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Ugh... just tried to play this in my Rift CV1 with my 980Ti, it actually runs and now I'm just more frustrated at the GPU situation, oh well, maybe in a year I might get hold of one :)
 
Ur round next said:
This sim still needs a lot of work on bugs/performance but when it works its amazing...I love it :)

Iv not had any CTD since world update 3 but sometimes i do have preformance probs not so much over citys tho...Strange
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I've had the same since the last update, no CTD but now and then when on approach to airports near cities, my frames will drop from 50 to a slideshow for about 10 seconds then back to normal again.
 
robfosters said:
Sometimes when flying the FBW A320, I get random massive frame drops from like 35 to 14fps. It’s stays like that for a few seconds then jumps back up. Can’t figure out why.
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I use the FBW mod are you using the Dev version or 5.3 Stable?

I ask because the Dev version as of last week had some preformance problems the latest Dev build is a lot better
 
Ur round next said:
With any luck Sim update 3 thats out either this week or next will fix a lot of this :)
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In theory it might be today.

The latest roadmap chart released when they announced it was being pushed back a week shows it as 03/09 (silly yankee date format) so fingers crossed! They have a really confusing setup imo where the dates shown are the thursday dev updates, and any update done within that week will be put under that end of week date's header. The date in parenthesis following a given item gives the date it is expected to drop in that prior week. Bizarre.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/blog-february-25th-2021-development-update/370620
 
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Zeeflyboy said:
In theory it might be today.

The latest roadmap chart shows it as 03/09 (silly yankee date format) so fingers crossed! They have a really confusing setup imo where the dates shown are the thursday dev updates, and any update done within that week will be put under that end of week date's header. The date in parenthesis following a given item gives the date it is expected to drop in that prior week. Bizarre.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/blog-february-25th-2021-development-update/370620
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The Dev Q$A is tomorrow on twitch, Hope it is today but i reckon it will be either this Thursday if not next Tuesday
 
robfosters said:
This was happening on the stable version. Haven’t noticed it since switching to the dev version.
Might try the experimental in case that has the improved auto land system where you can switch both AP’s on.
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Yeah iv heard about the Auto land they have working, The other day i landed at JFK I could not see the ground being 300FT above it, Major fog, was scary in VR lol...Landed it tho
 
After all the moaning about the last minute pushback of the last world update it'd be brave of them to do it again...

The linked roadmap showing the 9th of March date is from the same dev update (feb 25th) that they announced they were pushing it back a week due to the flaps hotfix needing testing, so incorporates that delay. I was confused by the fact it's under the March 11th header but as mentioned I've since found out that's just the weird way they construct their roadmap, this is a quote from a community manager:

Development Updates typically come out every Thursday. When there is a program update associated with it, they group it in with that week’s dev update - with the anticipated date of the program update in parenthesis.
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So the 11th March header is the Thursday Development update and the program update of Sim Update III falls within that week, but has the actual expected due date in parenthesis.

So basically if it doesn't come out today, it's another last minute unannounced delay.
 
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Yep, 1.03 gb in on the windows store, and 7.97gb in game
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9.09gb on the latter for me.

Will hold judgment until I try but pretty disappointing from the performance/VR standpoint in the release notes.

in fact overall I would have hoped for a bit more meat on a major “sim update” milestone.

RELEASE NOTES 1.14.5.0
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.

NEW CONTENT
  • FSX legacy liveries available on appropriate planes : Kenmore, Emerald Gold, Global Freightways, Orbit, Pacifica and World Travel

  • Contrails are now displayed on the player’s aircraft (MP and AI are not supported yet)

