Virtual Co-Pilot Ver4.8 for FS2002

(C)1997-2003 George Dorkofikis

Online Manual

System Requirements
Installation
Starting Virtual Co-Pilot
Adventure keys
Adventure functions
Known bugs
Disclaimer and legal stuff
History
Upcoming features
Troubleshooting
Other Information

This adventure will add a virtual co-pilot to your aircraft. Virtual co-pilot will add many new features to your aircraft that unfortunately are missing from Flight Simulator. This adventure was not made having one single aircraft in mind. Instead it includes warnings from many different aircraft types, in order to allow use in any type of aircraft and not limit the pilot to a single type.

WARNING

Some adventure functions may NOT work with highly sophisticated & details panels like Pilot In Command, Dreamfleet B737-400 and PSS Airbus A320 series. The functions that do not work with the above mentioned panels are concerning the autopilot altitude and heading changes, due to the fact that those panels use their own autopilot gauges and not the default FS autopilot.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Hardware
- Same as needed for MS FS2002.
- Sound Card required.
- Recommended CPU Pentium III 533Mhz or higher with 128Mb RAM.

Software
- Flight Simulator 2002
- VCP_FS2k2.zip.

CAUTION: THIS ADVENTURE WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY OTHER VERSION OTHER THAN FS2002.

INSTALLATION

Delete any previous versions of Virtual Co-Pilot (VCP*.ADV). This is optional. It is recommended however to remove any prior versions to avoid being confused.
Unzip VCP_fs2k2.zip into the FS2002 folder using WinZip or similar utility, making sure that you have selected (i.e. CHECKED) the 'Use Folder Names' option. All the files will then be installed in the proper folders.
For easy identification the wav files used by Virtual Co-Pilot are named VCP-*.wav. In case you wish to remove VCP from your system, simply delete the VCP*.* file(s) from the Flights\FS2kADV and ADV\WAV folders of FS2002.
Copy this manual into the 'My Documents' directory or anywhere else you prefer so that you have quick access to it for quick reference.

STARTING VIRTUAL CO-PILOT IN FS2002

Go to Flight, Select a Flight and scroll down to the FS2000 Adventures. From the list choose the Virtual Co-Pilot adventure. After you read the briefing (optional) and load the adventure, the adventure is initialized you will asked you if you wish to configure Virtual Co-Pilot or use the default settings. Read further below in the adventure description section for more information about what the default settings are.

Regretfully, the only way to finish the adventure is by finishing the flight by pressing ESC. Unfortunately this mean that the flight will be completely finished getting you back to the 'Create A flight' menu of FS2002. This is a limitation of FS2002 and the way (quite bad I might say) Microsoft chose to end adventures.

It is REQUIRED that you are on the ground with parking brakes set before starting the adventure. This will enable the program to detect the correct cockpit height. Although during initialization VCP tries to determine whether you are flying or not, starting Virtual Co-Pilot during flight may cause unneeded warnings or weird situations.

