Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator
XVersion 7.3.3 is ready. This release adds new
capabilities while enhancing existing features to bring you
the best companion program for FSX!
What is Addit! Pro? It's is a comprehensive addon
manager for Flight Simulator X. Easily install, manage and remove
aircraft, adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges,
missions, panels, A.I. airport and facilities data, scenery,
sounds, textures, videos, weather and more! Archive add-ons
to Addit! Pro's File Cabinet or recreate them in zip files.
Modify your aircraft, panels and sounds. Automatically
update Flight Simulator's Scenery Library.
A new cleanup tool removes leftover aircraft folders to help keep your
Flight Simulator installation tidy and organized. While Addit! Pro normally
deletes such folders and files when an addon is removed, sometimes files can be
locked by another application, often Flight Simulator itself. These file locks
prevent Addit! Pro from zapping the folders. Now, you can run the cleanup
routine directly from the Tools menu any time you wish to tidy-up your aircraft
folders. Here are the highlights:
Removes empty and near-empty folders, clearing out
unneeded files.
Won’t harm stock Flight
Simulator or payware aircraft.
Won’t remove any complete addons, only unnecessary leftover files
and folders.
Folders and files are placed in the Recycle Bin so you
can undo the cleanup procedure if you change your mind.
Shows a report of what was cleaned including a list of
all folders and the amount of disk space reclaimed.
To use this new feature, pull down Addit! Pro’s
Tools menu and pick "Cleanup Leftover Files and Folders".
You can now
specify
a group of subfolders to filter out of the Edit Aircraft list and Import
Addons list. For example, if you want to exclude all aircraft in your
C:\Program Files\Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\AI\ folder, you can add the
entry “AI=3” in the exclusion filter file. Addit! Pro will
then skip all aircraft in that folder and you won’t see them
listed.
You can now pick from several aviation
startup sounds including jet and prop effects. You can
even add your own custom sound files. To do so, place a .wav
audio file in Addit! Pro’s main folder then go into the
Customize window. Under Startup, select your sound in the
file box. Click the preview sound button to play the sound.
Press OK to accept it. Then next time the program starts you
will hear your personal startup sound.
Finding and organizing
aircraft is now even more flexible! Extra columns have been added to the
Aircraft list including: ATC ID, ATC Airline, ATC Flight Number, Type, and
Category. To show these columns, right click in the Aircraft list and pick
"Customize Columns".
A new shortcut key, ALT-N, appears on
all windows with Find search boxes to allow you to quickly
reposition there to enter search criteria. For instance, in
the Edit Aircraft window, press ALT-N to quickly move the
cursor to the search box so you can change the search words.
This release includes
other changes and additions along with updates to the Help system and
several bug fixes. Please see
the Revision History for complete
details.
Below are some screenshots. On the left notice an
addon's aircraft performance data being modified and on the
right you can see the new menu options for the document file
list:
File and Folder Cleanup Tool
Edit Aircraft new columns
Customizable and selectable startup audio
Please read the
Upgrade Notes before installing
version 7.3.3. We hope you enjoy this update!
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars, an aerial shooter, was
reviewed by
Examiner.com
and
Out of 8.
PC Gamer previews
World of Warplanes, an upcoming aerial 15x15 person shooter set
in WWII from Wargaming.net the makers of World of Tanks.
Reuters has a small piece on a
"new generation" of flight simulator from a Belgian firm, one
that offers 360 viewing via an array of high-definition projectors
and displays.
A splendid
Pond Racer is
our featured addon this month:
Air Conflicts: Secret Wars
is due out this summer. Developed by bitComposer and Kalypso USA,
this arcade flight game covers both World Wars in Europe.
A new civilian flight simulation that's all about
helicopters is coming from Bohemia Interactive.
Take On
Helicopters will offer high fidelity flight dynamics modeling,
richly modeled helicopters & cockpits, expansive & detailed
environments, powerful & intuitive mission editor, and multiplayer
in co-op & competitive scenarios.
"Perhaps unsurprisingly, precise
control over a helicopter is a vital piece of the game. We’re
definitely taking the fidelity of our simulation to the next
level, and we’re working hard on some in-cockpit
features/functionality that we hope to gleefully present in the
near future. Take On is built around a high-fidelity helicopter
flight dynamics model, completely different to more the generic,
simplified one used in Arma series so far." (read
more)
Gaijin Entertainment's
Wings of Prey is now Digital Rights Management (DRM) free plus
they're offering the WW II combat flight simulation at 50% discount.
Eagle Dynamics offers up a 712 MB patch for
DCS: A-10C Warthog which began shipping in February.
1C announced
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover to be released this spring.
Cliffs of Dover will include more aircraft, game modes, a new
environment, new 3D engine and adjustable difficulty.
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