Flight Simulator 9

Aeroscene has now released their Fife airfield for Flight Simulator 9 for the very reasonable price of £8.

See our earlier post for more details.

AeroFiles has released a Flight Simulator  9 version of their Ground Details texture set:

Ground Details FS2004 by Aime Lelcercq delivers breathtaking details to your flight simulator ground details globally. The changes are so huge that it puts the default ground details in Flight Simulator to shame.

On takeoff and landing, even as a bush pilot flying at low altitudes, you will notice the changes that Ground Details FS2004 brings you.

As you taxi towards the runway or to the parking gates, the grass near you will look as real as if it was in real life.

Ground Details FS2004 is highly recommended to all flight simulator fans out there.

Ground Details FS2004 works all times a year at all seasons globally.

Aeroscene are nearing the completion of their Fife Glenrothes airfield for Flight Simulator 9:

Fife - Glenrothes [EGPJ] for Flight Simulator 9 is an all new development of this small Scottish General Aviation airfield. Designed from the ground up to represent the real Fife Airport.

Features

• Custom Ground Textures
• Custom Building & Textures
• Custom Night Lighting (Restuarant)
• Custom Airport Signage
• Custom Trees & Bushes
• Accurate Taxiway Signage
• Custom AFCAD
• Custom AI Traffic (Default Aircraft)
• Custom Vehicles, Bings, Pallets, Trailers, Aerials, Notice Boards, Flood Lights, etc.

You can find out more on the Aeroscene web site.

DBS has released an application for Flight Simulator X called Walk and Follow, which reminds me very much of Active Camera for Flight Simulator 9. These tools give you much more flexibility than the standard view controls built-in to the sims.

DBS Walk And Follow tool expand Flight Simulator X mechanism of cameras and add unique opportunity to free walk around (without any limitations). DBS WalkAndFollow tool intended for users, who have interest in challenges of Flight Simulator X scenery and take a screenshots (with an opportunity of saving “Point of interest�) and exchange of such point with other users. Also DBS WalkAndFollow tool expand work with simulator cameras (in virtual cockpit or in aircraft view) without simulator limitations of distance or angles and allow to write changes of view points into cameras definitions.

This will be of interest to everyone who’s keeping FS9 as their main sim for the time being - Zinertek has released Ultimate Water FX, which adds beautiful looking water effects:

Breathe life into your Flight Simulator! Ultimate Water FX will take the realism in FS2004 to a whole new level!

With this new product all bodies of water including rivers, lakes, seas and oceans come to life like never seen before. In fact, these are the most realistic water effects ever created for FS2004.
With the new water effects you can expect to see incredible and advanced water effects which dramatically improve the realism when flying over water. The water effects change in accordance to the time of day and the weather during all phases of the day.

You will be able to install three different types of water effects. You can choose between realistic, photorealistic, or reflective water effects. Choose whichever suits your taste! Either way, water in FS2004 will come to life before your eyes!

Please note that FS9’s graphics engine is not capable of displaying real time water effects. The reason we call one of the three water effects "reflective" is because it has more shine and transparency than the other two effects. Thus, it looks reflective.