FS ATC Workaround

[UberCougar]

Sick of FS ATC referring to you as type 'experimental' ?

Here's a simple workaround:

Open aircraft.cfg and look for the lines

[General]
atc_type=Experimental
atc_model=

and adjust them to read

atc_type=A10
atc_model=A10

FS ATC will now refer to you as type 'Thunderbolt' and call you by your tail number

[WarHorse47]

Try this...

atc_type=Republic
atc_model=P47

I believe they are both standard FS9 ATC types and models. At least it works for me.

--WH

[UberCougar]

Even better, I couldn't find either Republic or P47 in the manufacturer / model list I was using - cheers for tip

[WarHorse47]

I take it a few steps further.

For each aircraft I modify the atc_id, atc_airlines and atc_flight_number entries. For example,

atc_id=225742
atc_airline=ARMY
atc_flight_number=5742

as well as modifying the atc_type and atc_model in the [general] section as follows:

atc_type=REPUBLIC
atc_model=P47

The atc_id is the full tail number if there is one, and the atc_airline is the military branch of the aircraft,. For the flgiht number I use either the four or three last characters of the atc_id, or even the plane number.

When I communicate with the ATC I'm recognized as "Army 5742" flying a "Republic P-47."

It takes a while to set these up for each texture for each aircraft, but its worth it if you use the ATC a lot as I do.

--WH

[Meso]

Hey that are nice tips ill try it but do you know if this trick also work for the mustang?

lets say:

atc_type=North American
atc_model=P51

regards Meso

[dj51d]

I think you need

atc_type=North_American
atc_model=P51

I'll check my config later to confirm.

[Meso]

I already tried my suggestion but then i only hear the tail number so that didn't work.

I'll try your suggestion now

[Meso]

It worked thanks dj now i need FS to say Mustang or p51

[Meso]

It works well with these settings:

atc_type=North_American
atc_model=Mustang

sorry that it went a lot about the p51 since this is the Thunderbolt forum, but i think that the same method applies for that aircraft.

Thanks anyway

Meso