Ryan Hallenberger Posted December 3, 2019 at 08:00 PM Posted December 3, 2019 at 08:00 PM Yeah, Any Info I should know. I'm waiting for the release of MFS20 to get on but wanted to integrate myself here first. -Ryan Hallenberger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebojsa milosavljevic Posted December 3, 2019 at 09:48 PM Posted December 3, 2019 at 09:48 PM Congratulations. This might help https://www.vatsim.net/pilots/getting-started nebojsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Sieffert Posted January 4, 2020 at 11:11 PM Posted January 4, 2020 at 11:11 PM Hi, I also just joined and have a quick question, is it OK while I am in the learning phase regarding VATSIM/X Pilot to fly anyway connected with X Pilot as an observer? I understood that the other planes will not see me so I probably can do this, correct? I have also another question regarding the weather, I set up x plane with real weather but read something about VATSIM weather... is this the same or how should I set the weather in X Plane to get the right weather? Thanks for your support!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Gunnar Lindahl Posted January 5, 2020 at 10:04 AM Board of Governors Posted January 5, 2020 at 10:04 AM Welcome to VATSIM! GUNNAR LINDAHL [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Sieffert Posted January 5, 2020 at 12:17 PM Posted January 5, 2020 at 12:17 PM Thank you!! And please if I could have an answer especially on question 1 Before I am well trained I plan to fly connected on VATSIM/X Pilot as OBSERVER without using ATC at the beginning just as I would do it normally in X Plane. This is ok no? I will not disturb the others since they will not see me , correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Blackburn Posted January 5, 2020 at 12:43 PM Posted January 5, 2020 at 12:43 PM People will not see you albeit Supervisors and Administrators will know where you are at any given time. If it helps you gain your confidence then I guess no harm done but we would hope you would want to join in with us after a short while. Welcome to VATSIM! Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted January 5, 2020 at 04:13 PM Posted January 5, 2020 at 04:13 PM Marc, using "real-world" weather vs "VATSIM weather" *should* provide roughly the same result. There's no specific requirement for using a certain weather simulation on VATSIM, although using something radically different than those around you can be disruptive to controllers. Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Sieffert Posted January 7, 2020 at 05:26 PM Posted January 7, 2020 at 05:26 PM Thanks both!! Sure I will fly openly ASAP but want first to train myself correctly with the VATSIM rules and procedures. I have another question I am not using windowed screen but full screen and then I see no way to call the x pilot window (with the text messages etc...). When I click on plug in and settings it will not pop up or at least disappear again and in key [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ignment there is only TOGGLE PTT (for speaking) as a selection. In set up I already selected "keep x pilot window visible"... How can I call the x pilot window with FULL screen (NO windowded screen) when using X Plane 11.40...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Booker Posted January 7, 2020 at 05:34 PM Posted January 7, 2020 at 05:34 PM Welcome to VATSIM! Matt BookerVATSIM Supervisor | Team 2 Lead[email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted January 7, 2020 at 07:37 PM Posted January 7, 2020 at 07:37 PM I am not using windowed screen but full screen and then I see no way to call the x pilot window (with the text messages etc...). When I click on plug in and settings it will not pop up or at least disappear again and in key [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ignment there is only TOGGLE PTT (for speaking) as a selection. In set up I already selected "keep x pilot window visible"... How can I call the x pilot window with FULL screen (NO windowded screen) when using X Plane 11.40...? I recommend you post this question as a new thread in the xPilot subforum. Do be sure you've peeked through the docomeentation first at http://xpilot.clowd.io/docs to be sure your answer's not already there. Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Sieffert Posted January 8, 2020 at 03:33 PM Posted January 8, 2020 at 03:33 PM Thanks, I finally found it, it works great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Sieffert Posted January 17, 2020 at 06:22 PM Posted January 17, 2020 at 06:22 PM Another just joined question... When you enter your departure time in X Pilot, do you use local time of the departing airport or always UTC... I saw that in most Vatsim maps the time is given in UTC... but what's about the input when you enter your time? Thanks a lot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted January 17, 2020 at 06:27 PM Posted January 17, 2020 at 06:27 PM UTC. However, I don't think anyone normally looks at that, anyway. Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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