¶ Change Log
This is the official change history for smartCARS 3.
¶ 3.3.6 (21 May 2025)
FIXED - Radio player- FIXED - [flight-tracking] Flight restore button not showing when it should
CHANGED - [flight-tracking] Removed fuel and time status from SimBrief- CHANGED - [flight-tracking] New map provider for the flight-tracking plugin
- CHANGED - [flight-tracking] Reconnection to sim is now a manual process
- CHANGED - [flight-center] New map provider for the flight-center plugin
¶ 3.3.4 (18 March 2025)
ADDED - Flight status on top bar- FIXED - Landing rate showing as 0 on P3D
- FIXED - Reconnection logic for X-Plane
- FIXED - Certain invalid states being treated as valid flight in MSFS/FS24
¶ 3.3.3 (11 March 2025)
- ADDED - Button to open logs folder
- FIXED - FS24 reporting erroneous landings
- FIXED - Duplicate logging of flight time/fuel status
- CHANGED - Improved error logging
- CHANGED - Improved "new" box on plugin release date
¶ 3.3.2 (10 March 2025)
- ADDED - Option to disable Discord Rich Presence
- ADDED - Advanced settings option
- ADDED - IP address validation in settings
- FIXED - Error while submitting pirep to TFDi Design
- FIXED - Landing rate being the same when flying back to back flights in X-Plane
- FIXED - Desktop shortcut not being created
- FIXED - Settings order not being shown as intended
- FIXED - Landing rate showing as 0 on P3D
- FIXED - Password reset link being wrong
- FIXED - Announcements plugin not working
- FIXED - Condition that could trigger "AIRCRAFT_NOT_FOUND" error
- CHANGED - Hiding pin to top icon when not running on Windows
- CHANGED - Hiding create desktop icon when not running on Windows
- CHANGED - Better logging when an error occurs
¶ 3.3.1 (07 March 2025)
- ADDED - Reset settings to default button
- FIXED - Flight code not appearing on flight tracking page after Pro restore
- FIXED - PIREP being lost when simulation is ended
- FIXED - Invalid data being logged when reconnecting to or restoring a flight
- FIXED - Various issues with simulator tracking states
- FIXED - Overly frequent bid requests to VA server
- CHANGED - PIREP is now filed automatically when simulation ends if in "taxi to gate" or "deboarding" phase
¶ 3.3.0 (05 March 2025)
- ADDED - Discord link on home/profile page (customizable by community)
- ADDED - [Pro] Bush, ferry, corporate, and private flight generation system
- ADDED - Always present cancel button to flight tracking page
- ADDED - Remote SimConnect settings
- ADDED - Ability to cancel/attempt to file PIREP after simulator connection loss in-flight
- ADDED - Flight start request system for VAs
- ADDED - Ability to edit selected aircraft on bid
- ADDED - Always-on-top button/functionality
- ADDED - Enhanced, map-based flight tracking experience
- ADDED - Display of simulator connection status
- ADDED - Suggested flights system
- ADDED - Automatic flight tracking (with a valid bid)
- ADDED - "View on Map" button on bid flights
- ADDED - Ability to change aircraft via flight tracking page
- FIXED - Aircraft box on bids page not selecting originally scheduled aircraft by default
- FIXED - Aircraft selection during bid not being retained
- FIXED - Not properly detecting valid response to TFDi Design flights/create attempt
- FIXED - Notification padding on profile page
- FIXED - Poor loading performance on logbook
- FIXED - Logbook filtering
- CHANGED - Improved logbook UI
- CHANGED - Reduced mobile button size/text
- CHANGED - Discontinued use of FSUIPC
- CHANGED - Tracking ID is now sent as UUID to community API cancel endpoint
- CHANGED - Running as administrator is now possible after a prompt
- CHANGED - Loosened access control on local API
- CHANGED - Removed chat system
- CHANGED - Improved flight search UI
- CHANGED - Improved smartCARS map backend code
- CHANGED - Improved logbook performance
- CHANGED - Reworked flight center bids layout
- CHANGED - Revamped backend code
¶ 3.2.2
- ADDED - Link to download mobile app
- ADDED - [smartCARS Pro] Ability to track flights live using the mobile app
- ADDED - [smartCARS Pro] Real life airline schedules can be booked
- FIXED - [Logbook] Issue when crossing the antemeridian
- CHANGED - Updated dependencies
¶ 3.2.1
- FIXED - Some situations where recently installed plugins would not show
- CHANGED - Updated loading screen
- CHANGED - Updated dependencies
¶ 3.2.0
- ADDED - Announcements plugin
- ADDED - [Flight center] Import a charter flight using SimBrief
- ADDED - Support for sounds on Mac and Linux
- CHANGED - [Flight tracking] Updated dependencies
- CHANGED - [chat] Updated dependencies
¶ 3.1.1 (1 October 2023)
- ADDED - smartCARS Pro
- ADDED - [smartCARS Pro] Fleet Manager
- ADDED - Last community button on welcome page
- ADDED - [Map] Colored icons to indicate traffic source
- FIXED - [Chat] Not always disconnecting when plugin is stopped
- FIXED - UI presenting too early on subsequent logins
- FIXED - Input validation on various fields
- CHANGED - Switching communities without logging out is now possible
- CHANGED - Remember me boxes removed
- CHANGED - Improved caching on logbook and flight center to improve responsiveness
- CHANGED - [smartCARS Pro] Flight restoration buttons are more accessible and obvious
¶ 3.0.0 (22 May 2023)
- ADDED - [Logbook] Ability to view smartCARS 2 Premium PIREPs
- FIXED - [Logbook] Non-Premium users seeing an aircraft symbol
- FIXED - [Flight Tracking] Auto PIREP filing not working after first flight
- FIXED - [SimBrief] Users' weight unit settings are respected
- CHANGED - [SimBrief] Refactored UI, a new cleaner focussed look
- CHANGED - [Logbook] Improved performance
- CHANGED - [Flight Center] UI Alignments
Versions prior to 3.0.0 have been omitted.