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124thATC v2 brainstorming

Please vote or add a desired features, corrections or improvements that you would like to see in future plugin versions.

Please:
- Read CAREFULLY all ideas before add new one. Redundant suggestion will be deleted.
- DO NOT use this page for bug report!
- Use English only :)

AdvMichael is the official plugin testing lead and moderator in this page


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World Traffic Integration
by Rosso
World Traffic is a great plugin to add traffic into X-Plane. WT3 will even support other ATC solu... more
 
YESSSSSSS PLEASSEEEEEEE
15
 
Yes definitely. 124th ATC is good and integration it with world traffic will make it awesome.
by Hiflyer
7
 
PLEASE
by JamesLPruitt3
 
Thats the only thing missing for a complete AI+ATC solution. Would really love this!
by Sven
3
 
I don't like this feature. I will bind a lot of resources only for eye candy, nothing for improvi... more
by Günther
 
Yes Please! The default AI traffic is one of the weakest areas of X-Plane so most of us are runni... more
by Ed Akridge
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Yes please!!!, Olli, drijanthony and 74 more

Better VFR support
by Ntnll
 
Yes, basic VFR support would be appreciated, first functions are already available in a56
by AdvMichael
17
 
For that reason basic VFR support would be great, but IFR support should remain in first place
by AdvMichael
4
 
Lack of VFR ATC is why I never left XPlane9.7 124th comes the closest to VFR Atc of them all but... more
by Binky
6
 
XP desperately needs good ATC interaction for VFR flying. I'm on the verge of returning to FSX du... more
by John
4
 
XPlane has a lot of promise, but as a VFR pilot (sim and real life) I stick with "the other platf... more
1
 
Traffic pattern support would be great as well. Imagine practicing Touch & Go's in the traffic pa... more
by Blue
3
 
It would be enough for a 0.1 alpha to be able to interact with towers for takeoff and landing cle... more
by Magnus
2
 
VFR basic would be a great feature to develope!
by Matteo74
1
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Bruce Martin, Olli, drijanthony and 55 more

Better taxi parsing and arrows guide
by Ntnll
Provide a more efficient taxi discovering and arrows guide to holding point and parking
 
An improvement would be better taxiway parsing and giving correct taxi instructions, even if I un... more
by AdvMichael
13
 
As for the arrows guide I see not so much use, as you also do not have that in real world. Usual... more
by AdvMichael
17
 
That would help to navigate through unknown airports when you don't have charts available.
by Alatriste
3
 
I don't have any feelings on this. But I just want to ensure that people are aware of the "Airpo... more
by scooke7
2
 
I use airport Navigator-but in a VR headset the map does not show.So guidance arrows would be hel... more
by Jay
 
Airport arrows ? Never use 'em... don't need 'em. Would prefer ntnll to work on other issues in... more
 
Use Follow Me car instead, gives more immersion if you need taxi help.
by MrGeeBee
3
 
Reasonable request, but I think there are much higher priority items on the wishlist (a lot of de... more
by Otto Pylott
 
@MrGeeBee Folow Me Car is payware and doesnt work on Linux, so not an option.
by V10lator
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drijanthony, Lucas, tomas and 40 more

Option to start ATC guidance in flight
by Jay
 
At the moment 124th ATC leaves me hanging often without input and seems to freeze.Having the opti... more
11
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marcopol, Lucas, tomas and 36 more

extend STAR support
by Jay
 
Completely agree on that. Actually the STAR support was working fine already in earlier versions ... more
by AdvMichael
5
 
Actually, I would like to see the possibility to add the STAR closer to landing because in long f... more
by scooke7
6
 
plugin already provide SID and STAR support, the lack of STAR discovery in XP10 will be treated a... more
by Ntnll
2
 
STAR support, means also height and speed limits? (Note: in mountainous areas now one might be di... more
by Mindyourstep
7
 
For some airport STAR detection works for others it doesn't. Eg. never get a STAR assigned for la... more
by argonius
2
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Paul Vander Haegen, mumax, nex and 26 more

Start without ATC, arrive with ATC (non-towered to towered airport)
by toby23
I would like to see the option to pick up ATC when you have departed from a non-towered airport. ... more
 
Flying VFR and later during flight filing a flightplane by calling center etc., that's what I mis... more
by Günther
7
 
