New patch is out. About 800mb install from the store, then another 11-16 gigs once you start the sim depending on which version you got. Hopefully that bit about reducing memory usage might help you, RWA.
Changelog:
- General
- Performance improvement
- Optimized cockpit screen display when screens are not displayed on screen. (there has got to be a better way to phrase that)
- New option available to control cockpit screen update frequency
- Tweaked CPU thread priorities to control cockpit screen update frequency.
- Optimized loading system to reduce overall loading times.
- Optimized heavy airport scenes impact on CPU
- Reduced the amount of GPU overdraw to improve GPU performance.
- Memory optimizations to reduce software memory footprint and improve performance on memory limited computers
- Overall performance optimizations
- ATC
- Incoming ATC Azure speech now has three difference voices
- ATC voice gender is now based on avatar of the pilot/copilot.
- Fix for the incorrect voice pack being used if the game is not localized in English and if the Windows Offline Text-to-Speech option is used.
- UI
- Filters and sorting have been improved in the marketplace.
- Manual cache layout has been improved and the download estimated time should now be correct.
- Improved support for gamepad navigation in many menus.
- Case sensitive search is now working properly in control screen.
- Search by axis in control screen has been fixed.
- Active pause button has been added in the toolbar.
- Pause button has been fixed in the Content manager.
- Aerodynamics
- Improved wind turbulence simulation to reduce horizontal turbulences.
- Added simulation of low rpm piston engine vibrations on cockpit.
- Added simulation of water particles (rain/clouds) density in aerodynamics => generates vibrations flying through clouds or rain.
- Fixed wet surface friction and braking distances.
- Fixed live weather wind offset in higher latitude areas (America, Asia...) that was causing the 3kts Wind bug.
- Aircraft
- Cockpit Visuals and Animations
- Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: AP button animations have been fixed.
- Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, ICON A5: placards have been updated.
- Zlin Savage Cub: tail wheel blur effect is now correctly triggered.
- Zlin Shock Ultra: arcs on airspeed indicator is correctly set.
- Zlin Shock Ultra: turbo mode has been removed from dashboard.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: MCP buttons visual improvements.
- General Aviation Systems
- Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: propeller sound has been improved when RPM is changing.
- Cessna Longitude: AP altitude and speed management improvements.
- Cessna Longitude: auto throttle is now inhibited during take off and until 400 feet AGL.
- Daher TBM 930: yaw damper is now automatically turned on when the AP is enabled.
- Beechcraft King Air 350i: windshield deicing is now working.
- ICON A5: <<incorrect heading indicator> notification is now correctly triggered.
- Zlin Shock Ultra: flaps now operate mechanically instead of electrically.
- Zlin Shock Ultra: trim management improvements
- Cessna Citation CJ4: reverse thrust has been removed.
- Cub Crafter X Cub: IAS AP mode is now working properly.
- Daher TBM 930 and Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX: PT6 engines shutdown duration has been increased.
- General Aviation Avionics
- Cessna Longitude: several knobs of the G5000 are now working.
- Beechcraft Baron G58, Beechcraft Bonanza G36, Cessna 172 Skyhawk G1000, Diamon DA40 NG: fixed missing ALT knob.
- Beechcraft King Air 350i: << menu >> key is now working properly.
- Cessna 152 and 152 Aerobat: avionics state have been fixed using Honeycomb device battery switch.
- GNS 530: flight plan display alignment has been fixed on the Garmin GNS 530.
- G1000: automatically switches from NAV to LOC when needed.
- G1000: ETE and ETA fixed wrong values.
- G1000/3000/3x: AP setup is no longer reset when enabling AP.
- G1000/3000/3x: fixed missing flight plan when the selected departure is coordinates on the world map.
- G3x: text size in << approach box >> has been increased.
- G3x: approaches can now be selected and loaded.
- G3x: fixed bad information in nearest VOR page when unknown VOR is selected.
- Airliner Systems
- General: AP behavior improvements.
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: rear wheels steering has been fixed.
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: pressing the battery button now always displays the ON part.
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental: improved flaps deployment and retraction sequences.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: fixed auto-throttle not giving back control to the pilot when disabled.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: center tanks drain first when decreasing fuel quantity via fuel and payload menu.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: auto-throttle is now automatically disengaged while landing.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: auto-throttle now engages correctly during take off roll when conditions are met.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: alt intervention no longer needs to be pressed again when not needed.
- Airbus A320neo: automatic speed management improvements.
- Airbus A320neo: alpha floor condition is now correctly triggered.
- Airliner Avionics
- General: weight is better taken into account for V speed calculations.
- Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
- FMC now allows to activate approach without going to route page.
- approach VREF speeds are fixed.
- empty rectangles no longer displayed on the FMA.
- Runways are now displayed in correct order in the FMC.
- cruise altitude no longer automatically filled in the FMC.
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
- LNAV and VNAV correctly displayed as armed in FMA when conditions are met.
- altitude target on MCP can no longer be set to negative values.
- auto-throttle mode no longer displayed on FMA when auto-throttle is disabled.
- fixed wrong flaps value displayed in the FMC take off page.
- target heading line on ND is no longer reset while in heading mode.
- direct-to flight plans can now be entered in the FMC.
- Airbus A320neo
- target altitude can now be changed when AP is disabled.
- armed modes no longer appear in boxes on the FMA
- flaps << FULL >> indication instead of << F >> on ECAM.
- FMGS message << INVALID ENTRY >> replaced by << NOT ALLOWED >>
- FMGS now only displays arrival procedures corresponding to the selected runway
- FMGS now correctly displays ETA for approach points
- removed remaining waypoints on ND after selecting different approach procedures
- fixed heading bug alignment offset issue
- fixed missing runway in the perf page of FMGS when a departure runway is already selected.
- fixed constraints flickering on ND
- FMGS block fuel indication now correctly initialized.
- Miscellaneous
- General
- Fixed freezes caused by glass cockpits
- Travel to feature no longer disengages autopilot when used.
- Weather
- Fixed 225 degrees/3kts issue with inconsistent wind in game
- Fixed issue with weather persistency on flight restart.
- Services
- Upgraded multiplayer servers.
- Marketplace
- Rating display on bundles has been improved.
- Performance drop after download an item in the marketplace has been removed.
- An addon purchased outside of the marketplace no longer has an impact on the "installed" filter in the marketplace as it is considered as "community" content.
- Content Manager
- Addon purchased outside of the marketplace now also visible in the content manager when online, and offline if downloaded in the community folder.
- 3rd party content thumbnail display improved.
- Pause download during installation is fixed.
- Localization
- Various typo fixes in multiple languages.
- Accessibility
- Subtitles are now enabled by default.
- Subtitle option has been moved from Sound menu to Accessibility so users can set it during initial install.
- Cameras
- Remove rotation clamp on "instrument cameras".
- Pilot camera position can now be saved or reset.
- Bush Trips
- Fix leg completion trigger.
- Completionist achievement should now unlock when all activities have been completed.
- World
- Detected buildings that intersect roads are now excluded.
- Longer bridges are less prone to having a gap.
- UK city houses models should no longer appear in US suburbs.
- "In the Wild" achievement can now be unlocked.