Display MoreHi fellow Aeroflyers,
I’m the developer of the air traffic control solution for Aerofly FS 2 that Ray’s been speaking of.
“Aerofly FS 2 RC ATC” is set to be released this coming Saturday, November 9 and will be initially available for download and purchase at the product’s secure website Aerofly FS2 RC ATC.
The product leverages the exceptional air traffic control experience of Radar Contact v4 by providing a bridge between it and Aerofly FS 2 (AFS2).
Before touching on product highlights, it must be mentioned that the foundation of the development of this product is threefold: user experience, performance and stability. The product has been developed using commercial software development industry best practices and extensively tested. The product is designed to make intelligent use of hardware capabilities, both CPU and GPU. You will experience zero effect on performance (i.e., FPS). Worth noting is that the rendering of the Radar Contact menu within the AFS2 screen is measured in microseconds (not milliseconds).
Some feature highlights:
· Radar Contact’s “menu” is displayed within the AFS2 window using OpenGL or Vulkan by default but can also be displayed in a secondary popup window if desired. Display of Radar Contact’s menu can also be disabled altogether.
· The size and color of the text is configurable.
· The screen location of the text is also configurable and can be positioned at one of the four corners of the screen (upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right). This allows for view of the Radar Contact menu without obscuring the instrument panel or the window view.
· For ATIS and enroute weather reports, metar data is downloaded periodically from one of over 11000 weather reporting stations. The weather download period is configurable with a default period of 15 minutes. Weather download can be disabled if desired.
· While complete control of weather is not possible at this time due to limitations of the IPACS SDK interface, Visibility can be controlled.
· As depiction of visibility is highly subjective, it is highly configurable for fine tuning to the user’s preferences. Visibility control can also be disabled if desired.
· Radar Contact is limited to interaction using only the keyboard. Aerofly FS 2 RC ATC eliminates this limitation by providing complete support for ATC interaction using flight controller buttons (joysticks, yokes, etc.). If the controller is supported by AFS2, it will be supported for interacting with ATC.
· Aerofly FS 2 RC ATC includes extensive, category-based logging facilities for troubleshooting in the event of unexpected behavior. When enabled, a log file will be created that can then be emailed to product support for evaluation.
· Support will be provided via email through a dedicated email address, here on IPACS’ forum and the “usual suspect” flight sim enthusiast sites like Avsim (which also has a dedicated Radar Contact forum).
· Try before you buy! A seven-day trial period is available if desired. Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with Radar Contact or air traffic control in general. Download the product and request a license prior to purchase. A license enabling the trial period will be sent via email reply.
· Once purchased, two permanent licenses can be requested allowing for use, for example, on a desktop computer and a laptop.
The purchase price is $29.95 US. All product enhancements will be freely downloadable as they become available. The first planned enhancement is support for VR.
If you’re interested in adding air traffic control to your Aerofly FS 2 experience, I highly recommend visiting the Radar Contact website to familiarize yourself of its capabilities. On our Downloads page, you'll find a number of links and documents essential for a smooth installation and registration of Radar Contact. By far, the majority of challenges experienced by my test team were related to getting Radar Contact up and running.
Lastly, a little bit about myself, the developer.
I live in Denver, CO USA. I’ve been a simmer since MSFS 5.1 (circa 1995 – Avsim was called “Avsim Magazine” at the time) and have enjoyed most general aviation sims since (all the MS sims [including Flight], Flight Unlimited, Fly!, Pro Pilot, P3D, and X-Plane ). I’m also a longtime lurker on most of the sim sites including IPACS’ forums.
For over thirty years I’ve worked in software and hardware development (MSCS, MBA); as a hands-on dev and for the last fifteen in leadership roles and building my own consulting business. (You can find me on LinkedIn.) I maintain my coding chops through personal projects, mostly sim related.
Questions and comments are most welcome. I encourage my test team to share their experiences with the product.
Kind regards,
Karl Nietsch (AdvResGrpDev)
Aerofly FS2 RC ATC available for download (trial or purchase)
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Hey plovdiv74 , where has your website and support gone ? What has happened to your program and support AEROFLY FS2 RC ATC ? Please let us know , assuming you are still around !
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Hi Peter,
Yep, still around.
The product is still available and is still supported. The dedicated website has been shut down in favor of using a subdomain within our main website (advresgrp.com). The main website is undergoing maintenance at the moment.
What can I help with?