ADVENTURE KEYS

SHIFT "U"	Increases Decision Height (DH) by 5ft Initial/Default value is 250ft AGL Maximum limit 500ft AGL
SHIFT "D"	Decreases Decision Height (DH) by 5ft Minimum limit 50ft AGL.(For ILS CAT II/III approaches)
CTRL "3"	Prompts the Pilot for setting the Vr speed bug. (Default 135Kts). During approach your aircraft will warn you with a sound if your speed drops below your Vr -5kts (IAS) setting. You will also be warned if your approach speed is higher than your Vr +40Kts (IAS) setting. So, you may also want to reset the Vr speed to approach reference speed during your descent.
CTRL "1"	Prompts the Pilot for setting the V1 Speed. (Default 125Kts)
CTRL "2"	Prompts the Pilot for setting the V2 Speed. (Default 145Kts)
CTRL "4"	Prompts the Pilot for setting the Flaps reference speeds for Flaps UP/5/10/20 Degrees (IAS)
CTRL "5"	Prompts the Pilot for setting the Acceleration Height (Ft, AGL) (Default 1500Ft AGL)
CTRL "U"	Increase Autopilot altitude hold by 500ft (1000ft above FL100). See detailed instructions further down this document.
CTRL "D"	Decrease Autopilot altitude hold by 500ft (1000ft above FL100). See detailed instructions further down this document.
CTRL "["	Decrease heading hold (LEFT) by 10 degrees. See detailed instructions further down this document.
SHIFT "["	Decrease heading hold (LEFT) by 1 degree.
CTRL "]"	Increase heading hold (RIGHT) by 10 degrees. See detailed instructions further down this document.
SHIFT "]"	Increase heading hold (RIGHT) by 1 degree.
CTRL "6"	Exchanges the frequencies between NAV 1 and NAV 2. i.e. NAV1 will be tuned to the NAV2 frequency and vice versa. This function will not change the OBS settings.
SHIFT "F"	Fuel Dump emulation. See detailed instructions further down this document.
SHIFT "B"	Fasten Seatbelts signs ON/OFF switch. If during configuration you have selected automatic operation, 'fasten seatbelt' signs operation will turn to manual.
SHIFT "S"	No smoking signs ON/OFF switch. If during configuration you have selected automatic operation, 'no smoking' signs operation will turn to manual.
CTRL "T"	Configure Virtual Co-Pilot. Available only on ground.
CTRL-SHIFT-"T"	Perform the before take-off checklist. If you have selected Automatic checklists the automation will be switched off.
CTRL-SHIFT-"L"	Perform the landing checklist. If you have selected Automatic checklists the automation will be switched off. Works only when airborne and after the descend checklist has been performed.
CTRL-SHIFT-"D"	Perform the Descend checklist. If you have selected Automatic checklists the automation will be switched off. Works only when airborne and after the after take-off checklist has been performed.
CTRL-SHIFT-"S"	Perform the Before Start-up OR the shutdown checklist depending if the Landing checklist is performed or not.. If you have selected Automatic checklists the automation will be switched off. Works only on ground.
CTRL-SHIFT-"X"	Perform the before Taxi checklist. If you have selected Automatic checklists the automation will be switched off. Works only on ground.
CTRL-SHIFT-"A"	Perform the After Take-off checklist OR the After Landing checklist depending if you are airborne or not.
CTRL-SHIFT-"C"	Performs the call to the crew to position for take-off OR landing depending if you are airborne or not.
CTRL "Q"	Accept displayed value when entering V1,Vr,V2, flap speeds or number of wavs. This key is also used for turning on the Approach mode on the Autopilot. You do not have to worry. The key is only used and trapped during the input and is disengage after you are done typing in the value.

Decision Height and Speed bugs settings will be confirmed by displayed messages.
These messages will remain on the screen for maximum 3secs, in order not to interrupt flight and visual clues.

ADVENTURE DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTIONS

All speeds referenced in this part are Indicated AirSpeed in Kts (KIAS)

Configuring Virtual Co-Pilot to your needs.

Virtual Co-Pilot gives you the ability to configure its functions according to your liking each time you run the adventure. Unfortunately, since Microsoft did not add any file handling functions in the APLC, these settings are lost when the adventure ends. I'm sorry but there is nothing I can do about it.
You can turn on and off many functions of VCP and also configure the a/c type you will be flying. In detail the configuration routine will ask you the following:
- Automatic or manual activation of checklists (Deault AUTO).
- Automatic or manual crew calls for take-off and landing (Default AUTO).
- Automatic or manual control of 'Fasten Seatbelts' and 'No smoking' signs (Default AUTO).
- Speed calls during take-off and landing ON or OFF (Default ON).
- 250Kts/10,000ft warning ON or OFF (Default OFF).
- GPWS radio altitude calls ON or OFF (Default ON).
- The program will then ask you for the a/c type you are flying. Select from the list on the screen using the keys 1 - 7 (NOT THE KEYPAD) or use key 8 to see more types that are supported by VCP. When you select an aircraft the flap calls for this a/c will be displayed (Default according to the adventure you selected).
- The a/c selection concludes the VCP configuration. If you don't find your favorite a/c on the list, this is because I don't have any flap settings information for the a/c.
You can re-configure VCP at any time while ON THE GROUND by pressing CTRL-T. You will also be asked if you wish to re-initialize Virtual Co-Pilot. You may wish to do so if you want to continue your flight after landing with the same or different aircraft type.
When you start Virtual Co-Pilot it will ask you if you want to configure the program or use the default settings as mentioned above.

