Tools, Mods and utilities

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Welcome to the utilities page. Here you'll find FS98, FS2000, 2002 and FS2004 add-ons that every Flight Simulator user should have.

FS2004 to FSX afcad
For converting FS9 AFCADS to useable files in FSX.

Formation flying utility
The Flight Recorder Module for FS2004 can record flights, save them to files and play them back like the FS instant replay and flight video recorder, but with a lot more features. This version only works with FS2004 and the 9.1 update installed! The module does NOT record video files (like .avi), it records data like aircraft position, speed, etc, so the recordings can only be played inside FS. This has the advantage, that you can watch your recordings from different views.

Simradar Pilot Network
In-flight online service for virtual pilots featuring Weather, e-Notepad and bookmarks folder. Features are accesible via the kneeboard in Flight Simulator 2004 without pausing or exiting your simulator session.

METAR weather
FS2k4METAR will read worldwirde METAR data from the last two hours and the worldwide Radiosound (WindsAloft and Temperature) from the last 12 hours. The data is then interpreted and transferd via the New Weather Interface of FSUIPC.

FDSConnection v1.0
FDSConnection v1.0 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 By Michael De Feyter - Flight Deck Software http://www.flightdecksoftware.com Introduction FDSConnection is a module that gets loaded by MSFS (Microsoft Flight Simulator) and allows external programs to access the MSFS memory. FDSConnection also re-maps and/or re-formats part of the MSFS memory to make it look like MSFS98 memory.

Traffic Tools for FS2004
This version will work with either FS2002 or FS2004. Files created with previous versions of TTools are compatible with this version.

FSFlightMax Key Generator
FSFlightMax Key Generator. This utility will generate valid license keys for FSFlightMax (FMAX14.ZIP). FSFlightMax from Sim Systems is now freeware but still require a key to unlock the full version.

FSFlightMax Base Package

FSFlightMax Base Package v1.0. This installation package contains the base files required for FSFlightMax. These base files are simply files that do not change from version to version. The idea is that you download and install these base files once only, from then on, any future updates of FSFlightMax will only require a very small download and installation. By Sim Systems Pty Ltd. See also FMAX14.ZIP and FMAXKEYG.ZIP.

Flight Situation Display

Flight Situation Display. FSFlightMax v1.4 is an advanced avionics device featuring moving map, weather radar, TCAS traffic, digital charts, lightning and much more. A replica of the real FlightMax 850 device by Avidyne Corporation. Will work with all aircraft and panels as it is a loadable module rather than a true panel or gauge. Ships with the genuine FlightMax user guides with permission from Avidyne. By Sim Systems Pty Ltd. Requires base file FMAXBA10.ZIP and FMAXKEYG.ZIP to unlock shareware limits.

FSGarmin Key Generator

FSGarmin Key Generator for use with FSGAR430.ZIP and FSGAR530.ZIP. This utility will generate valid license keys for FSGarmin430 and FSGarmin530. Both FSGarmin430 and FSGarmin530 from Sim Systems are now freeware but still require a key to unlock the full version.

FSGarmin530

FSGarmin530 v2.0. A flightsim version of the real Garmin GNS 530 GPS/avionics system. Requires the key generator (FSGARKEY.ZIP) to unlock the shareware timeout.

FSGarmin430

FSGarmin430 v2.0. A flightsim version of the real Garmin GNS 430 GPS/avionics system. Requires the key generator (FSGARKEY.ZIP) to unlock the shareware timeout.


FSUIPC29
Version 2.975 includes these changes: Fixes the time-out for externally injected AI Traffic data, such as that provided by AI Bridge for TCAS display of MP traffic. The change in 2.96 to the way FSUIPC timings are related to frame rates caused less than the specified 6/12 seconds to be allowed before a refresh by the injecting program is needed. Non-centred axis calibrations now work correctly even with maximum input values of less than 512. Note that such small input values are only likely if the original axis was either completely uncalibrated (in Windows), or had its FS sensitivity slider set far too low. In FS2002 the reverse throttle limit is now automatically adjusted to provide full reverse for each aircraft, individually, rather than assuming that the maximum reverse is always around the –4096 value. The G-force value at offset 11BA can now be written to (though this appears to have no useful effect).

AI Bridge 2
This program implements a link between the aircraft information in a Multiplayer environment (like VATSIM or multiplayer link) and AI information, using this program is possible to have a TCAS made for AI planes working in multiplayer.

ATC radar
ATC Radar Screen v3.0 is a program that will display, in a screen, all the runways, taxiways (with their names or ids), ILS, gates, parkings and airspaces (with their frequencies and names) of a specific airport or an entire ARTCC's sector, during a FS2002 multiplayer session. This version has many new features, now you can see the players ground speed, minimum altitude, world outlines, VORs, NDBs and more. Requires that you had installed any earlier version of ATC Radar Screen.

