I finally found time to make a FS2024 version of my phraseology mod.
This mod will greatly enhance the ATC phraseology used by the default ATC system if flying outside of the US. Within the limitations of the in-sim ATC, this mod will be as close as possible to standard ICAO phraseology.
This mod however only changes what is being said and how it is being said, it does not solve bugs or limitations in the default ATC system.
It also no longer changes the text of ATC Menu options as these are now 2 separate files in FS2024. For example, the ATC menu option still shows āREQUEST FLIGHT FOLLOWINGā instead of āREQUEST FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICEā
I made a basic ICAO-EU version and a UK version for the UK pilots among us with a few subtle differences:
āFlight Information Serviceā changed to āBasic Serviceā
āRadarā changed to āControlā i.e. āLondon Controlā.
If preferred, you can open the file in text editor, search and replace āBasic Serviceā with āTraffic Serviceā or āDeconfliction Serviceā.
Known errors:
At airports without ATIS, the initial IFR clearance request is skipped.
Requesting approach with landing runway opposite to runway assigned by ATC causes CTD (this is a FS2024 bug and will happen with or without this mod).
Overall the FS2024 ATC is a regression over FS2020 which in turn is a regression over the FS9 ATC system, some functionalities got lost from 2020 to 2024, the ATC window blanks and flickers when there is a new transmission. This is all unrelated to this mod.
FS2024 does not offer radar vectors (just as FS2020 doesnāt offer radar vectors), āradar vectorsā therefore replaced with āown navigationā.
SU3 beta introduced an error where āunderscoreā is pronounced between airline id and flight number, SID and STAR names, waypoint names and aircraft type. To prevent this, switch off āuse authentic voicesā.
Should you come across any oddities, please post a screenshot below and I will have a look.
Installation is very straight forward with FS2024 since ATC is now a separate file and folder.
Download the desired file below
Rename to āen-US.locPakā
Drag and drop into the āfs-base-atcā folder
(note: not the āfs-baseā folder as before with MSFS2020)
Good luck CaptainRude Is it fs-base\en-US.locPak again? We need to download it at My Library to modify i am guessing?
edit: Oh it is on X:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Content\Packages\fs-base\en-US.locPak No need to download.
I just managed to run the script for the first time without errors, I havenāt opened the sim yet. Maybe I will have some time tonight to do a first test.
I have to warn though, the MSFS2024 ATC system is a steaming pile of garbage. I donāt understand how, but they did manage to trash it even further. I get epileptic seizures of the ATC window blanking and flashing every time there is transmission.
Sometimes they talk through eachother. When you ESC with live traffic active and then resume it will play ALL the transmissions youāve missed during your absence but cutting them off half way. As if the ATC system paused and now has to play catch up.
Asobo, how? The FS9 ATC system was more functional and less buggy, it was able to provide radar vectors for approach just to name something. No progress has been made in the last 5 years, absolutely noneā¦ The opposite actually.
Please have a look to my picture. The ATIS says the information(éę) is D , but when pilot contact delivery, it says the information is Q. Our codes are similar so I think you may encounter this bug too. Iām in SU4 1.6.16.0 Beta.
Is it fs-base\en-US.locPak again? We need to download it at My Library to modify i am guessing?
