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AI Formation Toys V4

FormationSetup, by Jerry Beckwith, enables a formation of up to four AI-controlled aircraft and three files: FormationSetup.exe, FormationSetup.cfg, and readme.txt. Operators scroll the Available Aircraft list, select a model, and set parameters as the AI units climb to the altitude and accelerate to the selected airspeed, turning 90 degrees right to form a square track.

: 128.21 KB
: 7.7K
: 3/5

FSCamera X

By Gunnar Daehling, the version 1.1 utility edits camera angles and deletes unused cameras, granting complete control over the cameras available to view your flight. The tool enables targeted camera management, confirming which viewpoints stay accessible for flight observation.

: 160.54 KB
: 6.9K
: 5/5

Gauge Recover V1.2

A free utility, Gauges Recovery restores original gauge and effect files in less than 10 seconds to fix black screens and missing afterburner or condensation effects caused by deleted or uninstalled add-ons. Version 1.2 adds compatibility fixes for gray textures and automatically updates MSVCP70.DLL and msvcr70.dll in system32.

: 11.44 MB
: 5.9K
: 5/5
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Banking Camera V1.0

Automatic camera banking engages as the aircraft banks, letting the pilot look ahead without manual panning and maintaining a natural, balanced perspective with coordinated roll. The behavior mirrors head tracking without hardware, by Justin Probert.

: 262.92 KB
: 5.1K
: 5/5

Flightplan Creator V3.0

Version 3 streamlines a workbook that lists all airports with merged names, cities, and states, and includes two spreadsheets to compute distances and generate flight plans for a chosen location. It performs error checks for aircraft and airport entries, derives flight level by halving service ceilings, and uses 160 NM as a VFR threshold.

: 3.12 MB
: 3.4K
: 5/5

WheelCam Utility V2.7

WheelCam Utility 2.7, by Gunnar Daehling, converts mouse wheel input into smooth cockpit and external camera pan and zoom, with CTRL and SHIFT enabling lateral and vertical eyepoint shifts. WheelCam Utility references wheelcam_2_7_setup.exe and wheelcam.exe, and STARTDELAY in Wheelcam.ini governs startup timing, while it saves viewpoints into aircraft.cfg or cameras.cfg.

: 1.64 MB
: 3.3K
: 5/5

AI Flight Plan Creator

Version 12.4 software enables precise generation and modification of AI flight plans across airports, and integrates with AIFPC.EXE to decompile and recompile the TrafficAircraft.bgl. It expands the Traffic_Data page with a new macro feature, tightens ETD calculations, and adds error-detection formulas for Aircraft.txt, Airports.txt, and Flightplans.txt.

: 10.12 MB
: 3.2K
: 5/5
: 6

FSXControls 4.0

An enhanced interface consolidates a comprehensive input controller setup and a hangar aircraft manager, while ChartViewer presents an airport and navaid catalog. The configuration adds Spot Plane camera after replacing the Airframe camera, includes XML gauge scripting, and daily versioning backups for critical configuration files, with a supporting patch FSXCONTROLS402PATCH.ZIP.

: 1.44 MB
: 3K
: 6

Aircrafter V1.5

Designed by Andreas Schwarz, the tool offers an aircraft overview and, in this version, enables editing of aircraft data and thumbnail updates within a redesigned interface. It includes a callsign editor for ATC callsigns, comes with a manual, and lists Setup_Aircrafter_1_5.exe as the installer.

: 1.66 MB
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spb2xml Utility

Lamont Clark provides a decompiler that converts SPB files to XML by decoding SimPropBinary data and produces an XML source that can be read and edited. Lamont Clark releases it into the public domain and it requires the .NET Framework 2.0.

: 12.31 KB
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: 5/5

paX Passenger Simulator V1.0

Henning Schaefer develops an emulation module that models passenger boarding and related delays, including aisles blocked by late seating. A manual accompanies it in plain text and PDF format, providing usage hints and reference material.

: 1.11 MB
: 11.2K
: 5/5

Texture Max Load Editor V1.2.197

TMLE increases the maximum image resolution from the standard 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 or 4096x4096, enabling higher-quality assets. Credits go to Steve Frost with additional support from Brandon Filer, and the distribution uses an installer named tml_installer.exe to provide access to the tool.

: 2.6 MB
: 8K

Easy Convert FS2004 AFCADS To FSX Format

Efficiently, the tool converts legacy simulator files and enables their use in a later environment. The download includes a small batch file to automate the conversion, and Ian Thatcher is credited officially as the author.

: 771.67 KB
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: 5/5

Airlines Editor

A program edits airline names, letting users insert their own labels into the roster and choose how each carrier is displayed. Programming by Steven Logiudice underpins the utility, anchoring its development in straightforward name editing.

: 11.59 KB
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: 4/5

Traffic Sounds FSX Ultimate Traffic 2

An Alias Installer, credited to Alan Constable, accompanies Traffic Sounds and anchors a concise creator attribution to the component's naming. A cover image appears with the item, illustrating the presentation and signaling clarity for catalog viewers.

: 20.73 MB
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: 5/5
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RepaintManagerX V1.01

This version fixes a startup crash reported in v1.0, and enables quick handling of visual changes by dragging a zip onto the aircraft to apply them efficiently. It also manages aircraft.cfg files, by Dave Nunez.

: 1.35 MB
: 2.2K
: 4/5
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FSX/FS Design Studio v3.5.1 FSDSxTweak V1.6

Two operating modes drive this tool: auditing image references and modifying .x content. Auditing reports identify all image references and their counts, while the tweaking mode injects multiple map filenames (diffuse, specular, ambient, emissive, reflection, shininess, bump, displacement, detail, Fresnel), plus environment, detail, and bump scales and dynamic shadows via ShadowMapReady, by Dave Nunez.

: 277.34 KB
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AISmooth

v1.20, by Michael Sagner, AISmooth functions as an AI traffic manager with optional voice output, delivering a voice-enabled control option for AI traffic at your airport and reducing the number of go-arounds of AI traffic.

: 722.22 KB
: 21K
: 5/5

Logbook Recovery

Version 1.1 of a logbook recovery tool addresses corrupted records clogging the logbook, allowing the system to restore visibility by removing the faulty record. New records continue to be added but stay hidden until the corruption clears, with Daniel van Os guiding the automated recovery.

: 230.71 KB
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: 4/5

Scruffyduck Scenery Design Engine

John Masterson authors the program, version 090.2624, which reads BGL files from Bglcomp and XML files created by other tools. The interface presents a tree view of contained objects, and a property grid edits their attributes; the program adds or removes elements and compiles result into a working BGL file, marks the first public release.

: 2.04 MB
: 2.9K
: 4/5