About This File
This is the platform rewrite promised, currently Windows only, but with builds coming for Mac and Linux soon.
A completely free modern cross platform (soon) Electronic Flight Bag with so much more! Under heavy and rapid development over the last 18 months SimToolkitPro has grown into an indispensible flight simming companion. Reducing system load by consolidating tools, having everything within reach during the flight from up to date METAR, to the latest charts, SimToolkitPro is the all-in-one app for flight simulation.
- Flight planning and dispatching through SimBrief, with flight and route editing
- Flight Logbook with archiving of OFPs and route data
- Airport Database
- Weather Injection for Sims (XP11 only for now)
- Detailed Landing Reporting with a "replay" feature
- Local data storage (with cloud backup soon)
- Streaming overlay that can be fully customised
- Camera Director to automate cameras for XP11
- Landing practice tool (XP11 only for now)
- Live Map with full FIR data support for Vatsim and IVAO ATC
- Display of network flights for Vatsim, IVAO, PilotEdge and STKP users
- Taxi overlay for any airport in the world by zooming in on it (updates to your installed scenery too for XP11 again for now)
- Windows and Linux plugins for XP11, Mac and Linux Client versions coming soon
- Custom schedule for saving flights for future dispatch
- Searchable real world routes database (not super updated but will be changing this soon)
- Charts pullout tab for Navigraph Charts and ChartFox
- Support for ActiveSky webcompanion
- Integrated data recorder will record any landing detected when connected to the sim
- Import for other services, manual import and fshub.io coming soon
- Fleet manager with custom airframes
- Airframe manager allowing fully custom airframes to be dispatched through the simbrief api
- Checklists with import/export for sharing and an always on top popout for showing over the sim
- Wind calculator with automated lookup of metar for selected runway
SimToolkitPro is in development and currently needs your feedback to make it more accurate and provide more valuable information when reporting. It is being actively developed and has a discord group for support available from within the software. Feedback will be used to improve compatibility with payware aircraft, usability in general, changes to UI and add features people want to see in this free toolset.
For more active developments, please join the following links
Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/simtoolkitpro
Discord : https://discord.gg/xr6wNq5
Facebook : http://facebook.com/simtoolkitpro
Website: http://simtoolkitpro.co.uk
If you find SimToolkitPro useful and want to contribute towards development and server costs you can do so here - https://www.paypal.me/simtoolkitpro
What's New in Version 0.2.5 See changelog
Released
Full new set of screenshot for new features!
V0.2.5
- [NEW] New button to clear flight plan on planning page
- [FIX] Fixed various flight plan parsing issues
- [FIX] Fixed ATIS playback bug when elements are not set
- [FIX] ICAO validation now occurs earlier in parsing
- [FIX] Debug logging now happens asynchronously
- [DEL] Removed background downloader of patches for now. Will be readded at a later date
0.2.3 or 0.2.4 shipped with an update downloader bug. If you experience issues with "Install new version" button not working, just update to the latest version from here.
V0.2.3
- Startup bugfix
V0.2.2
General Changes
- [NEW] New changelog viewer
- [NEW] New Wind layer for map with much more detailed information
- [NEW] 2 New map types for the live map, a dark map and satellite
- [NEW] Can now do a quick metar lookup with the enter key as well as pressing "Get METAR"
- [NEW] New updates will be background downloaded automatically with a single click to install them when done
- [NEW] Most if not all module text is now part of the localisation system
- [NEW] Setting for selecting language (En only for now)
- [UPD] Approach system updated with new weather config so METAR should now be accurate
- [UPD] Precipitation layer auto updates at 5min intervals and now is slightly transparent
- [UPD] Weather layer states remembered between modules on the live map
- [UPD] Removed dependancy on 3rd party data providers and added caching server for all METAR calls
- [UPD] Massive overhaul of code to cleanup/optimise
- [UPD] New debug logging system that isn't useless
- [UPD] Sidebar re-ordered to group similar tools
- [UPD] Settings page redesigned for ease of use and access to categories
- [FIX] Fixed overlay zoom bug
- [FIX] Fixed startup bug where PDR class was unassigned
- [FIX] Flight plan procedure dropdown values remembered between pages now
- [FIX] FIxed a number of errors in the live map to do with the rain layer and flight plan display
X-Plane Specific Changes
- [NEW] Rotate MD80 detection support
- [NEW] Brand new full real weather injection with customisable approach update pausing
- [NEW] New spoken ATIS system. Tune to COM1 122.10 for Nearest airport ATIS. If you have a flightplan loaded 122.20 will be departure ATIS, and 122.30 will be destination ATIS. Will be added to Prepar3D shortly.
V0.2.1
Hotfix
- [FIX] Fixed multiple bugs in flight plan parsing system and fixed departure runway and SID waypoint parsing
- [FIX] Added identifiers to SID select (Will make more sense for multiple departure types/transitions)
- [FIX] Added automated load to existing plans when returning to the page to populate the dropdowns
V0.2.0
General Changes
- [NEW] Added elevation data to airport information page
- [NEW] New rainfall data provider and higher resolution radar information
- [NEW] New changelog format to make it easier to track sim-specific changes
- [NEW] New Network Explorer expanding on the the network flight viewer in the live map with more data and future update space
- [NEW] Added clear flightplan button to live map
- [NEW] Added zoom control for streaming overlay map
- [NEW] Added current flight plan to overlay map when one is set
- [NEW] Added localisation subsystem, currently only active on the startup screen, dashboard and settings page and english only for testing so please report any strangeness in the discord
- [NEW] When loading a SimBrief OFP you can now use the dropdown to view the OFP PDF
- [NEW] Added ability to export SimBrief OFP to selected folder
- [FIX] Fixed streaming map offsets for icons
- [FIX] Fixed bug in patch check system
- [FIX] Fixed issue for auto connect happening before the data recorder was ready
- [FIX] New parsing system for procedures to fix missing/incorrect procedures in flightplan parsing
- [FIX] Fixed plan parsing for crossing dateline and crossing 0 Longitude
- [FIX] Removed width restriction on Quick METAR lookup result
- [FIX] Fixed live map bug where flightplan and info box would stay open when network flight layer removed
- [FIX] Fixed quick METAR lookup result being hidden behind the live map
- [FIX] Fixed streaming setting output default values
- [FIX] Sidebar hidden to prevent interaction until fully loaded
- [FIX] Fix for incorrect waypoint data stopping FINAL lookup in flight plan viewer
- [FIX] Fixed error with flight trail on live map not updating past 4000 points
- [FIX] Increased data that tracking system will keep historically
- [UPD] Added show me and follow me to remembered layers for live map (only when connection is established)
- [UPD] Updated some layout issues in the settings page
X-Plane Specific Changes
- [NEW] Added ability to export SimBrief OFP to selected AviTab folder, customisable in the settings page
- [UPD] Weather module is now "locked" by default to prevent accidental changes being sent to the simulator
- [REM] Removed livery viewer (Will return at some point but had little to no use at present)
-- Patch Notes Cleared Up (Full changelog available in app) --