New Aerofly FS 4 Release Now Available!

  • Dear Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    Today, I received an update of the beta for Mac (Aerofly FS 4 Version 4.03.01.05 (20230509)).

    • A320 / Cold & Dark: fixed ;
    • A320 / FIX INFO: fixed ;
    • A320 / MCDU / inflight APPR page / MAG WIND cheat: not fixed, but now it is 0° / 0 kts whatever you do ;
    • Assign a key to the view overlay: still not available.

    By the way, I appreciate the new view system, and especially the memorized zoom and position.

    Voilà, voilà ! These few things and the pushback to earn a hug from me ;)

    • Official Post

    We released another beta update today.

    • fixed B747, B777, B787 baro minimums are incremented by even 10ft steps
    • fixed B747, B777, B787 CDU thrust reduction and acceleration height can be changed
    • fixed B747, B777, B787 CDU progress page shows top of descent time
    • added B747, B777, B787 CDU VNAV page displays CLB, CRZ, DES page based on current flight phase
  • And at the same time Jan, a thought for LEAS. I believe this has been requested once before. THANKS


    Best wishes 😉

    Pascal


    AFS2 / FS4 / MSFS / - Intel(R) Core i7 -12800HX 4.80 GHz - DDR5 4800MHz 32 Go - NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 3070 Ti 8 GB GDDR6X - 2x 2 TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4

  • In Aerofly FS2, the Just Flight Tomahawk, Duchess, and Turbo Arrow had G430 and G530 implementation with the latter two having autopilots. The underlying GPS code and 2D LCD panel displays where included in the IPACS flight simulation code according to Jet-Pack (IPACS) and still exists in the Aerofly FS 4 codebase. So it should mostly be a matter of redoing the 3D instrument panel to include the GPS bezel, buttons, and knobs and tying that into the CMD and TMD files for any of the IPACS GA aircraft that could use it.

  • Oh, that I didn't know! I'm pretty new to Aerofly - coming from X-Plane 11. In this case, it would be totally worth re-implementing those garmin devices, I think. Indeed, the corresponding GA aircrafts currently feel somewhat incomplete without them...

  • Oh, that I didn't know! I'm pretty new to Aerofly - coming from X-Plane 11. In this case, it would be totally worth re-implementing those garmin devices, I think. Indeed, the corresponding GA aircrafts currently feel somewhat incomplete without them...

    Unfortunately, it's a case of "the devil is in the details". IPACS seems a bit reluctant to dedicate the resources to update its GA aircraft including the DR400 in the aircraft sdk even though the code base exists to support G430 and G530 (but not G1000). My ongoing complaint is that IPACS is too focused on airline planes, primarily for mobile market. Yeh, all those kids playing Aerofly FS 2022/23/24 on their iPhones and iPads like jetliners a lot for some strange reason (wanna grow up to be a globe-trotting airlines pilot some day) and that's a lot of pocket change in sales that add up to a lot more in total when compared to the full Aerofly FS 4 simulation PC game sales.

  • I can't imagine to fly on a mobile phone but even if I wanted to, my old blackberry wouldn't let me ;).
    ...Speaking of Airliners: Dear Jet-Pack (IPACS) would it be possible to have yet another minor issue fixed?

    When starting from the RW, the B747 is not fully prepared for take-off like all other boeings of the SIM:


    - The CRZ altitude is not set in the FMC.

    - The CRZ altitude is not set in MCP.

    - LNAV is not armed.

    - VNAV is not armed.

    • Official Post

    We've update the beta again today.

    • fixed black screens in tower view - please report if you see any
    • fixed A320 MCDU destination wind cheat (click DEST WIND field with empty scratchpad) works again and should now suggest correct magnetic wind direction and speed
    • fixed LJ45, Q400 and 737 CDU selection of approaches is possible again after selecting the arrival (STAR)
  • fixed A320 MCDU destination wind cheat (click DEST WIND field with empty scratchpad) works again and should now suggest correct magnetic wind direction and speed

    :/ hum, the MAG value is reverted (270° wind gives 90° as MAG in the MCDU).

    Best regards.

    I fly, therefore I am

    Aeroflyer of the Airbus A320

    Aerofly FS 4 / MacBook Pro / M1 Pro / Thrustmaster Captain Airbus Edition

  • I am trying the new beta on my steam deck its awesome but the new airports in the us and the area surrounding them is not very good quality in terms of graphics for the scenery its very blurry. Is this going to be fixed in final version?