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AutoStar X

Version 1.01 of a night-sky utility enhances planetary visuals by placing brighter planets in the correct positions for any date, and adds comets along with user objects such as an eclipse or Messier object. It supports importing the SAO star catalog to greatly expand background stars, by Chris Wright.

: 1.44 MB
: 19.3K
: 4/5
: 26

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

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
: 8K
: 5/5
: 9

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

V-Speed Calculator

By Samuel Louie, FSXVSPDCALC.exe retrieves data and calculates V1, Vr, V2, and Vref for four default variants: B744, B738, CRJ700 and B350. The utility uses SimConnect and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or above, and runs as a compact tool for quick reference.

: 232.75 KB
: 3K
: 1

Squawk Code Generator V1.12

This tool generates 4-digit squawk numbers by random selection, excluding 8 and 9, with a maximum of 7777. Version 1.12, issued as SquawkCodev1.12, includes a code guide and an updated method, and Nathan and Richard Hammer of Perth, Western Australia, serve as developers.

: 1.8 MB
: 1K

Navari Utility

Navari offers a compact flight planner/navigation display and autopilot, enabling flight creation via simple clicks and imports from a routing tool. It lets users complete routes on local airfield maps by adding SIDs and STARs, then fly with LNAV and VNAV modes; a beta from Scumari Technologies, 2009.

: 24.57 MB
: 953
: 4

Utility AiSort

AiSort v1.0.0.50 is a Visual Basic 6 utility with a runtime requirement that takes TrafficTools style flight plans, sorts them, and converts them into text for a TrafficDatabaseBuilder workflow to produce a flight plan .bgl file. Frank Salter is the credited author.

: 64.4 KB
: 880
: 4/5

Model Scanner

The program analyzes MDLX, MDL9, and MDL8 files, identifies model types installed, and for MDL8 distinguishes those compiled by three SDKs. It scans a selected folder and all subfolders for .mdl files, reports a summary, and saves a per-type log alongside DasModel.exe when logging is enabled.

: 8.84 KB
: 838

TweakFS SDK Toolbox V1.1

An integrated toolkit provides a browser for HTML, DOC, RTF, TXT, XML and PDF, plus image formats JPG, GIF, PNG, SWF and BMP, and direct links to 16 key configuration files such as DLL.XML and SimConnect.Cfg. It includes a GUID generator for single or multiple IDs for use with Cameras and requires the SDK SP1.

: 1.04 MB
: 701

TweakFS Menu Mate V1.0

Menu Mate delivers quicker access to more than sixty menu items, reducing the need to drill through multiple layers. The package includes exe.xml as an example, the main executable, a menu.cfg, plus two manuals in PDF and SWF formats.

: 1.65 MB
: 694
: 5/5

Ultimate Traffic Ailis Installer

An alias installer for Ultimate Traffic enables all AI aircraft to use Traffic Sounds, includes a manual install option for hands-on edits, and the process hinges on purchasing Traffic Sounds to enable full functionality properly.

: 1.54 MB
: 459

TweakFS Utility Collection Demo

Five custom utilities enable hundreds of configuration tweaks, with trial versions remaining fully functional for 30 days and a built-in one-click restore function that reverts any changes, plus 120 DPI large-font support, all created by Fermin Fernandez.

: 43.56 MB
: 378

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
: 25.2K
: 5/5

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

FS Earth Demo

An interface links a flight-sim platform to a satellite-imagery tool, enabling real-time tracking over imagery; users save flights and adjust maps. Runs on a computer or two machines with master and slave roles; AI and multiplayer traffic appear, and Version 4.2 improves Windows Vista compatibility; trial mode limits sessions to five minutes near Anchorage.

: 2.44 MB
: 4.9K
: 5/5

Yet Another Google Earth Tool

Version 0.93, branded as YAGET, functions as a data interface that links flight data to an external globe-viewing workflow. It saves either a single position or an entire flight path for visualization and can follow the current position in real time, by ROTW.

: 945.83 KB
: 4K
: 4/5
: 3

Patch

FSXControls Patch

By Eugene Motorny, a fix brings FSXcontrols.exe to version 4.0.2, addressing startup crashes when certain third-party aircraft are installed, notably Captain Sim models. The executable must replace the prior version and is paired with FSXCONTROLS.ZIP to ensure compatibility.

: 418.48 KB
: 2.7K
: 1

AI Carriers (SP1/Acc)

Lamont Clark's AI Carriers lets you place and command single ships or fleets within the sim, with cable and catapult-enabled carriers and the option to insert at the current location or a set distance ahead. Requires Java JRE 1.5+, SP1, and includes five island-ID markings on CVN variants with hard-deck models.

: 5.28 MB
: 2.6K

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