ATC Phrasing using scientific notation


ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: The ATC reads the waypoint 39E30 as “39 times 10 to the power of 30”, i.e. it is parsing the string 39E30 as a number in scientific notation. I doubt that this is correct… :slight_smile:

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
The same happened for the waypoint 40E30

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Plan a flight from RK0P to UHK1 via the waypoint 39E30 and/or 40E30
  2. Wait until ATC tells you to continue to the waypoint

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? RTX 4070 Super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

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Oh, that’s hilarious.

Goes to show how fallible the AI is in 2024, since this is not the first time it’s hallucinated.