Virtual Co-Pilot calls.

Parking Brakes.

Whenever parking brake is set, this will be confirmed by your virtual co-pilot.

Speed calls during take-off roll.

Your virtual co-pilot will call 80kts, 90Kts, 100Kts and V1, Rotate and V2 speeds as you have set them.
V1, Vr and V2 speed bugs can be defined by the pilot at any point prior to take-off by pressing CTRL-P (V1), CTRL-S (Vr) and CTRL-M (V2) respectively.
Note that if you change V1, Vr or V2 speeds after the pre-take off checklist, the checklist will be performed again, since setting of these speeds is part of it.

Speed calls during landing roll.

Once on the ground, your co-pilot will call at 100Kts, 90Kts, 80Kts, 70Kts and 60Kts.
At 60Kts he will also prompt you for "Manual Braking". Heavy jets usually disengage reverse thrust and auto braking at 60Kts.
After (a successful) landing your co-pilot will call for flaps up when your speed drops below 30Kts.

Calls during climb.

After take-off and on positive rate of climb, your co-pilot will call for "Gear Up" and confirm when you retract the gear ("Positive rate, gear up..").
During climb, flap retraction calls will be made according to the speeds set.
You set the flaps reference speeds at any point by pressing CTRL-F or at the default speeds according to the a/c type you selected.
Once flaps and gear are up, the after take-off checklist will be performed.

Autopilot.

Altitude Hold
- Setting your initial autopilot altitude on the ground.
  To set your initial altitude, you may use either the autopilot panel or the Virtual Co-Pilot keys (CTRL-U and CTRL-D). If you use the Virtual Co-Pilot keys, the autopilot will not be engaged while on the ground, but the altitude setting will be changed. It is normal procedure in real aircraft for the initial autopilot altitude hold to be set during pre-flight briefing.
- Engaging and setting autopilot altitude when airborne.
  Once you are airborne, pressing CTRL-U or CTRL-D while the autopilot altitude hold is not engaged, will only engage the autopilot and the altitude hold, to the preset altitude value (displayed on the autopilot panel). This is very helpful, because if you engage the altitude hold by pressing CTRL-Z (FS key for autopilot altitude hold), the autopilot will hold the current aircraft altitude. This is far from realistic during a climb. On the first key press of CTRL-U or CTRL-D, Virtual Co-Pilot only engages the autopilot without making any changes to the current altitude hold value.
  Pressing CTRL-U or CTRL-D once the altitude hold is engaged, will change the autopilot altitude hold value by 500ft (or 1000ft above FL100/10000ft).
- Use CTRL-U to increase the altitude hold, CTRL-D to decrease it.
- While the autopilot altitude hold is engaged your aircraft will warn you when you get close to your the target altitude. A short "beep" will sound when your aircraft passes within 450ft of the target altitude, and a long siren (about 0.5sec) will sound within 100ft of the target altitude. This is to confirm that the autopilot has captured the desired altitude hold, and should be your clue to adjust the throttle (if not in auto-throttle mode).
- These warnings will be issued each time you approach the target altitude set in the autopilot, regardless if the altitude was set by using CTRL-U/D or by using the autopilot panel.
Heading Hold
- Setting your initial autopilot heading on the ground.
  To set your initial heading, you may use either the autopilot panel or the Virtual Co-Pilot keys (CTRL-[/] and SHIFT-[/]). If you use the Virtual Co-Pilot keys, the autopilot will not be engaged while on the ground, but the heading setting will be changed. It is normal procedure in real aircraft for the initial autopilot heading hold to be set during pre-flight briefing.
- Engaging and setting autopilot heading when airborne.
  Once you are airborne, pressing CTRL-[ or CTRL-] (or SHIFT-[/]) while the autopilot heading hold is not engaged, will only engage the autopilot and the heading hold, to the preset heading value (displayed on the autopilot panel). This is very helpful, because if you engage the heading hold by pressing CTRL-H (FS key for autopilot heading hold), the autopilot will hold the current aircraft’s heading. On the first key press of CTRL-[/] or SHIFT-[/], Virtual Co-Pilot only engages the autopilot without making any changes to the current heading hold value.
  Pressing CTRL-[ or CTRL-] (or SHIFT-[ or SHIFT-]) once the heading hold is engaged, will change the autopilot heading hold value by 10 or 1 degrees respectively.
- Use CTRL/SHIFT-[ to decrease the heading hold (turn left), CTRL/SHIFT-] to increase the heading hold (turn right).
- When the autopilot has the NAV1 hold engaged, pressing CTRL/SHIFT-[ or CTRL/SHIFT-] will change both the OBS heading on NAV1 (course) AND the autopilot heading hold bug. If the heading hold has a different value then it will be changed to the NAV1 OBS value to enable you to keep the desired heading while changing NAV1 frequency to the next navaid.

