
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…
Base ModelOn a Waikato carrier operation set, three aircraft variants appear: F14B Tomcat, F16C Viper and F18E Super Hornet paired with F-18G Growler. Two extra paint schemas for the F-18E accompany HUD and …

An all-aircraft xenon light enhancement provides a clearer view of the runway and taxiway, improving overall situational awareness during low visibility operations and aiding alignment during appro…

Two replacement image files correct the overly white halo cast by landing and taxi lights and address dimmer intensity reported in most cases on the ground. A reference image named fs2k4_ll-tn.gif …
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 simulato…

Replacement for the default landing lights relies on about 20 photographs to achieve realism and shows on almost all aircraft sizes. It uses a single bitmap to depict lights across different models…

By Nick Needham, engine heat shimmer effects for the A-I jet fleet appear after push-back and during taxi to the active runway. The display captures jets in motion around an airport, highlighting h…

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…

Nick Needham's gauge and effects system senses terrain contact or flight over diverse surfaces and adapts prop and rotor wash dust and water effects accordingly. It responds to dirt, dry mud or cla…
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…

Version 3.2 of the Engine Exhaust System Plus, authored by Martyn Becker, adds heat and shimmer effects for turbofan and turbojet exhaust and introduces an APU effect, with automatic behavior at id…

By Thomas Moger, multiple effects for aircraft appear in this file, and a graphic named Shootingstar.jpg is included to accompany the content. The author is identified as Thomas Moger, reinforcing …

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…
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, Exclusio…

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, a…

An array of carrier-operation gauges and effects equips military aircraft with catapult-launch capability and cable-trap landings, while a meatball HUD guides precise approaches and a SonicBoom eff…

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…

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 …

Version 9 provides glidepath and glideslope assistance through satellite data to all runways, including grass strips and seaplane bases. It also offers backcourse guidance during climbout and inclu…
Base ModelThe Greyhound bus model by Mitsuya Hamaguchi lets users drive the Greyhound MCI MC-12, a design rooted in an early Greyhound type. Greyhound Lines began service in 1914, linking intercity routes an…