Pop-up ATC clearances are a very common necessity when flying VFR. Due to the volatile nature of... more
by Calvin Waterbury
4
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Bruce Martin, kdub, drijanthony and 25 more

Airway support in flightplan
by scooke7
I would like to see support of airways in the flight plan. So, if my flight plan uses Q961, I don... more
 
Airway support is a must. I do a lot of 7-10 hours flights, and it's insane to put in all wp's on... more
by MrGeeBee
5
 
This should be prio 1. Unless it's ATC for short VFR flights only.
by FlyMeToTheMoon
1
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drijanthony, dutchpilotstudent, mumax and 25 more

Mountainous areas
by jason
No single approach or departure succeeds. Thus in mountainous Switzerland not to use.
 
If 124thatc follows SID/STAR it works if the Pilot *ignores* the altitudes given by 124thatc and ... more
by argonius
7
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Bulva, mrtn, mumax and 16 more

Make window visible in VR. SDK supports it now
17
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Alex, Robert, Lumi and 14 more

Pre-Recorded Voices
by Alatriste
Instead of TTS voices, I'd like to have pre-recorded voices from users. We will have to record se... more
 
In my opinion the TTS voices are working quite well. As for the pre-recorded voices I definitely ... more
by AdvMichael
7
 
As mentioned in my suggestion, I used ProATC for quite some time, and yes, you have to spend a go... more
by Alatriste
 
As a Linux user, pre-recorded voices (or something around those lines) would be really beneficial... more
by Phil
2
 
Prerecorded voices will be the ideal. If this is not possible maybe a utility which can change th... more
by By Nick
2
 
Would be nice to have a number of different voices rather than the same "Guy" all the time
by Phil
2
 
There is now X-chatter, with pre recordered voices, it would be nice to have it implemented (it w... more
by Jan
 
Totally agree. The pilot would have to wait to wait for any on going communication to be over bef... more
by Alatriste
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Paul Vander Haegen, Gary, Sven and 14 more

Choosing arrival gate
by AlexG
Add the possibility to request an arrival parking position either when submitting the flightplan ... more
 
124thATCv2 should not direct my Cessna to the gate.
by Josias
2
 
It would make landung much more realistic, when the pilot a) would already know the parking befor... more
by Fly-insight
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ShaneD, Paul Vander Haegen, Gary and 14 more

Support for joystick/keyboard control
 
Oh yes, so I can stick to my HOTAS.
by MrGeeBee
1
 
Especially for those who are flying small aircraft, probably w/o AP support. Grabbing the mouse a... more
by Hardy
1
 
totally agree, can stick to the commant. it could be keyboard shortcut / button assignation or vo... more
by Lilins
 
+1
1
 
It would be ideal (just like in X-Life Deluxe) to control the selection of options at the cursor ... more
by Bulva
1
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Hibner, Lucas, Tomas and 9 more

Use Speech Recognition tool from Windows. Like Voxatc and Pilot2ATC. Because to practice the fly lingo, is better whether we speak it.
by Antonio
 
I know good way to do it. Though it requires some coding of course. My idea here is the 124th ... more
by Vantskruv
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Tim, Alexey, Josias and 8 more

When there are more than 1 waypoints with the same name, at different places, the plugin points to the one further away. A waypoint selection option would be nice!
by Vassilis
 
Fully agree on that, I also faced such problems with waypoints which have the same names but are ... more
by AdvMichael
2
 
That issue will be fixed in version a57, currently the tests are in progress.
by AdvMichael
1
 
Guess this was never resolved. I'm tired of spending the time to put flight plans together only t... more
by Devin
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Bulva, nex, Sebastian and 7 more

To include the words TO and MAINTAIN into the phraseology from ATC when changing levels
by Shane Dallimore
To include the words TO and MAINTAIN into the phraseology from ATC when changing levels as laid d... more
 
Totally agree, it's confusing when I hear "Climb 8000 feet" without TO or MAINTAIN.
by MrGeeBee
2
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Sebastien, nex, inflight74 and 7 more

Weather diversion
by scooke7
Pilot contacts ATC to request diversion from filed plan (left or right or higher altitude) to avo... more
 
Great idea ! Appreciate to add in "ATC Dialog" a box "Ask heading change due to weather"
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Sebastien, Paul Vander Haegen, mrtn and 7 more

