Download free software hifi sim xpax fs9 fsx helperevil. Download top quality addons for fsx steam edition, prepar3d and fs2004 with automatic installation for. X Gauge is an FSX Gauge that runs within FSX itself and is installed to aircraft directly. X Gauge loads the imagery provided by ASX, displays it, and allows you to change the range, toggles and winds level settings, similar to using the Map Screen. X Gauge must be installed into your aircraft.
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Accu-Feel by A2A Simulations | A great little add-on that enhances sound and some flying effects. Adapts for all aircraft - default and third-party, and can be customised. Adds dynamic wind, wheel, rumble and cabin sounds, along with stall buffeting and sounds. Version 2 released. | |
Addit! Pro (ByteForge) | Addit! Pro is a comprehensive addon manager for all versions of MSFS and for Prepar3D. Easily install, manage and remove aircraft, adventures, flights, flight plans, gauges, missions, panels, AI, scenery, sounds, and more. Easily edit CFG files. | |
Air Hauler on Facebook | Payware Air Hauler puts you in control of your own freight company. Every flight you make or schedule will have an effect on your expanding freight empire! Very versatile with local and worldwide operations. Product page at Just Flight. V2 in pipeline. | |
AirWrench (Mudpond) | AirWrench is an automated editor designed to create and tune-up flight dynamics files for fixed wing aircraft in MSFS and CFS. Other utilities from author include FSX AI Formation Flight and development tools. | |
EditVoicePack | EditVoicepack allows you to enhance the ATC speech engine included in FSX & P3D. Your flight simulator ATC will be able to: Use standard ICAO phrases; speak faster; know more airline call-signs, aircraft types and airport names. Low cost payware. | |
Flight Simulator Platform Solutions | A range of low cost utilities to tweak, boost and enhance FSX, FS9 and P3D and the computer's CPU use. Includes Xtreme FSX PC, cockpit sounds, runway effects, passenger announcements. | |
FlightSim Tools | AI Optimizer is a tool for adjusting levels of detail of FSX & FS9 aircraft. Texture Doctor, a tool for inspecting & converting FS textures. Addon Converter X, that will make add-ons compatible. Airport Wizard. Contrails Pro for FS2004 and FSX. | |
FSCaptain | An add-on that expands FSX and FS9 so you can experience the challenge of professional flying in the world of aviation. You'll have a company to work for (with rules and policies), and you'll have a flight crew, cargo, a cabin crew & passengers. | |
FS Flight Keeper | FS Flight Keeper combines six programs in one: logbook, aircraft black box, flight weather planning tool, flight information system (ACARS), GPWS and cockpit sound environment enhancement. Check out the screenshots. | |
FS Launchpad (FSL) | If FSX or P3D is slow to load because you have a lot of sceneries, FSL is for you! The FSL interface allows you to select specific sceneries, load add-ons and launch FSX. Free to download (Installation tab). FAQ, Forum, Tutorials. Also on Flightsim.com & Avsim. | |
FS Passengers | FsPassengers allows you to load ANY aircraft with passengers and freight without needing to quit Flight Simulator. Also adds passenger sounds, and has flight costs, aircraft maintenance and more. Demo available. Extra features in new FSX version. | |
fscode | A couple of free and open source MS Flight Simulator components and modules. PDFKneepad is an in-flight pdf/approach-chart viewer. RealTrim handles trim in a new way - holding down a button allows the joystick to do the trimming out movement. | |
FS-FlightControl | FS-FlightControl is a Windows app, touch optimized instructor station for P3D & FSX. Beta Android app also available, iOS planned. Offers easy positioning at any approach or other location, weather control, fuel load manager, moving map and much more. | |
FSInventions | Producers of FS Instant Approach, an interface add-on for FSX and FS2004. It allows you to set up an approach in under 30 seconds! Choose speed, winds and any runway of any airport or a random one. Video and demo available. | |
FS Real Time | Payware (tiered pricing) designed to keep MSFS and P3D 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 (+/-). Can be used with Time Zone Fixer. | |
FSWidgets | AirView, SlewAssist and Electronic Flight Bag for FS2004 and FSX. And an Electronic Chart Viewer and a couple of Chart Packs for FS2004 and X-Plane. New! Android and iPad applications. | |
FSXAssist (skypilot.biz) | FSXAssist and P3DAssist are flexible, tweaking and configuration tools that are designed to help users to get the best performance out of FSX & P3D. Provides four useful core functions, but first and foremost is an FSX or P3D loader program. | |
FSXControls | FSXControls is for owners of advanced controller system with a lot of programmable buttons (home cockpits, CHProducts' MFC panel etc). Also efficiently and easily hides aircraft variants. Includes a chart viewer, a camera system and much, much more! | |
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Product Information | ||
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Publisher:HiFi Simulations | ||
Description: Passenger utility. | ||
Download Size: 168 MB | Format: Download | Simulation Type: FS9 & FSX |
Reviewed by: Juan Llobera AVSIM Staff Reviewer - January 12, 2007 |
The (undiscovered) Virtual Passenger’s World
XPax is a new product from the guys at HiFi Sim (the same company that changed the FS World with their ActiveSky product) and is the first one of a series of low-cost dual-sim compatible “pocket add-ons” (something like a Lite series) that basically aims to provide a multimedia passenger experience.
