Hello,I'm seriously considering purchasing Radar Contact but as is often the case it is quite hard to decide if it will fit the bill before parting with one's hard-earned pennies.We all use Flight Simulator in different ways. I know I am in the minority but in my imaginary world I always fly from a wide range of classic aircraft from around the world. This would not be a problem for extant operators but I assume RC does not cater for the many defunct ones in its vocabulary and I wouldn't dream of expecting any special arrangements for such. At present I use FS's own ATC system with the EditVoicePack and of course there it is easy, with a little practice, to develop "new" callsigns and I have been doing this for years.Is there any scope for doing this for personal use with RC? I did find a discussion thread requesting additional airlines for the next version of RC but didn't find much else on the subject. I'm assuming the files are WAV files which would be easily edited with software like Audacity but presumably they would then need some sort of assignment into a database. Maybe that is outside the scope of the end user.Thanks in advance,John

Is there any scope for doing this for personal use with RC?

There certainly is' date=' John - in fact, knowing your expertise in this area, I've been tempted to contact you through CBFS on several occasions about this very thing. One of the former RC beta team members, Graham Jackson, has released several sets of additional call signs and airport names for RC4 with, by his own admission, varying degrees of success depending mainly on the quality and suitability of the wavs used to produce the new call sign file.The process itself is very straightforward and involves just 2 stages - editing existing wav files to produce the new file in the appropriate format (11KHz, 8-bit, mono if my memory serves me correctly) and adding a data line to the c4.csv file. You'll find this file in your RCv4/data folder. If you want to have a look at it, please note that despite its .csv suffix, it's a simple text file and should be opened (and edited) in a text editor such as NotePad and [u']not[/u] a spreadsheet! The main problem with the process is the sheer number of wavs that need to be edited to produce just one new call sign set because it has to be done for each of the pilot and controller voices but, as Graham has shown, it can be done - it just depends whether or not you have the time and inclination. :( If you want to know more or have any other questions about RC why not PM me via CBFS.BestPete

[snip]it can be done - it just depends whether or not you have the time and inclination. :( If you want to know more or have any other questions about RC why not PM me via CBFS.BestPete

Thanks, Pete, sounds good. I shall certainly have the inclination, not sure about the time just at the moment.But let me walk before I run - I shall need to purchase RC and get the hang of things before I get that far.Best wishes, and thanks again,John