CHANGELOG - Release 1.3
Fixes:
ALL AIRCRAFT
-Remaining “UNABLE TO EXECUTE COMMAND” errors through profiles.
-Icing conditions command logging “No wing deice required” when it was in fact required and turned on.
FBW A32NX
-Flight guide not showing the descent lights and transition level segment fixed.
FENIX A320
-Weather radar command fixed.
PMDG 7370
-Gear commands now warn that the gear is already lowered or raised.
Asobo 787
-Flap commands voice problems fixed
-Autopilot engage command logging that it failed to engage fixed
Asobo 747
-Flap commands voice problems fixed
IMPROVEMENTS:
2 new aircraft compatibility: Headwind A330 and Asobo Cessna Citation Longitude.
- Notes on Cessna Citation: Within the flight guide you will see a couple items with a red strikethrough. These items are not yet available to trigger through voice command due to the current non existence of adequate internal variables to control them. These are not critical though, because most of them appear at the right position from aircraft spawn state.
ALL AIRCRAFT
-Copilot messages during flows and flow info logging changed a bit. Mostly aestethic.
-VoiceAttack message color revamp for consistency. Purple: Individual items. Green: Speech (User or PM). Orange: Informative. Blue: To-do stuff. Red: Problems or errors.
-Checklist dynamics improved to mimic real life situation. Now the copilot says the item and the pilot says the proper position of the item. In the A32NX and Headwind A330 the copilot will crosscheck and warn if the item is not properly set. This last feature will be tested and then passed onto the rest of planes for the next update.
-The “Preflight” section is now called “Cockpit preparation”.
-SimBrief ID number will not reset anymore every time you update your files.
-“Fetch all data” command will ask to enter your SimBrief ID in the case it is not already set. It will also show the current ID every time it fetches data.
-New commands to enable and disable VoiceAttack’s compact mode by voice command. IT WORKS ONLY IN VoiceAttack BETA VERSION.
-New command category: Sim Control
This category has commands for pausing, resuming, and changing the rate of the simulation.
-Plugin improvements on SimConnect communication. Commands will not freeze anymore on specific values for simulation variables when retrieving values periodically. This means there won’t be more delays as to when the pilot monitoring calls out V1 and rotate, or when the engines are ready after starting.
-“Call out transition” commands now switch the lights at 10.000ft no matter if SimBrief data has been fetched or not. Only transition will not be called if there’s no SimBrief data. In the case of the “Call out transition altitude” command, for calculating the 10.000ft agl the algorithm will first take the SimBrief origin airport elevation. If there’s no SimBrief data, it will take the altitude value measured at the start of the “ready for takeoff” command. If there’s no such value (as if you call the command without having called the takeoff command) it will just take live values of the terrain below the aircraft. As for the “Call out transition level” command, it will first take the destination airport elevation from SimBrief. If that data is not available it will ask the user to enter the destination ICAO and then it will request the airport elevation data from the sim. If the ICAO has not been recognized, it will just take live values from the terrain below the aircraft. All flight guides updated according to the previous improvement.
-New command “Set altimeters to destination reference”: takes the destination pressure from SimBrief and sets it automatically in all the altimeters. All profiles modified accordingly.
-“Set standard altimeter” renamed to “Set altimeters to standard reference”. The command now sets ALL altimeters to STD.
-“Set local altimeter” renamed to “Set altimeters to local reference” command now sets ALL altimeters to the local barometric reference.
-If the aircraft allows it, during “Call out transition altimeter” now the copilot will set all altimeters to STD except captain altimeter to STD when reaching transition altitude. It will also set all altimeters to dest reference except the captain altimeter when reaching transition level.
-When aircraft allows it, the copilot will set all altimeters except captain altimeter to local altimeter during the related altimeter item within the flows.
-Pressure taken from SimBrief METAR will now always show in hPa and inHg simultaneously.
-Text-to-speech timing improved in “Ready for takeoff” command in order to reduce copilot call outs delay.
-Engine ignition selector logic improved to reflect real procedures. Flight guides and profiles updated in this regard.
-“Wing deice” commands changed to “Wing anti-ice” to avoid confusions as stating the actual function of the system is not at all important in the command name.
-ECAM and EICAS pages automatically selected in certain parts of the flight in aircraft that have available internal variables to do it (A320s, A330, A310 and B747). APU page when starting APU, engines page when starting engines and taking off, flight controls when doing related checklist, and wheels page when lowering gear, doors page when shutting down.
-The flight number call in the ground power unit request command will not say the airline ICAO letter by letter now.
iniBuilds A310
-Wind forecast section and flex T.O. added in the flight guide. Profile modified accordingly.
-New voice commands for pitch trim switches, autothrottle master switches and yaw damper switches. Flight guide updated accordingly.
FENIX A320
-Runway surface state automatic determination added into the “Data set two” command.
-Added proper calculation for determining ZFWCG into the “Data set two” command.
-Now there’s a proper command to check brake temps and turn on brake fans if too hot.
PMDG 737
-New PMDG tablet EFB considered into the flight guide. Takeoff and landing performance calculation sections added.
-Data request now include takeoff and landing performance calculation data.
-“Engage descent” command added. It’s the same as “Starting descent”, but will press the altitude intervention button at first in the case the aircraft has not begin descending on its own.
-After “positive rate” a message shows within the log to raise the landing gear.
-Assumed temperature line added in the flight guide.
-“Check the fuel pumps” command added. This will turn on/off the center fuel pumps depending on the announcer conditions. The previous “Turn off low pressure pumps” command has been deprecated.
Asobo B787
-“Engage descent” command added. It’s the same as “Starting descent”, but will press the altitude intervention button at first in the case the aircraft has not begin descending on its own.
-Electronic flight bag and takeoff performance calculation added into the flight guide.
Asobo B747
-“Engage descent” command added. It’s the same as “Starting descent”, but will press the altitude intervention button at first in the case the aircraft has not begin descending on its own.
