Black Square’s TBM 850 has been updated to v1.4, bringing compatibility with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 as well as a number of new features and bug fixes.
Some of these new features include the preflight/walkaround activity for MSFS24, including a collision mode, clickspots for engine covers, pitot covers, chocks, door handles and more. The KAS 297B altitude selector has also been overhauled to implement vertical speed arming. Magnetic compass effects have been added, including physics filtering and erratic behaviour from onboard magnetic fields and Interior lighting has been revamped for MSFS24 as well as several other items.
You can find the full changelog below.
The Black Square TBM 850 can be updated by logging into your Just Flight account and downloading the updated installer.
If you do not yet own the Black Square TBM 850, you can purchase it from Just Flight for £29.99.
Black Square TBM 850 Changelog
- Added preflight/walk-around interactivity for MSFS 2024, including collision model, clickspots for engine covers, pitot covers, chocks, door handles, baggage doors, etc.
- Overhauled the behaviour of the KAS 297B to implement vertical speed arming. See the “Bendix/King KAS 297B Altitude Selector” section of this manual for more information.
- NEW Magnetic Compass Effects, including physics filtering and erratic behaviour from onboard magnetic fields. See the “Magnetic Compass Effects” section of this manual for more information.
- Added GTNxi 750 & 650 bezels and improved model switching technique.
- Added the Ear Discomfort Index to the cabin visualizer page of the tablet interface.
- Interior lighting has been completely retooled for MSFS 2024.
- Added persistence to the tablet payload unit to switch between sessions.
- Implemented custom toe brake animations and sounds to prevent jittery or looping animations when hardware brakes are used in conjunction with the parking brake.
- Added engine-driven fuel pump failure and corresponding engine visualizer behaviours.
- Changed the torque calculation source variable for faster torque indication changes.
- Workaround to fix MSFS 2024 light flare bleed-through.
- Added tablet option to enable exterior registration meshes in MSFS 2024. There is a hard-coded bug in MSFS 2024 that interferes with the ultra-custom dynamic registration system in Black Square aircraft. Sim Update 3 failed to resolve this issue, but a potential fix may be in the works for Sim Update 4. Currently, the dynamic registration may work depending on how the aircraft was loaded.
Bug Fixes
- During a complete electrical failure, some essential variables would fail to update. This included fundamental variables used to drive Black Square’s advanced engine simulation, sounds, avionics displays, and external hardware or displays.
- The air conditioning system would fail to operate on ground power alone, and the cooling ability would not be affected by the speed of the cooling turbine.
- The cooling turbine depiction on the cabin visualizer did not respect the bleed air valve positions and would spin up/down with the gas generator.
- The fuel pressure annunciator would extinguish when the fuel pump was running, even if there was no pressure indicated by the fuel pressure needle. The fuel pump would also still cycle when there was no fuel pressure due to the tanks being empty or the fuel selector being in the off position.
