Lukas Igel Posted September 19, 2021 at 02:03 PM Posted September 19, 2021 at 02:03 PM I don't if this is a general bug or if my vPilot just hasn't updated but whenever I get a SELCAL notification I only get the sound and the message in the sim, but not the vPilot taskbar icon flashing even though I have checked it in the vPilot settings... This way the SELCAL will almost always go unnoticed... Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted September 19, 2021 at 04:01 PM Posted September 19, 2021 at 04:01 PM Do you have any of the other taskbar flash options enabled? Do they work? Do you run vPilot as an administrator? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Igel Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:18 PM Author Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:18 PM Thanks for the reply. Yes the contact me and generally message flash does work and I do run vPilot as an administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:39 PM Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:39 PM I just took a look through the source code, and it seems that the "Flash taskbar on SELCAL" setting doesn't actually do anything. The code for that must have been removed accidentally at some point in the past when I did a major update. I'll add it to the todo list to get it functional again. I do not know when I will be doing the next vPilot update. It might be quite a while, since I'm currently focusing on ATC client work. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Igel Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:54 PM Author Posted September 19, 2021 at 06:54 PM Alright that explains it then. Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Igel Posted October 30, 2021 at 01:25 PM Author Posted October 30, 2021 at 01:25 PM Also if any of the vPilot devs read this: Currently flying CTP and I thought to myself, if the SELCAL notification with the taskbar flashing is being fixed it would also be nice to have some other kind of indicator that you received a SELCAL e.g. like when you receive a contact-me or message that it opens a new message tab. Maybe that could be the same thing with a SELCAL so that it's like receiving a message from the (oceanic) controller which just says SELCAL or something... Or maybe even better create a colored message in the "Messages" tab of the frequency that's only visible to you. I would really appreciate that. Thank You :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drikus JansenVanVuuren Posted October 31, 2021 at 11:19 AM Posted October 31, 2021 at 11:19 AM I agree with Lukas, some sort of message tab or SECAL written to the messages would be great. Flew CTP I use headset for ATC and external speakers for other sounds, and it's easy to miss a SELCAL notification sound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted November 16, 2021 at 09:42 PM Posted November 16, 2021 at 09:42 PM The flashing taskbar on SELCAL has been fixed in 2.8.3, which will be available soon. I also added a line in the messages window when the SELCAL alert comes in: 1 Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernardo Reis Posted August 22, 2022 at 08:54 PM Posted August 22, 2022 at 08:54 PM @Ross Carlson Would it be possible to implement something like this into vPilot, even if it only works for MSFS? It would be nice if devs have the opportunity to implement the correct visual and aural warnings of receiving a SELCAL. Additionally, after this feature was added to xPilot, people requested this: https://github.com/xpilot-project/xpilot/issues/71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted August 23, 2022 at 02:24 PM Posted August 23, 2022 at 02:24 PM 17 hours ago, Bernardo Reis said: @Ross Carlson Would it be possible to implement something like this into vPilot, even if it only works for MSFS? It would be nice if devs have the opportunity to implement the correct visual and aural warnings of receiving a SELCAL. Additionally, after this feature was added to xPilot, people requested this: https://github.com/xpilot-project/xpilot/issues/71 Yeah, that's certainly possible. Could be done through SimConnect or through a vPilot plugin. SimConnect would be preferable, better user experience, not having to install a plugin. 2 Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernardo Reis Posted August 24, 2022 at 09:07 AM Posted August 24, 2022 at 09:07 AM 19 hours ago, Ross Carlson said: Yeah, that's certainly possible. Could be done through SimConnect or through a vPilot plugin. SimConnect would be preferable, better user experience, not having to install a plugin. Brilliant! FlyByWire would be delighted to implement that, and I'm sure other DEVs would be too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Sebline Posted August 28, 2022 at 10:21 AM Posted August 28, 2022 at 10:21 AM (edited) Hello! I'm from FBW development team. I'll be happy to have a chat with you to integrate it. I'm already under this process with another third party. Julian Sebline [Z+2 fr en esp]#8476 on Discord! Thanks a lot Edited August 28, 2022 at 10:22 AM by Julian Sebline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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