Mouse and keys
You can give all voice instructions with the mouse. The popups use the same clearance and readback path as voice. They also operate when voice recognition is off. Not in 0.6.2.552 In the Assisted and Manual label tagging modes, a popup writes the label and sends nothing while voice recognition is on.
This information applies to VoiceATC Simulator 0.6.2.552, the stable release at this time. Items with the label New in … are not in this release.
Keys and mouse
Section titled “Keys and mouse”| Task | Control | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Speak | hold CONTROL | Hold the key while you speak. Release it at the end of the transmission. If you release the key immediately after the last syllable, the game keeps that syllable. Not in 0.6.2.552 If you set push to talk to a letter, a digit or the space key, that key types text while a text field is open and does not start a transmission. |
| Speak in toggle mode | press CONTROL, speak, press CONTROL again | Set Push to talk mode to TOGGLE in Settings → Controls. The first press starts the transmission and the second press sends it. Escape cancels it. After 30 seconds the transmission stops and you speak it again. New in 0.6.3.8 |
| Select an aircraft | left-click its callsign or symbol | To deselect the aircraft, click an empty area of the radar. |
| Assume or release an aircraft | middle-click | You get or release control of the aircraft. The rolling command window also shows each completed change. Not in 0.6.2.552 After a release, the aircraft stays yours for 3 to 8 seconds, until the next sector takes it. |
| Assume or release an aircraft | put the pointer on it and press T | The same as middle-click, for a mouse without a middle button. If the pointer is not on an aircraft, T operates on the selected aircraft. |
| Open the callsign menu | right-click the callsign | The menu shows Assume or Release, Contact tower, Contact center and Show route (in capitals in the Spain and US skins). Not in 0.6.2.552 The menu shows Assume or Handoff, Show route and Note. Handoff does the same as T. After the handoff, the first row shows Handoff TWR or Handoff CTR until the next sector takes the aircraft. Rows that you cannot use stay in place, dimmed. A right-drag still moves the label. Not in 0.6.2.552 The last row, Note, opens the note box. Not in 0.6.2.552 |
| Write a note on a label | right-click the callsign, then Note | Type a note of up to 8 characters: letters, digits, spaces and / . -. Press Enter to keep it. The note shows as the last line of the label. Click that line to change the note. Clear the text and press Enter to remove it. Escape or a click outside the box keeps the old note. The note stays after a handoff. Not in 0.6.2.552 |
| Delete an aircraft | select it and press Delete two times | The first press shows Press Delete again to remove and the callsign. A second press in 3 seconds removes the aircraft. Use it when an aircraft has a problem that you cannot correct. In tutorials, the key does not operate. New in 0.6.3.4 |
| Move the map or a panel | left-drag | The radar moves directly with the pointer, with no inertia. It stops when you release the button. Panels move directly. |
| Show the tooltip of a label cell | hover the cell | The tooltip shows the name of the field, the data that it shows and the voice command to speak. The tooltip does not stop clicks or drags. |
| Move an aircraft label | right-drag | Moves that label to a different position. |
| Turn an aircraft label | right-click the label | The label turns 30° around its symbol and stays at the same distance. After a full turn of 360°, the label goes back to its automatic position. Not in 0.6.2.552 Right-click the line between the symbol and the label to turn the label one corner clockwise. Left-click the line to turn it counterclockwise. A right-click on the symbol does not turn the label. |
| Zoom | mouse wheel or precision scroll | The zoom center is the position of the pointer. Text and symbols get larger or smaller in the same frame. |
| Zoom from the bottom bar | − / + adjacent to the NM readout | Changes the range around the center of the radar. + makes the view wider. The readout shows your range to the nearest 5 NM. This control helps you find traffic that speaks to you but is not in the view. |
| Keep faded readbacks | select the aircraft and press Enter | In the Assisted label tagging mode, keeps the faded readback values on the label. A click on a faded value keeps it too. New in 0.6.3.8 Not in 0.6.2.552 Keypad Enter does this too. |
| Open a label popup with a key | select the aircraft and press W, A, S or H | W opens WPT, A opens CFL and S opens IRT. Not in 0.6.2.552 H and keypad / open WPT at its heading list. Not in 0.6.2.552 C opens the callsign menu. In the callsign menu, Up and Down move between the rows and Enter selects the row. |
| Route preview | TAB | Shows or removes the route of the selected aircraft. TAB also operates while you hold CONTROL to speak. |
| Vertical profile | Shift+V | Opens the profile of the selected aircraft. |
| Learned voice panel | Shift+K | Examine learned pronunciations. To change them, use Disable, Forget or Reset airport. The Popularity view shows the values that you and the fleet use most. |
| Command panel | ° or º | Opens the slash-command console. |
| Pause the traffic | P or PAUSE in the top bar | Stops or continues the traffic. The speed selection stays the same. |
| Pause menu | Escape | Opens the pause menu. If a popup or menu is open, closes that first. In toggle mode, while a transmission is open, Escape cancels the transmission first. New in 0.6.3.8 |
| Close a popup or menu | Escape or click outside it | Closes the topmost popup or menu. |
| Use a menu with the keyboard | Tab / Shift+Tab, the arrow keys, Enter | Tab moves to the next control, and a white ring shows the control that you are on. In a row of options or a list, the arrow keys select. Enter pushes the control. New in 0.6.3.8 |
| Simulation speed | − / + in the top bar | Selects ×1, ×2, ×4, ×8, ×16, ×32 or ×64. |
| Move COM, TFC or VPROFILE | drag the title bar | Moves the panel. Click × or its top-bar button to close it. |
| Interface size | Alt + = / Alt + - / Alt + 0 | Makes the interface larger or smaller, or sets the default size again. To set the sizes of labels and symbols, use Settings → Display → Size. |
To change these keys, use Settings → Controls. Not in 0.6.2.552 The label keys W, A, S, H and Enter are on that page too. The command panel opens with ° and with º, for Spanish keyboard layouts.
