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Container Ships

Five variants are included for the container ship, with a detailed 3D cockpit by Bill Holker. Master image maps are provided by Garry J.Smith, Bill Holker, and Ian Thatcher, and an AI version uses a low polygon count.

: 5.68 MB
: 1.2K
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Rainbow

By Ilya Prokhorenko, a compact rainbow effect unfolds and a sample flight demonstrates it, with a visual reference named rainbow2.gif. It depicts the rainbow effect in a concise, self-contained view suitable for quick assessment and verification.

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AutoSave

AutoSave, by Pete Dowson, provides automatic flight saving and writes STN files at regular intervals, maintaining a 10K footprint that preserves flight progress and helps you retry a crashed landing or recover from other problems.

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: 1.1K
: 4/5

Aircraft Parking Codes Manager

Version 1.6 of a utility lets you modify the AI aircraft.cfg and the model to align with the FS2004 parking system, using a data set tied to 2004 parking standards. It also adjusts the radius setting of .mdl files to match the ProjectAI parking standards released with this version, by Armando Di Francesco.

: 838.28 KB
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 13

Complete with Base Model

FS2004/FS2002 1951 VW Beetle

The 1951 Volkswagen Beetle, known as splitwindow for its rear design, presents two variants: a European version with German plates ABG Altenburger Land, and an American version with Washington registration. Additional identifiers originate from Alaska, California, Florida, New York, and Texas.

: 5.37 MB
: 1K
: 5/5

Complete with Base Model

Lufthansa Airport Bus

Lufthansa operates an airport bus at Frankfurt's EDDF, a real vehicle equipped with lights and a control panel. Its presence on the field highlights typical ground operations around the terminal and taxiways for daytime service.

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AI Geese

By Joe Binka, tools and technical notes address AI traffic interactions as Canadian geese populate the sky, focusing on how wildlife affects traffic flow. The guidance rests on practical AI traffic know-how and shows an image named geese.gif.

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Water Dump/Drop Effect

The water discharge effect relies on fx_water_dump.fx and links three smoke entries, smoke.0, smoke.1, and smoke.2 invoking fx_water_dump. In flight, pressing i starts the release, and pilots skim a lake or ocean to replenish, preferably aboard water landable aircraft.

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Pushback Tug Textures for POSKY Boeing 737-700

Early builds display incorrect tug visuals, and later versions correct them for pushback operations. Visual mappings cover Aeromexico, Air Berlin, Air China, AirTran, Alaska, Aloha, Boeing House, Braathens, China Eastern, Continental, Copa, Easyjet, Ethiopian, Jet Airways, Luxair, malex, Malev, Royal Air Maroc, SAS, and Southwest.

: 3.18 MB
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Wintery Haze FX

The program adds a wintery ground haze, echoing blowing snow you would see while driving down a highway in a snow storm. A reference image uses the file Winter Haze.jpg, located at /userimages/Winter Haze.jpg, guiding the visual cue.

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Complete with Base Model

Nasa Space Challenge Package

Two flyable aircraft accompany this offering: the Space Shuttle Discovery, enhanced with three loadouts (clean, SRB's, External Tank), a virtual cockpit, and a realistic panel, and a flyable International Space Station. It remains freeware and offers flights at the NASA Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, with credits to Randy Shoemake and others.

: 36.03 MB
: 13.6K
: 4/5
: 8

SelectFx 4. Crash Effects Generator

You can select up to 44 ground and water crash effects, organized by type such as blast objects, craters, dirt/dust, fires, concussion flashes, shockwaves, and smoke. A Min/Max emitter density control and adjustable magnitude per type, plus quick Save/Load of setups, let users tailor and preserve favored configurations.

: 3.72 MB
: 12.4K
: 5/5
: 4

Complete with Base Model

CarrierOps Full Pack

On a Waikato carrier operation set, three aircraft variants appear: F14B Tomcat, F16C Viper and F18E Super Hornet paired with F-18G Growler. Two extra paint schemas for the F-18E accompany HUD and radar gauges linked to a registered FSUIPC DLL (rev 3.51), authorized by Pete Dowson.

: 26.46 MB
: 11.8K
: 4/5
: 12

Xenon Landing Lights

An all-aircraft xenon light enhancement provides a clearer view of the runway and taxiway, improving overall situational awareness during low visibility operations and aiding alignment during approach. A supporting image at /userimages/xenon_lights.jpg demonstrates the feature.

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Complete with Base Model

Skydiver

A man maintains stable control from high altitudes, then switches to a Parafoil for landing, a transition implemented with FD and design adjustments by Tom Goodrick, as seen in the accompanying image at /userimages/skydiver.jpg today.

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Complete with Base Model

1998 Mercedes-Benz SL600 FULL RELEASE

By Jessy Corrales, a late-90s Mercedes-Benz SL600 concept presents a detailed model featuring full DVC data with reflective rims, surfaces, and mirrors. It includes three rim variations and comprehensive animations such as steerable front wheels, suspension, opening doors, and a movable steering wheel.

: 3.94 MB
: 5.3K
: 3/5
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New Landing Lights texture

Replacement for the default landing lights relies on about 20 photographs to achieve realism and shows on almost all aircraft sizes. It uses a single bitmap to depict lights across different models, a quirky method that produces noticeably better results than the original, as seen in newligth-tn.gif.

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: 4.8K
: 5/5
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and FS2002 EFFECTS: Nick's Prop Dust with Control Gauges

Nick Needham's gauge and effects system senses terrain contact or flight over diverse surfaces and adapts prop and rotor wash dust and water effects accordingly. It responds to dirt, dry mud or clay, snow, rain, water, ice, sand, gravel and short grass.

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Airline Callsigns

Created by David Dossiere and Mylene Felix, this collection assembles over 800 airline call signs and notes that some ATC callsigns may not work because Microsoft did not include them. It advises using EditVoicePack when available to hear ATC spoken omitted callsigns.

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Complete with Base Model

FS200x T-65AC4 X-Wing and Panel Package

By Thomas B. Beard, the X-Wing Red 5 model tunes to the T-65AC4 specifications, with original aircraft copyright (c) 2001. The T-65 X-Wing Panel v.2.0 with gauges depicts the cockpit interface and maps compatibility notes.

: 2.45 MB
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: 5/5
: 3