PMDG recently issued a new update to their Boeing 777-300ER for Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing a series of visual and efficiency improvements to their latest airliner and a slight bit of information about their upcoming 777F.

Update 2.00.0049 brings a substantial list of changes ranging from external model tweaks to sounds, EFB, and even LNAV tweaks. The complete changelog follows below:

• 14652: [General - Suggested/Missing Features] Cabin door girt bar fittings missing (jbrown)
• 14622: [External Model - Geometry] Upper flap fairing should slope underneath flaps (jbrown)
• 14762: [External Model - Geometry] L4 door object moving with L3 door while door is opening. (jbrown)
• 14742: [Systems - Lighting - VC/2D] External Emergency lights exhibiting large halo effect at greater distances. (jbrown)
• 14738: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Door 5L Floating screws when door open (jbrown)
• 14665: [Main Panel - PFD] Landing Bar on PFD should cover lines below it (abashkatov)
• 14706: [Main Panel - ND] POS button drawing issues on ND (abashkatov)
• 14711: [Main Panel - EICAS Display Issues] The N2 scale on the secondary engine page seems to be wrong (abashkatov)
• 14743: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] VC window shades not aligned (vscimone)
• 14713: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Accept Button geometry (vscimone)
• 14718: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Screw needs to be removed (vscimone)
• 14744: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Floating screws in VC (vscimone)
• 14748: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Misalligned screws on center pillar (vscimone)
• 14750: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] EEC cover modelling (vscimone)
• 14658: [General - Unsure] Ruddertrim Steps (abashkatov)
• 14720: [Main Panel - Standby Gauges] ISFD brightness adjustement is to slow (abashkatov)
• 14405: [EFB - General] EFT brightness setting page issue (rmurdoch)
• 14726: [FMS - Route/Legs Pages] Routing using dashes for WPT after VECTORS in synoptic route pages (emvaos)
• 14620: [Sounds - Internal/Cockpit] 737 fuel pump sound used in the 777 > The volume has been lowered to be hardly audible (jdoorman)
• 13137: [Systems - Engine Start Controls] N1 vs N2 relation at very low N2's during engine start adjustments (emvaos)
• 14669: [AFDS - Thrust Modes] N1 Limit printout in THR REF and THR fix [upper EICAS] (emvaos)
• 14681: [AFDS - Pitch Modes] Reset thrust limit to AUTO at end of step climb even if manual thrust limit previously selected (emvaos)
• 14712: [AFDS - Thrust Modes] Auto change to CRZ lim in DES even if manual thrust limit previously selected (emvaos)
• 14693: [FREEZES - All Types] Fix for saving a panel state with an approach featuring a MAP before runway (emvaos)
• 14688: [FMS - Performance Pages] QRH V speeds hidden in last column if REF SPDS selected OFF (emvaos)
• 14657: [FMS - SID/STAR pages] Adding real life quirks to the DEP/ARR CDU key (emvaos)
• 14707: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Tooltip incorrect (hvanrensburg)
• 14639: [Sounds - External] Sound improvement suggestions > Volume adjustments roar, altitude and speed (jdoorman)
• 14619: [Sounds - Internal/Cockpit] No speed brake sounds in VC > Volume and distance adjustments (jdoorman)
• 14632: [Sounds - External] Pack sounds heard at same volume everwhere outside > Volume and distance adjustments (jdoorman)
• 14630: [Sounds - Internal/Cockpit] Reported flaplever raise and drop sound not loud enough > adjusted the volume for it to be more noticeable (jdoorman)
• 14700: [General - Ground Operations] Unable to release Air Start after engine started with Air Start Unit (hvanrensburg)
• 14671: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Cockpit texture problem on pilots seat backs. (vscimone)
• 14682: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Mis alligned screws on glareshield (vscimone)
• 14684: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] APU Bleed AUTO text needs bright up (vscimone)
• 14664: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Master Dimmer control switch modeling (vscimone)
• 14672: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Floating textures in VC on VR (vscimone)
• 14676: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Landing lights and Turn off lights Modell (vscimone)
• 14846: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Hole in flight deck on the left side, behind the captain's seat. (vscimone)
• 14843: [Sounds - Internal/Cockpit] ALTN VENT switch has no sound (hvanrensburg)
• 14844: [Sounds - Internal/Cockpit] M/D FLOW switch misses sound (hvanrensburg)
• 14845: [External Model - Geometry] Waste service panel/decal missing + potable water service panel/decal in the wrong position (jbrown)
• 14836: [External Model - Geometry] Hatch latches on belly positioned wrong (jbrown)
• 14818: [General - Engines] Missing contrail on engine 2 (jbrown)
• 14595: [FMS/AFDS - VNAV] Fix for modulated thrust for Go Around [2000fpm] (emvaos)
• 14809: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Small gap between overhead and CB panel (vscimone)
• 14790: [Main Panel - EICAS Messaging Issues] New Messages should be on top (abashkatov)
• 14800: [External Model - Geometry] Wrong texture on main cabin door sides (jbrown)
• 14803: [Systems - General/Not Sure] Wi-Fi/Satcom option should only provide the Satcom option (hvanrensburg)
• 14792: [EFB - General] Inhibited ground connections are not correctly reported to the UFT (cbpowell)
• 14785: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Center Right Fuel tank switch animation INOP (vscimone)
• 14778: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Moving the IND LTS switch from DIM to BRT behavior (hvanrensburg)
• 14777: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Light test switch behavior when using the mouse wheel. (abashkatov)
• 14768: [FMS - Functionality Problems (General)] MCDU 3 Cabin Call carrot layout (abashkatov)
• 14721: [FMS/AFDS - VNAV] RCMD FL during climb (emvaos)
• 14513: [General - Flight Model] Fuel flow dependency on Mach speed tweaks (emvaos)
• 14767: [General - Flight Model] FF temporarily very low at TOGA fixed (emvaos)
• 14769: [FMS/AFDS - LNAV] Fix in Handling "empty" SIDs with no runway specific routing (emvaos)
• We also included some changes to the tablet, which I am calling out separately because the tablet is independent from the airplane proper:
• 00000: [Tablet] - Fixed the navdata update issue, where users could not update to the latest Navdata via the tablet
• 00000: [Tablet] - On screen home button added to the status bar
• 00000: [Tablet] - Captain and First Officer Tablets now have independent brightness settings

Randazzo has also taken a moment to explain why things have been so "slow" as of late with updates, with the culprit being a software reload on their deployment machine whose storage device had failed, taking the SDK to a slightly newer version that had a flaw with the memory allocation process, introducing memory corruption, and thus, instability. After weeks of research, tests, and failures, they managed to narrow down the issue, and the correction was as simple as rolling back to the previous version of the SDK, which fixed it. Narrowing down the problem, though, took them six weeks.

They have also provided some information on the upcoming 777F, which entered beta last week. The plane's gameplay items are still not quite up to their standards, so they anticipate a few more beta builds before it's truly ready to leave the oven. The anticipated release date is around the end of October.

PMDG has not said anything yet about the new simulator, but they plan to address the subject later today in a separate forum thread.

The 777-300ER is available on their website and in the Marketplace for $74.99.

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