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On 1/8/2020 at 2:32 AM, Nicholas Gilbert said:
Digging into this stuff also makes me appreciate how much work @Eoin Motherway has done to put this tool together in the first place, so hats off to you sir!
3 months late but thank you for your kind words!
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1On 5/19/2017 at 10:51 AM, Jake Saw said:1
I've written a rough tool that can generate elements of map files (xml) from DAH data, or you can add them manually if you wish
Also, the SCT2 spec doesn't have support for sectors, which seems kinda dumb to me
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I'm sure most of you out there are familiar with AccuMap. Probably one of VATSIMs most ambitious maps out there, being able to correctly display sectors, dynamically change sectors based on runways, all the good stuff.
Unfortunately for the project, there have been some changes in my life that will prevent me from continuing to work on it.
As of today, AccuMap will be officially merging into SimVector (https://simvector.net/).
My reasons for this are simple due to my lack of time to commit to the project alone. I simply don't have enough time on my hands to keep the project running, or even make it open-source friendly. Balancing that with my personal life, my career, and other projects I want to work on is just not possible.
With that being said, our new code for depicting flight plan routes, SIDs, STARs, and even better sector depictions with easy sector file importing tools will be given to SimVector, and we will be assisting in the merge as much as we can.
The AccuMap Discord will be changing to be a more general community.
The whole AccuMap team of developers, contributors and testers thanks everyone from the VATSIM team, the users, and all of our donators and hosting providers for all the support you've given us over the past 1 or 2 years in one of VATSIMs most ambitious maps.-
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NOTAM - AIRAC1906 Sector File and Client Installer Downloads
1 INTRODUCTION
The VATPAC sector files are produced and developed by the operations department every 3 months. The version released today is AIRAC 1906, effective on the 22nd of May 2019.
The sector files provided support both the Virtual Radar Client and the Euroscope Client.
2 DETAILS
- Minor updates to Controlled and Restricted airspace.
- Minor updates to aerodromes.
- Australian and NVVV SIDs and STARs.
- Australian IFR and VFR fixes.
- Australian Airways.
- All Australian VFR routes (displayed as STARs) updated with reference to OnTrack, VTC charts and the ERSA.
- ADS-B site updates for Tasmania.
- Position frequencies updated: BN_DEL freq 118.85, BN_DEP North freq 133.45, YPJT_ATIS 128.65.
3 AUTHORITY
Director, Operations – [email protected]
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Director Operations would like to thank and acknowledge the hard work of Peter Story (AIS Manager) in preparing these important resources for our enjoyment.
5 CANCELLATION
This NOTAM will cancel at 15 AUG 19 - 23:59UTC.
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Harrison pretty much said what I was gonna say.
Regarding a post for standard sectors: All the standard ATC positions are here: https://vatpac.org/operations/controller-positions/
These are all the positions you can log onto without approval, given you have the rating for it.
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The most comfortable gaming headset I ever had was the Plantronics Rig: https://www.plantronics.com/au/en/category/gaming-pc
I find their sound quality to be pretty good for gaming and general entertainment. Comfort is 10/10, very lightweight and comfortable. I've used them on many long-haul 6hr+ flights with no issues.
I got them back in 2014, gave them to my friend, who is STILL using them to this day.
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Josh is correct, we're currently going through re-doing our LIs. This will definitely be on the list of fixes!
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I just started having an issue where switching to the outside view in Prepar3D will result in an FPS lower than 5. This FPS carries on through to the inside view. When I pause the simulator, the FPS returns to normal, but unpausing results in the FPS dropping back down to sub-5 FPS. I can resolve the issue by making other menus show up (attempting to close, opening settings, changing time, changing aircraft) after 2-3 tries.
The morning this happened, everything was perfectly fine. This seemed to come out of nowhere. No new add-ons, no changes to scenery or settings, no Windows Updates, no NVIDIA driver updates. I simply shut my computer down and came back to it later in the day to find this issue.
