Retro Flight Simulator 2026 – Patch V1.704d

# Retro Flight Simulator 2026 – Patch V1.704d

### Town Autogen Streaming

* Fixed an issue where some towns around JFK were missing when starting a flight.
* Restored the stable town generation system used before the 10-mile streaming update.
* Town autogen now loads the full area around the starting airport correctly.
* Removed several conflicting legacy town streaming gates that were interfering with startup generation.
* Town updates now occur at approximately 10-mile flight intervals instead of the older 1–5 mile update cycles.
* Prevented terrain/DEM updates from unnecessarily forcing additional town rebuilds during flight.
* Reduced frequent town streaming updates that could cause brief frame-rate stutters.

### Takeoff Engine Audio

* Fixed an issue where cruise engine audio could play during takeoff after a long taxi.
* Takeoff audio is now determined by actual aircraft ground, throttle, and airspeed conditions instead of accumulated travel distance.
* Long taxi distances no longer interfere with the takeoff engine sound phase.

### Flight Control UI

* Fixed an issue where clicking buttons or sliders in the Flight Control / Cockpit Control UI could capture keyboard focus.
* Aircraft controls now immediately regain keyboard input after using UI controls.
* Players no longer need to click the game screen again before continuing to fly.
* Text-entry controls such as Local Time remain unaffected.

### Version

* Updated game version to **V1.704d**.