124thATC v2 brainstorming - brainstorming and voting

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

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Yes definitely. 124th ATC is good and integration it with world traffic will make it awesome.

by Hiflyer

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PLEASE

by JamesLPruitt3

Thats the only thing missing for a complete AI+ATC solution. Would really love this!

by Sven

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I don't like this feature. I will bind a lot of resources only for eye candy, nothing for improvi... more

by Günther

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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

I think this will be very time consuming for the developers, in a project which needs to solve pr... more

by Luis Molon

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why mix an open solution with a payware product?

by hockenberry

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Totally disagree with this. Surely people will switch to Just Flight's Global Traffic now as I ha... more

by Rob Phillips

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I would have been for this until I made the switch to Traffic Global. Resources could probably b... more

by Rick Abshier

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Airdrigh75, Bob Campbell, Eric and 87 more

Better VFR support

by Ntnll

Yes, basic VFR support would be appreciated, first functions are already available in a56

by AdvMichael

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For that reason basic VFR support would be great, but IFR support should remain in first place

by AdvMichael

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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

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XP desperately needs good ATC interaction for VFR flying. I'm on the verge of returning to FSX du... more

by John

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XPlane has a lot of promise, but as a VFR pilot (sim and real life) I stick with "the other platf... more

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Traffic pattern support would be great as well. Imagine practicing Touch & Go's in the traffic pa... more

by Blue

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It would be enough for a 0.1 alpha to be able to interact with towers for takeoff and landing cle... more

by Magnus

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VFR basic would be a great feature to develope!

by Matteo74

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Mark, Tom, GSC and 74 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

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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

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That would help to navigate through unknown airports when you don't have charts available.

by Alatriste

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I don't have any feelings on this. But I just want to ensure that people are aware of the "Airpo... more

by scooke7

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I use airport Navigator-but in a VR headset the map does not show.So guidance arrows would be hel... more

by Jay

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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

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Reasonable request, but I think there are much higher priority items on the wishlist (a lot of de... more

by Otto Pylott

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@MrGeeBee Folow Me Car is payware and doesnt work on Linux, so not an option.

by V10lator

You don't get taxi arrows in real life. Get a chart out and work it out yourself.

by Rob Phillips

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Eric, Rick, wxchris and 46 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

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Airdrigh75, Eric, V and 44 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

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This should be prio 1. Unless it's ATC for short VFR flights only.

by FlyMeToTheMoon

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sanhozay, Claudio, Eric and 34 more

Make window visible in VR. SDK supports it now

https://developer.x-plane.com/2018/03/vr-support-for-plugins-is-here/

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Very important for me. I only fly in VR these days. I can't go back to a 2D monitor.

by Rob Phillips

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Can't fly without VR (rift s) and blank 124th window in VR mode is useless. It sounds simple to ... more

by Paul Newman

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TOM, Gondlir, Dan and 28 more

DONE in 2.0-a60 - extend STAR support

by Jay

Completely agree on that. Actually the STAR support was working fine already in earlier versions ... more

by AdvMichael

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Actually, I would like to see the possibility to add the STAR closer to landing because in long f... more

by scooke7

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plugin already provide SID and STAR support, the lack of STAR discovery in XP10 will be treated a... more

by Ntnll

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STAR support, means also height and speed limits? (Note: in mountainous areas now one might be di... more

by Mindyourstep

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For some airport STAR detection works for others it doesn't. Eg. never get a STAR assigned for la... more

by argonius

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CaptainYouKnowWho, Paul Vander Haegen, mumax and 27 more

DONE in 2.0-a60 - 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

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Pop-up ATC clearances are a very common necessity when flying VFR. Due to the volatile nature of... more

by Calvin Waterbury

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Bruce Martin, kdub, drijanthony and 25 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

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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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Airdrigh75, im, Danny and 22 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

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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

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Prerecorded voices will be the ideal. If this is not possible maybe a utility which can change th... more

by By Nick

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Would be nice to have a number of different voices rather than the same "Guy" all the time

by Phil

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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

Would be very immersive, but it would dramatically increase the download size and associated data... more

There's no need for this with the extra effort it would take when TTS voices are so good these da... more

by Rob Phillips

I don't think that TTS voices are acceptable in any way, it's like flying a meshed colorless scen... more

by OakLD

As a Linux user having the possibility to make 124thATC work with pre-recorded voices will be awe... more

by Javinator9889

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Airdrigh75, Javinator9889, Oak and 18 more

DONE in 2.0-a60 - 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

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dlestage, Bulva, mrtn and 17 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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Eric, im, Kalmorph and 15 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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Airdrigh75, Eric, Steve and 13 more

Already exists since YEARS - Support for joystick/keyboard control

Oh yes, so I can stick to my HOTAS.

by MrGeeBee

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Especially for those who are flying small aircraft, probably w/o AP support. Grabbing the mouse a... more

by Hardy

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totally agree, can stick to the commant. it could be keyboard shortcut / button assignation or vo... more

by Lilins

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It would be ideal (just like in X-Life Deluxe) to control the selection of options at the cursor ... more

by Bulva

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Leon, John, Hibner and 11 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

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Airdrigh75, im, Kalmorph and 12 more

DONE in 2.0-a60 - 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

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Kalmorph, Sebastien, nex and 8 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

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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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wxchris, Jo, iuri rolho and 7 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

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That issue will be fixed in version a57, currently the tests are in progress.

by AdvMichael

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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

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

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Titow, OakLD, wxchris and 7 more

Already EXISTS, - DELETING - 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

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Denis, drijanthony, Paul Vander Haegen and 7 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

