A Sky Story – Photoreal Free Sceneries for X-Plane
A new team has started to produce and deliver photoreal sceneries for X-Plane 10 and 11 : Corsica and Ibiza islands in the Mediterranean Sea. As donationware, you are free to give some money or just download the files. A Sky Story website (askystory.com) reveals also they are going to develop airports (Libourne LFDI and […]
FSX Scenery designer? SODE it!
One of the biggest disappointments with FSX for scenery designers, when the sim was released umpteen-and-a-few years ago, was the fact that ACES neglected to include something called “conditional animations”. That means nothing to most people, but if I said “opening hangar doors“, “custom windsocks“, “piles of snow” and “this product is not compatible with […]
Concorde Performance System 2 preview
The donationware of Pierre Chassang to produce complete pre-flight preparation and computation with the virtual Concorde (byFSLabs in FSX, or SSTSIM in FS9) will see a new version 2 soon. Detailing its content, the author explains how he’s facing some difficulties bringing high altitudes winds info from weather softwares like ASN or REX. Anyway, we’ll get […]
Victoria+ v8 for Orbx PNW, plus add-on
Jon Patch, whose Pacific Northwestern sceneries have been a staple for many flight sim users for years, has announced the release of his update to Victoria+, making it compatible with both Orbx FTX PNW and P3D v2.2.1+ or FSX. The donationware update is joined by an add-on pack from Larry Robinson featuring a “stunning” rendition of […]
Sim Skunk Works F/RF-104G
Sim Skunk Works have announced the release of their F/RF-104G model for Microsoft FSX. The package includes “F/RF-104 G MAP and Consortium models in Belgian, Danish, Dutch, German, Hellenic, Italian, Spanish, Turkish versions, all differences in internal configurations and external loadout have been mantained for historical correctness.” To read the full press release, please click […]
RealATC Goes Donationware
In a press release issued today, RealATC developer Ralph Zimmerman announces that he is converting the package to be Donationware. “The pioneer of RealATC for Flight Simulator, Ralph Zimmerman, writes to say “I said in June of 2003 that I was going to retire RealATC due to the changes in Microsoft Flight Simulator and associated […]
Airport Design Editor – v1.50
The new version 1.50 of Airport Design Editor gives me the opportunity to write about it here. “It does in FS9 and FSX what has done AFCAD of Lee Swordy in FS9” explains the homepage, and I found it clear enough to grab mine as I haven’t used it yet ! You too, enhance your […]
Jesus ‘Bojote’ Altuve’s FSX.cfg tweaks
Ever wanted an easy way of customizing your FSX.cfg file to match the performance characteristics of your PC? Well thanks to Jesus “Bojote” Altuve, he provides a service to custom tailor the FSX.cfg file on your computer to match the performance capabilities (or lack thereof) to give users the best experience possible. (This also works […]
Blue Sky Scenery — Grand Canyon National Park….
Blue Sky Scenery, known for his photorealistic scenery, has completed the part 4 of the Grand Canyon Scenery, for FS2004 and FSX. At least, the FSX edition will look sharper. Part 4 is split in five areas, click the map to start downloading the respective file. More info on the website of Blue Sky Scenery […]