✈️ Tower Simulator 3 – Update 8 is HERE!

Update 8 brings another substantial round of improvements across the simulator, with a particular focus on multiplayer stability, performance and memory optimization, Flexible AI, microphone performance, aircraft behavior, and quality-of-life improvements.

You’ll also find some new additions, including the ADIRS Direction Compass, a yellow indicator for aircraft given Line Up and Wait, configurable taxi speeds on roads next to gates, and the option for silent handover to Departure / Control.

A lot of work has gone into this update behind the scenes. A huge thank you to our development and testing teams for getting Update 8 across the finish line, and to our community for continuing to report as requested, give feedback, and help us improve Tower! Simulator 3.

Update 8 Changelog

• Added yellow color indicator when an aircraft is given a Line Up and Wait command.

• Added an ADIRS Direction Compass.

• Made the maximum taxi speed on roads next to gates configurable in settings.

• Added an option for silent handover to Departure / Control.

• Improved TAXI TO HOLDINGPOINT handling in Flexible AI.

• Improved the stopping distance of aircraft at holding points.

• Improved TTS and Flexible AI stability.

• Multiplayer: Added database checksum verification.

• Multiplayer: Added a loading progress indicator.

• Multiplayer: Fixed an issue where deleting an aircraft could cause desynchronization.

• Multiplayer: Fixed an issue affecting clients leaving a multiplayer session.

• Multiplayer: Optimized network packet processing and reduced network packet sizes.

• Multiplayer: Reduced the game duration to 2 hours of traffic.

• Multiplayer: Fixed several issues that could cause the game to close unexpectedly.

• Improved overall game performance and optimization.

• Improved overall game RAM and VRAM usage.

• Improved microphone filter performance.

• Fixed a microphone-related memory leak.

• Improved aircraft parking behavior for arriving aircraft. In rare cases, an aircraft could occupy a gate that was already occupied by another aircraft. This has been fixed.

• Improved callsign number grouping in Flexible AI.

Update 8 is available now.

Fire up the tower, give it a try, and let us know how it feels. As always, if you encounter an issue, please send us (in a ticket over on Discord or on our support desk) a report so our team has the information needed to investigate it and give solution.

And once again: huge congratulations and thanks to the team behind this one.