VoxATC in beta - Performance demonstration

[kevinfirth 1,406]

Just a very short clip showing the smoothness of AI movements (Vox controlled), and also note my framerate counter in the top left (my sim is v-synced to my monitor at 50fps)

All the aircraft shown are generated and controlled by VoxATC using AIG traffic (thanks @Kaiii3)

Clip taken at EGGP Liverpool, just because I know it well and I did my PPL there 😄

More news and updates to follow.....

Happy to answer any questions!

Edited October 4, 2023 by kevinfirth

[rob0203 697]

Great! Instant buy!

Edited October 4, 2023 by rob0203

[michdb8 44]

i would like to see a test in EGLL or KLAX that the final boss and also show how many aircraft are active and what cpu do you use 

 

[supersym 52]

Very good  news !  🙂

[kevinfirth 1,406]

53 minutes ago, michdb8 said:

i would like to see a test in EGLL or KLAX that the final boss and also show how many aircraft are active and what cpu do you use 

 

CPU is in my signature - happy to show varying levels of traffic as we get closer to release.  Of course frame rates are dependent on much more than vox injected traffic, but I can demonstrate in future the loading with different traffic levels at different airports so you can see the fps on my system before and after 🙂

[Falconfly 61]

Can’t wait to try this out!

[Bobsk8 12,792]

If I remember correctly, the voices in Vox ATC were pretty bad. Any samples of the voices now?

[kevinfirth 1,406]

2 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

If I remember correctly, the voices in Vox ATC were pretty bad. Any samples of the voices now?

Have to wait a short time for that update it's being worked on now as we speak.  I currently use a variety of addon SAPI voices which are suitably immersive for me.

Happy to demo new voices when they are available and a bit polished.  

[RALF9636 1,979]

2 hours ago, kevinfirth said:

Have to wait a short time for that update it's being worked on now as we speak.  I currently use a variety of addon SAPI voices which are suitably immersive for me.

Happy to demo new voices when they are available and a bit polished.  

Will VoxATC come with a variety of voices included or will it still rely on the SAPI voices the user has installed?

[kevinfirth 1,406]

7 minutes ago, RALF9636 said:

Will VoxATC come with a variety of voices included or will it still rely on the SAPI voices the user has installed?

This may be subject to change, but my current understanding is that it will come with a variety of voices yes.  There has been discussion about how this might be done.  Using SAPI as now will still be an option as well AFAIK. Don't expect super realistic neural ATC voices in the app itself though, let's be realistic about what is deliverable.  There a reason say Amazon Polly voices are charged at the rate they are, for example.

Edited October 4, 2023 by kevinfirth

[Tony P 160]

Crazy that it appears we'll all soon have so many different MSFS ATC choices and at some point I'll probably own them all.  😊

I was an original VoxATC guy back in FSX days and always thought the AI generation and integration was done very very well.   

Looking forward to this release.

 

[F737MAX 5,666]

15 minutes ago, Tony P said:

Crazy that it appears we'll all soon have so many different MSFS ATC choices

It's been such a pain point for flight simmers for such a long time that I'm not surprised.

Great to see competition, which is driving innovation and expectations of each solution. Look forward to seeing how they all compare!

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

27 minutes ago, F737MAX said:

It's been such a pain point for flight simmers for such a long time that I'm not surprised.

Great to see competition, which is driving innovation and expectations of each solution. Look forward to seeing how they all compare!

Yup, let’s just hope one excels. We seem to have loads, but yet none that would be the go to one. 

[vadriver 248]

3 hours ago, kevinfirth said:

Using SAPI as now will still be an option as well AFAIK

W10 & 11 inherently have close to 20 SAPI5 voices that sound fine, even with VATC's "static noise" options ... if the MSFS vers is the same as P3D's in this.

so before trying the assumed "demo", install those MS TTS's to  check VATC in a more "comprehensive" way.

Edited October 4, 2023 by vadriver

[mmcmah 421]

I'm a user of P2ATC and have quite a few additional SAPI voices as well as a full AIG install, so this sounds interesting.
 

Where do I go to find out more about what this program may do (live traffic, historical/offset time traffic, emergencies and diversions, weather-dependent routing changes, etc.)?

With all of the recent Beyond ATC hype, and the subsequent debate about recurring fees/subscriptions, it's nice to hear that there may be another option coming out.