Terms of Use | Privacy
 
  HOME | FORUM | FILES | MULTIPLAYER | MISSIONS | ARTICLES
 

Flight Simulator • FS Scenery Design Tools • Creating FlightSim Aircraft • Making FlightSim Scenery

Flight Simulator Design Studio • FSDS • GMax • Plugin SDK • Flight Simulator SDK • Flight Simulator Development Software

 











Tools for Flightsim Developers
Various software and development information


Hovercontrol Developer Forum
Open forum for Addon Development topics


Flightsim Development Articles
News and articles related Addon Development


Developer Screenshot Gallery
Images from developers with Addons in progress


Helicopter Pics for Developers
Photo images sorted by helicopter for developers


Additional Information about FlightSim Addon Development at Hovercontrol.com

About Addon Development

Popular flight simulators such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Flight Simulator 2004, and X-Plane have built-in support for extending the software by means of Addons. This means that users of the flight simulator software can also create and add new Aircraft, Scenery, and other interesting utilities.

Many flight simulator users enjoy the creative process behind making new aircraft and scenery addons for flight simulator. It is hard work but can be rewarding and challenging. Seeing the finished product is quite a thrill!

At first, it can seem daunting to learn what tools and software are necessary to begin participating in flight simulator addon development. Not to mention all of the special tricks and techniques that are required to get aircraft and scenery addons to function as you envision.

We can't make the process easy for everyone. However, we want to do the best we can to offer support, information, and links to resources that will help to answer the difficult questions and to keep new addon developers moving in their creative journey.

We also offer a developer discussion board where flight simulator developers can ask questions and share information with one another. This is probably the most important skill to learn when starting out with flight simulator addon development. Because asking the right question, to the right people can save a new developer a ton of time and frustration.

If you think flight simulator addon development is for you, we hope that you give it a try and learn some of the necessary skills to make it happen and become a productive developer of flight simulator addons and utilities!
 

Recent Articles

Development Software and Utilities


A series of helpful links to aid with repainting and designing. - Read On...

Contributed by Weedy - Feb 17, 2008

Helicopter Air Files and Configuration - Part 2


In this installment of Helicopter Simulator Flight Dynamics we'll take a look at what it takes to adjust certain cruise related behaviors in the 206 based helicopters for FS2004 and Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX). - Read On...

Jordan Moore - Aug 25, 2007

Helicopter Air Files and Configuration - Part 1


This is an introduction to the important concepts of helicopter flight dynamics configuration in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This is the first in a series of articles that will hopefully help you understand how to adjust microsoft flight simulator helicopter flight dynamics for yourself. - Read On...

Jordan Moore - Jul 7, 2006

Flight Simulator X: What's in Store for Us?


As we all wait with baited breath for the release of Microsoft's next Flight Simulator (FSX) I have to sit here and wonder what Microsoft has decided to do with the existing helicopter flight model. - Read On...

Steve Hanley (SkyMed) - May 12, 2006

Helicopter Simulation - What Does "Faking It" mean?


In this article I take a look at the ironic notion that some helicopter flight simulation features are real, and that others are "fake". - Read On...

Jordan Moore - Mar 30, 2006


COPYRIGHT 2010 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Hovercontrol.com • Helicopter Simulator