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FS2020: World Update VI: Germany/Austria/Switzerland (WU6)

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World Update VI: Germany/Austria/Switzerland (Patch 1.19.8.0), also referred to as WU6 within the community, was a world update for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) released on the 7th of September, 2021.

A Note From the Development Team[]

Our vision is to continuously improve and expand Microsoft Flight Simulator on a regular basis.

This month, the virtual world of Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting its next major update by focusing on the marvelous regions of Austria, Germany & Switzerland. Renowned for its glorious mountain ranges, ubiquitous castles and stunning vistas, this region comes to life with World Update VI.

Our latest World Update contains new aerial imagery, high-resolution elevation maps and several brand-new 3D cities in Germany, Basel in Switzerland, Graz and Vienna in Austria. The update drastically enhances the visuals of these three countries and the beautiful mountain-ranges of the Alps.

The team has also hand-crafted over 100 well-known locations (points of interest, or POIs) and several airports including Lübeck, Stuttgart, Klagenfurt and St. Gallen. The update also includes new discovery flights, landing challenges and bush trips that take simmers across this beautiful region of our planet.

World Update VI: Austria, Germany and Switzerland is available free to all Microsoft Flight Simulator users today. Be sure your simulator is up to date first, then visit the Marketplace to download the latest world update and immerse yourself in this magnificent and expansive corner of the world. The sky is calling!

Stability[]

  • Several crashes have been fixed across the title
  • Applying the default profile for the Mouse will no longer crash the title when an custom profile was loaded on PC
  • Fixed crash in autosave in bushtrip missions when the user has a non-ASCII name
  • The title can now be launched in Safe mode via a pop-up to deactivate all Community and Marketplace content on PC only. The option will be available after a crash as long as Devmode is not enabled.
  • Fixed some scenarios where mandatory content was not downloaded or installed properly on PC if it had been deleted via the content manager ("You are missing packages that are essential to run Microsoft Flight Simulator. Please update the application and try again.")

Navigation[]

  • Fixed ATC radar altitude so the ATC no longer asks you to change your altitude when it is not applicable
  • The VFR Map now displays information for latitudes beyond 75 degrees
  • New AIRAC cycle 2108 is now available

Planes[]

  • Cirrus SR22 performance and fuel consumption has been modified to better match POH
  • Gyro Drift is now correctly set when Aircraft Systems assistance preset is set to Easy / Medium / Hard

Peripherals[]

World[]