Kind regards,
Karl
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What is the current support-email-address? Has it moved to a new one?
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Hi Pilzkopp,
The email address is admin@advresgrp.com.
For the last couple of days, there were problems with receiving email at this address. The problems have been resolved. The host website, advresgrp.com, is presently undergoing maintenance but should be back up by COB tomorrow (11/25)
Regards,
Karl
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Hi Peter,
Yep, still around.
The product is still available and is still supported. The dedicated website has been shut down in favor of using a subdomain within our main website (advresgrp.com). The main website is undergoing maintenance at the moment.
What can I help with?
Kind regards,
Karl
Hi Peter,
Yep, still around.
The product is still available and is still supported. The dedicated website has been shut down in favor of using a subdomain within our main website (advresgrp.com). The main website is undergoing maintenance at the moment.
What can I help with?
Kind regards,
Karl
Sorry Karl the web site indicated is not working. Please tell us where to download this add-on. Thanks
Cheers
Jacques babar66
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Hi Pilzkopp,
The email address is admin@advresgrp.com.
For the last couple of days, there were problems with receiving email at this address. The problems have been resolved. The host website, advresgrp.com, is presently undergoing maintenance but should be back up by COB tomorrow (11/25)
Regards,
Karl
Hello Karl, I am trying to integrate RC4.3 into Aerofly FS2 (which I am using in VR mode only). I have obtained RC4.3 (which is now freeware) but am puzzled as to how to get in running in Aerofly.
As I understand, you have developed an integration solution for RC into Aerofly FS2. I have also read that VR support was on the horizon a while ago. I have a few questions:
-Does your solution now support VR?
-Where (at advresgrp.com) can I read about your product?
KInd regards,
Felix
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Hello Felix,
While I considered adding support for VR shortly after release of the product, I decided not to move forward.
The product is still available and actively supported. If you'd like further information, feel free to contact me at admin@advresgrp.com.
Kind regards,
Karl
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The Aerofly also crashes whenever I show up on runway 18 in Miami in a Learjet. When I restart the application, it works properly again. Miami is not the only airport with this issue; there's others, but I don't recall them all. I'm using an iPhone X running iOS 14.4.
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Hello Felix,
While I considered adding support for VR shortly after release of the product, I decided not to move forward.
The product is still available and actively supported. If you'd like further information, feel free to contact me at admin@advresgrp.com.
Kind regards,
Karl
Hi Karl,
That's unfortunate. I know for a fact that many people using VR have Aerofly FS2, as it is one of the few (the only?) flight sim that has VR hands integration.
I'll contact you by email, thanks.
KR,
Felix
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Where I can find the program?
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Hello all, is someone know where I can find sample binding for honeycomb alpha and bravo adapted to Aerofly FS2 ? Thanks in advance
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Where I can find the program?
Hello antikuo,
The program is still available (and supported, of course). You can download it from here: Aerofly FS2 RC ATC
I've attached the Quick Start Guide to help you easily get up and running.
You can request a license key (trial or permanent) by sending an email to admin@advresgrp.com (note the license request in the subject). Your email will eventually get to me and I'll send you the license key.
Kind regards,
Karl Nietsch
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Hello Karl,
it would be nice, when you upload it at our server, so many people will see it and can download and use it.
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it would be nice, when you upload it at our server, so many people will see it and can download and use it.
Hello higgy,
Thanks very much for your kind offer to upload AFS2 RC ATC to your server. I will upload it shortly.
My intention was to move the product's dedicated website to a subdomain of my company's primary domain but never got around to it. (We've been surprisingly busy during the pandemic.)
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
Karl
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Does this work with Aerofly Flight Simulator 4 ?
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Does this work with Aerofly Flight Simulator 4 ?
Hi rafson,
Yes, it does. But... the installer would need to be updated for exclusive use with AFS4.
-Karl
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Hi rafson,
Yes, it does. But... the installer would need to be updated for exclusive use with AFS4.
-Karl
Thank you. What is the problem with the installer?
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Thank you. What is the problem with the installer?
You're welcome.
There's no problem with the installer. It was designed and tested to install the software for use with AFS2, and it does that flawlessly.
The updates would be to accommodate either or both of AFS2 and AFS4. Far from rocket science.
In actuality, the testing would be more involved than the updates themselves...
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So: Jetjockey10's comment suggests that real weather changes wind, precipitation, and clouds, but advresgrpdev says it's just visibility. I'm confused.
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