Nor-Cal Prop Club provides nuclear bomb and missile effects for use with any aircraft, compiled by Alex Chadney. The two effects are fx_Nukem and Fx_95missile, and they link visuals to a nuclear ev…

A 39-page PDF presents maps and step-by-step instructions, with links to download compressed files. The project, developed by a group of Spanish fans, covers the entire country at a 1 meter per pix…

AI aircraft remain unavailable as regular flyable airplanes, and some pilots face FPS problems on slower or older PCs, making the setup feel heavy. The guide shows how to render AI planes flyable i…

Werner Schott compiles a freeware PDF manual for the DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver wheel variant, guiding from dark and cold startup to shutdown with cockpit checks and engine management. Manifold press…
A configuration file for a flight simulator delivers high frame rates above 20 FPS and improves visual quality. Created by Anas Sayed, the file loads through the settings menu and saves a backup of…

By Dave Bolger, this sun glow tweak makes the sun appear more radiant and its glow lasts longer after sunset. It uses the suneffect.cfg file placed in the main directory, with a backup included, an…

PDF-format manuals and checklists cover the Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049G, tracing a complete sequence from cold start through taxi, before takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, landing…

Air Traffic Control Radar is adapted for aircraft usage, offering three versions for diverse uses. A screenshot clearly illustrates the active radar in use, anchoring it with a clear visible visual…

An illustrated tutorial addresses propeller display issues that occur when older aircraft are used with a newer simulator environment, outlining step-by-step corrections. David 'Opa' Marshall compi…

The document, by Luis Feliz-Tirado, outlines concepts and techniques for creating high-resolution, photoreal ground imagery and shows how a software tool downloads aerial images to enable rapid gen…
An in-flight data screen echoes international displays, running a 10-second timer for each view that shows distance to destination, estimated remaining flight time, local destination time, ground s…

By Brent Ludlow, five DDS-formatted files derived from FS9 assets are converted to DDS for backcountry grass airstrips in UT, ID, and WY. These files act as replacements to help rural airports rese…

By Philip Chandler, Ark Royal functions as a moving AI carrier with working catapults and arrestor wires for carrier ops. Default placement sits south of Gibralter on an East West racetrack, with a…
Cory Rees frames Delta Airlines within a USA Traffic context, aligning the operator with a domestic scope and presenting the work under his byline. The designation identifies the operator and geogr…
You wrap renamed wavs into a file named soundai after renaming sound.cfg to soundai.cfg, then create a cab file and place it under Traffic_Sounds\Jets. In the A321’s default folder, the cfg sets an…

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 …
It should work with any aircraft, providing a fuel-dump capability and leaving a standard fuel vapor trail behind the aircraft. A cockpit warning sounds and changes as the valves close, clearly att…

Tom Tiedman delivers a smoke effect for the default Douglas DC-3, adding an fx_smoke_f6.fx in the Effects folder and configuring the airframe with two SMOKESYSTEM entries. The lines place smoke.0 a…

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 …

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…