Descent and Approach.

During approach, your co-pilot will call for flap extension at the appropriate speeds as you have set them before take-off or during flight. You can set the flap reference speeds by pressing CTRL-F. Calls are made at +- 2Kts of each flap reference speed.

Ground Proximity Warning System.

Virtual Co-Pilot includes a fully functioning GPWS system but always within Flight Simulator's limitations.
Radio Altimeter calls
- Radio Altimeter calls will be made at 2500ft, 1000ft, 500ft, 400ft, 300ft, 200ft, 100ft, 50ft, 40ft, 30ft, 20ft, 10ft and 5Ft AGL. In some cases the 5Ft call may not play. That is normal given the very narrow altitude slot required for this call to be triggered. In short, if you do manage to hear this call you really greeeeezeeeeeeed the landing ! :-)
Minimums call
- At the preset decision height your aircraft will call for minimums. You can change your decision height by using SHIFT-U (increase by 10ft) or SHIFT-D (decrease by 10ft). DH is preset to 250ft, maximum limit is 500ft, and minimum limit is 50ft.
Glideslope warning
- If an ILS is tuned to Nav1 and you are following an ILS approach, your aircraft will warn you, in case you get too high or too low on the glideslope. The warning will only be issued if you are within 10 degrees of the localizer heading (left or right) and you are level or descending. The warning is armed if you follow the glideslope with no deviation for 1sec.
Excessive sink rate
- If you are descending too fast, your aircraft will warn you that your sink rate is too high. If you continue to descend too fast close to the ground, your aircraft will cry for you to pull up! You may hear this warning many times during your first approaches with Virtual Co-Pilot. Note that in real life, if such a warning is heard, the crew performs a go-around, as it is considered to be unsafe to land. If you keep your vertical speed below 800ft/min during the last 500ft of the approach, you will not have any problems.
Windshear warning
- In case you encounter a wind shear, your aircraft will warn you about it. This warning is triggered when you are at or below 2450ft, and your airspeed is below V2+40kts.
Localizer/Glideslope alive
- When intercepting an ILS approach (when an ILS is tuned on NAV1), your co-pilot will call 'Localizer alive' and 'Glideslope alive' when the localizer needle starts to move and your glideslope needle is close to the center (on glideslope). These calls are made when your aircraft heading is withing +-60 degrees of the ILS heading.
Bank Angle
- If during flight you use too steep bank angle the aircraft will warn you. This warning is triggered during flight when bank angle exceeds 45 degrees or during the flare below 50ft when the bank angle exceeds 5 degrees.

