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Traffic View Board

An AI view gauge file, by Arnt Helge Haland, functions like a board at airports, displaying every AI flight and allowing users to follow a chosen aircraft by clicking its entry in the list. It enables viewing AI aircraft from any view, removes the need to press Ctrl+W, requires FSUIPC.

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Aircraft Shine

An ENVMAP delivers a reflective environment mapping that gives aircraft a new shine and reflective look, closely approximating real polished aluminum, by Tom Knudsen. It is recommended particularly for models made with alpha chanels, expanding their reflective realism.

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The Most Realistic Envmap

An Envmap is provided in the DXT3 format and loads quickly, benefiting the flight-simulation experience for enthusiasts and professionals alike. The specification centers on a single format and asserts quick loading performance for users engaging in virtual flights.

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Flight Simulator AI Traffic Separation

Armando Di Francesco presents a traffic separation tool that controls inbound flows to an airport by configuring minimum separation, desired separation, and a reduced separation zone, aiming to reduce go-arounds caused by the AI engine.

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: 4/5
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3D Contrail effects

By including three-dimensional contrail visuals, this add-on enhances high altitude flight realism, replacing flat trails with depth. It ships backup files containing the original fx_contrail_l.fx, allowing reversion, and the effect preserves a smooth appearance without blocky, pixelated artifacts.

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: 3/5
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FlightSim Manager 2.8.5

An aircraft editor lets users add or edit variants and Hangar management lets them handle add-ons off a live installation. LAN View enables virtual cockpits with multiple views, and a Logbook tracks pilot activity while diagnostic tools locate aircraft problems and missing effects.

: 5.48 MB
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: 3/5

& FS2002 FX: Nick's MASSIVE CRASH FINAL

The wash-out on impact with high-quality video adapters or maximum effects detail is addressed, wake rendering above water for seaplanes and other water-type aircraft is corrected, and new water crash effects are added, expanding the visual impact for crash sequences.

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: 5/5
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Traffic Tools v2.02

Ttools, a utility by Lee Swordy, enables users to program the AI traffic. Its designation underscores a focus on AI traffic programming, and a visual tag references the file named ttools2.gif, while Lee Swordy serves as the author.

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TreeGen

TreeGen reduces tree size by forty percent and increases their numbers, producing a denser canopy while the overall file footprint becomes half of the original. All seasons are included, and there is no performance hit despite the smaller file size.

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Airport Lighting Version 2

Version two of an airport lighting modification adds blue runway end strobes and lead-in lights, with all luminaires sharpened for crisper accuracy. All fixtures are sharpened for clearer visibility, and the work is attributed to Mark Poole.

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FS Addon Manager

An add-on manager assigns cockpit panels and sounds to aircraft and installs from distribution ZIP files, with a ZIP Browser to preview contents. It offers an Option Installer to add variants and a Hangar for offline configuration, plus AI Traffic Tools to manage flightplans and a built-in ICAO lookup for 5000+ airports, by Manfred Murer.

: 6.78 MB
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: 3/5

Flight Simulator Scenery Creator

Version 1.5.11 powers a simple, yet powerful graphical editor that lets users augment a flight-simulation environment with elements they design, while offering an intuitive click-and-drag interface and an extensive help system. The approach emphasizes ease of use, with a robust help system supporting new users.

: 4.73 MB
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: 4/5

Night Environment Upgrade

An upgrade improves night lighting across all default airports and all default cities, and for auto-gen buildings, delivering brighter illumination. Some major airports stay unaffected because they carry their own night and day appearances for certain structures.

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FS Weather Engine 1.0

Visitors gain the ability to generate additional weather themes and choose them from the program’s weather menu. The work presents a straightforward, creator-credited tool designed to expand atmospheric options, with Gunnar Daehling listed as the author.

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FSCamera

Version 1.4 of FSCamera, by Gunnar Daehling, lets the tower view follow the aircraft with adjustable distance and angle while it runs in the background, and the setup requires fs9.exe in the main directory with FDSConnection.dll copied to the main folder and a module subfolder; version 1.5 adds a mouse-edge lock for the camera.

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/ FS2004 Crash Damage Enabler

This free utility enables or disables crash damage for any aircraft, with 2005 updates adding high-speed configuration, a larger format, and improved error correction while remaining compatible with 2002 and 2004 titles. Earlier versions introduce a confirmation dialog, an About option, and a browse-for-folder feature for the 2002 folder, plus a startup message when enabled.

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Mobile Control Tower Version 2004 Part 1

Rotating engines by Rob Barendregt power a 360-degree tower with five levels and a virtual view, and it appears as Mobile Tower with 1 to 5 levels. Ground and Traffic Radar integration via the FSUIPC addon keeps AI aircraft in motion around the structure, while a redesigned main panel adds seven additional views.

: 12.7 MB
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: 5/5
: 6

Simple AI v. 1.06

This simple utility generates departure and return flights from default airports and uses any installed aircraft that are configured correctly. It supports generating both outbound and return legs from a range of installed aircraft, by Garrett Hardesty.

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Real Rain Effect

A zip archive provides a cockpit rain enhancement, mixing speedily falling drops of different sizes with flowing water and wind effects. Bluesphere and Gerrit Kranenbarg contribute the rain effect to improve the cockpit rain experience.

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: 5/5
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EditVoicepack 3.1 ATC Editor

An ATC communication editor allows editing phraseology and adding airline callsigns, airports, and aircraft types, supported by a library of thousands of ready-made components. It can fetch new data from a central server and speeds up existing voices for dense traffic environments, by Lars Moellebjerg.

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