Release Notes

Release Notes

Latest Release Version 6.0.14.0

This page lists version history and change logs for Flight Simulator First Officer (FSFO) v6.

New features and fixes are listed at the top.

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Version 6.0.14.0

Added

• LVAR Tool – New page to view, read, and test Local Variables (LVARs).
• Say Intentions – “Say Intention” option is now connected to the sim.
• Doors – New option to toggle aircraft doors.

Fixed

• AutoFlow – Shutdown flow could trigger immediately after the After Landing flow completed.
• Checklist – Checklists would not read when called before starting a flow.
• MakeRunway – Added a dedicated MSFS 2020 build. Uninstall your current MakeRunway and install the MSFS 2020 version.
• Pushback – Engine Start was not detected when using GSX (or other third-party pushback utilities).
• Pushback – Aircraft could turn nose-right during pushback without a direction command.
• Voices – Turnaround voices were not using the “Matt” voice.
• Crew – In-flight food service was not starting.
• iniBuilds A350 – Wipers could turn on during the safety check.
• iniBuilds A350 – Flaps were not being set (including via voice command).
• iniBuilds A330 – Flaps were not being called.

Changed

• Doors – “Open Door on startup” will no longer toggle doors when you’re not on the ground or when engines are running.

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Version 6.0.13.0

Added

• Aircraft: iniBuilds A330 and A321 (MSFS2024 ONLY)
• AutoFlow: Additional option USER, which allows you to individually set what system, event or time will start a flow
• FSFO_Make_Runway.exe - You can now update your airport database [NOT REQUIRED]
• New FSFO WIki Page
• Settings: Open Door On Start option
• Settings: Skip Eng Start (AutoFlow) - This will prevent copilot from starting your engines
• Wait_For_System Doors_Open and Doors_Closed option
• Engine Start across all AutoFlow options (60 seconds after pushback is started)
• Slider to control Boarding/Deboarding speed
• Slider to control food and beverage service speeds
• Editor: Added Doors Toggle_0 through Toggle_6 option to open/close doors
• Editor: Play_Wav option which allows you to play any wav file during your flows.
• Editor: Added the ability for advance users to add any LVAR to your flow (see advance users PDF).
• Editor: Added the ability for advance users to add any SIMVAR to your flow (see advance users PDF).

Fixed

• IFLY737: Doors were always detected as open
• INIA350: Default Profile contained multiple errors.
• Erroneous Check the A/T and Lights call
• Food services being repeated over-and-over again
• Help PDF failed to open the User Guide
• Button: Pushing the pause button only paused FSFO (not unpause)
• Editor: Ask For Checklist was only working once  

Changed

• SOP OPTION: Vspeed option to set V1, V1+VR or none.   
• HELP: Open FSFO Wiki Page
• Smart Option:
  • Set Parking Brake now starts the After Start Flow
  • Release Parking Brake now starts the Taxi Flow
  • When the Aircraft leaves the runway it will start the After Landing Flow

