RC5 - Feature Requests

[nooon 21]

Request for V5, or even V4.4 ;)For departures : - Ability to fly DP UNTIL reaching first waypoint of the FLT PLAN, regardless of the 30nm radius of the departure airport.For arrivals : - Ability to select "Use IAP" to the controller BEFORE crossing the last waypoint of the FLT PLN, regardless of the 30nm radius of the arrival airport.Would that be possible ?

[Drumcode 1,893]

A little off-topic but I couldn't resist asking. Can we expect v5 release sometime this year, or perhaps around summer?

[jd 57]

Request for V5, or even V4.4 ;)For departures : - Ability to fly DP UNTIL reaching first waypoint of the FLT PLAN, regardless of the 30nm radius of the departure airport.For arrivals : - Ability to select "Use IAP" to the controller BEFORE crossing the last waypoint of the FLT PLN, regardless of the 30nm radius of the arrival airport.Would that be possible ?

there is no 4.4

A little off-topic but I couldn't resist asking. Can we expect v5 release sometime this year, or perhaps around summer?

if i knew, i would tell you. but i don't. i don't know how long it will take to finish what i've bitten off. for doug and me, it's quality not calendar.jd

[nooon 21]

there is no 4.4

for V5 then. would that be possible ?

[jd 57]

for V5 then. would that be possible ?

5 will handle dps, stars, and approaches differently. it's not finalized, so i can't answer any detailed questions. suffice it to say there won't be hard distances that make things one way or the other.jd

[Guest macman4]

"1) In RC5, please add the ability to detect and allow us to manually select which sound-device RC5 uses for its audio output. This is a cool feature in FSX that allows me to select my USB headphones as the audio-only device and having ATC dedicated to the headphones is a great feature that I would love to have in RC5."http://www.quicksoundswitch.toflo.de/ I use this free software to do exactly that. I have RC ATC coming out of my USB headset and all other sounds coming out of my 5.1 speakers. This is in FS9. Any questions,post back, Bob

[ilarikousa 0]

5 will handle dps, stars, and approaches differently. it's not finalized, so i can't answer any detailed questions. suffice it to say there won't be hard distances that make things one way or the other.jd

Great! This is what I've always wanted!!

[chrispeel 0]

In real world airways flying occasionally one hears pilots requesting confirmation of the last assigned heading, flight level or altitude.In other words a confirmation of the last instruction.I have been guilty of this in my time.I don't mean immediately after the instruction but somewhat later.Sometimes even airline pilots like to just make a quick check that they have dialled it into the controls or FMC correctly.I appreciate that RC4 gives us the CS/ keystroke option for a "please repeat" but that option only appears briefly and is gone very quickly I think.Is it possible to add such a feature in the next version?In simple terms it could just mean leaving the CS/ option in the screen for longer?Before an other instruction is given maybe.Maybe your ATCOs can confirm that this does sometimes happen.

[northridge 2]

A bit late in the day joining this thread, I suspect, but seeing as everybody else is putting up ideas for the serious, technical stuff, I will add my tuppence-worth to the "extras" section:a much easier way to get radio chatter installed, a ziliian more pilot and controller voices and an easy way to make our own voice sound files and drop them straight in.

[Guest brittanydva238]

I would like the ability to change my route. For example, say that I'm coming in from Denver to Atlanta. I put MEM.ERLIN5 as the arrival, and there's a storm over the RMG arrival, forcing reroutes to another arrival. I would like to have that option in version 5.0.

[ilarikousa 0]

A convenience item: Would it be possible to automatically set default ATC volume to zero when running RC?

[Guest macman4]

A convenience item: Would it be possible to automatically set default ATC volume to zero when running RC?

In FS9 menu>options>settings>sound. Make sure Air Traffic Control is unchecked. No more FS9 ATC :(