
Version 1.2 enables slew placement of an aircraft to any coordinate and instant insertion of a 3D asset, a capability credited to Israel Roth and Seev Kahn. It includes 39 libraries with over 1,000…

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…
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 u…

By Julien Robert, a grass-improvement option replaces default ground materials with 512x512 image data encoded in DXT3, balancing fidelity and memory use. Alpha blending at edges smooths transition…
By Ben Chuchra, this replacement fltsim.flt file yields a cold, dark cockpit at startup with all switches off, and the virtual cockpit view defaults to a 0.64 zoom for a minimal, unobstructed persp…

By Alessandro G. Antonini, the planner presents a moving map drawn with vector layers or bitmapped imagery, offering zoom, pan, rotation. It supports DP-STAR and Airways, imports from Radar Contact…

These FX files enable palletized cargo drops from a C-130, and editing the included door-location text in the aircraft.cfg allows similar drops from other airframes. The work is shared with permiss…

Patch by Eddie Batista delivers a frame-rate improvement for flight simulations, focusing on steady, clear performance adjustments. An accompanying image references FPS_Patch_FS9.jpg, located at /u…

A worldwide enhancement to nocturnal lighting improves visibility for buildings, bridges, landmarks, vehicles, and all major airports after dark everywhere. This worldwide improvement, credited to …

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…
Version 2.1 of the autoland gauge provides hands-off autoland capability for all airliners, with a compact 198kB footprint. Martyn Becker adapts and amends the original XML programming by Nick Pike…

Original concept comes from Chrisitan H. Halden and Kevin Rangel, and Ashar Khan compiles the result after blending. Two previews display watereffects1.jpg and watereffects2.jpg, illustrating enhan…

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 cont…

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 red…

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,…

In snowy areas worldwide, the file replaces default winter asphalt and concrete runways with an icy mix to create more realistic surfaces. Runway numbers remain visible, while the rest of the pavem…

Three custom scaled FX files cover large-scale military and civilian aircraft, including Airbus models, 777s, 747s, 737s, MDs, 727s, and Lear jets. They perform in all weather conditions, improving…
Base ModelThe configuration enables high-altitude contrails by using the aircraft.cfg EFFECTS section on each jet or propeller aircraft. The temperature threshold is user definable, and the files include a n…

Thorsten Reichert provides an enhanced version of the contrails-fx, (c) 2005. The original trails are too short and not very realistic, and this update seeks to improve realism by making AI-traffic…

An array comprising 110 bitmaps smooths the transition between sky and ground, producing the varied skyscape across scenes. John Cillis receives author credit publicly, and the work may not work wi…