  • New customization menu in the World map to further adjust the aircraft to perfectly match specific real world aircraft. The changes only affects the next flight and they are not persistent.
    • Empty CG position: We can now have a different empty CG position, just like real world aircraft that all may have slightly different empty balance.
    • Wear: We can now increase the wear of the fuselage to get a slightly higher parasitic drag and simulate older aircraft.
    • Control surface limits: We can now adjust the maximum angle limits for elevator, rudder and aileron control surfaces to simulate the slight difference that may exist between different real aircraft. Check Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) Information for real world aircraft control surface angle limit variation tolerance.
PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY
  • Fixed various crashes across the title
  • Fixed a specific crash while using the manual cache
NAVIGATION
  • Latest AIRAC cycle has been integrated and is now available
PLANES
Autopilot / FMS:
  • Corrected an issue which prevented the VS Wheel from working in FLC mode on the Cessna Citation Longitude
  • Disabled the autopilot which was incorrectly set as available on the JMB VL-3
  • Corrected an issue preventing the use of the VS Wheel to control the pitch on some planes
  • Corrected an issue with the VS Knob not properly responding to commands on the Airbus A320neo
  • Prevented the autopilot from being polluted by incorrect data when exiting slew mode
  • VOR/ADF Feature implemented
  • VOR/ADF - Airbus A320neo FMA Adaptability
  • Fixed General Aviation planes displaying FMS instead of GPS
  • G3000 - Fixed FlightPhase & NavSource display not showing properly
  • Fix roll hold mode behaving like wing leveler
  • Removing auto alignment of localizers with the runway when the heading given by the localizer and the heading of the runway are too different
  • Add TRK/FPA features to Airbus A320neo
  • Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental : LNAV and VNAV does no longer engage automatically when activating the Autopilot.
Displays:
  • Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner - Enhanced HUD Projection
  • Airliners – Speed Trend arrow is now more reactive and accurate
  • Fixed some bearings indicated outside of the 0-360 range in Garmin instruments
  • Fixed a bug in GNS430 and GNS530 where the cursor did no automatically jump to “Activate” in Direct-to page on validation of the entered ident when there is no ident duplicate
  • Added airport ident and ILS runway name in GNS530 when tuning nav radio to a localizer
  • Fixed flight director roll not working when autopilot is not activated
  • Added wind display in G3X Touch in PFD or Splitted mode
  • Added possibility to adjust brightness level in G3X Touch
  • Added possibility to adjust brightness level in G3000
  • Fixed issue in FLT files that lead to flight plan not being loaded in instruments
  • Fixing the display of LDA approaches which were wrongly aligned to the runway at the end of their path
Engines:
  • Fixed Beechcraft Baron G58 incorrectly having automixture enabled
  • Corrected an issue causing the AutoStart sequence of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental to activate the batteries later than expected
  • Re-enabled the STARTERX SET keys which used to throw an error and toggle the starter. They now correctly set the starter to ON or OFF
  • Corrected an issue causing the starter to affect the plane’s rpm excessively when the piston_power_scalar of the plane is >1
  • Corrected an issue which would prevent the engine from ever shutting down while in unlimited fuel mode.
  • Beechcraft Baron G58 engines adjustment
  • Beechcraft Bonanza G36 engine idle RPM adjustment
Cockpit interaction:
  • Corrected a number of minor XML errors
  • Improved the behavior of knobs that repeatedly send an action to prevent it from sending multiple events at once
  • Corrected the fact that the Avionics switch of the Pipistrel Virus SW121 was off when starting in cruise
  • Enabled the THRT Knob on the ATC Panel of the Airbus A320neo
  • Enabled the option to push the backup baro knob of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental to set it in Standard Altitude mode
  • Made the copilot’s HUD interactable on the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
  • Enabled the clock’s buttons on the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
  • JMB VL-3 Propeller Instrument Fix
  • Fixed Mouse Events not handled correctly on Tactile Screens
  • AS3X Touch - Removed com active ident display
  • Cessna Citation CJ4 - Fixed default VT Speed
  • Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner - Fixed ND interaction Model
  • Fixed the “COM RECEIVE ALL” simvar always returning false on planes without a configured COM 3, leading to problems with some third party content
  • Beechcraft King Air 350i - Baro knobs have been added
Control surface:
  • Corrected Flaperon animation on Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner which was incorrect in the air.
  • Corrected an issue preventing the autobrakes of the Airbus A320neo from enabling on the Fungal mission.
  • Fixed Beechcraft Baron G58 inoperative rudder trim
Lighting:
  • Corrected some emissive elements staying active when they should be off on the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner.
  • Corrected some emissive elements staying active when they should be off on the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental.
  • Corrected some emissive elements staying active when they should be off on the Airbus A320neo.
Checklist:
  • “Mixture: Lean for Altitude” checkpoint can now be auto completed without issues
  • Added a Brake Release checkpoint to the Aviat Pitts Special S2S checklist
  • The Checklist entry “Mixture : Rich below 3000 feet” is now correctly displayed as such instead of “300 feet”
  • Engine should now start without struggle and auto completion of the “Starting procedure” on the Aviat Pitts Special S2S should now work
  • Corrected issue on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk’s checklist which prevented the copilot from correctly executing the “Set Transponder to Alt” step
  • Corrected Issue on piston planes checklists which prevent the steps relating to setting the right mixture from correctly executing
  • Corrected issue on the Beechcraft Baron G58 which caused the copilot to not keep the starter active long enough to reach a combustion when auto-completing the checklist
  • Corrected issue on the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental’s checklist which caused the step to activate all fuel pumps to not properly validate on some airports
Misc:
  • External HUD - Fixed AP Ref speed/altitude not always displayed
  • 3rd View HUD - Fixed HSI not showing approach course if approach is armed
  • 3rd View HUD - Fixed Trim & Flaps display
  • Fixed crash when using a plane with an incorrectly setup FuelSystem.
  • Fuel pressure gauges should now display correct pressure level indications
  • Fix crash when teleporting to approach
  • Fixed external HUD not updating at correct framerate
VIRTUAL REALITY
  • A ‘No binding’ icon is displayed when no control is assigned to a VR action
  • If there are no controls assigned to the camera re-center, then the player cannot switch to VR and they are asked to assign a command to this action
  • Players can now access to the controls menu directly from the VR Mode page
  • HOTAS are now specified in the VR bindings (VR Mode page)
  • VR is now functional when HDR is enabled
  • The panel reset feature is now functional in VR
  • A dark background is displayed when opening a menu in the cockpit
  • When a toolbar menu is opaque, it will now hide properly menus that are positioned behind it
  • Labels are now properly displayed in the VFR map
  • Various fixes on the toolbar and the panels display
  • The mouse cursor is now properly positioned in VR on the Cub Crafter X Cub instrument panel
  • Cockpit handles should not teleport anymore when clicked and dragged
  • It is now possible to switch the throttle to CutOff position in the Daher TBM 930
  • The Flap control in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000 doesn’t return to fully retracted position when interacting with it with the mouse
ATC
  • In case there is an ASOS/ATIS and Center/Departure/Approach agent on the same frequency in the same area, the ATIS/ASOS will not air its message if the player has been handed off to the Center/Departure/Approach agent to prevent the ATC flow from being stuck
  • Add leading zero for runway numbers in ATC communications when necessary
  • Fix ATC agent pronouncing letter by letter airports names during communication with the player
  • Fix ATC agent attributing cruise altitude instead of proper approach altitude when the first waypoint of the approach do not hold altitude information
WEATHER
  • Wind panel UI update for wind and gusts settings
WORLD MAP
  • Properly set runway when setting approach in the World Map
  • Changing behavior of Precision Marking field in Scenery Editor to allow for the marking to be displayed in case of short runways
  • Displaying all waypoints from data on the World Map and changing zoom scores to compensate for the amount of new points
  • Fixing behavior of World Map which was attributing closed runway over opened runway under certain conditions
WORLD
  • Fix outline against clouds and object in game introduced in the previous update
  • Lights should no longer be too dark under mountain shadow with low quality setting
  • Taxi sign lights size has been tweaked
SDK/DEVMODE
Documentation:
  • Revamped documentation website now live on https://docs.flightsimulator.com 23
  • Added Sample for AirtportServices
  • The left gauge in the MouseAircraft sample has been reworked to provide clearer information.
Scenery Editor:
  • Trimmed leading spaces in package title
  • Fixed a bug that would not update the Scene list when adding an object while having no object selected
  • Fixed an issue to avoid unwanted airport modification
  • Fixed a crash when hiding all TaxiwayPoints of an Airport
Webassembly:
  • Fixed GDI+ StringFormat conversion to NanoVG alignment
  • Fixed potential vulnerabilities in the WASI layer
  • Tweaked our system to avoid hampering module debugging with recurring exceptions.
SimConnect:
  • Load and Save Flight using the FlowFlightManager.
KNOWN ISSUES
  • Throttle mapping reversed for the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog
  • Beechcraft King Air 350i does not change pitch with VS wheel when Autopilot is enabled
  • in rare occasions, Aircraft screens might not initialize correctly upon loading a flight. Please restart the flight to fix the issue.
  • The plane continually loses altitude causing it to crash after loading into the Attitudes & Instruments Training Flight
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Air contrails look nice, they start to form at around 25,000 feet