Support follow me car in taxi instructions
by AdvMichael
When using the follow me car (JarDesign) it would be great, if 124thATC could allow taxi with fol... more
 
I would very much appreciate that feature, since currently most of the taxi instructions are not ... more
by AdvMichael
5
 
I agree, though FM Car works fine anyway, just select it from the map or list. Since 124thATC doe... more
by MrGeeBee
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Jo, iuri rolho, Marc and 6 more

Request alternate landing runway
by Matthijs
I got a runway assigned that was to short for my plane. I was flying the B738-zibo mod and the as... more
9
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drijanthony, Paul Vander Haegen, Gary and 6 more

Report TOD
by MrGeeBee
Would be nice to actually be able to report a TOD, since 124thATC TOD calculations never adds up.... more
 
In many places in the real world, calculating TOD and calling ATC to descend is the normal proced... more
by AlexG
2
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Sinonquoi, mrtn, mumax and 5 more

Add departure frequency to Clearance Delivery segment. Currently the departure frequency is given at a very busy time in the flight. Better if we could preset this frequency in the radio before takeoff instead of after. Thank You for a great plug-in for x-plane.
by Ed Klein
 
A better implementation of departure frequencies would be nice, the plugin is currently unusable ... more
1
 
I agree; at departure there is too much workload, and you need to readback, change frequency, mak... more
by Josegquintero
1
 
When requiring IFR clearance, ATC and pilots are exchanging informations with a specific order ; ... more
by Sebastien
1
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Sebastien, cpt.JW, inflight74 and 3 more

Saving in X-Plane 11.
by Phil
If you have limited time and need to save a flight to a .sit file, when you resume the flight the... more
7
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ste, nex, Michel and 4 more

Add the ATC dialog window selection option using the keyboard.
by Tomasz
4
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luc, Lucas, tomas and 1 more

Flight Following
by YYZ342
 
Flight following request would be useful, at the same time response from ATC would indicate that ... more
by YYZ342
1
 
Agree that being able to check that the plugin is functioning normally would be good as sometime... more
by Jay
1
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Paul Vander Haegen, nex, Erolsungur and 3 more

Improve ATC messages
by Sebastien
Few examples described in "Arguments"
 
After listening ATIS, information Bravo for instance, then requiring clearance for IFR, it could ... more
 
After landing, the message sent could be "Clear runway xx" instead of "on runway xx"
by Sebastien
 
After take-off and when starting your cruise flight, when switching from HDG mode to GPS mode, th... more
 
Preparing Flght : 124th could check if ATIS has been picked up, and then, says : "with informatio... more
 
ATIS listening : could be better if the "information window" could display arrival airport freque... more
 
Add frequency change when flying from one FIR to another : for instance, flying from KCVG to KPIT... more
by Sebastien
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seb
Sebastien
Communications log history
by Ntnll
Provide an history book of all sentences of ATC and user
 
Would be helpful at least in the plugin logfile (was there before already) for debug feedback.
by AdvMichael
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Josias, Magnus Tjerneld, Alatriste and 2 more

Vectoring warning: When I getting close to the descent, and after runway is pointed, ATC starts vectoring me without any warning. If ATC doesn't want me to follow the STAR I'd like to listen something like "Expect vectors approaching runway.XX"
by Yelmo
5
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mrtn, mumax, Seawinder and 2 more

Make all holding points for departure runway usable
by Michael C.
Sometimes, it is hard to guess, which holding point 124th wants me to hold on. Only way to figure... more
 
Yes
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nex, inflight74, argonius and 1 more

TTS Voice allocation
by John
A feature in the 'options' that allows you to allocate existing TTS voices to specific roles; eg ... more
 
You don't get to choose your controller in real life
2
 
I also do not see any advantage in such fixed assignment of voices to some specific controllers l... more
by AdvMichael
3
 
That's a fair point - I am really looking at a way so that I don't have to become expert in using... more
by John
2
 
Well, I would like to be able to allocate more TTS voices. Bit I still want it to be random, but ... more
by MrGeeBee
1
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Gary, Texasflooddk, MrGeeBee and 1 more

Ad hoc departure and approach method selection
by RandomUser
Clearance/Ground dialog options: "Request clearance (no SID)" "Request clearance (pick SID)" "... more
 
Nice idea for approach : IRL, STAR are used after long flights, at high altitudes. For low flight... more
 
For departure : could it be possible to select a departure listed for one other airport ? For ins... more
 
