Release Notes - Sim Update 16 [1.39.9.0] Now Available

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) | Sim Update 16 Release Notes - 1.39.9.0

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Stability & Performance

• Fixed a crash when attempting to reach some areas in the World (e.g. Pecs TV Tower)

• Improved memory management on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X to improve stability

General Bug Fixes

• Fixed bugs on timezone system; in addition, data is now more accurate (country coasts and borders, islands, etc.)

World

• Aligned Bing Maps data with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

• Fixed terraforming on TIN

• Changed the way water body polygons work so that overlapping polygons of the same type no longer cancel each other

NavData

• Improved handling of navdata for runways that do not exist in the sim. The resolution is now only done after all scenery layers are loaded, and only transitions will be removed rather than full procedures where possible.

• Fixed an issue where airports used as waypoints in instrument procedures contained a region code that prevented them from being loadable using the ICAO.

Aircraft

Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

• Fixed an issue with handling spoiler inputs that could cause the airplane to spin out of control.

Cessna Citation Longitude

• Added the approach cue to the airspeed indicator and angle of attack indicator.

• Added FMS initialization flow.

• Added the PFD pitch limit indicator.

• Fixed an issue where the THROTTLE_REVERSE_THRUST_TOGGLE key event would sometimes not work correctly even when the throttle lever position was at the full idle stop.

• Fixed the scrolling behavior of the PFD CAS display.

• Replaced certain PFD TAWS/GPWS annunciations with CAS messages.

• The TERRAIN FAIL CAS message no longer appears when TAWS is running a self-test.

• Thrust reverser deployment is now properly simulated, with deployment requiring hydraulic pressure.

• FADEC now commands more realistic N1 targets while reverse thrust is active.

• Disengaging the autothrottle using the autothrottle disconnect switch is now counted as a “normal” disengagement.

• Added the “autothrottle” aural alert when the autothrottle is disengaged.

• Added the “airspeed” aural alert when one of the autothrottle’s speed protection modes (MIN SPD or MAX SPD) is engaged.

• The CABIN ALTITUDE caution CAS message now appears when there are uncommanded increases in cabin altitude.

• Cabin altitude is now initialized to a sensible value when first spawning into a flight.

• The pressurization DUMP switch now functions properly.

• The ENGINE FAIL L/R CAS message now appears when FADEC detects an engine flameout.

• The engine RUN/STOP switch halo lights now function properly.

• Autothrottle now disengages when thrust reversers are in an unsafe condition.

Daher TBM 930

• Added the approach cue to the airspeed indicator.

• Added FMS initialization flow.

• Added electronic stability and protection (ESP).

• The flight director now commands a pitch of 10 degrees when the vertical GA mode is active.

Avionics

G1000 NXI

• Added the PFD virtual pathways feature.

• Fixed an issue where the runway leg of a departure or arrival procedure could be duplicated in the flight plan.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes approaches added to the flight plan could have improper connections between the approach transition and the final approach segment.

Garmin G3000 / G5000

• Added support for VNAV vertical track annunciations and aural alerts.

• Added the ability to inhibit terrain system alerts through the GTC Terrain Settings page.

• Added support for TAWS glideslope/glidepath deviation (GSD) alerts.

• Fixed an issue where the map wind vector arrow was not