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I agree; at departure there is too much workload, and you need to readback, change frequency, mak... more

by Josegquintero

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When requiring IFR clearance, ATC and pilots are exchanging informations with a specific order ; ... more

by Sebastien

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Sebastien, cpt.JW, inflight74 and 3 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

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Malcolm oore, Luis Molon, mrtn and 4 more

Flight Following

by YYZ342

Flight following request would be useful, at the same time response from ATC would indicate that ... more

by YYZ342

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Agree that being able to check that the plugin is functioning normally would be good as sometime... more

by Jay

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Paul Vander Haegen, nex, Erolsungur and 3 more

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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Eric, Josias, Magnus Tjerneld and 3 more

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

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TOM, Timo, Rob Phillips and 3 more

Add the ATC dialog window selection option using the keyboard.

by Tomasz

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tom, luc, Lucas and 2 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

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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

"F-ZMTB resume own navigation" support would be nice

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seb

Sebastien

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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wxchris, nex, inflight74 and 2 more

Cooperation with Traffic Global (Just Flight)

by Tomasz

Yes. Please, please, please...!!!

by Fernando Diaz

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Fernando Diaz, Jack, leon and 1 more

Ability to control Pilot replies with button or keyboard command

by Jay

This would allow use with a VR headset

by Jay

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or even voice command, if i could leave my mouse away i’d be happy

by Lilins

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TOM, wxchris, dancoz and 1 more

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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wxchris, mumax, josegquintero and 1 more

Support transitions

by m4ti140

Currently, the ATC gives vectors to approach at the end of STAR if there is no direct continuity ... more

This will be a great feature. It's not every time ATC needs to give vectors to an aircraft. Somet... more

by Luis Molon

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Eric, Luis Molon, nex 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

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I also do not see any advantage in such fixed assignment of voices to some specific controllers l... more

by AdvMichael

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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

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Well, I would like to be able to allocate more TTS voices. Bit I still want it to be random, but ... more

by MrGeeBee

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Gary, Texasflooddk, MrGeeBee and 1 more

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

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wxchris, mumax, argonius and 1 more

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

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Agreed on that. When you send your FP to ATC then get a ATC corrected or approved back.

by MrGeeBee

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wxchris

Already EXISTS in Windows - 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

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Also: The pilot's voice should not sound like a voice coming out of a radio, whereas the ATC voic... more

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Let the "Player" choose to be either male or female and then assign the other voice as the ATC Vo... more

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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

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

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The copilot handling comms would help on long haul flights and to share the workload-ie handles f... more

by Jay

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The copilot would be useful on long haul overnight flights for example.

by YYZ342

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Manu

Ability to change the text color for the flight information so its easier to see with a bright or dark sky background

by Gforze

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marcopol

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nex

Squawk code check

by Ntnll

DONE in 2.0-a60 - Verify transponder code setting

I consider that more as a nice to have feature, but not absolutely necessary. Please consider tha... more

by AdvMichael

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fluff that should be considered only after all main functionality is working well

by DeanVeggy

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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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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

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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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

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

Possibility to request Altimeter

which is possible in XP 11's default ATC

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wxchris

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

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wxchris

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...

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wxchris

Need better integration between 124thATC and plane's FMS in terms of SID\STAR settings

by vittop

issue happens if I choose a STAR from FMS so that it's "added" at the bottom of the flt plan. Fro... more

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vittop

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

VR compatibility

by Jay

Having this would be an essential feature for those with be headsets

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TOM

Provide a SDK to developer

By providing a SDK you will allow other developers to add feature related to ATC (like CPDLC, bet... more

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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

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tomas

Usability improvements

by Maha

I end up clicking "Missed Approach" too often. Something needs to be done about the UI to prevent... more

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nex

do it possible to move the ATC window in 124thATC64 up to the top of the screen ???

by Kras44

Isn't this already possible, just click and drag it to where you want it.

by Rob Phillips

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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

Just use in conjunction with the X-ATC_Chatter plugin by Stick and Rudder Studios. A better reque... more

by Rob Phillips

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Alatriste

Basic Taxi Instructions

by Peter

It would be great to get basic instructions on how to get from Gate to Runway. Practicing for Vat... more

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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

We sure need that for Linux.

by hockenberry

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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

In Linux we don't have TTS so only text msg is dispalyed. This sound would tell us that atc is ta... more

by hockenberry

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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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I really like it! However, not sure it's a bug or just unsupported, on most airports in China excepts: ZBAA/ZSPD/ZUUU etc. a file plan cannot be filed. I hope I can do it in v2. Appreciate it!

by bhw1899

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Not sure it

by Hongwei

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Dark Mode to the Frequencies Selector Window?

by TommyB-AZ

Is it possible to add a dark mode to the Frequencies Selector Window when flying at night?

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Add Request Descent option during cruise

by Mark Apolinski

During cruise, sometimes I need to start descent before ATC has approved it. We should have an op... more

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Get 124th ATC to import the xplane fms file without having to type it in all the time

by Dean

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yes i will try 124 . would like to see good vfr support too to put the icing on the cake , well done !

by Peter Hall

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VFR ed ATC: sarebbe bello potere avere questa funzione per potere volare liberamente con GA.

by Matteo74

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It would be very nice to be able to choose to use USA phraseology instead of international phraseology.

by tango

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Ability to switch between magnetic heading vectors and true heading vectors

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Choosing the runway

by ruetzi

If I am offered the SIDs when submitting the flight plan, it would be useful, to be able to chang... more

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Play a wave file when switching frequencies and when pressing the PTT button to stop ATC Chetter files from playing

by Moderator, please delete my earlier idea, it saved too early. Thanks.

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Play a Wave file

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Ability to correct frequencies.

by 86abaile

Many of use charts such as Jeppeson via Navigraph. The problem is that the default airport inform... more

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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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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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