Carlos Caires 954541 Posted April 27, 2006 at 10:24 AM Posted April 27, 2006 at 10:24 AM I have recently installed squawkbox and I'm using x-plane 8.32. I'm new to this, so I only want to listen a see for a while. How can I do it? I connect to a server, x-plane tells me that I'm connected, but I hear nothing...help for newbies is very poor in vatsim site. Any help? Thanks, Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Parker Posted April 28, 2006 at 03:19 PM Posted April 28, 2006 at 03:19 PM I'm definately not trying to be insulting here, but did you tune your radios to an active controller's frequency. In the X-Squawkbox plugin menu, there's an option to "Show who's connected". It will give you a list of active controllers in your area. You should then tune your COM radio. In your case, it doesn't really matter who you tune to if you just want to listen. If you want to contact ATC regarding your flight (ie: getting your flight clearance, taxi, takeoff, etc), then you'll need to tune to the one controlling your airspace. When you tune and a connect to the voice server, you'll see a notification appear in the X-Squawkbox window stating that you've connected to voice. On a side note, be sure to state in the comments of your flight plan that you're an observer if you don't plan on flying. Hope this helps, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Penney 971508 Posted July 16, 2006 at 08:55 PM Posted July 16, 2006 at 08:55 PM hi i am new to this online flying... i downloaded Squawkbox (is it supposed to be v. 1??) and saved it to my X-plane folder but i don't know what elses to do. can someone please help me cause i am starting to loose it trying to play online!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nolin 954217 Posted July 16, 2006 at 09:43 PM Posted July 16, 2006 at 09:43 PM Yes, it is supposed to be version 1.0. The zip contains a folder called "To plugins folder". As it says, extract the plugin (the .xpl file) and the directory into your xplane/resources/plugins/ folder. Done! You should not unzip it directly into your root x-plane folder.. Start x plane. In the menu you can now find xsquawkbox in the plugin menu. From there it should be pretty easy. Name, vatsim ID/p[Mod - Happy Thoughts].. Setup your voice.. Check preferences.. connect.. Tune your radios and listen.. You probably wan't to check "Who is online" first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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