Updated

• Wiki Page

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Version 6.0.12.0

Added

• Aircraft: Inibuilds A300
• Aircraft: Inibuilds A310
• Settings: Cold Weather Ops Operations
• Settings: Slider to boost the Ambient Sound Wav Files
• Settings: Slider to boost the Pilots Sound Wav Files
• Settings: Added buttons to test the ambiance and boarding music
• Settings: Couple Wing and Logo to Landing Lights
• Intercom option to communicate with the Flight Crew
• Flows: If cold weather Ops was detected, the Copilot will set the flaps before the Takeoff or Lineup Flow
• Flows: Loadsheet option. When Confirm is selected, you will be contacted by ground to ensure the aircraft is within weight limits
• Flows: Radio_Tune and Radio_Stby (tunes the standby frequency) options:
  • TWR – Tunes the departure tower before top of descent (TOD) and the arrival tower after TOD
  • CTR – Tunes the departure center before TOD and the arrival center after TOD
  • DEP – Tunes the departure control (DEP) frequency before TOD and the corresponding arrival control frequency after TOD
  • APR – Tunes the approach control (APP) frequency for the departure airport before TOD and the app frequency for the arrival airport after TOD
  • GRND – Tunes the ground frequency at the departure airport before TOD and the arrival ground frequency after TOD
  • CLR – Tunes clearance delivery at the departure airport before TOD and the equivalent arrival frequency after TOD
  • UNICOM – Sets COM1 to 122.800
  • WX – Sets COM1 to 122.000 for the HiFi Active Sky weather broadcast
  • ATIS – Tunes the departure ATIS before TOD and the arrival ATIS after TOD
  • CTAF – Tunes the CTAF frequency for the departure airport before TOD and the CTAF for the arrival airport after TOD (or tower if CTAF isn’t flagged)
• Speech: "contact tower", "contact center", "contact departure", "contact approach", "contact ground", "contact clearance delivery", "tune unicom", "tune c-taf", "tune atis", "tune weather"
• Sounds: Different Greeting for Turn Around Flights
• First Officer warns if ice is detected
• PMDG: Added Press PMDG Takeoff Screw option. It will press the takeoff screw when N1 percent is greater than 70 percent
• PMDG777: Added Nose_On and Nose_Off Landing Light options
• Pilot now informs Copilot that he will extend or retract the flaps for cold weather ops
• Check the AutoThrottle if it is off before takeoff

Fixed

• Copilot was not setting the flaps during the Before Takeoff Flow when cold weather ops was detected
• Duplicate flap calls
• SOPs: Performance data was not displaying when closing and opening the PREF data
• Flows: The Hybrid Auto Flow (Shutdown) was triggered when the taxi light was still on
• Main Page: Settings icon border
• Aircraft: Erroneously gear down called on takeoff
• iniA350: Wipers not set correctly for MSFS 2024 users
• PMDG737: Anti-ice off verbal command resulted in the wipers being turned on
• MSFS ATR: POWER_MANAGEMENT TO was being set to MCT
• iFly737: Descent winds were not loading
• PMDG777: Erroneous check the lights call
• Score: Erroneous taxi and nav light penalties
• Score: Erroneous spoiler not deployed penalty
• Settings: When autoflow was set to NONE, the copilot would still execute autoflows in the air
• Landing: Erroneous check the flaps callouts
• GSX: Erroneous pax loading numbers and completions
• Food Services
• Flight Plan: FSFO was not asking if you would like to make a turn around flight, when the battery is ON
• Flight Plan: FSFO failed to revalidate the flight plan when clicking Download SimBrief
• Editor: When selecting you want to use GSX, it would still not use GSX

Changed

• Settings: Added Crew Option Set Lights (setting the landing lights on and off is now decoupled from the SOP Passing Call)
• Score: Removed taxi light from pilot score and added unstable approach
• Flight Plan: When clicking Start Flight, and FSFO is not connected to MSFS, it will now ask if you would like to connect

Updated

• Voice command list
• User settings document

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Version 6.0.11.0

Added

• Just Flight 146 Profile
• Settings: Check for Update Button
• Confirmation Message Box to confirm stopping a phase
• Voice Commands: Preflight Checklist, Before Start Checklist, etc (when called, only the checklist portion will execute)
• Labels for Top Row to assist our blind pilots
• Labels for the Settings Page to assist our blind pilots
• Labels for the Edit Page to assist our blind pilots
• American Airlines, Delta and Fedex Background Options
• Button on the main page to open the users data folder
• PMDG737: Weather Radar is now interactive
• Settings: Option to play squelch sound at the beginning of Ground Comms
• Sounds: Added new Ground sounds to Matt region (thank you reddddddd)

