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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.

: 5.28 MB
: 2.6K

FSXControls Utility V3.0

The control suite provides a GUI with input setup, hangar aircraft management, and a chart viewer that loads airport and NAV aids information via an index image. FlexyCamera supports Cockpit, Airframe, and Free roaming modes with an almost unlimited camera count and global plus aircraft-related configurations, and saves produce a .bak backup.

: 1.27 MB
: 2.4K
: 5/5
: 6

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

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
: 2.3K

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.

: 685.81 KB
: 2.2K
: 7

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

Yet Another Moving Map V2.0

Operating as a LAN-ready tool, it connects a moving map to the program using an included SimConnect.dll and supports JPG maps only. It offers an on-the-fly position fix for non-orthogonal maps and a tracking display for up to 20 AI aircraft, with server and client executables such as YAMM_server_v-2.0.exe and YAMM_client_v-2.0.exe, by Laurent Claude.

: 10.78 MB
: 2K
: 5/5
: 10

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.

: 14.9 KB
: 1.9K

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.

: 277.34 KB
: 1.8K

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.

: 11 MB
: 1.8K

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.

: 1.03 MB
: 1.7K

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.

: 18.97 MB
: 1.7K

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.

: 1.55 MB
: 1.5K

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.

: 12.56 MB
: 1.4K
: 5/5

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.

: 923.28 KB
: 1.3K

Boat Traffic Viewing

Viewing remains difficult for observers of a boat traffic facility that presents planned vessel movements, and a program by Michel A. Mettling shows the intended traffic with the help of mapping services to visualize today.

: 1.87 MB
: 1.3K
: 5/5

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.

: 110.14 KB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 1

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.

: 621.36 KB
: 1.2K
: 5/5
: 2

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.

: 1.48 MB
: 1.2K