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Autoland

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 to deliver the feature across airliner types.

: 198.28 KB
: 5.3K
: 5/5

Realistic Snow/Ice Runways

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 pavement presents a convincing winter appearance.

: 983.02 KB
: 5K
: 2

Realistic Touchdown Effect

An enhancement sharpens the default touchdown effect, delivering a clearer visual cue during landings and a smoother transition from flare to touchdown. It remains compatible with multiple simulator versions, spanning older and newer iterations, enabling broader usage.

: 17.95 KB
: 5K

new sunset textures

Alternative sunset visuals offer a distinct lighting option for a 2004-era flight simulation environment, enhancing ambient tone. The sunset.gif image has a height of 112 pixels and a width of 150 pixels, stored at /userimages/sunset.gif.

: 280.73 KB
: 4.3K
: 5/5
: 1

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.

: 51.41 KB
: 4K

Asynchronous Aircraft Strobes Effect

Strobe lights on all aircraft flash together by default globally, a uniform behavior. By adjusting several default effects, this synchronization loosens and the lights flash randomly, yielding a markedly more realistic effect, by Scott Gridley.

: 3.97 KB
: 3.4K
: 5/5

Complete with Base Model

Birds For FS2004

A comprehensive option provides 5000 flightplans of geese in V formations at various altitudes with worldwide coverage, operating as AI from invisible airports and avoiding disruption to airport operations or AI traffic while incurring only a small performance penalty. The geese model is by Joe Binka, and Eric van der Veen is credited.

: 10.67 MB
: 3.3K
: 1

Taxiway Markings 2

Kars Veling delivers new taxiway marks that improve visibility and realism across many airports, and the adjustment keeps the file size unchanged for consistent performance across varying scenes. The author credit remains with Kars Veling.

: 41.78 KB
: 3.1K
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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.

: 2.22 MB
: 3.1K
: 5/5

SBuilder

The software reads default BGL, LWM, and VTP files and generates mesh data, land and water maps, and photo outputs, along with LWM masks, Flattens, VTP polygons and lines, Exclude Regions, Exclusion Rectangles, and Objects and Macros. Registration limits features; private registration is free, commercial registration costs Euros 99.95, by Luis Sá & PTSim.

: 2.84 MB
: 3K
: 5/5

/ 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.

: 9.46 MB
: 2.5K
: 1

Complete with Base Model

G-Max Cruise Missile

Maverick builds a cruise missile model that delivers fast dynamics and easy handling, set to a default white with no VC. It includes effects, a 2-D panel, gauges, and sounds, with audio drawn from Christopher Peterson's real-deal catalog.

: 27.12 MB
: 2.5K
: 5/5
: 3

Complete with Base Model

Independance Day Package

Four ID4 Destroyer ships hover over New York, London, Midway, and Prague, creating an aerial tableau. Each destroyer contains two airports, one on the tower roof and one inside the beehive, aligning with the ships' geometry and supporting cross-city visual context.

: 1.35 MB
: 2.5K
: 3/5
: 3

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.

: 606.86 KB
: 2.4K
: 5/5
: 3

True Landing Light Beam

A new real landinglight beam provides a dim, taxi-at-night effect that resembles reference images of landinglights. A 737 reference guides the beam, and it varies with other third-party aircraft beyond the default 737, including differences in illumination when viewed at night.

: 327.06 KB
: 2.4K
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Complete with Base Model

Animal Simulation

Ron Jeffers presents three named variants that let you fly a flock of geese, a bald eagle, or sail a killer whale on the sea, with a few save flights included to place you on the scene. The files simulate piloting a plane, pairing animal forms with aerial activity.

: 9.71 MB
: 2.1K
: 6

Complete with Base Model

Airport Ramp Tractor TG5000

HAUGER Fredo creates a freeware ground-handling model, the TG5000 tractor, that tows regional jets such as the CRJ-200 and mirrors a ramp tractor used at LFSB EuroAirport. It has a fully detailed external model, two tow bars operable via panel light and landing light commands, and a customizable airport map interface.

: 4.55 MB
: 1.7K
: 3/5
: 5

Complete with Base Model

Luxury Mega Yacht

By Mitsuya Hamaguchi, a luxury yacht designed for coastal navigation offers a virtual cabin and a fully accessible deck, paired with an interior layout that invites exploration of corridors and seating areas. Buoyancy characteristics provide smooth water handling that aligns with the surrounding maritime environment.

: 1.33 MB
: 1.5K

FS98 - FS2K4 FS Real Time v1.77

Developed by Joshua Robertson, a UTC time-sync utility keeps time in step with real-world standards, matching the current UTC or applying a +/- offset for varied flight timing. It also incorporates Dennis Thompson's World Time Zones v3.0, which reduces time-zone errors seen in recent software versions.

: 4.8 MB
: 1.2K
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World Of Fireworks

Ron Jeffers presents a method to add fireworks displays across the globe using own effects files and the Microsoft bglcomp.exe tool. By navigating to the desired location, recording the lat. and lon. coordinates, and processing them with the utility, users view a show, aided by a fireworks tutorial with two ready-to-go examples.

: 527.81 KB
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: 2