FSX: Steam Edition New Open Beta

[Sparko]

Info from the next FSX update below, (taken from Steam) would be interesting if the steam invites would actually work:

Tuesday 14/04/2015

The open beta for the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition update is now live. The beta will run for seven days (14/04/2015 â€" 21/04/2015) and will allow players to provide feedback about the update before it is released.

Please find below the full changelog for the update

Offline Mode

Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition can now be used in Steam’s Offline Mode. Multiplayer features can not be accessed whilst in this mode.

Multiplayer Fixes

VoIP communication is now using the correct device identified in “Settings”.
During mission-based Multiplayer flights, if the host has activated the “Anti-Cheat” flag, users who have modified their aircraft are immediately disconnected without affecting other users.
The Steam “Invite to Game” feature will now work by buffering the request until the user enters the Multiplayer menu.
Players are prompted to use the Steam Client to invite a user from the Multiplayer menu to become a friend on Steam.
On the Multiplayer Session and lobby screens, the text in the “Weather” section is now aligned correctly.

User Interface Updates

If “Show Saved Flights” is enabled, the time stamps on the saved flight data will now show the correct time the flight was saved.
The HTML content in displayed in some windows (e.g. tutorials, mission help, etc) now uses Internet Explorer in IE9 compatibility mode, rather than IE8.
On the Multiplayer Session screen, the host's user name is now shown.
On the Multiplayer Session screen, “In Briefing Room” is now shown prior to the session starting .

Stability Updates

Potential causes of the terrain.dll crashes experienced by some users has been corrected.
Some compatibility issues encountered by third party add-ons that use SimConnect have been resolved

If you would like to install the update please do the following:

Open Steam
Open the Library tab
Right click on Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition (which must already be installed)
Select Properties from the menu
Select the Beta tab at the top
In the password field, type â€" g2613flight2015
Click the Check Code button
From the drop down menu, select g2613build - 2015-03-31 version
FSX: Steam Edition will now update
In the Steam Library, your game will be listed as Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition [g2613build]

The process should consist of a 16.9mb download.

You can opt out of the beta at any time by doing the following:

Open Steam
Open the Library tab
Right click on Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition [g2613build]
Select Properties from the menu
Select the Beta tab at the top
From the drop down menu, select NONE - Opt out of all beta programs
FSX: Steam Edition will now update back to the LIVE version of the software
In the Steam Library, your game will be listed as Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Providing feedback

Please leave any feedback relating to the beta in this thread. Feedback in other threads may not be considered. We are interested in collecting feedback during the beta relating to follow topics only:

1. Any crashes that you experience
2. Any functions which are not working as expected but worked prior to installing the update. In other words did the update break anything?
3. Anything listed in the update notes which does not appear to be fixed or functioning as expected.

Please note: At this time we are not focusing on fixes which are not listed in the update notes or which fall outside of the scope of this update.

Monday 13/04/2015

Tomorrow (14th April 2015) we are planning to release an update for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition into open beta. The open beta will run for seven days and allow players to provide feedback about the updated before it is released through Steam to all FSX: Steam Edition players. The beta is open to everyone however you will need to own FSX: Steam Edition to take part.

We will be publishing further details regarding the open beta and the exact content of the update tomorrow. Please keep an eye on this thread for more news coming soon.