NOT YET COMPATIBLE WITH F-35 VERSION 1.2.7. MOD UPDATE IS COMING SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, DISABLE YOUR MOD IF YOU UPDATED THE BASE AIRCRAFT. THANKS.

In January 2022, this add-on was born with a really simple idea: "getting rid of the GPWS warning. And, if possible, make it as a toggle!". I've done that. my first mod ever for MSFS. And from here, moved to other systems (canopy auto closing when accelerating, speed breaks auto deploying on landing, a few more ICAWS messages, etc.)

We are finally at version 1.x of this MOD. This means, all the features I could have wanted to add are finally there! Even a few that sounded so out of reach not so long ago.

Today you know this mods for its main features:

Aerobatic smoke working in multi players.
Flares (only work local), with stock management.
Better lightings (landing lights, cabin light).
And still the messages, indications, systems and automations that make your pilot life easier... the complete list is just below.

Please note that:

You require the F-35 payware plane by IndiaFoxtEcho in order to use this mod.

Thanks also to Anarkand who helps me by testing my major updates before I publish them here.

Important: After any update from IndiaFoxtEcho, make sure you remove this mod from your community folder until I release a version compatible.

MOD active versions:

Version 1.5.5 > F-35 version 1.2.6

Binds :

Shoot flares - if MASTER ARM is ON, you are flying and you have flares available on board: TOGGLE RECOGNITION LIGHTS
Aerobatic smoke - ON/OFF: TOGGLE BEACON LIGHTS

Here are the features to this date (latest version):

Custom MOD page on MFDs to toggle ON/OFF the systems below:
- Auto Landing Lights: Turn on landing lights when you extend gear.
- Auto Retract Hook (A and C only): Retracts hook if you extend it on the ground and/or after successful landing.
- Aerobatic Smoke (Red/Green/Blue/White/Purple/Orange/Aqua) : in multiplayer, other pilots show with the same colors as you).
- Flares: You have 6 flares at the beginning of the flight. If you use them all, you need to land, set the parking brake and only then you will be able to reload.
Speed brakes ICAWS indication (normal + caution if RPM too high)
Hook deployed ICAWS message (normal + caution if on the ground [and Auto Retract Hook is disabled])
Launch bar automatically retracts after take-off (F-35 C only).
Total remaining fuel percentage display on FUEL pages and TOP MFD.
Landing light has a bright spot at its source now.
Console light tinted green or red instead of white/yellowish and depending on MASTER ARM status.
New effects: heat blur.
Canopy texture cleaned(less scratches and dirt, even if there is still a fair amount left).

Known bugs:

If you use "L" to toggle all lights ON/OFF, you will also trigger the aerobatic smoke.
Static F-35 on aprons have flare shooting constantly.

Get in touch:

If you have any idea or want to participate to this mod, you can join the Flying Fries community on Discord: https://discord.gg/VNdrSgTWYZ.

best mod for f35

thank you

9 months ago

Desaz

Awesome! Any plans to add gun fire effects, similar to your other F-15 and F-16 mods?

totheskies

Great Mod. How do you arm the flares and fire them?

11 months ago

Shane22

The Afterburner looks a bit weird, Can you do something to fix it? If so it would be AMAZING! Its a great mod anyway. Thanks for choosing to mod this plane and i'm in love with the smoke and flares

rjp101

Hello! how do i tunr on the Flares for the F35, me use TOGGLE RECOGNITION LIGHTS can't launch

Tadpole

G'day Lord, firstly auto FBW toggle! EPIC!!

We use your mod in RAAFv but with joinFS the flares and smoke are always on. Can we safely remove the flares and smoke effect without breaking your mod on systems?

Kind regards,

Toko

Chief of RAAFvirtual.org

1 years ago

Tokolosh3

Hello! how do i tunr on the smoke for the F35?

Mrmysticman122

Awesome!

limeX

Mate, thank you so much for that! somehow this mod allowed my in sim marketplace f-35 to have weapons and missiles, it would be great to have this on other planes

Eriksala

This mod made the F35 enjoyable again, the FBW the plane had was making impossible to land in the way it should be done, Thanks for implementing this on the F35 OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anarkand

hey, I have a problem with firing the flares, could you explain me step by step how to start them the biggest problem I have with ARM

MaxWili

Thank you for the mod. Is there a way to use the mod but disable the smoke entirely?

bosco75

Can't fly without this!!!

Serfardi

What a great freakin mod! I'm a new F-35 pilot and i have a question though maybe you can help: I lose FPS when i fly the F-35. Do you think it's because of this mod? I haven't gotten time to fly the aircraft without this mod yet so i'm just brainstorming here. Thank you again for your work!

ScarsStitches

Thank you for the update! Your mod really brings the F-35 to life.

lakku

Could you add somewhere to the mod so that you can add weapons to the Marketplace Variant of the F35?

1 months ago

Good idea. I didn't even think about this "feature" :) I'll write it in the description! But for now, this mod is not up to date, so you shouldn't use it if you have the latest F-35. (always check the first line of the description). As soon as I find some time, I'll update it!

