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                      | SDL
                        Edit v212 for use with FSDS & Aircraft Animator.
                        Allows complex additions & movements.This version
                        of SDL editor contains additions and corrections to the
                        older version. For the additions and corrections read
                        the read me in the SDL Editor folder after the new program
                        has been installed. The example "Stick" plane file and
                        the textures are in the tutorial files in the SDL Edit
                        folder. If you have a project in progress I would suggest
                        you follow the instructions below The new version has
                        added new variables to the sdledit.cfg file. To save your
                        old macros. 1 - open your old sdledit.cfg file. scroll
                        down to the [AIRCRAFT] section of the file. 2- copy all
                        your created macros and paste them in a separate file.
                        They are all the macros that have the (xxx) following
                        the macro name such as (Wheel) (Custom) etc. Copy and
                        save the motions.dat file to a safe location. Now Uninstall
                        the old SDL Editor version. Go back and Delete the SDL
                        Editor folder.Delete the tutorials also as new ones will
                        be added to the SDL. By Mike Crosthwaite. 3.1MB | 
                     
                   
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                      | FS200*
                        Extended-Bitmap Editing Utility: Bmp2000 - Utility
                        to allow the editing of the Extended-Format Bitmaps supplied
                        with Combat Flight Simulator and FS2000. Edit Images and
                        Sub-Images in your favourite Paint Program. Create Extended-Format
                        Bitmaps from ordinary Images (most formats). Supports
                        all FS2000 bitmap types - 8/16/32 bit. Added features
                        for creating problem-free replacement Ground textures,
                        for the batch-conversion of multiple images, subimage
                        smoothing, enhanced transparency editing and more. By
                        Martin Wright. 537K  | 
                     
                   
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                      | REPTUTOR
                        V2.0 Tutorial document describing how to repaint
                        aircraft for MS Flight Simulator 98. Updates material
                        in REPTUTR1 (which was for FS95 only) using newer tools.
                        Document is in MS Word 6 format (REPTUTR2.DOC). By Iain
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                         Paint
                          Shop Pro  Shareware
                          paint package & is quite useable. Ideal for preparing
                          screen shots & Painting textures, etc.  
                        Follow
                          this link for the latest download 
                        When
                          downloading from a resumable location through your Web
                          browser, please be sure your browser's cache size is
                          set to be larger than the file you are downloading.
                         
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                      | Airdesign
                        1. The function of this program, is to calculate
                        the basic aircraft design parameters, of both Gliders
                        and Powered Aircraft, that will determine the flight characteristics
                        of the finished aircraft. File size 39385. R Buhr | 
                     
                   
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                      | Polygon
                        Viewer:
                        Here's
                        a little utility that allows one to search for polygons
                        in MDL files. It only seems to work on aircraft created
                        with FSFS. It requires Visual
                        Basic 4.0 driver files, It also requires a monitor
                        set for 1024x768 or higher resolution. To make use of
                        it, you need to be familiar with hex editing. As a result,
                        it's really for dedicated hackers and hexers. Chuck Dome.
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                      | Show
                        - Image Viewer and Converter. Show is a general
                        purpose image viewing and converting program. All main
                        image types supported plus the added advantage, for FS/CFS
                        users, of reading and writing the R8 Texture Format. Convert
                        direct from jpeg (or any supported format) to R8 with
                        good quality remapping and automatic resizing to 256x256.
                        Convert R8 to bmp or any other format for editing. Browse
                        folders of images. Print images via WYSIWYG dialog with
                        mouse placing/sizing. Image adjustment features. By Martin
                        Wright.. File size 646359 | 
                     
                   
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                      | Bear
                        Metal Panel Texture Images: Enclosed are two JPG
                        images: One - aircraft side Two - Engine Side These images
                        can be used with Control 2000/Control 2000 ME & paint
                        programs to be pasted over other aircraft images when
                        editing. these images respresent a bare metal texture
                        after pasting you could add details such as doors, windows
                        etc. Regards Garry J. Smith. 97K | 
                     
                   
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                      | BGL2MDL
                        1.0 A program that converts BGL files into FS98
                        MDL files. Originally designed for SCASM programmers who
                        want to add moving parts to aircraft but it will work
                        with any BGL file. By Paul Surgeon. 118K | 
                     
                   
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                      | Source2Bgl
                        Source2Mdl is a program that compiles a Scasm
                        source code to and mdl (model) file. It bypasses all hexediting
                        on bgl/mdl files. Very usefull when adding night light
                        effects to aircraft. This program was made by Marco Rensen.
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                         Night
                          Light Effects For FS200* V1.2 This tutorial
                          includes a detailed discription of the procedure and
                          example/lesson for adding night light effects to FS
                          2000 Aircraft. Requires M98toBgl V3.40, Scasm 2.39 and
                          Source2mdl. Compatibility with FS Night Light Creator
                          unknown, for it was released after the completion of
                          this version. This tutorial was made by Marco Rensen.
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                      | FRHED.ZIP
                        : What is frhed? Welcome to the "Free Hex Editor",
                        abbreviated with "frhed". Frhed is a free binary file
                        editor for 32-Bit Windows platforms, like Windows 95,
                        Windows 98 and Windows NT. 291K  | 
                     