Aircraft configuration errors.

Your aircraft will warn you in case you have set the wrong configuration.
In this case you will hear a proper warning until you rectify your configuration
- Elevator trim out of normal range will issue a "dodododo" warning sound.
- Incorrect flap setting for the speed you are flying after a flap call or if you forgot to retract the flaps will issue a "dodododo FLAPS" warning.
- If you forgot to raise your gear and your speed is above 230Kts will issue a "dodododo GEAR" warning.
- If you forgot to lower your gear and you descent below 1000ft AGL you will hear the "TOO LOW-GEAR" warning.
- Improper configuration for take-off.
- Elevator trim out of tolerance ("dodododo" sound).
- Flaps set to 20 degrees or more and speed is above 35Kts ("beepbeepbeepbeep").
- Parking brake is set and airspeed is increasing ("beepbeepbeepbeep")
  NOTE: It is a normal procedure to select take-off power with parking brakes set on a short field take-off. The warning should be your clue that it's time to release the brakes as the aircraft can't hold its position any longer.
- Excessive aileron and/or rudder input during take-off roll above 35Kts (more than 40%) ("beepbeepbeepbeep").

Fuel low warning.

When your fuel drops below the low fuel trigger an alert sound will be heard and a message will be displayed on your screen. The warning will be repeated in 1 minute intervals.

Cabin calls.

Fasten Seatbelts signs.
Fasten your seatbelts signs are either operated automatically by your virtual co-pilot or manually by you by pressing SHIFT-S. When in auto mode seat belt signs will be switched off when you climb above FL150/15000ft, and switched on when you descend below FL250/25000ft.
No Smoking signs.
When in auto mode the No smoking signs will be switched off when the landing gear is retracted and switched on when the landing gear is extended for landing. You can turn off and on the No Smoking signs at any time by pressing SHIFT-B, regardless if you are in auto mode or not.
If you manually turn on or off seatbelts or no smoking signs, will automatically switch to manual mode. Auto mode may be configured prior to departure through the Virtual Co-Pilot configuration routine (CTRL-T).
Crew in positions for Take-Off.
If you have selected the cabin calls to be made automatically, the cockpit crew will call the cabin crew to position for take-off just before the before take-off checklist. Otherwise you may press CTRL-SHIFT-C to notify the cabin crew to take their positions for take-off.
Crew in positions for Landing.
If you have selected the cabin calls to be made automatically, the cockpit crew will call the cabin crew to position for landing just before the landing checklist. Otherwise you may press CTRL-SHIFT-C to notify the cabin crew to take their positions for landing.
If you manually do any cabin crew call, the cabin calls mode will be turned to manual.

Crew announcements.

If you also have the sound files from FLTCREW.zip or FLTCRW98.zip you will be able to hear the cabin crew announcements at their proper times. These are:
- Welcome aboard announcement.
  This announcement will be performed once the seat belt sign is switched on while on the ground.
- After the before taxi checklist, the chief attendant will call for cabin crew to prepare for gate departure.
- Crew announcement for the passengers to watch the security video.
  This announcement will be played when your speed gets above 5Kts and only in the jets.
- After the seat belt signs are off, the crew will announce that they will serve meal and cocktails.
- When the seat belt signs are switched on, the crew will announce to the passengers to take their seats and fasten their seat belts.
- When the No-Smoking sign is switched on, the crew will make the final announcement before landing.
- When on the ground, at below 25Kts, the captain and crew will call the passengers to remain seated.

Go Around.