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I'm also in the top 30 for the newest landing challenge (1186848)! But I'm sure it's because not everyone has the new patch downloaded!
 
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I think the update has broken the FBW A320 somewhat

Can someone else test the aircraft for me please after the update. I'm getting no displays at all whether or not I use stable, developer or experimental versions
 
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robfosters said:
I think the update has broken the FBW A320 somewhat

Can someone else test the aircraft for me please after the update. I'm getting no displays at all whether or not I use stable, developer or experimental versions
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Try updating the dev version again:

From the devs:

"We have merged a day-one patch for MSFS 1.14.5.0 (Sim Update 3) into the development version. Note that experimental builds will take some time to update. Some issues including a major flight model problem (related to the flaps) remain, but the team is working very hard on fixing it. Stay tuned for further updates."

Unfortunately for now one has to expect third party addons may be broken for a short while after changes to the way the sim works in these updates. The FBW guys are extremely speedy though so it'll be sorted soon.
 
Zeeflyboy said:
Try updating the dev version again:

From the devs:

"We have merged a day-one patch for MSFS 1.14.5.0 (Sim Update 3) into the development version. Note that experimental builds will take some time to update. Some issues including a major flight model problem (related to the flaps) remain, but the team is working very hard on fixing it. Stay tuned for further updates."

Unfortunately for now one has to expect third party addons may be broken for a short while after changes to the way the sim works in these updates. The FBW guys are extremely speedy though so it'll be sorted soon.
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Thanks, it worked!

I cleared the A320 from the community folder, downloaded the installer again just in case and installed the dev version. Started a flight at Biggin Hill and bosh!, cockpit lit up like a Christmas tree.

Be interesting to know if the blank avionics was just an issue for me or whether others have it if they didn’t reinstall aircraft.

Out of interest, where did you find that info from the devs please?
 
robfosters said:
Thanks, it worked!

I cleared the A320 from the community folder, downloaded the installer again just in case and installed the dev version. Started a flight at Biggin Hill and bosh!, cockpit lit up like a Christmas tree.

Be interesting to know if the blank avionics was just an issue for me or whether others have it if they didn’t reinstall aircraft.

Out of interest, where did you find that info from the devs please?
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Not just you, it was some sort of conflict with the sim update. As I say, just need to expect the potential for some temporary issues with 3rd parties and major updates.

They have a discord, you can follow link from community here https://flybywiresim.com/
 
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