Microsoft has released the first 2022 update for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The January 6th Update packs a number of stability, weather and VR improvements. Moreover, it features some SDK fixes and tweaks.
Going into more details, this 2022 patch improves management of high proximity METARs to avoid hard weather transitions. Additionally, it enables rain and fog to correctly receive shadows from clouds above.
This patch also fixes the issue that prevented interactions with the toolbar in VR. Not only that, but it some of the VR controller-specific controls that were not available in the binding menu.
As always, Steam and Microsoft Store will automatically download this patch the next time you launch their clients. Below you can also find its complete changelog.
Microsoft Flight Simulator Patch 1.21.18.0 Release Notes
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
- Also 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 5
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
- Also 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
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