FS2004 Utilities/Misc

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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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: 4/5

Frame Rate Fix

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 /userimages/FPS_Patch_FS9.jpg, offering a visual cue for the patch’s presence and scope.

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Rwy12 Object Placer Complete Scenery Library v1.2

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 models, distributed as one program file and three object modules; legacy filename rwy12_v1.zip is noted, with enhancements preserving placements.

: 81.76 MB
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: 60+

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
: 5.8K
: 3/5

Replacement Grass Texture

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 transitions, and the result sharpens grass representations at both small and large airfields under varying lighting.

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MyFsGoogleEarth 1.0 - Link Google Earth with Flight Simulator 2004

As a compact webserver, MyFsGoogleEarth links a flight-simulation program with a geospatial viewer, placing placemarks at the current aircraft position, at an estimated position one minute ahead, and for surrounding AI traffic, while offering a continuous follow aircraft view, requiring FSUIPC by Peter Dowson.

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: 4/5
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New Water Effects

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 enhanced water visuals across flight simulation environments worldwide, for enthusiasts.

: 12.6 MB
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FS2004/2002 Aircraft Installer: Version 3.8

Rene Konrad develops a utility that installs and uninstalls airplanes without overwriting existing files, and it also manages gauges, sounds, effects, flights, or modules. Version 3.6 introduces a research option and a Delete installed airplanes panel that lets users locate the plane associated with a given file.

: 1.13 MB
: 2.7K
: 4/5

FS2004/2002 Easy Installer Utility

Version 1.0, by Stuart Baker, presents a utility that enables adding several resource types via six installers, covering aircraft, gauges, effects, and other components, while offering an option to alter how it loads and supports all Windows versions.

: 2.49 MB
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: 1/5

FS2002/FS2004 Boeing 737-400 Manual

Ray Porteous authors a 737-400 guide for Razor Publications that includes an exam to test knowledge and is designed for computer pilots only. When a pilot passes, the system sends an email to the CEO, illustrating the formal assessment pathway.

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Fuel Planner PMDG 747 v2.0.0.0

A fuel planner for the 747-400 by PMDG anchors this listing within the PMDG lineup, and it remains a focused, self-contained tool that assists with fuel planning calculations and supports straightforward data handling for heavy jet operations.

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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
: 2K
: 5/5
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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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FS200* Fuel Calculator v1

Version 1 of a compact fuel calculator computes the fuel needed to complete a flight, supports all standard simulator aircraft, and accepts add-on aircraft for use in any sim, by Bracken Dawson, with an image file named FualCb.JPG.

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Flight Dynamics Tutorial

Bob Chicilo presents a PDF that marks the final edition of a guide on adjusting flight behavior, with added items and clearer explanations for earlier material. The document stays focused on practical tweaks and keeps guidance aimed at readers seeking precise performance adjustments.

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Plotting Tutorial

An illustrated 14-page tutorial teaches plotting waypoints, courses, and bearings to any point using the charts inside a flight simulator, and shows how to measure distances in nautical miles along with magnetic or true headings from navigation aids. It also explains obtaining panel.cfg coordinates for gauge installations on any aircraft panel by Glenn Copeland.

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Route Editor V2

The route editor handles PLN files, letting you edit existing routes or create new ones. It saves routes as VFR or IFR and supports Direct GPS, Low Altitude Airways, High Altitude Airways, and VOR to VOR routing, by Jim Cooper (Simshed).

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Complete with Base Model

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.

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Virtual Keyboard FreeKeys

Freeware concept designed to operate without a hardware keyboard, it anticipates a later shareware option named FltKeys. An installation program is included, and a reference image freekeys.jpg accompanies the project, by Tim Mandeville, serving as a visual cue.

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Project AI v2.5

An independent installer installs PAI data and keeps configuration files current, performing checks and repairing corrupted configurations. By design, the utility acts as a standalone tool that also validates and repairs configuration integrity, and it coordinates AI data across two simulator editions.

: 4.53 MB
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: 5/5