Microsoft Flight Simulator’s latest development update brought the highly awaited patch into the spotlight, with the team saying the fixes are in the final stages and can be expected within the next seven days. The highest priority problems currently being addressed with this patch are issues with download and installation of the new flight simulator.

Here's the current notes for the upcoming patch:

STABILITY ISSUES

• The title will no longer crash when different input devices/peripherals are disconnected
• The title will no longer crash when the TBM 930 package is deleted

INSTALLATION ISSUES

• The install process will no longer be blocked after a partial decompression of a package
• The install process will no longer be blocked when a local user account includes non-ASCII characters
• The install process will no longer be blocked after a failed connection to servers
• The install process will no longer display an empty onboarding screen under certain conditions
• The title will download a critical missing/deleted package to access the main menu even if the save data preference is set to offline (when an internet connection is available)

CONTENT MANAGER

• The title will no longer automatically download packages that have been deleted through the content manager
• The content manager will no longer get stuck in an infinite loading state when checked offline
• The Creator name of the packages should now be properly updated

 SIMCONNECT

• Significant FPS drop when using Simconnect should no longer affect the experience

 OPTIMIZATION

• The performance of the title has been improved when the Display name plate option is set to active

 MARKETPLACE

• The correct currency is now properly updated in the marketplace

The original post from the Microsoft team can be viewed here. Previous articles about Microsoft Flight Simulator can be read here.