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Hi If you have the 3 monitors on when you start p3d then as you say drag the picture across all three screens and then press ALT ENTER. This will remove the task bar for you

Hi Sorry but you are incorrect in saying that a USB headset is needed. If you have 2 soundcards in your computer then 1 can be used for ATC and the other used for the main sound. A USB headset is just another option because it is in essence adding its own card Ken

Hi I was just reading this and wondering. Are you running spad.next on your main pc or your networked pc. If you run Spad.next on your networked pc all of your flight controls can then be attached to your networked pc. This means that you dont need vJoy etc. Spad.next will use fsuipc,simmconect or Lvars on you networked pc. As far as sound goes Multiplicity is great on networked machines but I stopped using the audio section from that a couple of years ago but still use everything else multiplicity offers. There is a donation ware software called Voicemeeter Banna that is brilliant for audio on you computer and sim. I use 2 computers and 4 soundcards to run P3d and voicemeeter banana controls them all. It can send the main audio to you main speakers and send ATC audio to your networked machine. I use programes on the networked machine where the main audio is sent back to the main pcs speakers but Pilot2ATC for example is on the networked pc. Ken

Hi Try Simstarter Ng, it does exactly what you are looking for. No more need for batch files.

Good to hear you found a solution, I had forgotten all about that setting and yes you are correct in saying voicemeeter is a mixer. if you use the VB-Audio Cable https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm This becomes a virtual input that you can set pilot2atc in as its own stream. There is a lot in the program that is not seen at first glance. Ken

Hi I use a program called voicemeeter banana for all my sound. There are 3 cards running on my main machine and 2 on my network machine. The program is donation ware and although can be fun to program at first once you get use to it you will find it great. There is a lot of info on the net about it since that is how a lot of people make their donation to the program. You will find the home address below. https://www.vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/banana.htm Ken

Hi Dave Im afraid multiplicity will not help here as I started the network PTT stream years ago. FSX or P3d will separate the ATC and engine noises etc to different outputs as you know. It does not however allow you to place the nav frequency codes to a separate output. This means that if you are using headphones for ATC then the vor station codes allways have to go through your main speakers. Since Pilot2ATC reads each VOR station and shows the information on screen I was hoping there was a way to be able to send this information to the same output as the ATC voices. Putting the network system aside even on a single machine setup you cannot have the VOR codes in your headphones and engine noises etc on the main speakers. Thanks for your time Ken

Hi I use two computers to run the flight sim with Pilot2ATC on the client machine. Since P3d does not separate the nav2 or ADF recognition signals they have to go through the main speakers. Is there a way you could implement the Morse recognition signals to be recognized by pilot2atc through MakeRunways for example and then broadcast to the headphones like the ATC is. Thankyou for your great program and time Ken

I use a pair of Dave Clarkes H10 from ebay with the track IR modified to clip permanently to the headset.Changed the helicopter cord to a general GA cord which allowed the headset to be in stereo without having to rewire the headset. Cant get any more real than that. Ken

Hi Pete I hope you dont mind me chipping in. I have P2A on a network machine programed to a saitek yoke button through Spadnext. I know this is probably different to your setup since you would be using your own programs but I have to have spadnext up and running before P2A or the yoke button will not be recognised even though the green connect button lights up in P2A. Just thought you might need to check your start up sequence. Ken

Thanks for that information Pete, thats something I definitely did not know. Ken

Hi This is straight from Chaseplane site. Cinematic Mode Cinematic Mode can be manually enabled by clicking the Play button located next to the camera modes in the top-right of the Camera pages. Alternatively, you can enable it from the In-Sim View Selector or via a key or button shortcut set in the Preferences. By default, Cinematic Mode will auto enable after 10 minutes of inactivity when flying above FL180. This behavior can be changed in the preferences. You can also manually interact with the cinematic viewpoint using the same controls you use to move the normal cameras. The following options are available in the Preferences > Camera section of ChasePlane: Change camera angle every X sec.: ChasePlane will automatically change the camera angle after a set amount of time. You can change how long each angle lasts or disable the automatic switching altogether by setting the slider to the left and use a control assignment to do request a new angle instead. Automatic camera motion: Defines how fast the camera is moving the Cinematic Mode. 1x is very slow and 50x is very fast. Zoom offset: If you feel like the aircraft is framed too tight on your display, you can adjust the zoom offset to zoom out or in as desired. Auto-Enable above FL180 after X min.: Set how long it takes before Cinematic Mode automatically enables above FL180 (18,000ft). You can disable this feature by setting the slider to the left. Control override Speed: Sets how fast the camera is going to move if you manually try to control it. Control override Inertia: Sets how smooth the camera is going to move if you manually try to control it. Resetting a specific camera axis You can reset any slider in the Camera > Controls page to the default value by double-clicking the white slider knob. Alternatively, you can directly input a position in the text box located next to the slider Here is the URL Ken