  • Updated elevation data for Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  • Updated aerial imagery for Germany, Austria & Switzerland
  • "Offscreen terrain pre caching" graphics settings has been added (Low, Medium, High and Ultra). If set to Ultra, all the offscreen terrain will be cached at full quality which will reduce FPS drops and LOD popping when panning the camera but may impact overall performance
  • Maximum photogrammetry draw distance has been further increased. As a result photogrammetry downtown building areas will be visible from farther away
  • Better management of low bandwidth Bing terrain data and photogrammetry streaming as the change to offline data is no longer persistent (changes applied only affect the current flight)
  • Fixed an issue where the Bing terrain data would switch to offline in low bandwidth scenarios without displaying a warning pop-up, when data consumption cap was set (the warning pop up is now displayed properly)
  • Cities at night are now more visible on the World Map
  • Various airport data fixes
    • Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (
      • ICAO: LEMD
      )      : added restriction for landings and takeoffs on runways according to charts
    • Región de Murcia International Airport (
      • ICAO: LEMI
      )      : fixed ICAO issue
    • Islamabad International Airport (
      • ICAO: OPIS
      )      : now has lights
    • Iroquois Landing Seaplane Base (
      • ICAO: 02NH
      )      : fixed landing altitude
    • Gatwick Airport (
      • ICAO: EGGK
      )      : fixed issue with a building in the middle of a taxiway
    • Frankfurt Airport (
      • ICAO: EDDF
      )      : added restriction for landings and takeoffs on runways according to charts
    • Georgetown Municipal Airport (
      • ICAO: KGTU
      )      : added missing buildings
    • Damba Airport (
      • ICAO: FNDB
      )      : fixed terraforming and data issues
    • Harrell Field Airport (
      • ICAO: 89AK
      )      : fixed elevation issue
    • Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (
      • ICAO: KDVT
      )      : fixed parking 75 spawning point
    • Scandinavian Mountains Airport (
      • ICAO: ESKS
      )      : updated ICAO LID
    • Tancredo Thomas de Faria Airport, also known as Guarapuava Airport (
      • ICAO: SSGG
      )      : updated ICAO LID
  • Improved Airport data on 100 airports:
  • Aachen Merzbrück Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDKA
    )
  • Adolf Würth Airport (
    • ICAO: EDTY
    )
  • Alpnach Air Base (
    • ICAO: LSMA
    )
  • Ambri Airport (
    • ICAO: LSPM
    )
  • Augsburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDMA
    )
  • Bad Ragaz Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZE
    )
  • Bayreuth Airport (
    • ICAO: EDQD
    )
  • Berlin Brandenburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDB
    )
  • Bern Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZB
    )
  • Birrfeld Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZF
    )
  • Bonn-Hangelar Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDKB
    )
  • Borkum Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDWR
    )
  • Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDVE
    )
  • Bückeburg Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHB
    )
  • Cologne Bonn Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDK
    )
  • Dinslaken/Schwarze Heide Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLD
    )
  • Dortmund Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLW
    )
  • Dresden Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDC
    )
  • Düsseldorf Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDL
    )
  • Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLN
    )
  • Emmen Air Base (
    • ICAO: LSME
    )
  • Erfurt–Weimar Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDE
    )
  • Essen/Mülheim Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLE
    )
  • Flughafen Lahr (
    • ICAO: EDTL
    )
  • Flugplatz Freiburg (
    • ICAO: EDTF
    )
  • Flugplatz Speyer (
    • ICAO: EDRY
    )
  • Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport (
    • ICAO: EDFE
    )
  • Frankfurt–Hahn Airport (
    • ICAO: EDFH
    )
  • Friedrichshafen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDNY
    )
  • Geneva Airport (
    • ICAO: LSGG
    )
  • Graz Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWG
    )
  • Grenchen Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZG
    )
  • Hamburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDH
    )
  • Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport (
    • ICAO: EDHI
    )
  • Hanover Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDV
    )
  • Hausen am Albis Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZN
    )
  • Heligoland Airport (
    • ICAO: EDXH
    )
  • Heringsdorf Airport (
    • ICAO: EDAH
    )
  • Hildesheim Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDVM
    )
  • Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport (
    • ICAO: LOIH
    )
  • JadeWeser Airport (
    • ICAO: EDWI
    )
  • Juist Airport (
    • ICAO: EDWJ
    )
  • Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (
    • ICAO: EDSB
    )
  • Kassel Airport (
    • ICAO: EDVK
    )
  • Kiel Airport (
    • ICAO: EDHK
    )
  • Klagenfurt Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWK
    )
  • Koblenz-Winningen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDRK
    )
  • Landshut Airport (
    • ICAO: EDML
    )
  • Langenlebarn Air Base (
    • ICAO: LOXT
    )
  • Langeoog Airport (
    • ICAO: EDWL
    )
  • Lausanne Airport (
    • ICAO: LSGL
    )
