Page 11 - Sept 2020

With that in mind, then, it will be well worth exploring
– and installing – the World of AI Installer – which you
will need for any such World of AI releases in the
future. Once you have this installer in place on your
system, it will provide an avalanche of freeware AI
traffic that will contribute to making your simulated
flight experience all the more real.
What’s more, this add-on installer is compatible with
both FSX and FS2004. Essentially, if you are looking to
spend a long time in the virtual skies, then sooner or
later – if it is authenticity you seek – you are going to
have to add the World of AI Installer.
View/download over in the file library here. You'll
also need the AI traffic packages that go with the
installer, which can be downloaded here.
Traffic 360 (Payware)
OK, so once you have the WOAI installer (above) and
you have played around with it, you may want
something more advanced. And Traffic 360 is perhaps
one of the best options for AI traffic out there. With
over 2,000 new aircraft variants and a whopping half a
million flight plans, this Traffic 360 version utilizes
authentic real-life flight schedules which span the
entire planet.
In short, by incorporating Traffic 360 into your flight
simulation arsenal, the simulation suddenly becomes
as close to the real thing as one can get without
actually setting foot inside a real plane. In fact, it is the
realism that makes it stand out so much from similar
add-ons that have come before it.
All aspects of flight simulation have been catered for,
both in the air and on the ground at your chosen
airport with some of the best animations regarding the
finer aspects of aviation available for the virtual pilot.
Even the 29 new sounds and audio features – which
again contribute greatly to the overall realism - make
Traffic 360 well worth the small charge for its use.
As well as several commercial airliners included in the
program – civilian and cargo – there is also a large array of
military aircraft (including helicopters), as well as other
general aviation aircraft. Furthermore, the availability of the
Traffic Control Centre truly helps the virtual aviator experience
by offering an insight into such a world through the eyes of
those guiding and landing the relentless tide of aircraft coming
in from all over the world.
This is a paid-for product and can be purchased over at
SimShack here (with immediate download after purchase).
Mesh Scenery
Of course, when you take a peek outside of your virtual
cockpit, what you see there goes just as much towards the
overall experience as what’s inside. Indeed, much as you
would from a real plane, once you are up in the air, as much as
going from A to B is the goal, the stunning views such travel
offers is, at least for some, as much a part of the reason why
aviation and flight – virtual or otherwise – is so enthralling in
the first place as anything else.
With that said, then, what is on offer to the eye needs to be fit
for visual consumption. And with improvements happening all
the time, the following add-ons are perhaps essential for
virtual pilots who wish to appreciate the beauty of travel from
the air in terms of the detail outside the cockpit as much as in.
FreeMeshX Global Terrain Mesh Scenery 2.0
So, with that in mind, it is perhaps very much worth
considering the FreeMeshX which, once installed, will replace
and update the terrain stock for FSX, FSX: SE and P3D
programs.
This program also features meshing that is LOD10 (38m) for
the vast majority of the planet, which is a huge improvement
on the previous versions which ranged between LOD6 to
LOD9. This includes the rest of the North American continent
(the US is already at LOD10), all of Europe, Asia, Africa, and
Australia, as well as Oceania.