Virtual Co-Pilot monitors your approach. In case you decide to go around, your co-pilot will call for the take-off/climb flap setting according to the aircraft type you have selected during initialization.

Gear up call will be given on positive rate of climb. From this point after, your co-pilot will act as on climb.

A message "Go Around initiated" will appear on your screen confirming that the program has detected the go-around.

The go around trigger is activated in two parts.
First the program has to determine that you are actually making an approach. The program will assume that you are making an approach when you descent below 2500ft with vertical speed more than 200ft/min descending, and with IAS (Indicated Air Speed) less than your V2+40Kts.
The go-around is activated if you climb with vertical speed more than 500ft/min for more than 2 seconds.

User defined Speed settings. How to use the input routine.

Virtual Co-pilot allows the pilot to set the V1, Vr, V2 and flap retraction/extension speeds

To do this, press the respective key of the speed setting you wish to change (CTRL-P/S/M/F).

A message will confirm what speed you will change.

Type the new setting slowly, in three digits, one digit at a time, and wait a while between each digit until the speed display is updated after your input. APL is a bit slow with key entries, and if you key in the speed too fast, some entries may not be recognized.

Once you have given the third digit, wait until the value is displayed.

If you are happy with it, press CTRL-A to accept it, otherwise retype the speed from the start. The setting will only be accepted by pressing CTRL-A.

Sorry, there is no escape from this point. You will have to accept a speed to continue.

DO NOT PRESS THE ESC KEY TO EXIT THE INPUT ROUTINE. DOING SO WILL TERMINATE THE ADVENTURE AND YOUR FLIGHT!.

Fuel Dump emulation.

Virtual Co-Pilot now features a fuel dump emulation. In case an emergency occurs and you need to return to the departure airport, you will need to get rid of the extra fuel. Going to the aircraft settings menu and reducing the fuel amount from there is far from realistic.
Now you can dump fuel like in real life.
- Pressing SHIFT-F once opens the left fuel dump valve.
- Pressing SHIFT-F again, opens both fuel dump valves.
- Pressing SHIFT-F again, keeps the right fuel dump valve open and closes the left.
- Pressing SHIFT-F again, closes all valves.
During fuel dump a text line will inform you that fuel dump is in progress and that you have xxxx Kgs of fuel remaining in each tank. Please note that the value of Kgs displayed is approximate since APL returns the value in Gallons. I had to convert it to Kgs using formulas as most modern airliners (and airlines) use Kgs to calculate fuel load and make it easier to calculate aircraft weights.
Fuel dump can only be performed above 3500Ft AGL. Fuel dump valves will close automatically when:
- You descent below 3500Ft AGL
- Your fuel level is too low as set in the Fuel Low warning setting.

Exchanging the Nav Radios frequencies.

Pressing CTRL-6 will exchange the frequencies between the two nav radios. ie NAV2 freq = NAV1 freq and NAV1 freq = NAV2 freq. This function will NOT amend the OBS settings.

KNOWN BUGS

Nope... If there are any, there all unknown!

DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL STUFF

All files included in the Virtual Co-Pilot zip(s) are given "as is" and are FREEWARE.
They may be copied, transmitted, downloaded, uploaded from/to any BBS service and the Internet as long as NO modifications are made to any of the files and no profit is made out of it.
DE-COMPILATION of the adventure is PROHIBITED. The source code is protected by Copyright law. I reserve all my legal rights.
You may not sell, hire or lease any or all of these files.
This adventure and associated files may NOT be included in any electronic or printed media without the prior written express authorization of the author.
Exception to this are the CD magazines of the Aeroclub de France/Federation Nationale de Simulation who have obtained my proper license.
ALL ASSOCIATED FILES MAY NOT REPEAT NOT BE UPLOADED TO ANY INTERNET SITE OR BBS THAT CHARGES FEES TO LOG-IN, DOWNLOAD, UPLOAD, TRANSFER OR ACCESS TO ITS CONTENTS IN ANY FORM OF MEMBERSHIP (FULL OR PARTIAL), DIAL-UP OR USAGE CHARGES AS WELL AS RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE FREEWARE FILES.
i.e. May NOT be uploaded into Compuserve, Flightsim.com, FSPlanet.com etc...!.
I am very sorry, but for this version technical support will not be available. Feel free to email me any problems you may have, but it may take a while to receive a reply due to obligations and limited free time.

