodel Merging in the 3D Models section.
  • The Airport Tutorial has been updated to show the Airport Wizard for Creating Or Replacing An Airport
  • Page on Aircraft Texture Mapping now has a section describing how to set up Ice
  • Page on the Package Tool XML Definitions has been updated with more information.
  • Page on the DA62 sample added to the Samples And Tutorials section
  • New engines.cfg and flight_model.cfg setting documented
[h=1]Project Editor:[/h]
  • Renamed package inspector “+” button into “Add asset group”
  • In the Marketplace Data Editor, fixed a crash when loading empty thumbnail
  • Fixed simvar index being lost when loading a file
  • Disabled a false positive error message box that appeared randomly when building aircraft packages
[h=1]Scenery Editor:[/h]
  • Fixed a crash when editing runway terraforming profile
  • Fixed ‘`’ char being filtered in taxiway sign content text entry.
  • Fixed the “add custom asset group” window which wouldn’t close when creating a new non-templated asset group
  • Fixed a crash when editing runway terraforming profile
  • Fixed the windsocks with wrong orientation
  • Fixed infinite loading for light presets with no mesh
  • Fixed issues with water polygons
[h=1]Aircraft Editor:[/h]
  • Fixed a potential crash when converting old .air file.
[h=1]Visual Effects Editor:[/h]
  • The Visual Effects Editor is now available! You can now create your own effects. We prepared a video tutorial and complete documentation that can be found at http://docs.flightsimulator.com!
[h=1]Flight Model:[/h]
  • Added elevator_lift_coef, rudder_lift_coef and fuselage_lateral_cx to give aircraft creators better control over plane stability
[h=1]SimConnect:[/h]
  • Added new SimVar “GEAR SKIDDING FACTOR”
[h=1]Audio:[/h]
  • On Wwise Sample Project: Fixed shared IR convolution medias not loaded in remote
  • On Wwise Sample Project: Added Built-in Emitter & Listener cone game-parameters
[h=1]KNOWN ISSUE[/h]
  • You may crash when exiting VR mode. This issue is being investigated but we suspect OpenXR preview runtime (v106) may be involved. So if you experience this problem, we recommend you revert to the official public runtime (v105).



https://www.flightsimulator.com/release-notes-1-16-2-0-sim-update-iv-now-available/
 
Download size (Steam version): 250mb download via Steam, 5.75gb via launcher

EDIT: I also had 31 items in my content manager that required an update, be sure to check yours as well!
 
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Finally home and running the update - after arguing with the Store app for a minute or two. Currently working on 4.63GB at an average of ~60Gb/second.
 
I had everything perfectly tuned prior to this update. Now, it's CTD city. Launches for a few seconds then crash. Must be something in the community folder causing the problems. But which file out of 130 gigs?

-d
 
dvj said:
I had everything perfectly tuned prior to this update. Now, it's CTD city. Launches for a few seconds then crash. Must be something in the community folder causing the problems. But which file out of 130 gigs?

-d
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The community folder is loaded first so it seems likely that's the culprit. I have a folder inside of my Community folder called "Storage" that I drag and drop everything to when updating, then move everything back afterwards. I have had the same issue as you after a previous update, I solved it by adding things back in batches. So launch it with the Community folder empty to be sure it's an addon that is causing it, then add 10 or however many items at a time back to the Community folder, relaunch etc. until you find out exactly which addon is causing the crash.
 
Tom Clayton said:
Aaaaand package 131/141 is looping... :banghead:
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After having looping on the last two updates I suspected that it may be down to something I'd edited in the official folder so before doing any editing last time I backed up any files I intended to edit first.
Before doing the update this time I restored all the backups first and lo and behold I didn't have any looping this time around :)

I know you edit some of your files too Tom so that may be it.
 
dvj said:
I had everything perfectly tuned prior to this update. Now, it's CTD city. Launches for a few seconds then crash. Must be something in the community folder causing the problems. But which file out of 130 gigs?

-d
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Me too = something to do with H135 add-on (removing it cure the problem, but it's not really a cure, only an anoyance).

I'm almost happy to see that I'm not alone... almost :173go1:
 
It was the FS-Base folder, and the only thing I ever touch in there is the World Map Filter xml. There are plenty of others that I edit, like the airplanes to increase ground steering. I do them all the same way, with the original files renamed with a .bak extension. I have no clue why one xml would have this effect...
 
ak416 said:
The community folder is loaded first so it seems likely that's the culprit. I have a folder inside of my Community folder called "Storage" that I drag and drop everything to when updating, then move everything back afterwards. I have had the same issue as you after a previous update, I solved it by adding things back in batches. So launch it with the Community folder empty to be sure it's an addon that is causing it, then add 10 or however many items at a time back to the Community folder, relaunch etc. until you find out exactly which addon is causing the crash.
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I took the original community folder and gave it a different name. FS2020 will automatically create a new one. But....I threw everything back into the new community folder at once. So now a lot of time culling the data. There have been very large high res mesh (20M), files added recently. I'm pulling those first. Hope it's not the H135, but it could be. The owner's will probably fix that quickly.

-d
 
does indeed look like the H135 and associated add on textures is causing the CDTs. At least in my overloaded community folder. Stable after removing them..
 
I had looping about three times this update. And the looping mostly occurred when installing planes I don't even fly. But I'd seen this before, so I just hit pause, exited the sim, restarted and it picked up where it left off.

The only issue I had was upon restoring my Community folder contents (which only has about 10 things) -- it didn't load any of the scenery add-ons. This has happened to me before so I just used the same trick (deleted the contents of the SceneryIndexes folder) and now everything is working just fine.

I think I'm up to about a 15 step process now for each update. May have to write out a checklist soon.

- dcc
 
dvj said:
does indeed look like the H135 and associated add on textures is causing the CDTs. At least in my overloaded community folder. Stable after removing them..
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My problem is that I really like the H135, considering that there's already a date fixed for the release of version 1, and a large meeting around Rio de Janeiro for the occasion, I smell something... :redfire:
 
Would the program MSFS Addon Linker avoid moving the files in and out of the Community folder and allow the updates to happen without any pre-update action?
 
You can just rename the community folder before updating, only takes a second.
I of course forgot to do this...but everything still works :)
I don't use the 135 though...
 
jimjones said:
Would the program MSFS Addon Linker avoid moving the files in and out of the Community folder and allow the updates to happen without any pre-update action?
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I have used the Linker without issue since its first appearance. Over a hundred add ons and not a single crash or update problem.

Geoff
 
Updated without any problem whatsoever. moving the community stuff back to where they belong.

Priller
 
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