Update 1.4 - Voice Control (Beta) and Radio Realism
Aether FIR 1.4 is out! The biggest change: you can now control traffic with your voice.
Voice control (beta)
On the Warszawa FIR (EPWW) - full map, hold the PTT key and speak standard ICAO phraseology. Start it from the new Voice control panel in the main menu. Speech recognition runs locally on your computer, so no internet connection is needed.
Supported phrases include:
- Assume: "radar contact" / "identified"
- Levels: climb / descend / maintain flight level...
- Vertical speed: "climb at 2000 feet per minute"
- Headings: turn left / right heading..., resume own navigation
- Speed: "speed 280 knots", "no speed restriction" / "own speed"
- Direct: "direct BODLA", "after BODLA proceed direct LASGU"
- Transfer: "contact Radar...", "frequency change approved"
- Corrections: "say again", "correction", "disregard"
If the pilot didn't understand, they will ask you to say again.
More realistic radio
- Pilots now call you "Radar Control".
- Double transmission: press PTT while a pilot is talking and you will hear a blocked-frequency hum. Neither transmission gets through. Release quickly and you may still catch the end of the pilot's message.
- After your transmission, the aircraft you addressed answers first. Other calls, such as aircraft entering your sector, wait their turn.
- Confirm next point: if you clear an aircraft for own navigation when its next flight-plan point is far behind it, the pilot asks which point to fly to.
Campaign
- New Skip button. Your ranking time is still counted normally.
- Level 4-2 reworked: all aircraft at the same speed, 6 NM apart.
- Level 5-2: TSA buffer of 2.5 NM horizontally and 500 ft vertically.
Fixes and improvements
- Smooth volume slider with a radio check sample.
- The zoom slider now works.
- The range and bearing line (RBL) now snaps to the grey labels of transferred aircraft.
Voice control is in beta. Feedback is very welcome!