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Welcome To XPax - A Passenger Simulation Add-on for FSX and FS9!

Introducing a different kind of add-on from HiFi that works with both FSX and FS9! With XPax, the experience of carrying passengers in an airline environment is brought to you in an entertaining and realistic way.

Passengers and their individual statistics including health and approval rating are constantly updated based on the performance of the flight. The entire flight process, from pre-boarding to deplaning, is simulated and supplemented by multimedia content including audio and video.

Cabin attendants, Gate Attendants and Captain voice sets are included and fully customizable using the easy options screen. New voice sets can be recorded with a few clicks of the mouse. Video, provided in a “Passenger point-of-view” format is also fully customizable within the interface with bit of simple movie production.

XPax is designed to run along-side FS and automatically senses when certain phases of the flight take place, launching appropriate events, audio and video.

With XPax, everything you do is monitored closely and the passengers will react accordingly. Using abrupt control movements, climbing or descending too fast, obtaining unusual attitudes, too many g-forces, aggressive taxi turns or a hard landing will all reduce passenger satisfaction and in extreme cases will cause injuries!

Many other features, as well as a comprehensive user guide and top-notch HiFi customer support are all included.

Features

Multimedia passenger carriage experience for FSX and FS2004 (dual compatible)
Complete manual or automatic control of connection, jetway, doors, boarding, deplaning and more
Real-time dynamic monitoring and simulation of passenger health and approval rating
Scoring and ranking system based on performance, with configurable approval sensitivity slider
Over 300MB of high-quality audio and video immersion!
12 different audio sets provided in both male and female voices, in various accents
Fully customizable and recordable/importable audio and video - record new audio or import a new video right from the application with a few clicks!
Dynamic passenger manifest and seating diagram screens for real-time status
Report screen for viewing in-depth information and health/approval/scoring
Comprehensive aircraft browsing and selection screen
Exportable flight reports
Real-time dynamic aircraft weight control based on the passenger (and associated cargo) load
Geared towards airliners, but works with any aircraft (detailed cabin diagrams provided for the most popular airline aircraft including 3x3, 2x3x2 and 3x4x3 layouts)
Included Custom "Other" Generic Cabin Diagram is configurable for any kind of passenger load and layout

Requirements:

Microsoft Flight Simulator X or Flight Simulator 2004
FSX Requires Service Pack 1 (which includes SP1 SimConnect), and FS9 requires FSUIPC v3.75 or later (available free from http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html)
Windows XP or later (earlier operating systems not officially supported)
1GB+ RAM
500MB+ Free Hard Drive Space
.NET 2.0 (included with installation package)
Windows Media Player v11 or later
Internet Explorer v7 or later