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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 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.

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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.

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VFR Weather Companion

By Jonathan Parle, the weather tool generates weather themes at the click of a button, enabling forecasting and rapid scenario planning. It toggles between northern and southern hemisphere settings to align simulations with regional bias.

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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.

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SBuilderX 310 Tutorial

An introductory guide for SBuilder X v3.10 (SBUILD31.ZIP) emphasizes using the tool to modify airport terrain. It continues APTTUTV1.ZIP and credits Scott Smart as its author, framing the material as an entry point to SBuilder X.

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EZ-Landclass 3.01

EZ-Landclass 3.01, by Russel Dirks, lets users reposition landclass and waterclass designations to better reflect vegetation and ground cover in targeted regions, guided by straightforward, project-oriented workflows. The tool requires Microsoft Excel 97 or later.

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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.

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: 4/5
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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.

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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.

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Flight Trip Chooser V2.0

Version 2.0 lets users pick a departure airport and define a distance range to display destinations from more than 24,000 airports, with a spreadsheet program and internet access needed for detailed information. Detailed airport data such as runway information and maps appear with one click, while weather radar and map views accompany the flight area.

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Info For Passengers Reloaded

By Mario Dantas, this feature lets cockpit builders display altitude, speed, and external temperature to passengers during flight, mirroring long intercontinental routes; it requires FSUIPC. A Setup.exe installer accompanies an included archive, and the software offers a DEMO option or a license-key path after setup, with a Flight Information screen image.

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Virtual Correct Gauge Placement

The file places the default gauges into the correct GAUGE folder, aligning display with the intended placement. A correction by Brian C. Selb improves gauge visibility for aircraft developers and file downloaders, ensuring the default gauges display properly.

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Spotter

By Peter Ceyssens, this spotting tool lets observers monitor the active runway from a cockpit view to watch departures and arrivals. Operators choose an airport and its active runway, set a day and hour, and toggle slew-mode with Y to reposition and follow aircraft on final and takeoff.

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Super Flight Planner 4 RC4 Navaids Database

By Alessandro Antonini, this archive holds SFP4 RC4 navigation data, along with startup.sfp4 and magvar.db, designed for users who encounter issues with the SFP Database Wizard. It loads automatically after placing the files in the SFP appdata folder, enabling seamless flight planning.

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AIRound V2.0

AIRound v2.0 targets v10.0 and excludes earlier versions, and it provides continuous AI aircraft following to its destination, enabling sustained observation from launch to arrival. Three special view modes for AI landings and take-offs appear, offering varied observation angles while remaining anchored to the initial capabilities.

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FS Logbook

Danilo Cesar Munis develops the FS Logbook, a straightforward tool to reliably record flight logs and track hours across sessions. A screenshot depicts the FS Logbook main screen, illustrating a simple, user-focused interface with clear controls.

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FSRemote Utility V2.0

Version 2.0 introduces a graphical interface for FSRemote, a remote-control utility via FSUIPC. The archive includes a .NET 2.0 FS-Remote executable, a configuration file, and a Word document; it requires .NET 2.0 or 3.0 and a registered FSUIPC4, with WideClient for remote use, and can view and control aircraft switches, autopilot, radio, attitude, and engines.

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: 5/5
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MH's AI Traffic Pack

Four utilities by Michael Heise drive AI traffic tasks: aitchk.exe scans for missing aircraft data, aitmod.exe updates configurations to current standards, ait2x.exe converts an older traffic format to a newer one, and aitmrg.exe locates missing data and re-installs AI aircraft from a source folder; ICAO_dc.lst and a deluxe TrafficDatabaseBuilder edition support ait2x.

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Reduce AI

ReduceAI, version 1.0, reconfigures AI traffic flight plans to better respect the user's traffic density settings. It notes that many AI traffic offerings lack granularity options, leaving traffic at full or none, by Henning Schaefer.

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