FSX Misc

The misc section for Microsoft Flight Simulator X includes many strange vehicles, cars and tools. This section includes boats and cars which you may use in FSX.

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Controls/Keyboard Commands

An extensive list of keyboard commands spans basic and advanced simulator operations, including controls, autopilot, and view functions, with a PDF sheet added for cross-compatibility and easy viewing; print them out on five pages. Formats include PDF, JPG, PNG, and the fsxkypml.zip file is referenced; Num Lock must be OFF before using Num Pad commands.

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HDE Sky Textures V2.0

Pablo Diaz originates the collection of 140 sky visuals, which use 32-bit color depth, and Danny Glover retools it for compatibility, with the files prepared to support a flight-simulation environment across multiple platforms for diverse operation contexts such as training, evaluation, and mission analysis.

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ENBSeries .dll And .ini file

An ENBSeries variant for flight simulations, derived from Pegasus Enbseries and credited to Jim Waters, bundles a D3D9.dll and enbseries.ini configured for the main directory. The effect toggles on and off via SHIFT+F12, enabling quick visual adjustments during flight.

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Improved Runway Lights

Jose R. Navarro crafts a runway lighting modification that adds more realistic light colors and improves distance visibility overall. Jose R. Navarro provides a focused improvement to how runway lighting appears at distance across views.

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High Definition Airport Parking & Jetways

Two files, AIR_Jetway2 and AIR_Jetway2_lm, replace jetway visuals, while AirportParkingSpace refits the parking spaces. A max-load of 4096 in the graphics section yields high-definition output, though the value reverts to 1024 after display tweaks and must be re-applied to restore it.

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AI Carriers

AICarriers lets you place and command single ships or entire naval fleets in the simulator, without editing traffic or mission files. It requires Java JRE 1.5 or higher and SP1, supports acceleration carriers and full carrier ops when available, with SP2 compatibility noted; Vista remains untested.

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Manual/Checklist Default Boeing 737-800

Werner Schott presents a booklet-format manual and checklist for the Boeing 737-800, detailing cold-and-dark through final shutdown with engine start, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, and landing. It relies on stock avionics, requires no add-ons.

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Blue User Interface Replacement

Blue themed user interface replaces almost all dialogs, icons, and graphics, while Missions and Learning Center tabs remain unchanged. The design blends with the prior white/blue theme and includes a new shortcut icon that matches the look, by Jiri Soukup.

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HD Moon Texture V3.0

Marco Fischbach delivers V3.0 of a lunar surface enhancement, replacing the prior version 2.0 with a completely new rendering that incorporates a normal map and a bump map for improved terrain detail. The data converts to extended 32-bit bitmap and supports 2048x2048 resolution, with an accompanying image.

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FS Real Time, V1.82

An active time-sync utility keeps UTC aligned with real-world time and permits a current setting or any offset in hours, enabling flights at variations from real time. It also includes Dennis Thompson's World Time Zones v3.0 to reduce time-zone errors seen in recent versions.

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Effects Package 1.2

Realistic snow and rain blast effects, together with wheels snow/rain elements, constitute two weather-related visuals documented by Keven Menard. Keven Menard credits the two effect types: snow and rain blast effects and wheels snow/rain effects.

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PMDG Boeing 737 NGX Checklist

Joost Visser presents a kneeboard checklist that spans startup through shutdown and highlights the steps in between, offering a concise reference for users who rely on it during cockpit procedures in daily flight routines today.

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'GenReloaded' Photoreal Trees V1

By Adnan Arif, this first installment presents photoreal tree imagery across world regions, with conifers lightened and resized, poplars shortened, and palms recolored to better match ground surfaces and enhance a 3D appearance. Some imagery is resized to 512x512 and stored in the TEXTURE folder, with originals kept in the ORIGINALS folder.

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Nick's SunFix

Nick Needham delivers sun effect enhancements that generate simulated volumetric rays emanating from the corona and adapt with time of day, altitude, clouds, and humidity. The bloom component is refined to avoid overpowering displays and remains compatible with or without bloom, ensuring proper scale across conditions.

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Weapons Pack 4

Drop Object-enabled weapons operate in free flight, delivering dumb bombs, laser-guided bombs, GPS-guided bombs, and air-to-air plus air-to-ground missiles that fly forward. Created by Christopher Sykes, with Gmax models by David Brice (British) and FSDS by Kotaro Akikawa (US), the work is accompanied by a readme detailing limitations.

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Concrete Runway Texture

A modification replaces the default concrete surface and gives it a more heavily used look, credited to Jeff Pierce. It centers on the runway11.dds file, with a recommendation to back up the original and noting it has not been tested for SP2.

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Improved Boat Wake Effects

By Jimmy R. Martin, this wake-effects file supplies more realistic boat-induced disturbances and replaces the original wakes, delivering a noticeable improvement in surface interaction as vessels move across the water. The effort emphasizes improved wake shape, turbulence, and drift behind different speeds.

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Manual/Checklist Default Boeing 747-400

Authored by Werner Schott as freeware, this PDF booklet presents a complete, step-by-step flow for the Boeing 747-400, from a dark-and-cold cockpit through pre-start, taxi, takeoff, cruise, descent, approach, landing, and final shutdown. Earlier editions have amassed over 13,000 downloads, and the guide mirrors standard procedures for default 747-400 controls, using a page-by-page format.

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Manual/Checklist Default Beech King Air

Developed by Werner Schott, this PDF-based reference documents every phase of operating the King Air twin, from cold-start to secure shutdown, with emphasis on torque and prop RPM guidance and a cold-and-dark startup sequence. Earlier renditions for older simulators exceed 11,000 downloads, and the booklet remains freeware for enthusiasts.

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FPS Enhancement Package V2

A revised edition by Tom Knudsen sharpens 342 image files, resizes them, adds an alpha channel to each, and corrects prior irregularities for better performance, aligning with the original claim of 5 to 15 FPS gains.

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