How the popups operate
Section titled “How the popups operate”The three popups open from the label of the aircraft. Click the WPT, CFL or IRT cell of the label. The aircraft must be an assumed aircraft.
If voice recognition has problems or is slow, the voice help shows Use mouse controls. This item is a small card that shows these cells. Voice recognition stays on.
- One click sends a level, speed, Mach, direct, heading or hold row.
- Enter sends a typed value. Lists open at the current value.
- A click also writes the value on the label, in each label tagging mode. New in 0.6.3.8
- In Assisted and Manual, with voice recognition on, the popup title shows TAG ONLY. A selection writes the label and sends nothing. Give the clearance with your voice. Not in 0.6.2.552
- In Automatic, with voice recognition off, and during a lesson, a selection sends the clearance and writes the label. Not in 0.6.2.552
- A TAG ONLY popup still sends contact, QNH, disregard, go around, report visual, holds, routes, departures, a different approach and conditional clearances. Not in 0.6.2.552
- Esc, the title-bar ×, or a click outside closes the popup without an instruction.
- A double-click sends one instruction. The second click does not start a QDM line.
- The WPT popup stays open after you click a heading or direct row. The CLEARANCE line shows it. The next approach selection sends the two instructions together.
- Enter on a typed heading or direct sends it and closes the WPT popup. Not in 0.6.2.552
- Only one popup can be open at a time.
- The popups continue to operate after you change airports. It is not necessary to start the game again.
WPT: lateral
Section titled “WPT: lateral”| Level | You do | You speak | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Select from the heading list, or type a heading and L/R | turn left heading two seven zero | The aircraft turns to that heading. |
| Standard | Click Present Heading | continue present heading | The aircraft keeps the same heading. |
| Standard | Select from the DCT list. Route fixes show first. Type to find a fix. | fly direct RULOS | The aircraft flies directly to that fix. |
| Standard | Select from the HOLD list | hold over NEPAL | The aircraft holds at that fix. |
| Standard | Select from the ROUTE list: SID, STAR, transition or named climb | cleared ADUXO two delta arrival | The aircraft flies that procedure. For a named climb, for example JFK5, the list shows only the climb of that aircraft. A transition row sets only that feeder. It does not give the approach clearance. Also click the IAP row. |
| Standard | Click an approach in the IAP list. If it has feeder transitions, also select a transition. | cleared ILS approach runway two four left | The aircraft gets the approach clearance. The list changes with the active arrival runway. It shows the approach types that are published for that runway. |
| Standard | Select VISUAL RWY, then use the visual card | report runway two four left in sight | Click REPORT RUNWAY… IN SIGHT. Wait, then click CLEAR VISUAL RWY…. |
| Advanced | Select a named visual, select SIGHT REFERENCE, then use the visual card | report the Twin White Tanks in sight | The card shows the entry as AHEAD or BEHIND. BEHIND does not let you continue. |
| Standard | Use the go-around card below the selected approach | go around | Click GO AROUND when the card shows PUBLISHED MISSED or CHARTED GO-AROUND. For a heading, an altitude or the two, use CUSTOM…. A visual approach without source data must have one field. |
| Standard | Click TOWER or CENTER in CONTACT | contact tower | The aircraft gets a handoff to that facility. |
| Advanced | Open AFTER, type a fix, then select a heading or direct | after RULOS, fly heading one three zero | The lateral instruction waits until the aircraft gets to the fix. |
| Advanced | Give a heading or direct-to first, then select from the IAP list | turn left heading one eight zero, cleared approach runway two four left | You give the approach clearance in two steps. |
CFL: altitude
Section titled “CFL: altitude”| Level | You do | You speak | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Click an altitude row, or type a value and press Enter | descend flight level one zero zero | The aircraft climbs or descends. The game uses the transition altitude to select feet or flight level. |
| Standard | Select Unrestricted before you click an altitude row | descend flight level one zero zero, cancel altitude restrictions | The clearance also cancels altitude restrictions. |
| Advanced | Select VIA (STAR descend / SID climb), then click an altitude row | descend via ADUXO two delta arrival | Sends a descend-via or climb-via clearance. |
IRT: speed
Section titled “IRT: speed”| Level | You do | You speak | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Select from the speed list | speed two two zero knots | The aircraft flies at that speed. |
| Standard | Select a Mach value (.60–.85) | speed mach decimal seven eight | The aircraft flies at that Mach number. |
| Standard | Click Resume managed speed | resume managed speed | The aircraft controls its speed again. |
| Advanced | Click Delete speed restrictions | delete speed restrictions | The aircraft controls its own speed and ignores the speed limits on its charts. New in 0.6.3.4 |
| Standard | Click Resume published speed | resume published speed | The aircraft controls its speed and flies the chart speed limits again. New in 0.6.3.4 |
Command panel
Section titled “Command panel”Press ° or º. Commands start with /. Tab completes a command.
Up and Down move through the history. Enter sends the command.
Esc closes the panel.
| Command | Result |
|---|---|
/spawn origin=LEMD destination=LEBL flight_fraction=0.9 | Adds one flight on that route. |
/delete callsign=IBE1234 · /delete IBE1234 | Removes that aircraft. |