09/25/2026
MSFS 2024 Scenery Object Browser v1.0.0-rc.1 is now available for testing.
Yesterday, I finally had the opportunity to use this application myself during actual scenery development—and I was honestly amazed by how much ground it covered in such a short amount of time.
This entire application was created with the help of AI. I had two AIs doing much of the heavy lifting behind the scenes: ChatGPT and Claude. I supplied the original idea, developer experience, direction, testing, and real-world problems that needed to be solved. Together, we turned all of that into a working Windows application.
As a solo developer, I could never have covered this much ground this quickly through traditional development alone. The project involved understanding undocumented simulator files, tracing packages through the Virtual File System, building a searchable database, extracting and displaying object previews, creating the interface, improving performance, handling Windows installation detection and validation, packaging releases, documenting the project, and testing everything against the newest simulator and its Developer SDK.
AI didn’t simply push a button and create an application. It allowed me to direct two extremely capable development partners while I made the decisions, tested the results, identified problems, and kept the project focused on something genuinely useful to scenery developers.
The result is the MSFS 2024 Scenery Object Browser—a completely free utility designed to make the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Scenery Editor friendlier, faster, and easier to use.
MSFS 2024 already contains thousands of scenery objects: buildings, hangars, lights, signs, vehicles, vegetation, airport equipment, SimObjects, and much more. The problem has always been finding the object you need and knowing what it looks like before placing it.
That is exactly what this application is designed to solve.
It scans the scenery objects available through your own MSFS 2024 installation and builds a searchable visual catalog. You can browse objects, view previews where available, search by name, filter by object type and approximate size, and quickly copy GUIDs, names, and SimObject titles for use in your scenery projects.
For those interested in the nerdier side of the project, the application includes Windows environment and installation validation to help locate and verify the simulator and its Virtual File System across different setups. The project is also released under the MIT License, making the source code available for anyone who wants to inspect it, learn from it, modify it, or contribute to its continued development.
This is a developer utility, not a general gameplay add-on. It is intended for anyone building airports, custom locations, freeware or payware scenery, or simply learning how to work with the MSFS 2024 Scenery Editor.
This is currently Release Candidate 1, so I am looking for fellow developers willing to test it before the final 1.0.0 release. I am especially interested in feedback from Steam users, people running different Windows configurations, and anyone who encounters issues with installation, VFS detection, scanning, display scaling, or general usability.
It is completely free.
Download MSFS 2024 Scenery Object Browser v1.0.0-rc.1 here:
https://github.com/HangarStudios713/MSFS2024-Scenery-Object-Browser-Releases/releases
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