LordFrites

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LockSt0k

how do you install the mod? need help asap

2 months ago

So extract the .zip file and then when you have the unzipped file drag it into your community folder: if you do Windows + R you will get the run menu, then type %appdata% and hit enter, then scroll down till you find flight sim, packages, communtiy.

Trikstxr

baleki

Is there an faq or manual for the mod ?

8 months ago

sm258

We could really use a mod to allow different HMD colors or text size. I find the altitude and airspeed readouts are often unreadable.

Yeah, I've seen the discussion on IFE's Discord :) I can definitely understand that it's not always readable (the screenshot used as an example is a perfect one). But I'm not sure color would change anything... I'll try to develop my answer:

HUDs display work as an additive process: Whether you add green, red, blue, or any other color to an almost white background... You'll get a white-ish result and your text will be lost (you can do the test in Photoshop/Gimp or other software).

And if, by any chance, it's not the luminance but the tint of the HUD's text that's a problem (I assure you, it's always luminance, but let's pretend)... Then, another tint would make low contrasts and bad readibility on other places.

That's why nametags have a black/dark background. And even if you can customize the color of the nametags with some add-ons, the important thing is the contrast between the text and what's behind. And to ensure a good contrast, you must control the background.

So I'm not saying "the plane must be 100% realistic, huds are green, etc." it has never been my point. And I could even develop why HUDs are green (short answer: green is the brightest color, so if offers the most contrasts on most situations) And I relate with the issue regarding reading hud (for any fighter jet BTW) on bright condition. But I think, in these case, the best solution is to select the "HUD" page on one of your MFDs so you have all the information there. And this time it's bright green over black background, so the contrast and readability are perfect.

Burnhaven

Glad to see that you are still updating this high quality improvement mod. I have been unable to play MSFS since I twisted my leg QAQ Now I cannot wait to fly!

Ouch... sorry for your leg! Hopefully it will untwist soon ;) Take care!

Boots_Hu

hey i downloaded the mod and installed it, but when i got in the plane the screens were all black... what do i do?

Hi Adrian. Unfortunately you're not the first to share this. I would suggest you check your versions (latest IndiaFoxtEcho's aircraft + latest mod version).

It can also be a conflict with another add-on, but I really can't say which since I never had this issue with this aircraft.

So the troubleshooting is on your side: Check your versions, disable all your other mods/freeware/payware and from there, if it's all working well, re-enable them until you get the black screens again and you can find what add-on triggered it. Good luck.

AdrianCH

Thanks! And to be fair, it's also one of the payware with the most frequent and significant updates... So IndiaFoxtEcho are really doing a great job with this aircraft, for more than one year already!

I'm happy I chose to work on this one 😊👍

You're amazing!

You're way too kind :) But thanks, I'll take it ;)

HypePerformanceGroup

Yes, I'm thinking about:

Adding a machine gun (only for the A variant, since apparently that's how it is in real life).

I'm also trying to figure out how to "shoot" missiles (it will probably only be smoke and effects projection + effect on weight and visible payload) >> but that's still far from being done :)

And, for the fun, I'll add 3 more colors to the aerobatic smokes (purple, orange and aqua).

That will be for version 1.6 and I don't know yet when I'll sort everything out :)

btw IndiaFoxtEcho added their own canopy safety, can you make it where you can disable that in the MOD menu

Really, they added this? Cool. I will try to see how it works on their side and if I can make it toggleable, yes :)

Arkid77

Is it possible you can adjust the sound set for wind noise off the wings when pulling G's? The sound set seems a bit unrealistic without this sound effect.

10 months ago

Hi. Sorry Dillon, I can't do anything regarding sounds. It has to be done by IndiaFoxtEcho. Or you can give a go at "FTSiM+" sound pack by joining their Patreon: https://www.ftsimplus.com/msfs-f35.html they have changed quite a lot of sounds from the default's plane.

Dillon

As of right now this mod is broken, it is filling the screens of the F-35 all white and breaks the screens. Please fix!

I'm sorry, but no, it is not broken. I don't know what version of the mod and what version of IFE's F-35 you're using, but if you have the latests in both case, it should work fine.

And if it still doesn't work, then it's something about another mod of yours, that I apparently don't have, which is causing issues.

And be sure that when I release an update, I test it for a few hours before uploading it here. So there could be bugs in my code, of course. But to this extent? meeh... probably not :)

Runner

you should make the TSD actually display other players, and give it a flight line for flight plans

deadbird

hey i just download and instal this but my plane didnt load do you know how to fix it

I'm not sure what you mean by "didn't load".

Do you have the correct version of the base plane ? (1.2.0) released a few days ago on SimMarket and Orbx. And I don't know if it has been updated yet on MSFS Store.

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raptor_22

Thanks ! And Tadpole asked the same question a few days ago:

switch weapons to ARM
be in the air
have a few flares in stock (you can restock from the ground with parking brake on)
Use the "FIRE" from the MOD page on the MFD or the "TOGGLE RECOG LIGHTS" key bind if you have it set.

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