FSX / P3D

FSX Modified Touchdown Effects For AI

AI landings look and sound more convincing with redesigned touchdown effects that lighten tire smoke, add transparent swirl, and reduce the heavy burn streaks. In FSX, a dedicated tire-screech sound triggers near arriving traffic, enhancing runway ambience when spotting or taxiing close to the threshold.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

These files change the default FSX tire burn smoke effects, making them less dark, more transparent and with a bit more vortex swirl. Also adds tire screech, which can be heard if within 100 meters of a landing AI aircraft. By Derek MacCarthy.

Make sure to backup your original fx files just in case you don't like these.

Installation:

Backup the fx_tchdwn.fx and fx_tchdwn_s.fx files in the FSX>Effects folder.
Copy the fx_tchdwn.fx and fx_tchdwn_s.fx with this package into the FSX>Effects folder.
Copy the ai_touchdown2 file into your FSX>Sound folder.

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File information

Filename

td_efx.zip

File size

17.41 KB

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place files per the readme

Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

What’s inside this archive

The archive td_efx.zip has 6 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
ai_touchdown2.wav	10.27.06	36.62 kB
fx_tchdwn.fx	10.28.06	4.87 kB
fx_tchdwn_s.fx	10.30.06	3.76 kB
Readme.txt	10.30.06	703 B
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B