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Two variants replace the defaults GlobalEnvTest.dds and GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome.dds, created from real photographs to enhance chrome reflections on aircraft surfaces and glass. A folder for the origina…

By Todd McCuistion, this first makeover darkens the interface to ease eye strain in a dark room and improves the overall look. A screenshot illustrates the adjusted visuals, highlighting the change…

Grand Canyon flight plan traverses the canyon with over 800 waypoints, delivering two routes, eastbound and westbound, in a default Cessna 172 with autopilot engaged. Gauges by Karol Chlebowski for…

By Bob Rivera, this alternative four-blade propeller suits Captain Sim's Lockheed C-130 Hercules, replacing the standard configuration with a distinct blade arrangement. The CS_C130 designation gui…

By Marco Fischbach, a lunar set provides 15 moon maps named moon1.bmp through moon15.bmp, converted to the DXT5 format with a bump map applied. The resolution scales from 512x512 to 1024x1024, and …

Commercial Level Simulations releases a DC10 flight tutorial in PDF format, guiding a complete flight for the payware variant. The document presents a structured walkthrough focused on the DC10, pr…

An illustrated guide shows how to reserve a parking gate at any airport and have ATC direct you to that spot, a concept usable for a specific aircraft of your choice. The technique relies on invest…

A method separates snow and rain effects, letting developers assign distinct atmospheric visuals to jet and prop aircraft. By Keven Menard, the approach implements different effects per engine type…

By Claus V. Holmberg, this package includes VC-RAIN visuals, Autogen Trees all seasons, and Water and Sky visuals. It is optimized for SP2, reduces sizes and converts some items from 32-bit to DXT3…
After the death of David "Opa" Marshall, no one picks up the long-running guidance line, and Marshall stops releasing further numbers years before his passing. This marks the start of a new tips-fo…

By Al Wheeler and Miguel Zafra, revised asphalt and concrete taxiway and ramp surface imagery removes expansion joint lines from the concrete variant, reduces brightness, and the taxiway_marks.dds …
A PDF-format tutorial authored by Mike Basford demonstrates thumbnail creation and serves as a concise reference. A sample image labeled Tiger Sky6 in flight accompanies the guide, providing a conc…

By Tom Knudsen, this environment mapping enhancement boosts performance and sharpens reflections, designed to fit Service Pack 1 and bloom effects within the simulator. The file Environmental-Refle…

Mike Basford presents Part Two on exhaust flames from engines, examining how flame visuals accompany a prop-driven flight in steady detail. A screenshot captures World Travel Airlines' prop in flig…

By Tom Tiedman, this smoke effect adds to the default Bombardier CRJ-700, using the fx_smoke_f6.fx file and a SMOKESYSTEM block that creates two entries, smoke.0 and smoke.1, with coordinates -86.4…

By Tom Tiedman, the Cessna C208B gains a smoke effect linked to fx_smoke_f6.fx and a SMOKESYSTEM entry. The SMOKESYSTEM line reads smoke.0=-10.232, 2.706, -4.801, fx_smoke_f6 and is inserted into t…

The stars.dat file in the original folder now shows 44 constellations instead of two, selected from the 88 official ones across northern and southern hemispheres. Two constellations, Big Dipper and…

By Antoine Calleja, globusworld, flight plans document the country's air force fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and IL-78, with emphasis on their operational types. Two versions appear, IL-76 and IL-78, wit…

A wave file for user interface music carries an arrangement of the Oscar-winning score by William Conti, performed by the Prauge Philharmonic for a celebrated aviation film. The track runs 4:35 and…

Muli Ivanir provides saved flights above CVFR navigation points across Israeli airspace, specifically prepared for CVFR practice. An illustrated map depicts the included waypoints and flight paths …