Taxispeed Switches
These switches completes my set of 'groundhandling' gauges Pushback (file RCBpb-20.zip) and Taxispeed (file RCBts-10.zip). This archive contains three switches with indicator lights, that allows you to 'arm' the Taxispeed gauge (that is: automatically activate Taxispeed control after a Pushback or a landing), and indicate/toggle the Parking Brakes. It also contains a small update of the Taxispeed gauge. See the Readme for detailed installation & operation instructions.

Taxispeed Gauge
This archive contains an XML gauge that helps you to control the groundspeed of your aircraft while taxiing, and can be added to any FS2K2 aircraft panel. However, simple installation and full functionality requires that you have my Pushback gauge already installed (file: RCBpb-20.zip). Features: adjustable taxispeed (3 - 40 knots), actual speed indication and clicksound.

Pushback gauge
Pushback Gauge Version 2.0 This Pushback gauge, written in XML, is based on the original idea of the FPDA group. It uses the standard FS2002 Pushback mechanisme, which means that you can hear the engines during pushback. With this gauge, you can perform a fully automated pushback with adjustable timers, pushback phase indications, adjustable turnangle and audible ground-cockpit conversation. It even allows you to change aircraft views, start the engines, etc. while pushback is active. This gauge can be added to any FS2002 aircraft panel. Fully documented, including extensive installation instructions. See the included README file for the changes in V2.0. By Rob Barendregt.

Heli HUD
An FS2002 cockpit add-on that provides sensitive feedback on attitude, speed and position but also provides visual cues to aid in maintaining hovering flight.

CFS3 No CD
A self installing program for Microsoft Comabt Flight Simulator 3 that allows the game to be run without the CD.

FSUIPC94
Interfacing module v2.94. FSUIPC is effectively a successor to FS6IPC.dll. Both modules are designed to allow external (i.e. separate) programs to communicate with and perhaps control Microsoft Flight Simulator. Also included is WeatherSet.exe, an advanced weather application for FS2000.

Easy Descent Calculator v1.35
Easy Descent Calculator is a program to help Virtual Pilots estimate their starting point in a descent. It can also read the Autopilot's settings and set it for the descent. In this version a bug that caused a run-time error 5 in Windows NT, 2000 & XP is removed. Also, added an uninstall option.

FS Real Time
"FS Real Time" has been designed to keep Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2002's UTC (Zulu/GMT) time and date in sync with the Real World. You can have it maintain either the current Real Time, or an offset (+/-) so you can fly at any variation of time from the Real Time.

WideFS 5.20
WideFS Links FS utilities over a LAN, without needing to have a copy of FS on the second computer. Works with FS98, FS2000 and FS2002. FSUIPC is required.

FSUIPC93
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)

FS2002 Aircraft Installer
A custom aircraft installer for FS2002. Features an uninstall airplanes routine by clicking on the "delete installed Airplanes" tabulation.

Enviro 3.1
Enviro 3.1 is a freeware utility which can be used to enhance flight simulation experience by being able to play sound files (ATC, checklists or other effects), download METAR data, and much more.

FS Flight Tracker V5.1.1
FS Flight Tracker V5.1.1 is an innovative FS2000/2002 Add-On that is much more than a flight log. FS Flight Tracker records flight information from your active Flight Simulator flight automatically.

FSUIPC91
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) October 1st 2002 (776 KB)

ACRad v1.3.4
Freeware aircraft-centered radar app for FS2002, single- or multi- player. Your aircraft is the ctr of the radar screen. STAY ON TOP capable. Now with smarter FSUIPC time-out handling preventing unnecessary program shutdown, better handling of startup while FS is not yet flying, and better user-interface response when managing the display of MANY aircraft.

Pressure Gauge
An FS2002 gauge that shows current barometric pressure and displays a warning light when this differs from the pressure displayed on the altimeter. Useful for all types of aircraft. Detailed instructions provided.

Traffic Planner
Traffic Planner allows the flight Simulator 2002 user to develop and deploy more realistic traffic patterns using Ttools. The front end GUI makes it easy for PC pilots of all levels to start the process off.

Aircraft-centered Radar
Aircraft-centered radar provides control over text data for every blip. There is a radar gauge available on the popular download sites, but it only provides text data about a single blip at a time. Users may find that more convenient, since it's a gauge and not a separate program.

FSUIPC90
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) September 10th 2002

FSUIPC88
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) Aug 9th 2002.

AI Radar
Single- or multi- player. Your aircraft is the center of the radar screen; all blips are relative to your location and heading. You can turn on/off text data for each blip or all at once. Requires FSUIPC 2.87+; includes José Oliveira's AIBridge to make it work in multiplayer games.

