PMDG Issues Statement On Latest MSFS Update

Later today, it is expected that Microsoft is going to drop a majorproduct update for their flagship Microsoft Flight Simulator productline. Many of you are already well aware that they have beenadvertising this update for its performance improvements and becauseit will be made available to XBox users via Microsoft GamePass.

This NOTAM is to let you know that this update for MSFS contains avast number of breaking changes that break the compatibility with allprevious builds of the PMDG DC-6 up to and including the current,stable 2.00.0032 build that all of you are currently enjoying.

During the day on Tuesday, 27JUL21, we will roll out an update forthe DC-6 that will bring the product up to compliance with changes inMicrosoft Flight Simulator and this will allow you to continue usingthe product with little-to-no disruption.

We will have a longer update to discuss the howzits and whatsits ofthis update later in the day on Tuesday, but we want you all to knowthat the update is prepped and ready and will go live once we know forcertain that the Microsoft Flight Simulator Performance Plus update issafely in wide distribution.

This is really a first for us, in that we are essentially updatingour product for you in real time with a major platform change. We havenever done this before, so please do understand that we are going tohesitate a beat or two to ensure the MSFS release is really and trulyrolling out globally before we turn our update on, as this update willbreak compatibility between the PMDG DC-6 and the older version ofMSFS so we want to be certain we are in phase with the platform.

We appreciate your patience during that brief lag-time-overlap, butkeep an eye here and we will let you know where-and-how the moment theupdate is available for you.

Thank you all-we will talk with you again a bit later on Tuesday!

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