Parallel 42 Releases Skytrails for MSFS 2024
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Skytrails is Parallel 42's new contrail add-on for MSFS 2024, designed to populate the sky with high-altitude traffic contrails from AI packs, live traffic, multiplayer, and VATSIM aircraft. The tool offers in-sim EFB configuration for trail density, length, and visual quality, plus a weather-aware visibility mode that shows contrails only under suitable atmospheric conditions—or always-visible if preferred. SimFX owners get a discount code ('GIMMETRAILS'). The product costs $10 USD and is available on PC and Xbox through Parallel 42's store and the MSFS Marketplace.
Excerpt from Threshold
Parallel 42 has recently released their new “Skytrails” product for MSFS 2024, an add-on that aims to populate the sky with even more high-altitude traffic and contrails.
Skytrails adds new contrails to AI traffic packages, MSFS’s live traffic system, MSFS multiplayer aircraft and VATSIM and online-network aircraft.
Parallel 42 says their goal is to make the sky feel more alive and less empty, populating it with distant contrails as far as the eye can see.
The addon only affects surrounding traffic and does not add contrails to your own aircraft.
Skytrails can also generate fictional contrails not tied to a specific aircraft when traffic volume is low.
You can configure the product in the MSFS 2024 EFB and adjust trail density, length, visual quality, and the conditions for contrail appearance.
P42 says they have also included a weather-aware visibility mode that shows trails only under suitable atmospheric conditions, but you can also choose to keep them always visible.
Highlights
Access & configure via the in-sim EFB
Contrails from AI Traffic Packs
Contrails from Live Traffic
Chemtrails from Multiplayer Traffic
Contrails from Online Networks like VATSIM
Intelligent Fictional Contrail Generation
Real and Fictional Contrail Blending
Dynamic High-Altitude Sky Population
Scientifically Correct Weather-Aware Visibility Mode
Optional Always-Visible Mode
Adjustable Trail Density
Trail Length Controls
Visual Quality Settings
Real-Time Configuration Changes
View the product page here.
Skytrails has its roots in Parallel 42’s SimFX addon for MSFS 2020, which has not yet been ported to 2024 due to sim limitations cited by Parallel 42.
SimFX owners can, however, use the new product for free, provided they use the code “GIMMETRAILS” at checkout on the Parallel 42 website. This does not work on Marketplace.
Skytrails is available for MSFS 2024 on PC and Xbox, for $10 USD, from Parallel 42’s store and the MSFS 2024 Marketplace.
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