Hi If you have chase plane it is set to change to outside cinematic view after a period of time. This can be turned off if not wanted. I use a button on my yoke to turn it on or off.I use an older Razer Nastromo for TrackIR pause plus quite a few of the commands you dont want in your flight controls so that I never have to reach for the keyboard since its foot print is much smaller and less intrusive. Ken

Hi Make sure you have the 64 bit voices as P2A will not even recognize the 32 bit voices. Ken

Hi You should try Spadnext. You can use a trial mode. When you run the program try a snippet for the module. I can run any plane with this program although it takes a bit of getting us to. The easiest way is to look online through the program on a trial basis and work out your system through that

Hi I have been using Spadnext since it first came out and you constantly read that the program is overly hard. I started with the Saitek drivers,then Lynda, then Spad and then Spad.next . There is definitely a learning curve in the program but I found the easiest way was to go into the program and download either a snippet or a complete setup from the site. At this stage your Saitek units can be almost completely setup. If you are happy with the result you dont have to do anything else. I now have 10 units programmed through Spad.next and there is no way the other programs could go anywhere this bit of kit. Being able to make and program your own switch panels makes this hobby so much richer. A good example of the programs abilities is when my saitek switch panel died. Instead of throwing it out I have added leds above all the switches,removed the original USB cable and wired the switches to a Derek Speares board and that I allready had and then programmed the whole thing through Spad.next . All I can say is start small and work up from there. Ken

Hi Just a thought as it happened to me. There are two train buttons almost next to each other. Make sure you use the left hand button to get into the Training. Ken

Hi I couldnt get any closer if I tried. I use a Dave Clarke Headset rewired for stereo and a filter module I made to use it on the comupter. I bought the headset 2nd hand off ebay a couple of years ago. The Track IR clip pro has had the clamp base removed and is now attached to the side of the headphones. Ken

Hi I think this is what you are looking for; Seems like LM broke the SP1 SimConnect interface in v4. They hope to fix it in next release. Anyway because of it Traffic Optimizer (v1914) does not work with P3D v4. Until LM fixes it, here's a new version (v1915) which use SP2 SimConnect and works fine: http://www.mediafire.com/file/2kd5an6o448qi3d/AirTrafficManagerFSX-P3D_Radar_v1915.zip Don't forget to install SP2 SimConnect from: <P3D Install Dir>\\redist\Interface\FSX-SP2-XPACK\retail\lib\SimConnect.msi http://thingsrandom2014.blogspot.com/2017/06/traffic-optimizer-for-p3d-v4.html The links seem ok This information came from this post Ken

Hi i will jump in here. SpadNext when you get use to it us in a word awsome. I use Saitek yoke, pedals, Fip, Switch panel, Auto pilot panel, radio panel, a Derek Spears board and a PacLed64 board controlling another 42 leds 22 switches and 8 encoders all running with the use of this program. There are numerous downloads on the site for different boards and planes from all over on the site to get you going. You dont have to buy the full licence to start with, in fact I still havnt but Connex (the owner) is extremelly helpfull. You can try the program on a trial ( I cant remember how long) to see if it is for you. By the way I am also a Beta tester but definetly not a salesman. Ken

Hi Have you seen Sim Shaker for aviators. I use it with 2 buttkickers in P3d and DSC. No need for opus any more as I found these effects better, using a Sound blaster play usb card through to a standard amp to the buttkickers. I have found this set up a lot better than when I was using buttkickers own amps actually. This link will give you an idea https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=175028 Ken

Here you go Yair http://edgerunner.com/multiplicity Since I dont use Xplane I cannot help you there ,hopefully someone else can. Ken

Hi If you use the program "Scp Toolkit" to configure the playstation joy as an Xbox joy then ChasePlane works perfectly. Here's a quick video Ken

Hi Keven thanks for the answer, I hope I didn't sound too abrupt as I only meant it as a suggestion for later. I am enjoying using Chase Plane at the moment and will watch its growth as time goes on. I had read the presets section in the manual but it hadnt clicked as to the shortcut as at the moment I have only kept 1 outside camera to each plane. Ken

Hi At the moment unless I am mistaken it is only possible to program an axis to one particular controller. This means that if you are using TrackIR for inside camera views you cannot then map an XBOX contoller axis to the outside views or even use the hat switch on a yoke. Having multiple axis for different views would make the system a whole lot friendlier. One other question is can different outside cameras be programed to a short cut per plane so that you can go straight to a specific camera are do you have to rotate through the views to the one you want. Thanks for the program it is looking very very promising at the moment. Ken