markcellis

Mike, Can you upload the log.txt file over in this thread? https://forums.x-plane.org/forums/topic/344766-x-atc-chatter-174-open-beta/#comment-3039038 Mark

Scott, I'll try to get that done next week. I'll PM you with a test version to try. Mark

@tiberiu11 Possibly you can use the, SimVarWatcher: Found in the MSFS SDK samples, to see if you are seeing the SIM PAUSE event being generated. @tttocs As a last resort I can always make the pausing of chatter when the sim pauses an option. Ideally it would be good to know what is causing the pause event to get fired, as it could affect other add-ons. Mark

It could be that those TDS units are somehow pausing the sim but possibly only for a very brief period of time. Do those units have a separate UI that might be taking window focus briefly? As I said, it would be pretty easy to make pausing chatter on sim pause an option if you can't get this fixed any other way. Mark

@tttocs One thing I could do is make pausing chatter when the sim pauses an option. That said, it would be good to figure out what is causing the pauses. Mark

Getting those pausing messages will definitely cause the clip to mute. I wonder what is causing that. Mark

When this happens, does anything appear in the control panel? A few things to check. Do you have a joystick button assigned to Momentary Mute where the button is possibly noisy and making contact when you did not press it. Do you have the option enabled to only play chatter when the radios are powered? Possibly, the aircraft is erroneously reporting a power loss Send me the most recent log file when it happens again. Mark

Wow that is very odd. Mark

Try running FS-ATC-Chatter as admin and see if that helps. Mark

On April 12th, 2026, I updated the clip collection with over 1,100 new clips in multiple regions If you are running the FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.4 player it should detect the update and give you the opportunity to download those new clips. IMPORTANT: You must be running version 1.2.3 or above to get this update: If you are an avid FS-ATC-Chatter user, please consider writing a product review. It helps other users who may be considering FS-ATC-Chatter. https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-reviews/ As a reminder, you can earn rewards by becoming a Chatter Project Volunteer and helping to collect and curate more ATC clips. Read all about the project here: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/x-atc-chatter-project/ Mark

Never saw that before. I suggest a fresh install, like this Make a backup copy of the folder: FS-ATC-Chatter\Regions. That will preserve your full clip collection. Using Windows settings, uninstall FS-ATC-Chatter Download and install the FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.4 demo from here: https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-sample-collection-and-demo/ Replace the Regions folder with the backup you made above, so that the Regions folder contains the full clip set Start FS-ATC-Chatter and see if that corrects it. You might also want to try running as Administrator. Let me know what you find Mark

On November 30th, 2025, I updated the clip collection with over 1,100 new clips in multiple regions If you are running the FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.4 player it should detect the update and give you the opportunity to download those new clips. IMPORTANT: You must be running version 1.2.3 or above to get this update: If you are an avid FS-ATC-Chatter user, please consider writing a product review. It helps other users who may be considering FS-ATC-Chatter. https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-reviews/ As a reminder, you can earn rewards by becoming a Chatter Project Volunteer and helping to collect and curate more ATC clips. Read all about the project here: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/x-atc-chatter-project/ Mark

See this page for download instructions: https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-1-2-4/ Mark

The final version of FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.4 has been released. Use the following link to get more details and download instructions: https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-1-2-4/ Mark

1.2.4 Beta 5 is available You can install the beta by downloading the zip archive from: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/downloads/FS-ATC-Chatter-Setup-1.2.4B5-Demo.zip?v= Changes Added the ability to optionally check for new beta builds Installation Unzip the archive to a temporary folder and then run the installer EXE file. If you already own the full FS-ATC-Chatter collection, allow the installer to place the beta in the same location as your current installation. This will ensure that the full clip set will be available to the player. If you do not own the full collection, the beta demo can be used for free with the included 1,000 U.S.-based clips. Read the SayIntentions.AI section of the UserGuide.pdf, which is located in the root FS-ATC-Chatter folder, to learn how to enable the integration. Leave feedback on the beta by replying to this topic. What's Next This is likely a release candidate for the final version of FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.4

@vbazillioYou will get that radio busy status when: Either you or SIAI is transmitting SIAI Chatter is playing If it is happening too much and you are getting mostly SIAI chatter, then you can turn down the SIAI chatter slider.

