DAFSIM

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Welcome, flight simulation enthusiasts !

As an alternative to the old tools available for online flight simulation, I wrote a full set of software to let you build your own online flight simulation network, with 21th century technology.

The techniques involved do use only a very low overhead and a very low bandwidth, so you can manage 500+ online pilots (unlimited number of registered pilots) with a basic PC / internet connection and 2000+ online members with a good PC / ADSL line.

Everything is based on a direct connection between the different members using TCP/IP to really balance the load and not require a strong server with an expensive bandwidth.

A few words about opening some TCP ports : Can you imagine the 21th Century without mobile phones ? Without GPS ? Can you imagine to buy a house and never open the doors nor any window ?
Did you know that TCP ports have been invented .... to be opened one day ?!!

If you want to taste the lastest technologies, but have some trouble to open/setup your router/firewall, have a glance at the F.A.Q page.
Here are some features available with DAFSIM technology :

Flight space sharing : if you have a sim network and want to join another sim network for the time of an event, then you have just one click and an url to type ... Everybody in the first sim network will see the second network !
If the server goes down or his internet link is broken, you will not be disconnected from your neighbors. You keep flying / controlling and will automatically reconnect when the server is available again
Create and manage your own METARS and weather for training or exams
Automatic whazzup file generation each minute
Local and remote Database management, with a full set of PHP functions to interface with your database. Full graphic and easy to use mask screens and dialog windows
General message broadcasting and Dynamic DNS
No cheating here, there are no robots nor fake pilots to let you believe that there are several hundreds of pilots flying
The Pilot Client, the ATC client and the Node Server are totally integrated and work in harmony
Very smooth multiplayer planes allowing more realistic flight simulation
ATIS fully managed.
SquawkRadar the ATC client, is compatible with ALL the existing .SCT sector files and can help debugging their errors.
Extended sections in Sector files for Radar and new descriptive text file to display ILS beams, and angles of descent ...
Full flight strips and real time vectoring in Radar as well as automatic/manual hand-off.
Radar can manage dual screen monitors to get fully configurable views that may use the same or different sector files
Two descent views with different zoom levels and angle magnifying
And many other features enriched and updated frequently...

STATEMENT

All of the software is written in C/C++ and FREE but it still has value. It has taken several months of dedicated hard work and years of tweaking.
Please respect it.
The software available for download on this website, is free from any type of spyware, malware or viruses.
Non-Public information of any kind are not transmitted. All information such as User Names and Passwords for the game are kept solely with the website that uses these software and that you have signed up with.
This code has been written purely for the enjoyment of flight simulation enthusiasts and it is within this context that I also pay my own money for www.dafsim.com and www.squawkwin.com. There is no form of advertisement on either site for any profitable ventures whatsoever.

About my source code :

I work when you don't. Sleep is for wussies.
The answer is no, whatever the question is. You can't have it, you don't need it, and you'd just break it in five minutes if I give it to you anyways.

Todd C. Wilson

I am just an aviation enthusiast, a flight simulation passionate and I've flown my first planes (Beech Be19 then Piper Arrow) in 1980 at 17 years old.
My name is Karim BENNEGADI, and my nickname is BEN

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