  • Leipzig/Halle Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDP
    )
  • Linz Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWL
    )
  • Locarno Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZL
    )
  • Lugano Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZA
    )
  • Lübeck Airport (
    • ICAO: EDHL
    )
  • Magdeburg City Airport (
    • ICAO: EDBM
    )
  • Mainz-Finthen (
    • ICAO: EDFZ
    )
  • Mannheim City Airport (
    • ICAO: EDFM
    )
  • Marl-Loemühle Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLM
    )
  • Meiringen Air Base (
    • ICAO: LSMM
    )
  • Memmingen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDJA
    )
  • Mendig Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDRE
    )
  • Mollis Airport (
    • ICAO: LSMF
    )
  • Munich Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDM
    )
  • Münster Osnabrück International Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDG
    )
  • Norderney Airport (
    • ICAO: EDWY
    )
  • Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDMO
    )
  • Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLP
    )
  • Paderborn-Haxterberg Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDLR
    )
  • Parchim International Airport (
    • ICAO: EDOP
    )
  • Pattonville Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDTQ
    )
  • Payerne Air Base (
    • ICAO: LSMP
    )
  • Peenemünde Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDCP
    )
  • Raron Airfield (
    • ICAO: LSTA
    )
  • Reutte-Höfen Airfield (
    • ICAO: LOIR
    )
  • Rügen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDCG
    )
  • Saarbrücken Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDR
    )
  • Salzburg Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWS
    )
  • Samedan Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZS
    )
  • Sankt Johann Airport (
    • ICAO: LOIJ
    )
  • Schleißheim Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDNX
    )
  • Schönhagen Airport (
    • ICAO: EDAZ
    )
  • Siegerland Airport (
    • ICAO: EDGS
    )
  • Sion Airport (
    • ICAO: LSGS
    )
  • Speck-Fehraltorf Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZK
    )
  • St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (
    • ICAO: LSZR
    )
  • Sylt Airport (
    • ICAO: EDXW
    )
  • Tegel International Airport (
    • ICAO: EDDT
    )
  • Verkehrslandeplatz Münster-Telgte (
    • ICAO: EDLT
    )
  • Vienna International Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWW
    )
  • Vöslau Airfield (
    • ICAO: LOAV
    )
  • Wangen-Lachen Airport (
    • ICAO: LSPV
    )
  • Wangerooge Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDWG
    )
  • Weeze Airport (
    • ICAO: EDLV
    )
  • Wershofen/Eifel Airport (
    • ICAO: EDRV
    )
  • Wiener Neustadt East Airport (
    • ICAO: LOAN
    )
  • Zell am See Airport (
    • ICAO: LOWZ
    )
  • Zweibrücken Airport (
    • ICAO: EDRZ
    )
  • Addition of 43 new airports:
  • Rechlin–Lärz Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDAX
    )
  • Strausberg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDAY
    )
  • Neubrandenburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDBN
    )
  • Mosenberg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDEM
    )
  • Allendorf Airport (
    • ICAO: EDER
    )
  • Lager Hammelburg Airport (
    • ICAO: EDFJ
    )
  • Bottenhorn Airport (
    • ICAO: EDGT
    )
  • Stendal-Borstel Airport (
    • ICAO: EDOV
    )
  • Templin/Groß Dölln Airport (
    • ICAO: EDUT
    )
  • Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz (
    • ICAO: EDXN
    )
  • Rotenburg (Wümme) Airport (
    • ICAO: EDXQ
    )
  • Celle Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHC
    )
  • Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHE
    )
  • Fritzlar Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHF
    )
  • Roth Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHR
    )
  • Faßberg Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETHS
    )
  • Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz (
    • ICAO: ETMN
    )
  • Diepholz Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETND
    )
  • Hohn Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETNH
    )
  • Jever Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETNJ
    )
  • Rostock Laage Airport (
    • ICAO: ETNL
    )
  • Nörvenich Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETNN
    )
  • Schleswig Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETNS
    )
  • Wittmundhafen Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETNT
    )
  • üchel Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETSB
    )
  • Erding Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETSE
    )
  • Holzdorf Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETSH
    )
  • Ingolstadt Manching Airport (
    • ICAO: ETSI
    )
  • Neuburg Air Base (
    • ICAO: ETSN
    )
  • Kapfenberg Airport (
    • ICAO: LOGK
    )
  • Les Eplatures Airport (
    • ICAO: LSGC
    )
  • Ulrichen Airport (
    • ICAO: LSMC
    )
  • Helgoland Suedhafen HEL (
    • ICAO: EDHR
    )
  • FSV Illtal Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDII
    )
  • Kaufbeuren Air Base (
    • ICAO: EDKC
    )
  • Dolmar Airport (
    • ICAO: EDKQ
    )
  • Kilegg Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDKY
    )
  • Donauwörth Heliport (
    • ICAO: EDPR
    )
  • Tirschenreuth Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDTI
    )
  • Borghorst Airfield (
    • ICAO: EDUQ
    )
  • Rhein UIR (
    • ICAO: EDUU
    )
  • Braunschweig LBA (
    • ICAO: EDVB
    )
  • Mauterndorf Airport (
    • ICAO: LOSM
    )

