
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…

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…
Base ModelBy Thomas B. Beard, the X-Wing Red 5 model tunes to the T-65AC4 specifications, with original aircraft copyright (c) 2001. The T-65 X-Wing Panel v.2.0 with gauges depicts the cockpit interface and …

The work reworks the Space Shuttle Discovery using NASA-Boeing data and adds a panel, sounds, and landing FX, while enabling water ditch or belly land. It includes 11 challenge flights with kneeboa…

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. T…
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 track…

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…

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…

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 an…

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 wit…
Base ModelBy 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 hovercra…

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…

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 be…

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 u…
By Gunnar Dähling, this camera tool moves the control tower view using Visual-BASIC and diverges from a freeware concept by introducing modifications to the basic idea. The developer notes it chang…
This concise guide covers installing aircraft and tips for smoother operation of the simulator. It centers on configuring new aircraft, applying practical enhancements, and optimizing performance d…

An aviation-sim utility generates and displays a comprehensive map of taxiways with IDs, gates, parkings, ILS, and runways for any airport in the simulation world. It requires Manuel's Service Pack…

Nick Needham expands prop dust and water effects with v2.0, using real-time terrain sensing to adjust dust and wash based on dirt, snow, rain, and surface conditions across diverse aircraft. FX fil…