This time we are totally in freighter mode. Of course, all other versions have been updated as well, but we are especially happy about our new freighter expansion, which is even free for many of you!
All customers who have both the E170/175 package and the E190/195 package will be able to use the Freighter variant free of charge.
Please head over to Aerosoft One or Contrail and check if the Freighter variant is ready for download. If it is, go ahead and enjoy! If not, please claim your free serial here.
Customers who currently only own one E-Jets package only have the choice:
The standalone Freighter product is currently offered at a reduced preferential price (at least during the Early Access period). If you do not yet own any E-Jets products, this offers a favorable first entry into our Embraer world. Please note, however, that there will be no discount on the E17X and E19X packages, even if you have purchased the Freighter separately. Our recommendation is therefore to invest in the E17X and E19X packages in the long term and receive the Freighter free of charge.
We will bring the Freighter to the Microsoft Marketplace as the first E-Jets variant as soon as we receive all necessary details from Microsoft. Currently, we are still waiting for the mandatory localization package. Our plan is also to bring it to Xbox, but testing has not yet started. We will keep you posted.
The most important new feature in this update across all variants is the new EICAS, which now runs completely in WASM. Visually, you should hardly notice any difference, but a lot has changed in the background. This migration took us many weeks of work, but it was urgently needed. To have a standardized code base in the future and leverage the corresponding performance advantages, we need all instruments in WASM. As of today, we have the PFD, the IESS, and the EICAS in WASM. The MFD and the MCDU are still pending.
In addition, a number of quality-of-life (QoL) improvements have been made. For example, the FMS speed mode no longer fluctuates during cruise, the master caution light works again, and the GSX configurations have been improved. There are also several new CAS messages.
The next big milestone will be to migrate the MCDU to WASM, also as a basis for the new custom FMS. But this will also take several weeks, so please be patient. After all, it is a very complex system and we want to migrate the current status as error-free as possible before the new FMS code is installed.
June will also see the start of our annual and well-deserved E-Jets team vacation. If we do not have to make any important hot fixes in the meantime, the next E-Jets update will be published on July 16th.
However, this does not mean that no work is being done on other projects. We will have our own stand at the FSExpo in Las Vegas. We strongly advise anyone who can make it to stop by and see us. It will be absolutely worth it - we will be showing you a new project that you can try out right away. We hope to see you there!