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Mel Malin develops a utility that transmits FSX position, altitude, track, and ground speed information using Peter Dowson's FSUIPC SDK. The project credits Mel Malin as the author and notes the SDK origin from Peter Dowson.

: 3.11 MB
: 1.1K
: 5/5

CFG Editor V1.01

Compact utility automatically locates the FSX.CFG file, loads and displays all FSX.CFG items except the [Trusted] section, and is distributed as a stand-alone executable named FSXCfgEditor.exe by TweakFS (Fermin Fernandez).

: 667.64 KB
: 923

AI Carriers for Flight Simulator X SP1

An efficient tool lets you place and command ships or fleets in the sim, avoiding edits to traffic or mission files. It requires Java JRE 1.5+, SP1 support with SP2 untested and Vista not tested; cruiser and destroyer hulls are included, plus aicarriers.cfg for customization and fleet insertion at the current user position via Shift+U.

: 915.82 KB
: 789

AutoSaver 1.0

Automatic flight saves occur at a user-defined interval, with Omar Damiani credited as the creator. The approach centers on automatic preservation of flight progress using a straightforward interval-driven mechanism that requires no user input at startup.

: 461.76 KB
: 595

Aircraft Installer

An installer utility by Steven Logiudice handles the deployment of aircraft and rotorcraft. It runs the executable named FSXAI Installer.exe and places files into the C drive under FSXAIRPLANEINSTALLER, with removal occurring by deleting that folder.

: 32.68 KB
: 28.6K
: 3/5

FSX/P3D SimLauncher V7.2

Maarten Boelens presents a launcher that supports two flight simulators, allowing flights to load before launch or while the sim runs. Users select an installed aircraft and a start location, then set weather and time of day, with enhancements such as ILS tuning, a recent flights list, and radios adjustments.

: 5.49 MB
: 7.9K
: 5/5
: 9

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
: 6K
: 5/5
: 1

Plan To Route Utility V1.0

This utility converts XML flight plans (.pln) into the .rt2 format used by add-on FMC routes, including PMDG. It only processes XML-pln inputs, creates an .ini file after the first conversion to store folders, and the resulting files may lack runway data or some airways, prompting DIRECT routing in the FMC.

: 322.54 KB
: 5.2K

Music Player 1.0001 Downloader

Version 1.0001 of the Music Player downloader, by Steven Logiudice, presents a tool that only downloads the software needed to run a given setup. It references a graphic file named fsxmuspl.gif, displayed with height 113 and width 85.

: 33.16 KB
: 4.5K
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FS Landing Info Utility

A lightweight tool polls the simulator every 100 milliseconds to display landing performance, producing a landing summary for each touchdown. It includes a Landings Panel for multiple landings and a Realtime Panel with metrics such as Angle of Attack, Pitch, Roll, and Vertical Speed; it requires .NET v2 and a C# compiler.

: 142.7 KB
: 4K

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
: 3.6K
: 5/5
: 1

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
: 3.4K
: 5/5

Flight Simulation Addon Tracker Utility

By Tobias Wagner, this tool maintains a list of favorite airports and exports the data as a .kml file with folders by country. Users add airports by ICAO using New and Autofill, or manually input decimal latitude/longitude when data is unavailable; it links to Sam High's FSXDB for extra airport information.

: 420.58 KB
: 3.4K
: 5/5
: 4

BglAnalyzeX

Version 1 beta presents as a disassembler for .bgl files in the new format, producing structured data through an XML representation. The XML output can be compiled with bglcomp, and Winfried Orthmann serves as the author.

: 548.1 KB
: 2.9K
: 4/5

FSXCFG Tool V1.05

A CFG editing tool enables a full editing suite with an audit trail to view and restore previous settings. It supports bulk import, removes old gauges and module references, and backs up the CFG, with full documentation included by Mark Bradshaw.

: 2.06 MB
: 2.9K

Scruffyduck Software Scenery Design Test

Engine Test Application v1.1, authored by Jon Masterson, works with environment data files and handles both .bgl and .xmo formats. It adds, deletes, and modifies elements and compiles the results for the flight-simulation platform efficiently.

: 1.89 MB
: 2.4K
: 5/5

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
: 2

Night Vision Mod

By overwriting any existing ENBSeries component, the add-on introduces a green-on-black night vision effect and includes d3d9.dll, enbpalette.bmp, and enbseries.ini in the main installation folder. A panel for a simulated night-vision tube appears under simobjects/yourairplane/panel with readme.cfg guiding panel.cfg, while activation uses SHIFT+F12 and bloom adjusts via enbseries.cfg, Developer Crazieman.

: 544.19 KB
: 1.9K
: 5/5
: 4

AITP-X AI Timeout Patcher

In its alpha release, Andrew Jarvis of JBAI Simulations presents the AITP-X utility, which adjusts AI arrival timing to lengthen the disappearance timeout from 5 minutes to as much as 17 minutes. A related variant is noted as AITP10.ZIP for another implementation.

: 3.23 MB
: 1.8K

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.

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