AIMap 2002 v1.0b TDR Gauge
AIMap can be used to see in a radar display, all the generated AI dynamic traffic. Optionally can "jump to" or perform an "automatic following" of the selected aircraft. There are also other options available, like autoTunning COM frequency, change your position by clicking on the map, identify all the aircraft on the active com frequency, identify the aircraft that are currently receiving/sending a radio communication over the active frequency.

AI Traffic Mover V1.2
AI Traffic Mover makes AI Traffic much more realistic. AITM includes several Tools that allows you to rearrange, move, export, analyze, optimize, edit aircraft properties and much more. AITM Projects help to merge and compile several Flightplans in just one step and with the Aircraft Editor you can easily change aircraft properties. The Airport Timetable feature prints a complete time sheet for the arrivals/departures for your favorite airport (and overlays). Easily resize airport gates for all installed airports.

GVP Decompiler v1.1
This program is able to decompile any GVP voicepack file for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 into files usable by VPEdit from the Voicepack SDK. Free software under GPL, source included. In v1.1, a new simple dialog box interface has been added.


Voicedit
EditVoicepack allows you to easily add new words to the FS2002 ATC voicepacks. You can create the new words by combining segments of existing words using the build-in sound editor.

FSUIPC87
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)


FSUIPC86
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)


Keys
File contains FS02, FS2k and FS98 US Printable Keyboard Templates, in MS Excel 95 showing the default keyboard assignments with spare sheets for you to record how like in magenta "default" and paste you customize your keyboard. "FS02-Custom" shows the reassignments I color, but if you prefer to start from the "Default", simply copy the to "custom" before you begin. Gary Geoghegan


Taxispeed
Change the value of the taxi speeds of AI aircraft. Program decomplies and recompiles specific .dll file that determines taxi speed.

Real Thunder
Program updates the default Thunderstorm and weather engine to a more realistic white knuckle type storm. Includes updated sounds and textures for Flight Simulator 2002.


Ai Tactical

With this plug-in you can enable FS2002's hidden tool "AI Tactical Display", a tool that displays a map with information about the AI Aircraft (ATC traffic).

FSUIPC85

FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)

FSUIPC84
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)

AdvDisplay Version 1.95
This is a small module which runs inside Microsoft Flight Simulator (98, 2000 or 2002) capturing text output from Adventures, and optionally ATIS, which normally appears in the outside view screen, at the top, and diverting it to its own window. This window can be positioned anywhere on the FS screen, or even outside it. It looks like a normal Window unless “docked”, which attaches it to a specific position inside the Flight Simulator window, normally some place useful such as on the cockpit panel. Update: There are some minor improvements, but the main one is that it now captures Lago's FSAssist2002 messages too.

FSUIPC83
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)

SKYWORLD2002
Utility to manipulate the default and not so default settings of the FS2002 environment.


Concorde Gauge
This file contains the two FS2000 concorde gauges required by many FS2002 panel downloads.

FSUIPC82
FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons)


FLTREC for FS2002
The new (8.x) version is ONLY for fs2002 and does not run in previous versions of Flight Simulator. This new version has internal improvements and a new window to define a set.

FLTREC Gauge
Now works at night and has better images.

PFC DLL 1.31
(1.31)
PFC.DLL This program is an FS2000/FS2002 driver for the COM-port connected equipment produced by PFC (Precision Flight Controls Inc.) It currently handles the Throttle Quadrant Console or the Cirrus II Console with built-in yoke, and optional rudder, the Avionics Stack plus optional Remote Instrument Controller", and the Jetliner console with floorstanding yoke and optional rudder. November 16th 2001 (761 KB)

FS2002 controls
(1.0)
Documentation about FS2002's keyboard and joystick control inputs. December 4th 2001 (21 KB)

FStarRC 1.72
(1.72)
This package provides Jeppesen FliteStar and FliteMap (Version 8) users with a direct link to JDT LLC's Radar Contact 99. As an aside it can also produce .sbp plans for Joe Jurecka's SquawkBox and Enrico Schiratti's CDU, and .efpu plans for Chris Brett's EFIS98. September 12th 2001 (775 KB)

FSUIPC 2.81
(2.81)
FSIPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) (497 KB)

FSUIPC Documentation
(2.81)
FSIPC.DLL documaentation in .pdf format.

FSUIPC 2.80
(2.80)
FSIPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) (492 KB)

FSUIPC 2.79
(2.79)
FS6IPC.DLL for use with FS98/FS2000/FS2002 (reverse compatibility for FS98 add-ons) (331 KB)

WideFS 4.65
(4.65) Linking FS98/FS2000 and FS6IPC-interfaced utilities over a LAN, without needing to have a copy of FS on the second computer. December 14th 2001 (135 KB)

FSUIPC 2.76
(2.76)
FSUIPC is effectively a successor to FS6IPC.dll. Both modules are designed to allow external (i.e. separate) programs to communicate with and perhaps control Microsoft Flight Simulator. (335 KB)

Textures
The essential textures for 3rd party freeware scenery add-ons.