Fixed

• Sounds: Removed the underscore from Reverse Normal, A C Wild Generators, A P U Bleed and Oxygen Test from FO sounds
• Sounds: Removed the underscore from Gear_Down and AutoPilot_Off Capt sounds
• Sounds: Several Crew sounds were missing from British 1
• Speech: The PTT feature was not working correctly when not using Open Mic
• SOP Page: When leaving and returning to the SOPs page, the copilot would lose track of what line they were on
• Editor: Standby value was reset to 1
• Editor: user;;; line failed to save
• Editor: Capt Actions failed to save
• FEN A320: Verify profile warning
• FEN A320: Error when entering ZFW as KGs
• PMDG737: Flap calls were inaccurate (example: Flaps 10 when on Flaps 5)
• PMDG737: AutoBrakes were set to Max when selected to Off
• PMDG737: Retractable Landing Lights to the retract position
• PMDG737: EFIS Mode was not set by the First Officer
• PMDG737: EFIS Range was not set by the First Officer
• PMDG737: Course not being set
• PMDG and iFly 737: Added 4 (MAX) for AutoBrake options
• iFly737: Wait times increased from 10 to 20 to allow winds to download before pressing LOAD
• Flight Plan: Error when manually creating flight plan
• Settings: Boarding music not saving

Changed

• Editor: Now asks if you would like to restart after saving. It will keep your current aircraft profile loaded

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Version 6.0.10.0

Fixed

• EMER NOTAM: FSFO was failing to save activation status
• FEN A320: Failing validation test

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Version 6.0.9.0

Added

• FSFO now saves and loads your last Aircraft Profile and Checklist
• FSFO will now check to ensure the selected Aircraft Profile matches your current model. You will get a warning if there is a mismatch
• Show PERF button on the SOPs page to allow access to vital performance data
• PMDG fallback for airspeed, altitude, and heading. If the LVAR is 0, FSFO will use the FSUIPC variable
• User License Button. You can now view which FSFO licenses are stored in Windows Key Storage
• Button to Hide or Unhide GSX Menu
• FSFO will now validate your SimBrief flight plan to ensure it was generated within a 2-hour window
• FEN A320: Wait_For_Captain option
• FEN A320: Hydraulic_Pumps On, Off, Eng1_On or Off, Eng2_On or Off
• FEN A320: Opened and Closed added to the COCKPIT_DOORS option
• FEN A320: EFIS_Filter_Capt, EFIS_Mode_Capt, EFIS_Range_Capt and LS_Mode_Capt options
• iFly 737: Download Descent Winds
• iFly 737: Transponder_Reply option with Stby, On, and Auto as options
• iFly 737: IFE and Cabin Utility Flow Options
• iFly 737: Hyd_Pumps A and B On or Off
• iFly and PMDG 737: Minimums Set will now set the minimums on the aircraft
• AERO CRJ: NOSE_LIGHTS ON, OFF, SET options
• GSX GPU added to additional services

Fixed

• FEN A320: PA Button was not actually turning on
• iFly 737: Transponder was set correctly, but FO failed to acknowledge
• iFly 737: Heading and altitude set commands
• iFly 737 and PMDG 737: Was not setting ILS frequency
• iFly 737: Copilot was not turning off his FD switch
• ini A350: Wipers were turning on when set to off (MSFS 2024 only)
• ini A350: Public Address option was setting the wrong system
• PMDG 777: Landing lights not turning off or on
• GSX engine confirm started
• Standby command can now be edited via the editor
• Pushback sequence was starting in the air
• Action key was skipping the Engine Start phase
• SAPI was announcing the underscore
• Transition altitude setting had no effect. Copilot was always setting the TA
• Spinning altitude, heading, and speed dials for the ATR and CRJ
• App was always on top, regardless of user setting
• Payload command was generating a hidden message box that would freeze a flow
• Message box requesting the player to generate a SOP was hidden under the application during activation
• Checklist validation was failing without lines 14, 15, and 16
• Multiple Anti-Ice On calls

Changed

• For Hybrid and Light AutoFlows, you must also apply the parking brake
• For Hybrid and Light AutoFlows, the Lineup or Before Start and After Landing Flow are now triggered by the landing lights
• Disable Gear and Flaps Control now includes throttles

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For setup help see Getting Started or for problem resolution see Troubleshooting.