Keep in mind pilots may use a STAR of a big airport and "jump" finally to an APPROACH of a small ... more
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nex
Sebastien
Different ATC vs Pilot Voices
by Steve Haines
 
Suggest the ATC voice and the Pilot's response be different voices, either recorded or "computeri... more
by Steve Haines
1
 
Also: The pilot's voice should not sound like a voice coming out of a radio, whereas the ATC voic... more
1
 
Let the "Player" choose to be either male or female and then assign the other voice as the ATC Vo... more
1
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drijanthony
Paul
ATC reports Altimeter
by DonMarco
In standard flight procedure you are starting with an altimeter (and ATIS you receive by the cont... more
 
Knowing the QNH since the first call to ground and tower is important; not every country have ATIS.
by Josegquintero
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josegquintero
Marcus
mumax
Copilot option to handle comms
by Jay
 
Could you please specify more detailed. Does it refer to automatically changing the frequencies? ... more
by AdvMichael
 
fluff that should be considered only after all main functionality is working well
by DeanVeggy
1
 
The copilot handling comms would help on long haul flights and to share the workload-ie handles f... more
by Jay
1
 
The copilot would be useful on long haul overnight flights for example.
by YYZ342
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J
Jay
Manu
Ability to import Windows into VR
by Jay
This would allow usage without removing the HMD.Laminar Research say this is now possible with XP... more
3
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dancoz
daninvermont
panter4
Ability to control Pilot replies with button or keyboard command
by Jay
 
This would allow use with a VR headset
by Jay
1
 
or even voice command, if i could leave my mouse away i’d be happy
by Lilins
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dancoz
Lilins
Allow request for takeoff at any hold-short line along the assigned runway
by Otto Pylott
As it stands, request for takeoff is only allowed at end-of-runway. However, sometimes a short-fi... more
3
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argonius
Josegquintero
mumax
Increase font size for better readability at 4K resolution
by Dexter
 
For us older folks this would be very useful. :)
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kelsey
Paul Vander Haegen
Squawk code check
by Ntnll
Verify transponder code setting
 
I consider that more as a nice to have feature, but not absolutely necessary. Please consider tha... more
by AdvMichael
3
 
fluff that should be considered only after all main functionality is working well
by DeanVeggy
1
 
It is as important as to tune the right com frequency and is one position of the mandatory todo l... more
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Adri
J
togfox
After filing the flightplane a list of at least waypoints, headings and distances would be useful for error checking
by Günther
 
Agreed! Error checking is always good. And in RL you would file your plan, and then get it back a... more
by MrGeeBee
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MrGeeBee
nex
When theres not a taxiway direct to the threshold, the point where you should be able to contact tower is the holding short point, you shouldnt be able to get into the runway; right now you have to enter into the runway, taxi to the threshold and then you`re able to contact tower for takeoff clea... more
by Josegquintero
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argonius
mumax
Support for keyboard/joystick commands
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Bulva
tomas
Ability to change the text color for the flight information so its easier to see with a bright or dark sky background
by Gforze
2
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marcopol
nex
Support transitions
by m4ti140
Currently, the ATC gives vectors to approach at the end of STAR if there is no direct continuity ... more
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argonius
nex
Skip only STAR and request Vectoring immetiately.
by Michael C.
At the moment, you can only skip SID/STARs both at once, but would be nice to have only SID and v... more
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nex
sebastien
Flight Info
by YYZ342
 
Would be nice if the Flight Info could be made into a box similar to ATC Dialog box that could be... more
by YYZ342
1
 
Agreed on that. When you send your FP to ATC then get a ATC corrected or approved back.
by MrGeeBee
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MrGeeBee
Recognize and switch between 2 COM
by Sebastien
On many airplanes, 2 COMS are installed, each on displaying 1 active frequency and 1 stand-by fre... more
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Sebastien
shorter Flight Information window
by nex
Often when flying small planes I have many rows of X-Plane's Data Output on the top left which ca... more
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nex
To have also ATIS msgs inside 124thATCv2's communication bos. It could be useful, as Linux TTS is not perfect and written ATIS msgs could help.
by vittop
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vittop
Provide a SDK to developer
By providing a SDK you will allow other developers to add feature related to ATC (like CPDLC, bet... more
1
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ベークシ
I'd like to be able to request ILS approach independent of the weather conditions.
by Seawinder
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nex
to be able to recall the last readback issued by the ATC so as not to lose the ATC contact ...
by marcopol
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tomas
keyboard or voice command for buttons
by lilins
Instead of clickable menu, is there some kb shortcuts or even best would there be a possibility t... more
1
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tomas
do it possible to move the ATC window in 124thATC64 up to the top of the screen ???
by Kras44
1
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nex
Usability improvements
by Maha
I end up clicking "Missed Approach" too often. Something needs to be done about the UI to prevent... more
1
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nex
ATC Chattering
by Rosso
The user could create folders for countries and inside this folders add wav files for real world ... more
1
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Alatriste
Possibility to request Altimeter
 
