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Improved Contrails for FS2004

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 resemble authentic real patterns.

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Soft Horizons

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 with other sky environment add-ons.

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Modified Airport Lights

An edited halo.bmp light delivers sparkly illumination around airport lights. By Mark Poole, this adjustment alters the halo.bmp asset to refine its appearance, preserves the halo.bmp asset as the basis, and marks Poole as the creator of this modification.

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Kneeboard Web Browser

An in-flight kneeboard provides quick access to the Net during long flights, offering a simple way to stay connected while airborne. The image SchShts_002.jpg accompanies the kneeboard, with height 112 and width 150, pulled from /userimages/SchShts_002.jpg.

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PMDG B737NG Advanced Operations Tutorial v2

By Timothy Metzinger, a version 2 guide for the B737NG outlines advanced operations under the PMDG label. The concise reference emphasizes practical procedures and system-level guidance for the aircraft, offering targeted insights within a compact, creator-led format.

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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.

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Realistic Waves

By Sascha Rieger, fx_waves, fx_swoosh, and fx_swoosh2 animate a realistic surf effect along most coast lines, with no frame rate impact, and proper speed tunes breaking waves and wash, contributing to the result. Two image files realwaves1.jpg and realwaves2.jpg accompany the visuals.

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Blue Sky Environment Upgrade

Version 2.0 delivers five sky appearances that cover dawn, morning, day, noon and dusk, aligning with the developer's aim to balance detail and performance by Alex Ranc. Dawn, morning, day, noon and dusk states define the scope.

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Complete with Base Model

Hovercraft V03

By Mitsuya Hamaguchi, the V03 variant shows a virtual cockpit, doors that open, and a cabin attendant in the cabin, reflecting the onboard crew presence. Two images, hovercraft_003.JPG and hovercraft_006.JPG, accompany the listing, providing visual context for the configuration.

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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.

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Nick's Jet Smoke

A final version of the smoke effect project emerges after weeks of tweaking and testing, incorporating community feedback. It carries a complete list of quality fixes that address dynamic weather usage and frame rate issues seen since the first version, and includes a tutorial to tweak the effects along with the original .xml gauge.

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Complete with Base Model

Hot Air Balloon

The Gmax version includes four hot air balloons, foregrounding a quartet of balloon models; Frank J. Petriccione is credited as the creator, establishing the author name alongside the four balloon variants and marking the documentation as his.

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FS2004/2002 ATC Radar Screen v5.0

Operators control a towered-airport or an entire ARTCC/FIR sector in multiplayer, using a specialized interface. It displays jet airways and victor airways, provides a new SID/STARs window, and includes an ATIS message editor, with compatibility requiring Manuel Ambulo's Service Pack 3.

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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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Traffic Changer V610

Version 610 expands the AI management toolkit with a new flight plan merge utility, a multiuse flight plan editor, and improved reporting of existing plans. It includes 59 default AI aircraft, 5,500 airports, and a sample flight plan, and compiles BGL files via the included TTools, with VB5 runtimes required.

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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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Shoot Config File Voice Control

Peter Wilding presents a voice control configuration, version 1.6.3, designed to work with a freeware controller available from the linked download page to operate the simulator by spoken commands. It enables ATC dialogue, autopilot controls, and cockpit view navigation, with a readme and instructions accompanying it.

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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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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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Reality XP FS2004 tweaker

An instructional piece explains how performance parameters in a flight simulator relate to computer components and influence performance, showing that adjusting the relevant parameters to match specific hardware components enhances the flying experience across hardware configurations.

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