Please see the troubleshooting section below before sending an e-mail. You will save time as you may find the answer there.

HISTORY

Ver 4.8 Final.
- Compatibility with FS2002.
- Flap calls enhancements
- PIC767/DF734/PSS744 Compatibility.
Ver 4.7
- Experimental version, never gone public.
Ver 4.6 Beta
- Not publically released.
Ver 4.5 Final.
- Fixed all reported bugs.
- Changed the replies during the configuration.
Ver 4.5 beta 3.
- Changed the code to be fully compatible with FS2000.
Ver 4.3 to Ver 4.5 beta 2 never made public
Ver 4.2 Final
- Added warnings when a checklist is triggered by the user but the previous checklist has not been performed.
  i.e. If you try to perform the Before Take-off checklist before performing the Before Taxi checklist you will get a warning.
- Changed the input accept key to CTRL-A. This is done because many users with non-US keyboards reported problems.
  Hope this is solved now guys (and gals)...
- Added an improved ProFlight 98 module.
- Added Radar Contact module.
Ver 4.1 Final
- Added manual or Automatic checklist & crew calls selection.
- Fixed a bug where the FS could hang when in Auto mode for seatbelts and level off btn 15200-25000Ft AGL.
- Added 2500ft and 1000ft GPWS altitude calls during approach.
- Fixed wrong Flaps 3 and Flaps 4 calls wav files.
- Fixed wrong Flap calls when you choose an aircraft type with flap settings not similar to the 757/767.
- Increased the number of supported chatter wavs to 400 and replaced the nr of wavs selection with an input routine.
Ver 4.1 Beta
- Further improved code.
- Added aircraft selection with correct flap calls for the selected aircraft
- Added support for turboprops.
- Added NAV1/2 stand-by radios & NAV swap function.
- Added ADF stand-by radio
- Modified stand-by comm radios not to need frequency to be saved first.
- Added switch between NAV1/2.
- Added seatbelts and no smoking signs manual control in addition to automatic.
- Added more emergencies and user selected chances of emergency to occur
- Added 90 & 100Kts calls
- Added ALL the flap calls according to a/c type.
- Improved GPWS routine
- Added selection to turn on GPWS on/off
- Added selection to turn speed calls on/off
- Added 250Kts/10000ft warning, user defined if the warning will be issued or not.
- Added more checklists.
- Rebuild weather generator.
Ver 4 Beta 2
- Improved code for faster execution. VCP sounds renamed to VCP_*.wav for easy indentification.
- Version never made public
Ver 4 Beta 1 (New Version)
- The whole code was reconstructed. More details will be available in the final release.
Ver 3.42 (Maintenance Release)
- Reduced emergency random since I received many complaints about emegencies happening too often.
- Included the first version of Virtual Co-Pilot add-on module for use with FSFS.
Ver 3.41 (Maintenance Release)
- Added ability to change NAV1 OBS value with the autopilot heading hold keys and synchronized the heading and OBS values WHEN the autopilot is engaged to NAV1 hold.
- Removed playing of the wav sound "ding.wav" since it has produced some sound problems to some users.
Ver 3.40 (Maintenance release)
- Added Emergency situations.
- Added optional adventure for those who wish to trigger the checklists manually.
- Further Improved autopilot heading and altitude changes.
- Improved GPWS and altitude calls.
- Added monitoring of the engines when needed.
Ver 3.30
- Added spoken weather report (ATIS like).
- Improved autopilot handling.
- Changed Autopilot heading hold hot keys not to conflict with FS98 keys (CTRL-G is used by FS98 to pump the gear in case of emergency).
Ver 3.24 (Maintenance Release)
- Added notice for available generic ATIS in instructions.
- Fixed a bug that VCP called for minimums more than once.
Ver 3.23 (Maintenance release)
- Improved autopilot hot keys handling.
- Fixed some minor bugs.
Ver 3.22Beta
- Added fuel dump emulation.
- Added support for cabin crew announcements (with FLTCRW.zip or FLTCRW98.zip).
- Improved autopilot hot keys handling.
- Reconstructed the whole source code for better performance.(at least 35%)
- Improved input routine.
Ver 3.2 Beta (further improved version for FS98)
- Added random weather generator.
- Added comm stand-by frequencies handling.
- Reduced time between ATC chatter wavs to allow more frequent chatter.
Ver 3.1 Beta (Improved version for FS98)
- (uploaded only in http://www.flightsim.com as iup.edu was inaccessible)
- Added user selection of number of atc chatter wavs.
- Re-Added autopilot hot keys after several requests. Improved handling.
- Improved fuel-low warning to allow for any type of a/c. User now sets the fuel low trigger.
- Improved user defined variables accept routine (V1, Vr, V2 and flaps speeds input).
Ver 3.0 Beta (Ver for FS98)
- Improved Glideslope warning.
- Added ATC chatter for playing randomly up to 60 wav files.
- Added flap 1 call and improved flap calls for use in FS98
- Added warning for low fuel.
- Added pilot call for crew to position for landing.
- Several bugs fixed.
- Improved input routine for user variable speed bugs.
- Improved GPWS routine.
- Improved go-around detection.
- Removed autopilot hot keys since no longer needed in FS98. Autopilot can be set thru the panels.
Ver 2.02 (Ver for FS5.1)
- Added glideslope warning.
- Improved GPWS routine.
- Improved go-around detection.
- Several bugs fixed.
Ver 2.00 (Ver for FS5.1)
- Original release to the Internet
Ver 1.00 (Ver for FS5.1)
- This version was never made public.

