FS2020: Sim Update VII (SU7) Update 1

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Sim Update VII Update 1 (Patch 1.21.18.0) and also referred to as SU7U1 within the community, was a simulator update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) released on the 2022-01-06.

Stability

  • Several crashes have been fixed across the title

Weather

  • Improved management of high proximity METARs to avoid hard weather transitions
  • Fixed abnormal temperatures above FL450
  • Fixed custom weather preset save data
  • Live Weather clouds on ground should now be displayed as fog
  • Rain and fog now correctly receive shadows from clouds above
  • Fixed "10SM" metar visibility
  • Fixed live weather refering to AMSL instead of AGL

VR

  • Fixed the issue that prevented interactions with the toolbar in VR
  • Added some of the VR controller specific controls (e.g. switch between proxi and raycast modes) that were not available in the binding menu
  • Fixed the rotate and drag buttons that did not respond well with WMR VR controllers
  • VR controllers are now working when using Legacy cockpit interaction system

Peripherals

  • TrackIR support has been fixed
  • Fixed unable to pan / drag WorldMap using a custom mouse profile. Add a slot in Control Menu

Planes

  • Fixed HUD shader support for for 3rd party planes
  • Fixed Reverse Throttle
  • Fixed livery overriding mechanism for WASM modules
  • Fixed glass cockpit remains off when starting from cold & dark for the Volocity
  • Fixed white rendering of the Copilot HUD in the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

World

  • Fixed an issue where roads could blink
  • Fixed color banding introduced in Sim Update V (SU5) (2021-07-27)

Reno

  • Performance optimization for Reno multiplayer races
  • Reno stands are no longer misplaced during RTC
  • Fixed "Too high" notification when starting a time trial

UI

  • Assistances preferences should no longer be set to Easy without user’s input
  • Localization update across all supported languages

SDK

  • Fixed crash when loading a project
  • Fixed aircraft no longer compiles because of glTF errors
  • Fixed game crashing when trying to add a PaintedHatchedArea in the Scenery editor
  • Changed "Parking not linked to the main graph" to warning
  • Fixed disabled interactions with the sim when Aircraft Editor is open
  • Ignore null-size flags file (avoids invalid materials)
  • Fixed newly created project XML file path in PackageBuilder

Navigation

  • New AIRAC cycle 2113 is now available