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Make Scenery with the Object Placement Tool in FSX

Deluxe edition includes a straightforward tool for placing objects visually within the program, enabling quick arrangement of scene elements. An illustrated explanation shows how to use it, while the author notes an inability to offer support due to limited time.

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Complete with Base Model

Jeep ATV

The Jeep ATV model enables off-runway use and includes a concise note urging respectful conduct toward fellow simmers. The guidance specifies avoiding runways while in use and directs users to head for the hills instead.

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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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Landing Lights

By Dante Fassina, the modification tweaks landing lights for all default aircraft and helos, leveraging halo.bmp to illuminate runway and aircraft surfaces and adds a fuselage glow. It also refines VASI definition by adjusting halo.bmp, and notes testing with the A321 in slew mode, while the MD_83 and PA28_180 remain non flyable.

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Boat Traffic Compiler

AI boat-traffic tool enables defining schedules and routes for AI boats while adding boat models. It supports static boats, LivingWorld boats that move randomly near coasts and lakes, and AI boats guided by explicit waypoint routes where the final point can hold or circle for cargo at 300 meters.

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Carrier Operation Package V3.0

V3.0 employs four gauges and effects for tail-hook equipped aircraft on carriers, including a catapult gauge for launch, an arrester gauge for cable arrest, an IFLOLS gauge for approaches, and a SonicBoom effect with a controller gauge. Requires FSUIPC; by Rob Barendregt, with Doug Dawson supplying interface gauges for speed control and launch/arrest zone definitions.

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Saitek X52 Configuration

Ceyssens Peter creates an enhanced configuration for a flight control system, delivering many more keys under command than the default profile, extending control options beyond the stock setup, and a screenshot illustrates the configuration window.

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Modified Terrain.cfg

Terrain.cfg defines the terrain used by the simulator, and a series of modifications enhances its behavior to fix irregularities in the water and broaden options for designers. The work, credited to Richard Ludowise and Luis Feliz-Tirado, targets rocky patches in aquatic areas.

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PMDG 737 NGX Checklist

By Richard Asberg, this flow for the PMDG 737NGX presents a compact memory aid tailored for use with add-on automation, assuming prior knowledge of the aircraft and its setup. The author saves the document in common RTF format using WordPad and designs it to print on a single A4 sheet.

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Water Fix

By Tom Knudsen, this work provides resized ocean image data for a flight simulator, tightening file size while preserving visual quality. It reduces data from 1394 KB to 341 KB to boost performance without changing the water’s appearance.

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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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Manual/Checklist - Airbus A340-200

In a compact PDF reference, the A340-200 guide covers engine start in cold and dark conditions, taxi, takeoff, climb, descent, approach, and shutdown, drawing on the original panel by Thomas Ruth. Authored by Thomas Ruth and organized by Werner Schott, the manual emphasizes a four-engine airliner workflow and realism.

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Manual/Checklist Default Douglas DC-3

Werner Schott authors a complimentary PDF guide for the DC-3, presenting a structured, step-by-step sequence from cold and dark to secured shutdown, including engine startup, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, approach, with manifold pressure and RPM presets that may diverge above 2,500 ft MSL. A prior variant by the creator exists.

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Freeware Addon VC Installation

The guide explains installing a default virtual cockpit into an add-on that lacks one, using the PA A318 as the example. It also applies to almost every other aircraft and credits Cooper Honeyman as the author; the accompanying image demonstrates a freeware virtual cockpit.

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Auto-Hover For R22, JetRanger And EH101

A console program provides a three-axis autopilot that controls the cyclic and rudder for three rotorcraft variants. The period key toggles two submodes, Hover Mode (default) and Forward Mode with joystick-adjusted pitch, while beyond 4x simulation time acceleration the autopilot may destabilize and dampen after a few seconds.

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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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Guide For Free Photoscenery Of Spain

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 pixel resolution and uses free imagery under a free-use arrangement, authored by Francisco Garcia Garrido.

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ArrCab 2.6

Arrestor cables accompany a version labeled 2.6 for ArrCab, and a bottleneck from FSUIPC Simconnect disrupts ArrCab's behavior, a scenario described as daunting at first. Nevertheless, ArrCab remains tweakable and can overcome this problem, by Richard Hogen.

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More Waves III

An enhanced surf effect introduces more than a single line of breakers and a balanced flow along shallow water, improving movement of the surf. Files fx_waves.fx belong in the Effects directory and fx_swoosh.bmp and fx_swoosh2.bmp sit in Effects/Texture, with an Originals folder to restore originals.

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FSX/Acceleration Working Nuclear Bomb

Original model by V. Zhyhulskiy, enhanced by Greg Schneider, delivers nuclear bomb effects. A screenshot illustrates a nuclear bomb drop, and the array centers on large visual effects that appear in the scene for various pilots.

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