David Franklin 0 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Curious as to text chat while in flight for like UNICOM on VATSIM without having to minimize flightsim. Use the FS9 chat window? David Franklin NBL4638G Americas HUB - KDFW Dallas/Ft. Worth Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey Wiebe 1101951 1 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I've never used swift but with vPilot you can select under options "always on top" so you can keep it open and not have to minimize your sim; I'm going to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume it's similar (i'm also [Mod - Happy Thoughts]uming you only have the one monitor and haven't dragged the client to the 2nd...). You can't use the sim chat/ATC as it's not linked to the network. Mr. VATSIM P2 Link to post Share on other sites
Andreas Fuchs 240 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yes, on swift you can also do that. On swiftGUI, on the top open the menu "Window" and then select "Toggle stay on top". You can also "float" individual widgets (e.g. Text/Chat) and then, with a right-click to access the context-menu, make it stay on top. Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to post Share on other sites
David Franklin 0 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 I ended up using a spare monitor I had around. Just cost me about $30 to get a new power cord and cable. Had to change fs9 back to windows mode and have SWIFT and other sim stuff on the 2nd monitor. I did figure out messaging on UNICOM.....lol. Thanks folks! David Franklin NBL4638G Americas HUB - KDFW Dallas/Ft. Worth Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey Wiebe 1101951 1 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 You'll be WAAAAAY happier with the second monitor. Even if it's a [Mod - lovely stuff]py square old one. You can put up charts, checklists, ATC client (obviously), VatSpy… Netflix for those longer flights. Mr. VATSIM P2 Link to post Share on other sites
Mats Edvin Aaro 121 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Broadcasting via Swift in-sim, just like XSB works will probably come sometime in the future. I spoke to one of the devs not too long ago, they have just not come around to it yet... Mats Edvin AarøGeneral Manager - Member Engagement Supervisor Team Lead: Team 4[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
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