Troubleshooting

Some users reported that they cannot hear any sound while running Virtual Co-Pilot.
This will happen when the wav files are not located at the proper directory.
Make sure you have placed the sound files (*.wav) at the WAV directory under the ADV directory of FS2002. i.e. D:\FLTSIM\FS2002\ADV\WAV
DO NOT place the sound files at the WAV\CACHE directory. This directory is used by FS2002 to copy the sound files of the default adventures that come with it, and is not recognized by the other adventures.
ALL the wav files of Virtual Co-Pilot are in PCM 11025hz/8Bit/Mono format. If any chatter file has a different format it must be converted to this format in order to sound correct. To do the conversion use the relative program that came with your sound card or any other sound editing program that has this ability.
Also, have in mind that when ANY adventure is running, the FS2002 build in ATIS, ATC, aircraft and airport selections will NOT work. This is again a choice of Microsoft and NOT a bug of VCP.
For more information about this subject, please visit Microsoft FS pages.

Other Information

This adventure was compiled using the FS2000 SDK APLC v6.1.
Copyright of the adventure file belongs to George Dorkofikis, Athens, Greece. All rights reserved.
Copyright of the GPWS sound files used, belong to their authors. Those files are taken from various sources from the Internet.
Copyright of the VCP calls and checklists belong to George Dorkofikis and Captain Andy Brummer.

Flight Simulator(tm) is a Registered Trademark of Microsoft(r).

I would also like to thank everybody that send me feedback for this program and ALL my friends who helped me test and improve this adventure for all to use. You are so many that if listed all the names here I would need 2 extra pages! :-) So, please forgive me and I hope you can understand.

For any feedback, comments or requests please send e-mail to: oal132@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you for using Virtual Co-Pilot. Enjoy your (realistic) flight!