VR[]

  • The title no longer crashes when quitting the sim in VR
  • Various tutorial fixes: briefs and debriefs are properly displayed, no blockers anymore. Please note that Tutorial 1 in VR mode is still under work and will be complete in a future update.

Marketplace[]

  • Content User Rating is now more accurate

SDK[]

  • Fixed group displaying and collapse/uncollapse issue in the scenery editor
  • Projected Mesh not rendered when moving camera or adding new one in the Scenery editor (we force the loading of LOD 0)
  • Improved some text rendering for XML gauges
  • Plane debug screens now correctly calculate and display GPH/gallon per hour fuel consumptions (DebugAircraftEngines & DebugAircraftTracking)
  • Aircraft Editor: the .cfg files are no longer corrupted when using the editor

Optional world update content[]

This content is installed via the in-sim marketplace and is free of charge.

Photogrammetry cities[]

  • Germany
    • Bielefeld
    • Braunschweig
    • Frankfurt am Main
    • Konstanz
    • Wuppertal
  • Austria
    • Graz
    • Vienna
  • Switzerland
    • Basel

Hand-crafted airports[]

Main article: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)/List of hand-crafted airports

Bush Trips[]

Main article: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)/Bush Trips

Landing Challenges[]

Main article: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)/Landing Challenges

Discovery Flights[]

Main article: Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)/Discovery Flights

Hand-crafted points of interest[]

  • Germany
  • Aachener Cathedral (Aachen)
  • Allianz Arena (Munich)
  • Autostadt (Wolfsburg)
  • Bastei
  • Borussia-Park (Mönchengladbach)
  • Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
  • Castle Katz (St. Goarshausen)
  • Cochem Impreial Castle (Cochem)
  • Deutsche Bank Park (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Deutsches Eck (Koblenz)
  • Drachenburg Castle (Königswinter)
  • Drachenfels Castle
  • Elbphilarmonie (Hamburg)
  • Fehmarn Sound Bridge
  • Frankfurt Cathedral (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Frauenkirche (Dresden)
  • Freiburg Minster (Freiburg)
  • Freilichtmuseum Gross Raden
  • Great St. Martin's Church (Cologne)
  • Grüne Zitadelle (Magdeburg)
  • Heligoland
  • Hermannsdenkmal (Detmold)
  • Herrenhausen Gardens (Herrenhausen)
  • Hohenzollern Bridge (Cologne)
  • Hohenzollern Castle (Hechingen)
  • Holsten Gate (Lübeck)
  • Jasmund National Park (Rügen)
  • Kath. Hofkirche (Dresden)
  • Kyffhäuser Monument
  • Madgeburg Catherdal (Magdeburg)
  • Mannheim Water Town (Mannheim)
  • Marienburg Castle
  • Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)
  • Merkur Spiel-Arena (Düsseldorf)
  • Monument to the Battle of the Nations (Leipzig)
  • Moritzburg
  • Münster Cathedral (Münster)
  • Niederwalddenkmal
  • Olympiastadion (Berlin)
  • Olympiastadion (Munich)
  • Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main)
  • RheinEnergieStadion (Cologne)
  • Rheinsberg Palace
  • Saar Polygon (Ensdorf)
  • Sanssouci and Park (Potsdam)
  • Schwerin Castle (Schwerin)
  • Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund)
  • South Bridge (Cologne)
  • St. Bartholomew's Church (Berchtesgaden)
  • St. Mary's Church (Stralsund)
  • St. Nicholas Church (Stralsund)
  • St. Nicholas Church (Wismar)
  • State Museum of Pre-History (Halle)
  • Tropical Islands Resort
  • Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
  • Volksparkstadion (Hamburg)
  • Walhalla
  • Wartburg (Eisenach)
  • Wernigerode Castle
  • Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (Essen)
  • Austria
  • Melk Abbey (Melk)
  • Wiener Riesenrad (Vienna)
  • Hofsburg (Vienna)
  • St. Stephan's Cathedral (Vienna)
  • Schönbrunn Palace & Gloriette (Vienna)
  • Ernst-Happel-Stadion (Vienna)
  • Eggenberg Palace (Graz)
  • Wörthersee Stadion (Klagenfurt)
  • Hohenwerfen Castle
  • Kufstein Fortress
  • Switzerland
  • Tarasp Castle
  • Landwasser Viaduct
  • Castelgrande
  • Castello di Montebello
  • Castello di Sasso Corbaro
  • Abbey of Saint Gall (St. Gallen)
  • Kybunpark (St. Gallen)
  • Einsiedeln Abbey (Einsiedeln)
  • Grossmünster (Zurich)
  • Swiss National Museum (Zurich)
  • Letzigrund (Zurich)
  • St. Jakob Park (Basel)
  • Kapellbrücke (Lucerne)
  • Swissporarena (Lucerne)
  • Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern)
  • Stadion Wankdorf (Bern)
  • Bern Minster (Bern)
  • Federal Palace of Switzerland (Bern)
  • Stade de la Maladière (Neuchatel)
  • Lausanne Cathedral (Lausanne)
  • Brunswick Monument (Geneva)
  • Batiment des Forces Motrices (Geneva)
  • Stade de Geneve (Geneva)
  • Chillon Castle (Lake Geneva)
  • Gornergrat South Observatory
  • Sphinx Observatory

Gallery[]

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