What started as a quick and dirty G-loc simulation in Orbiter, ended up in a full blown feature complete effects list that renders directly on the Orbiter window. Work in progress. I have nailed down the effects that I want. Some sounds remain to be added and then to tie them to the physics so they respond to the actual G force felt by the pilot.

Stay tuned...

While I am at it, I started reworking the reentry effects. I have already posted some screenshots in the screenshot thread.
Work continues. The streaks are almost done. Added some sparks effects as well. Next is the "bow shock" and then the long trail.
Here is a short video. View from VC is not even started yet. Right now the plasma renders inside the cockpit instead of outside the windows.

@Buck Rogers

If you mean exhaust "shimmer", that's already in. Needs some tweaking but the framework for the effect is already implemented. (OF is under some short of attack right now and pasting screenshots doesn't work). Here is a link.

I have the effect super pronounced, so you can see the deformation at near the retro thrusters. In sim the effect is more subtle, but it needs a video to show properly. Not very visible at a screenshot.

Reentry effect off/on (toggleable). The saturation of the plasma streaks has its own slider, can go from orange/white to red/magenta. A save per vessel will be implemented so one won't have to re-tweak the settings for their favorite vessels. Now working on the long plasma trail. That will have to be at least 10s of km long and be clearly visible from the ground.

Shadows in the DeltaGlider VC. (actually, in all VCs)

Toggleable and adjustable. Also depends on the shadow settings you have in the D3D9 advanced video tab. The one shown in the video is the default one. Looks even better with higher settings, but it starts to have an impact on the frame-rate. What you see in the video is almost "free" (hardly any impact on the frame-rate).

Next item: Auroras

Maybe you could add effects that improve the default atmospheric exhaust and contrail similar like you did for reentry effect?

Please, keep doing more effects, it's wonderful

It is on my todo list. I don't know how feasible it is, because the exhaust textures and settings are "baked" in the vessel's code and are only loaded once. So I'll need to figure out a way to override the vessel and also make them dynamic. I will investigate for sure, but I don't want to get anybody's hopes up.
If I manage to "bag" a feature, I post a screenshot or video, so the ones you see above in this thread are definitely doable and already implemented in some form (preliminary testing at first with sliders and then "baked in" (physics or cfg file driven, with some slider control from the user).
My goal is to allow full customization, but also with a save feature, so one will not have to re-tweak their settings on every new scenario.

Hopefully, I will have a stable version for sharing (and testing) sometime this next weekend.

Any body. With fully customizable aurora features (number of ribbons, colors, activity, height, tilt relative to axis of rotation and more). All settings are saved per body.
The addon will ship with pre-set defaults, but you can tune any body to your liking, hit save and will always show up like that, until you re-tweak it and save it.

BTW the ribbons are not static, but actually "dance" in the atmosphere. You can see the sliders and options you have to give the look you want in the opened dialog box.

A big thank you to you, dgatsoulis, for your rigorous and professional work.

Thruster effect are in. Shimmer, shock diamonds, expansion plumes, bell glow and more. Fully customizable and already wired to be physics driven (mostly pressure dependent).
Here is a preview:

I have also implemented lightning flashes inside the cloud layer that light up on the night side (will also make it visible on the day time by a toggle, but it would not be reallistic) :

I will start a closed beta in a couple of days. If anyone is interested, send me a PM, so I can send you instructions and the addon. This is only for Orbiter 2024 and will require a clean install with no addons. Also a bit of your time to test and report back.