Changelog

Promoted to Early Access

FS Kingpin has moved from Beta to Early Access. Existing license keys keep working.

New

Patron calls (special missions). Your patron can now interrupt a flight with a new objective. The first template is Marlon's L4 mission for Halcones starters:

• Take off from Bogotá
• Fly over Girardot
• Receive a call mid-flight
• Get diverted to a new destination

Watch for the pulsing avatar in the bottom-right of the dashboard.

Tutorials reworked

• Marchetti (Sicily): Tutorial route changed from Catania → Palermo (110nm) to Sigonella → Reggio Calabria (53nm). Sicilian artwork is now fully wired in; shared placeholder backgrounds removed.
• Kuroda-gumi (Japan): Tutorial route changed from Yamagata → Chofu (180nm) to Shizuoka → Nagoya (68nm). Japanese tutorial backgrounds are now implemented.
• Faction logos for Adamson, Kuroda, and Marchetti replaced with proper artwork.

Fixes

• SVEK teleport bug fixed. Landing at SVEK in Venezuela was teleporting players to a non-existent airport (SVXF) and abandoning the mission. The game now prefers Microsoft Flight Simulator's own airport coordinates whenever available.
• Smuggler routes restored. Some smuggler routes were either missing or stretching to the edge of the world after the SVEK fix. Route bounds are now validated everywhere.
• Rental fee exploit fixed. If the app couldn't identify your MSFS aircraft, it used to default to the owned Cessna 152 and skip rental fees, even when you were flying something else. You'll now receive a rental confirmation prompt so you can pick the correct aircraft.
• Debt no longer blocks ferry and charter missions. The previous logic blocked ferrying whenever debt was greater than zero. Ferry and charter missions are now only blocked when you genuinely cannot pay.
• Wrong-class missions removed. T2 cargo missions at L6 could sometimes generate Class 2 missions that were locked until L8. Mission generation now correctly respects aircraft class restrictions.
• Map crash protection. Invalid airport coordinates could occasionally wedge the map's animation loop. Added safeguards around NaN coordinates and a top-level catch to keep the renderer responsive if invalid data slips through.

Polish

• Settings › About now includes a short personal note from the dev.
• Audio and Distance/Altitude controls in Settings are now visibly disabled and labeled "(coming soon)" until fully implemented.
• Removed the redundant "BETA BUILD" callout from the Sandbox tab, since the version badge already indicates it.

Behind the scenes

• NaN-coordinate hardening across all map renderers.
• The MSFS facility cache now stores latitude and longitude, not just ICAO identifiers.
• Schema changes are additive only, no save resets needed.

Free Skies sandbox, Independence redesign, and 42 aircraft photos

• Free Skies sandbox toggle. Bypass the mission class wall so you can fly any contraband in any aircraft for testing or messing about. Independent of the existing Unlock All Aircraft toggle.
• Rental confirmation modal. Accepting a mission in a non-owned aircraft now prompts you to confirm the rental fee, with the closest-class aircraft you already own surfaced as an alternative.
• Independence modal redesigned as a paginated carousel, matching the rest of the in-game tutorials.
• 42 aircraft photos wired into the Hangar and Showroom.
• Contested-airport tooltip and gate badge added to the Independence flow so it's clear which territories are still hostile.
• Contested-territory bonus now only applies against hostile factions, not your own.
• Rough Conditions sustain target raised from 60 seconds to 5 minutes (the old target was hitting too easily).
• Restored the missing Halcones tutorial order tagline.
• Suppressed a scrollbar flash on the level-up modal.

Patron-voiced loans and modifier polish

• Modifier intro modal now appears once per modifier per profile, no more re-trigger spam.
• "Bank" tab renamed to "Loan" with patron-voiced copy that varies per faction.
• Tutorial copy cleaned up around faction onboarding.

Patron credit lines and Special Missions

• New Bank app: patron credit lines with split repayment that scale with your level.
• Special Mission modifiers and per-faction region filter on the mission board.
• Active mission contraband now shows on the EFB cargo card.
• Delivery and assassination XP rebalanced.
• "Copy ICAO codes" button on the active mission banner.

Aircraft awareness and discovered airports

• Aircraft-aware runway filter for missions and crew dispatch (no more impossibly short runways).
• Dual kg / lbs cargo weight display, switchable in settings.
• Pilot class gating on missions: aircraft below required class are hidden.
• Discovered airports overlay on the map.
• OurAirports synthetic-ident filter for hit missions.
• Smarter "TOO HEAVY" tooltip when payload exceeds aircraft capacity.
• Logo refresh and white EFB tile icon.