A couple of questions may come to mind, Passengers? Like Virtual Passengers? Do I really need that? Well first of all yes, you may have the latest add-on of your favorite airliner, the latest sound set, and the latest textures but you’re missing the passengers, I’ll tell you something right now: The only difference between you and a cargo pilot, is that you are not doing red-eye flights from Frankfurt to El Cairo twice a week.
Virtual Passengers are probably one of the biggest victims in the history of FS add-ons. Before the release of XPax, there was only one ( 1 ) virtual passenger add on (FSPassengers, we'll talk about it later). So this take us to the next question “Are they necessary?“ Well sure they are, I mean starting FS, parking your 747 at the gate, pushing back and taxiing all done in less than 10 minutes? It's simply unrealistic. And in every single add-on that was ever created for our beloved hobby (Freeware, Payware or the so-called Donationware) there is always the pursuit of realism. We are always trying to achieve the dream that Microsoft embodied in their slogan “ As Real As It Gets “.
Sure you can be parked at the gate for a couple of minutes in order to “simulate” the boarding of passengers. You can even get your sister talking on the microphone in order to simulate a Flight Attendant. But in a community where nearly every single aviation related item, there’s a list of 10 add-ons, it just doesn't seem fair that the passengers are missing.
So apart from the good things and the bad things XPax may have, I believe what is important here is the fact that someone (Like Daniel Polli did with FSPassengers) is trying to fill those gaps we have to deal with on every single flight we make.
XPax
What exactly does XPax do?
- Provides a multimedia passenger carriage experience
- It lets you control (manually or automatically) the connection of Jetways (if you have a scenery add on that lets you do that) as well as doors.
- It provides Real-time monitoring of passengers health and approval rating
- Provides a scoring and ranking system based on the flights performance
- Provides a set of 12 audio recordings (containing female and male voices in various accents)
- Provides a report about your flight
- Provides a real time dynamic aircraft weight control based on the passenger load.
After starting the program, which runs in a different window than FS, you’ll notice that the program is divided into different pages and each one lets you control a different aspect. The Main page gives you statistics about your past flights (Passengers Delivered, Passengers Injured, Passenger Satisfaction Index, and you current Ranking Points). It also shows information about the status onboard: Number of passengers per cabin, Total passengers, Crew Members, total number of souls aboard, cabin status and the approval rating.
On the main page there are also a couple of buttons (called Manual Controls): Connect to FS (usually XPax will automatically connect to FS), Start Boarding, Deplane and Play announcement. Announcements are played automatically after the “Start Boarding” sequence starts. You’ll see that apart from the ambience sounds XPax comes with, a “Passenger Point of View Mini camera“ is played at the bottom left of the program (These videos can be turned off from the options page)
The Manifest page lets you decide how many passengers are you going to take and it gives you a manifest with their names, as well as Health and Approval Status, Seat and also tell you whether they are onboard or not.
The Seating Diagram page shows one of the most interesting aspects of XPax. It will introduce you to a diagram of your airplane (the seating configuration can be configured via the options page), showing you where your virtual passengers are seated, represented with green dots. Clicking on top of the green dots will bring up the information of that passenger (Name, health and approval rating)
On the Report page, you’ll find real time information about your current flight, as well as an explanation about the causes of changes to the approval and health status of your passengers.
The Aircraft page will show you a complete list of all the aircraft you have installed in your FS directory, letting you select the one you are currently using in order to provide a more accurate seating diagram.
Via the options page, you will have the chance to configure the audio sets (voices of the Captain and FA’s) you want to hear during your flight. A good thing about XPax is that it will give you the possibility of actually creating new voices (tell your sister you are still going to need her again) or if you don't feel like listening to your recorded voice over and over again, you can click on the Randomize Button. This feature is really nice, since listening to the same voices after a couple of flights could be quite annoying.
Aircraft page | Diagram page | Main page |
Manifest page | Options page | Report page |
Images courtesy of HiFi Simulations |
The Good, The Bad and The Great
XPax is a pretty good add on. It gives you the chance of populating those empty seats on your virtual flights. It has a beautiful interface full of colors, provides a seating map (which is customizable), adds different sound sets and has the ability to create new ones. But it pays the price of being a pioneer.
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AMD ATHLON64 3800 DUAL CORE 1GB RAM 2x80GB Disk Nvidia 7300GT 256MB DDR2 Flying Time: 20 hours |
Because even though the program looks really good, the fact that it works in a different window is quite annoying. Also, the approval rating of your flights seems to go lower and lower without any apparent reason. While the program lets you choose an airplane configuration in order to use it with GA aircraft, it doesn't seem to notice that it applies reduction points just because you exceeded the Maximum Bank Angle, for example.
The great thing about XPax is that it gives us another option when it comes to Virtual Passengers. Like any other add-on, it has pro’s and con’s. There are still some outstanding issues the guys at HiFi are working hard to solve.
While I was working on this review, an update was released fixing issues that costumers found after it was released (and it was released just a couple of months ago) and also adding new features. Here's the link to the update log.
XPax still has some room for improvement, but this doesn't prevent the newest add-on from HiFi Simulations from becoming a great choice for those costumers willing to add crying babies and snoring passengers to their virtual seats.