Andrew McCabe

My bad. I hadn't appreciated that' you meant you had completed the application process.

You can transfer a real world pilot rating onto Vatsim. Details are in the link quoted by Ross Carlson above. Andrew

Been having the same issue intermittently over the last couple of days. On some occasions, when VatSpy eventually refreshed, going by my own aircraft position it used data that was maybe an hour out of date. However, a restart then seemed to load fresh data.

The examples you quote are in my version of VatSpy. I think you need to download the latest version from the VAT-Spy website. The new version will also pick up any future updates. Andrew

It was down periodically yesterday, but working fine for me this morning.

Yes that is correct Ulrich. vPilot will accept left CTRL, but as you have discovered FSUIPC will not. That's why I ended up using F12. You can set it to any key permitted to FSUIPC, but you will need to deactivate any other action that key press is used for. I found that F12 was the least problematic for me.

Alternatively, you can set vPilot, for example, with a PTT button of say, F12 and then use FSUIPC to set whatever button you want on your flightstick to send a button press of F12 to FSX. Then either the keyboard or flightstick can be used to send a PTT.

I didn't save the EFFECTS and TEXTURE files specific to FLAi. On Vatsim the liveries do appear to be OK in that they correspond to what I expect based on the other aircrafts callsign, so looks like it is working. Only made a couple of flights since the reinstallation so will keep an eye on things.

Hmmm. I am still on FSX. Maybe an issue specific to MSFS. Sorry I cannot help.

I saw your post a couple of weeks ago Kyprianos, did you get your issue resolved ? I was just suggesting that James try routing vPilot to his speakers to eliminate any issue with the headset.

You may want to try setting the audio output device in vPilot to your main speakers and see if that works, just to eliminate there is no issue with the headset. I assume the sim sound is routed to your main speakers rather than the headset ?

I've just done a reinstall myself, granted of FSX rather then P3D. I wasn't aware about the other files in EFFECT and TEXTURES and just copied the FLaixxx files from a backup of my Simobjects folder into the new Simobjects folder. It seems to be working, or at least I think it is as I can see other aircraft in their correct liveries. What was in the EFFECTS and TEXTURE folders, and any idea how I can truly verify FLAi is working properly ?

Have you downloaded an installed the latest version from here - VAT-Spy (rosscarlson.dev) ?

I would echo Bill Casey's point. While I can understand a wish to encourage pilots to develop their skills and knowledge, the step from P0 to P1 is more like a chasm and frankly I think most will not bother, but that's another issue. I think the suggestion to have a code rather than full text in the column would be a good compromise. Andrew

Chartfox is worth a look too. ChartFox - Free Flight Simulation Charts Andrew