which is possible in XP 11's default ATC
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Seperate the wind-direction (number) from the wind-speed (number) by adding the little word "at" inbetween so that it is possible to understand.
 
For Example: "Wind 90 at 11 knots". Otherwise it is very hard to tell where one number ends an... more
1
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ATC does not give initial heading before or shortly after take off. Is this how it works in reality?
 
XP 11's default ATC does this...
1
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Advices like "Intercept radial xyz inbound/outbound" or advice to enter a holding pattern would be great possibilities for procedures training
 
That is one of the major things, a flight simulator will be used for - procedure training
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Let the "Player" (ergo the Pilot) choose between male or female Voice. Then assign the other voice as the ATC Voice and apply radio (sound-effect-) filter to the last one.
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Larger Font Size for 4k monitors
by Michael D.
The plugin's text is next to impossible to read for old people with failing eyes, and 4K monitors... more
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VR compatibility
by Jay
Having this would be an essential feature for those with be headsets
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Use MaryTTS as multiplatform text-to-speech output
by RandomUser
Mary TTS is a free, open source text to speech synthethisis program written in Java. Therefor, it... more
0
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I know the manual says we can import from FMS but it never works. The information that pops up is always my last flights flight plan. If this works for others, I sure would like to know what I am doing wrong and if I am not doing something wrong, then this to me is a huge thing to ger correcte... more
by M.J.
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Command Voice Integration
by Cohors Caius
make simple integration with products like VoiceMacro by adding short key to plugin functions as ... more
0
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Pattern and Approach Sizes
Well, the ATC likes to put a little Part 103 Ultralight on an Airliner Approach. So my normal Fli... more
0
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Uncontrolled Airports (Info)
Well, most Airports are uncontrolled where I live, I myself fly on a Military Airfield, that is a... more
0
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Use regional voice to pronounce the names of the airports
by JLD95
French airport for example have horrible pronunciations with the English TTS
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Pouvoir rappeler le dernier readback émis pour ne pas perdre l'ATC ...
by Marcopol
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When reading INTL, the ATC should read International, not spelling: I N T L
by Josegquintero
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Would be usefull, if you could make "Transition Only" approcaches. EG Rilax transition to RWY 16 in LSZH
by Ebi
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Adding integration with X-Chatter.
by Dexter
Right now I'm using it separately and it would be cool that communications with ATC have to be do... more
0
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Warning sound when contacted by ATC
by Sanzo
A short warning sound to capture the attention of the pilot. If ATC is communicating to you by te... more
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Options to skip startup and pushback requests
by Otto Pylott
Currently, startup request appears before pushback request. However, engine start on larger aircr... more
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To have the option for the word Hectopascal not to be spoken after the pressure reading is given
by Shane Dallimore
The word "Hectopascal" is not often used in real flight, just the pressure reading is given, a op... more
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Some commands would be really great
by tommy
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Comments

robert

I started long ago with x-plane v9 and got use to it 9.70 was the best one qss for ATC it is wonderful to fly and always sure to get a reply from ATC if out of height or not responding to it it and if in need of a VOR to an airport ATC will guide you to it. So why not introducing ATC from v9.70 to v11???

Thu, Jul 5, 2018

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Josegquintero

CONGRATULATIONS FOR SUCH A NICE DEVELOPMENT

Sun, Mar 18, 2018

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Orosmatthew

Love this idea of Brainstorming to get ideas for new features :)

Fri, Jul 21, 2017

MrGeeBee

Yeah, good way to give input to dev. Very nice, instead of a bloaty forum thread with all sorts of discussion in it.

Sat, Jul 22, 2017

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http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/2TApRulUj9x