Hi AllI got RC for Christmas and I'm loving it, however I have a question about the chatter in the UK. I looked in the winwood folders and saw there was a UK folder, however, is there any way to separate London and Scottish control chatter as I noticed on a couple of flights to and from Iceland that even at the far north of Scottish control the chatter was referring to helicopter traffic near London City. I am still reading the manual section about chatter but I haven't fully grasped it yet. It would be nice to stop all the London chatter when in Scottish control airspace.Its not a big problem, and I like hearing the chatter even if it is slightly out geograhically. I'll keep trying to work it out myself but if anyone can shed any light on it to point me the right way it would be great.Generally though, I have to say it is an outstanding add-on and I'm loving it. ThanksHappy New Year All!Mark L.

there is documentation near the end of the manual, that explains the chatter setupi prefer to turn it off, since it almost always is talking about the wrong runways, the wrong altimeter, talking to non existent ai, etc.jd

Hi JD,Thanks for the reply. I have found the section in the manual, but struggling to find the relevant bits of the winwood stuff. For example, the manual says there should be a file in the main RC folder called Airspace, but I can't see it. Also it would be nice to have a list of what the 400 geograhic areas actually are to save looking inside each one to see where it relates to for adding more chatter in the right places if I had the files. Personally I like hearing the chatter and plan to add more when I get it.Anyway, I'll keep reading, thanks againMark L.

Prerecorded chatter is pretty much for ambiance, not accurate, and can hog resources. AI chatter will only affect the areas within a certain distance of your aircraft. Did you have prerecorded chatter enabled?

The files that define authority are in the data folder as s4.csv and z4.csv. These define FIR and local authority. Do not examine these with a spreadsheet application and if you get into them make backups first of the data folder. The only data that changes in these is when you do a scenery rebuild which affects r4.csv and a4.csv.There is no airspace file or folder that I could locate and that might be from a previous version.]In the prerecorded ai chatter folders in Winwood (as defined in the manual) there are atc1, atc2, and atc3 where these are based on three center altitude windows. Perhaps that is what the documentation refers to. These are referred to a strata for low, high, and maybe super. The manual gives the altitude ranges of each.

Prerecorded chatter is pretty much for ambiance, not accurate, and can hog resources. AI chatter will only affect the areas within a certain distance of your aircraft. Did you have prerecorded chatter enabled?

Hi RonzieIt was the prerecorded stuff I was referring to, as I like the ambience :) I just wanted initially to edit something or move chatter so I didn't hear London control chatter when I was in the Scottish control area, then for future use I was going to maybe bung in a bit more "ambience" in other areas.Also thanks for the tips in your second post, I am not going to muck about in the data folders at all.Mark L.

Happy new year to you all.

... I was going to maybe bung in a bit more "ambience" in other areas.

Oh, that would be nice. Though most people seem to prefer its absence, I don't think there's enough pre-recorded chatter around. I only have the UK and the US I think (I've had it switched off for a long time as I'm not currently flying very much in either area) but recall noticing at least one other regional package, possibly in the library here. If you do complete it, would you consider sharing?Kind regards,D

I recorded ATC at Manchester (EGCC) a few years ago. Those files should be in a EGCC sub-folder under Winwood. Have a look at that and the structure may help you understand how they're put together.