Question I would like to know more about how you work with MSFS ATC and FS-ATC-Chatter. As an example, do you map joystick buttons to the ATC response panel to initiate requests and respond to ATC? As you might know, MSFS has no API that I can use to know when ATC is transmitting. If I had that, I could pause clips when the radio is busy with ATC COMS. The best I could come up with so far was to cause FS-ATC-Chatter to set the next clip start after the MAX delay setting in seconds whenever you change frequencies on the radio. Typically when you do that you are likely to start an ATC request so I could at least prevent the next clip from starting too soon. I might be able to do something similar when I see you interact with the ATC panel. That is why I'd like to know how to interact with it. Mark

I'm open to doing that, but I would need help from the BATC guys. Would you like to suggest it to them? You can have them contact me at: [email protected] Mark

1.2.4 Beta 4 is available You can install the beta by downloading the zip archive from: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/downloads/FS-ATC-Chatter-Setup-1.2.4B4-Demo.zip?v= Changes Added support for filtering by country Added support to auto-select the country based on the tuned facility or aircraft location Installation Unzip the archive to a temporary folder and then run the installer EXE file. If you already own the full FS-ATC-Chatter collection, allow the installer to place the beta in the same location as your current installation. This will ensure that the full clip set will be available to the player. If you do not own the full collection, the beta demo can be used for free with the included 1,000 U.S.-based clips. Read the SayIntentions.AI section of the UserGuide.pdf, which is located in the root FS-ATC-Chatter folder, to learn how to enable the integration. Leave feedback on the beta by replying to this topic. What's Next Work on some of the issues: https://github.com/markcellis/FS-ATC-Chatter/issues

@SonneCan you show me a screenshot of the control panel? I want to make sure you have the volume turned up to 0.00DB with the green slider. Also, I'd like to see your latest log file. Do you have alternate audio devices you can try? You can select them on the Output Device tab of the settings dialog. I don't think AvSim allows you to attach files, so you can post them on our Discord server, https://discord.gg/5B4Zsv8qMB, or email them to [email protected]. Mak

1.2.4 Beta 3 is available You can install the beta by downloading the zip archive from: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/downloads/FS-ATC-Chatter-Setup-1.2.4B3-Demo.zip?v= Changes Fixed issue #7, set pause to max pause after a frequency change Fixed issue #6, Nagging check for updates bug Add Joystick mappings for chatter volume, Issue #5 Installation Unzip the archive to a temporary folder and then run the installer EXE file. If you already own the full FS-ATC-Chatter collection, allow the installer to place the beta in the same location as your current installation. This will ensure that the full clip set will be available to the player. If you do not own the full collection, the beta demo can be used for free with the included 1,000 U.S.-based clips. Read the SayIntentions.AI section of the UserGuide.pdf, which is located in the root FS-ATC-Chatter folder, to learn how to enable the integration. Leave feedback on the beta by replying to this topic. What's Next Support for filtering clips by country Work on some of the issues: https://github.com/markcellis/FS-ATC-Chatter/issues

1.2.4 Beta 2 is available You can install the beta by downloading the zip archive from: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/downloads/FS-ATC-Chatter-Setup-1.2.4B2-Demo.zip?v= Changes Added an option to use the Little Navmap databases directly when they are available Installation Unzip the archive to a temporary folder and then run the installer EXE file. If you already own the full FS-ATC-Chatter collection, allow the installer to place the beta in the same location as your current installation. This will ensure that the full clip set will be available to the player. If you do not own the full collection, the beta demo can be used for free with the included 1,000 U.S.-based clips. Read the SayIntentions.AI section of the UserGuide.pdf, which is located in the root FS-ATC-Chatter folder, to learn how to enable the integration. Leave feedback on the beta by replying to this topic. What's Next Support for filtering clips by country Work on some of the issues: https://github.com/markcellis/FS-ATC-Chatter/issues

This is an FAQ titled What airports and countries are the clips from. https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-faq/ You can download a CSV file that lists all the clips, showing the countries and ICOA codes they originated from. Mark

On October 9th, 2025, I updated the clip collection with over 1,100 new clips in multiple regions If you are running the FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.3 player it should detect the update and give you the opportunity to download those new clips. IMPORTANT: You must be running version 1.2.3 to get this update: https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-1-2-3/ If you are an avid FS-ATC-Chatter user, please consider writing a product review. It helps other users who may be considering FS-ATC-Chatter. https://stickandrudderstudios.com/fs-atc-chatter-reviews/ As a reminder, you can earn rewards by becoming a Chatter Project Volunteer and helping to collect and curate more ATC clips. Read all about the project here: https://www.stickandrudderstudios.com/x-atc-chatter-project/ Mark

@Mike_CFII_MEL Glad you like it. Mark