                   
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                         IrfanView
                          is a fast FREEWARE image viewer/converter for Win9x/NT
                          and Windows 2000. Supported file formats: AIF, ANI/CUR,
                          ASF, AU/SND, AVI, BMP/DIB, CAM (Casio), CLP, Dicom/ACR,
                          DJVU, EMF/WMF, EPS, FlashPix (FPX), G3, GIF, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL,
                          IFF/LBM, IMG (GEM), JPG/JPEG, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI,
                          MOV, MP3, MPG/MPEG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PNG,
                          PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN, RealAudio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB,
                          SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA, TIF/TIFF, WAV, WBMP, XBM,
                          XPM. Author: Irfan Skiljan. 623K 
                        Download
                          from Irfanview site  
                        If
                          offline try here 
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                      | Utilities
                        and Miscellaneous - Aluminum textures. These textures
                        ae designed to look as close as possible to Aluminum under
                        different conditions, five included. Use them when making
                        aluminum parts, but they work in FS200* only! By Erick
                        Cantu. 16K | 
                     
                   
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                      |  Pixia
                        2.3b for Win 9x/NT.  This
                        is the English version of a famous Japanese free painting
                        and retouch software for full color graphic, with mask,
                        layer functions. Use your own customized brush tips and
                        even use an image file as a brush tip to create unique
                        effects..... 3MB | 
                     
                   
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                         DXTBmp
                          - 16 bit Texture Manipulator Updated program
                          for the creation, conversion, compression of the 16/32
                          bit Texture formats used by CFS2, FS2000, FS2002 &
                          FS2004 Uses nVidia codecs for converting Images to 444-4,
                          555-1, 565, 888-8 DXT1 and DXT3 formats. Allows the
                          editing of 16/32 bit textures in any Paint program.
                          Reads all default CFS2/FS2000/FS2002/4
                          formats except 8 bit (use Bmp2000 or BmpExt for them).
                          Separate editing of Alpha channels. Good quality mipping.
                          Preview all Mips. Convert most image formats. Import/Export
                          Targa 32 bit images with Alpha. Import DDS. By Martin
                          Wright. 541K 
                        Martin
                          Wright's website - MW Graphics  
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                      | Rifles_Of_War_For_Gmax
                        If you want to add weapons to your Gmax design but don't
                        have the skills or resources to make one, then here is
                        your chance. This *.zip file contains 3 different rifle
                        models in Gmax format. However, these are not scaled (but
                        it doesn't matter right now). I have other project of
                        these weapons underway. Images were obtained from the
                        internet and the models were made by me. Jessy Corrales.
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                      | AD-2000.
                        Aircraft Designer 2002 v1.2 LT.
                        AD2K2 is a tool dedicated to the designers of aircraft
                        for Flight Simulator 2002™, Combat Flight Simulator 2™
                        and later version of Flight Simulator. Attention: this
                        completely functional freeware version (password FREE-WARE)
                        is only for private use and gives no possibility of access
                        to a technical support. The only available help is in
                        the tutorial file and ONLY in the tutorial file (included)..
                        Copyright Hervé Devred/A.C.T. publishing/Michel Melchior.
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                        MDLC MDL Converter .Version beta117 MDLC
                        is a program to convert scenery files for the Microsoft
                        Flight Simulator and Combat Flight Simulator. The letters
                        "MDLC" are the abbreviated form of MDL Converter. It is
                        not allowed to include MDLC in commercial products without
                        a written permission. Ivan Hsu. 179K | 
                     
                   
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                      | FS2002/FS2004
                        FSTransparency.
                        FSTransparency is a free program that creates MS FlightSim-style
                        transparent textures from any image for custom smoke and
                        water effects as well as aircraft components. The program
                        supports three modes of determining alpha values: color
                        masks, luminance, and color proximity. The results can
                        be scaled to any texture size and a custom color palette
                        can be applied to create impressive effects from even
                        grayscale images. Requires .NET Framework (free download
                        at www.microsoft.com). By Larry Lewis. 24K | 
                     
                   
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                      | SPB
                        to XML Utility -spb2xml .
                        SPB means SimPropBinary. It is a proprietary file format
                        introduced in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. It is a generic
                        data format that store various kind of informations and
                        can be compiled from different XML files. Files in SPB
                        are read quicker by the simulator than XML files, so when
                        performance is an issue files can be compiled to SPB.
                        SPB is used in place of XML in some parts of the simulator:
                        - Missions - Autogen description - Dialogs localisation
                        - Living World configuration - Gauges (unused) If you
                        look at propdefs files (in the propdefs subdirectory of
                        FSX), you will see all currently supported types. 12K | 
                     
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