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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.

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: 3/5

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
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Utility--FSXAircrafter

By Andreas Schwarz, FSXAircrafter presents installed aircraft with thumbnails in version 0.1 and runs without launching the simulator. The display notes the thumbnail image fsxair01.gif and provides a concise visual catalog of available airframes worldwide.

: 560 KB
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: 5/5
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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

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.

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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
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: 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
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: 5/5
: 4

Yet Another Google Earth Tracking Tool V0.94

YAGET_X_vn.n.exe writes either a single position or a complete path to KML files, such as test_earth_link.kml and test_path.kml, with each leg roughly 1 NM, and can follow the current position in track mode via a direct link to the active session. 0.94 updates align with the May 24, 2007 release or later.

: 1.11 MB
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: 5/5
: 4

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.

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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
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: 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
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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.

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AI Spotter V1.1.6

An AI traffic scheduler reads enrou.txt and sched.txt to display arrivals and departures for a chosen airport, and it can assign multiple variants of the same aircraft type and airline when available. The shareware release imposes a limit of four departures and four arrivals, by Vincenzo Mercolino.

: 1.48 MB
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ToCIVA Flight Plan Converter Utility

A utility converts .pln flight plans into Carousel Inertial Navigation System IV/a (CIVA). Users drag and drop a .pln file onto the icon to trigger conversion, or open the program and select Convert from the menu, by Aldo Dell Uomini.

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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.

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: 5/5
: 4

Flightplan Converter

Version 1.0 addresses flight-plan conversion by translating an older two-standard format into the kit-defined flight plan structure, enabling compatibility with a builder named Trafficdatabasebuilder.exe included with the development toolkit. Creator Jens Rabmund signs it as a focused, standalone program for interchanging plans across standards.

: 30.31 KB
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TweakFS Aircraft.CFG Editor V1.0

An editor for direct aircraft.cfg edits, it loads the Cessna 172 Aircraft.CFG by default and automatically locates the SimObjects\Airplanes folder. It loads and displays all Aircraft.CFG items using AcftCfgEditor.exe, by TweakFS (Fermin Fernandez), with version 1.0 dated May 25, 2007.

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AI Time Table 2

Genixsoft presents a real-time airport timetable tool that tracks your aircraft and AI flights, delivering more accurate departure numbers for up to five flights. It requires SP1 and SimConnect, and marks the first iteration of AITT2.

: 8.52 MB
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: 5/5

Soft Horizons

Soft Horizons, created by John Cillis, smooths the sky-ground transition using 110 daytime bitmaps and preserves 30 nighttime bitmaps, converted to the required format, and may not work with other sky environment add-ons in some cases.

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ATC Browser Utility

Aimed at flightsim enthusiasts, this tool links to real-world air traffic control through a database of live feeds accessed over the Internet and interacts with simulation software. The current version enforces a 15-minute session limit, while pre-installed frequencies cover the KPIT area, with authorship credited to D. Lowey.

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