[NOTAM VATSim] Virtual Radar Client(VRC)1.1 Released

[Thierry LARROQUE]

VATSIM Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
Issued by Richard Jenkins (800012), 20-Nov-2006 07:36 UTC __________________________________________________________________________

VATSIM is proud to announce the release of VRC1.1 by Ross Carlson. Please see the list of enhancements below. You can download VRC1.1 here:



http://www.metacraft.com/VRC/download.shtml



Virtual Tower View. VRC can now create an MSFS multiplayer session and populate it with aircraft. By connecting FS9 to this session, you can have a realistic "out-the-window" view of the airport environment. Be sure to download the model sets if you don't already have SB3 installed.



Simple radar mode. This mode is what used to be called the Ground mode in version 1.0.



Ground radar mode. This is a new mode which shows the callsign, aircraft type, and ground speed.



Park Air radar mode. This mode emulates the approach control radars used in the United Kingdom.



TAAATS radar mode. This mode emulates the TAAATS system used within and around Australia.



PSR radar mode. This mode provides basic "skin paint" primary radar targets without SSR information.



3D radar mode. This unique mode provides a 3D "wire frame" view of your airspace, with targets represented as basic 3D models. This is an excellent tool for teaching students how the airspace is structured. Brings a new aspect to how air traffic moves.



Colorized sector areas. VRC now supports the ability to draw filled, colored polygons on the screen, to represent airways, special-use airspace, bodies of water, etc. This is also useful for creating ground radar maps. These polygons, referred to as "REGIONs" are available in .sct2 format sector files.



Static text labels. You can now define simple lines of text to display on your scope at a specified lat/lon. This is useful for labeling items such as taxiways, MVA values, special-use airspace names, etc. These labels are available in .sct2 format sector files.



F2 <ASEL> allows you to quickly add a weather button for the destination field for the selected aircraft. This is handy when controlling aircraft flying into satellite fields, so that you can quickly pull up the weather and monitor altimeter changes.



The new .center2 command allows you to quickly center both your scope and the range rings at the specified point.



Right-click context menus. Most areas in VRC now have right-click context menus, allowing you to quickly access important functions with only the mouse. For example, by right-clicking a target on your scope, you can quickly initiate a handoff to another controller. Right-click context menus are available for targets on the scope, entries in the arrival/departures list, entries in the controller list, entries in the weather panel, entries in chat group member lists, and flight strips.



Profile import/export. You can now easily share profiles and common settings using the profile import, export and merge functions.



Reminder lights. A new button in the button bar contains four reminder lights. These lights remind you if you have a chat message waiting, a pending handoff, aircraft in your reminder list, or if your microphone is muted.



Tool window hotkeys. Using the Alt key plus a number, you can quickly show or hide the various tool windows. See the Command Reference for details.



The new CTRL+G key combination provides quick access to the Diagrams Window for the currently active scope.



Callsigns in the reminder list are now sorted by how long they have been on the list, so you can quickly see which aircraft has been waiting the longest.



The SELCAL window. VRC now provides a window listing all aircraft in range which have a SELCAL code in their flight plan remarks. By double-clicking an entry in the list, you can quickly send a SELCAL alert to the specified aircraft.



Mutable microphone. VRC has integrated voice comms. There is no need for external third party applications for talking to pilots or other controllers. You can now mute your microphone if you don't wish to have a hot microphone when being overridden.



The new .fd command allows you to use aliases to toggle diagrams on/off.



Session statistics. VRC now keeps track of various operational statistics during your session. You can view these stats with the .showstats command.



New alias variables and functions. You can now insert additional data in an alias. The new variables and functions include $atiscode, $type(), $route and $aircraft.