MSFS July 22nd, 2021 Development Update

Microsoft Flight Simulator will be available to play on Xbox SeriesX|S July 27th starting at 8:00 am PDT (1500Z) worldwide. Can youbelieve this is the last Development Update where we can say "ComingSoon to Xbox Series X|S"?!

In case you missed it, last week Jorg Neumann and Sebastian Wlochdived into the evolution of Flight Simulator and the role technologylike Microsoft Azure has played in bringing cutting-edge realism tothe title. Enjoy:

SDK Update

General

We are preparing the SDK update that is releasing in the next fewdays! Among many DevMode fixes, WASM enhancements and Visual EffectsEditor improvements, we are also about to release a lot of new contentto our documentation. More details to come!

Today, we are releasing our first Video Tutorial dedicated to theVisual Effects Editor. You can find it on our YouTube channel or watchhere:

Dev Mode

• Visual Effects Editor

• We added a ColorSpaceConversion node to allow you to work either with RGB or HSV.

WASM

• We made the MSFS Platform Toolset compatible with Visual Studio 2019 16.10.x.
• We updated the toolchain used to compile modules with LLVM 12.

Source