Attached is a video example of the issue: https://youtu.be/GcznSvv3Ndg
I have already tried:
- Deleting the Prepar3D.cfg file in %appdata%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 (Allowing P3D to re-generate)
- Deleting the "Shaders" directory in %localappdata%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4 (Allowing P3D to re-generate)
- Re-installing NVIDIA drivers
- Enabling Hyperthreading
- Running as administrator
- Disabling add-ons
- Disabling scenery
- Using default aircraft
- Using default scenery
- Reducing all graphics settings to minimum (Yes. I still get 4 FPS when all graphics settings are as low as they can be, at default airports and using default aircraft...)
- Rebooting my computer (Multiple times)
My PC specs are:
- Intel Core i7 8700 @ 3.20GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070
- 8GB DDR4 RAM
The add-ons loaded (during the recording of the video) are:
- ChasePlane
- ENVTEX
- ENVSHADE
- ActiveSky for P3Dv4
- Quality Wings 787 (With update 1.1.3)
- Orbx FTX Global
- FlyTampa Amsterdam
I've been running P3D on these settings for around a month now and this is the first time I've experienced an issue like this. Any help would be appreciated.
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1. INTRODUCTION:
1.1 Elements of RAAFvirtual.org (VSOA) and will be conducting a wide range of military/formation flying training in the airspace surrounding RAAFv Base Williamtown.
1.2 Training period begins on the 22nd March 2019 and will self-cancel on 30th April 2019 as follows:
- Friday’s 0730 – 1130 UTC
- Saturday’s 0700 – 1100 UTC
1.3 The Training will involve F/A18, E737, KC30A, C17A, C130/C30J, C27J, B350, P8 and PC-9 aircraft operating from RAAFv Base Williamtown.
2. AIRSPACE ACTIVATION
2.1 For the duration of the NOTAM, activity is anticipated for the entire time period as set out in 1.2.
2.2 The following Temporary Modified Restricted and AAR, AEW&C airspace are established at Williamtown (YWLM), and will be activated by NOTAM:
a. YWLM/R580
CONDITIONAL STATUS: RA2 (Transit)
MILITARY FLYING
LATERAL LIMITS: Limits are Setout by airspace outline in Appendix
VERTICAL LIMITS: 4500 – F125
HOURS OF ACTIVITY: NOTAM
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY: VATPAC
b. YWLM/R583A
CONDITIONAL STATUS: RA2 (Transit)
MILITARY FLYING
LATERAL LIMITS: Limits are Setout by airspace outline in Appendix
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC – F125
HOURS OF ACTIVITY: NOTAM
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY: VATPAC
c. YWLM/R574
CONDITIONAL STATUS: RA3 (Primary)
MILITARY FLYING
LATERAL LIMITS: Limits are Setout by airspace outline in Appendix
VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC – F600
HOURS OF ACTIVITY: NOTAM
CONTROLLING AUTHORITY: VATPAC
3. AIRSPACE ACTIVATION TIMING.
3.1 Training Sorties are planned to take place as set out in 1.2 of this NOTAM
4. FLIGHT PLANNING AND ROUTE LIMITATIONS.
4.1 All waypoints inside exercise lateral boundaries will be available above FL 355 during the exercise.
4.2 Upper limits are set out in section 2.0 of this NOTAM
5. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
5.1 High-speed military jet & turboprop aircraft will be on random tracks without communications within all exercise airspace. Traffic information will not be provided to or about exercise aircraft operating in the exercise area. (Intentions may be handed to ATC by the flight lead on a flight by flight basis)
5.2 Aircraft operating out of Williamtown (YWLM) will operate on the appropriate CTAF channels when ATC is not online.
5.3 When outside CTAF areas, military aircraft will tune UNICOM until established within active restricted airspace. Upon entering active restricted airspace military aircraft will be virtually NOCOM. (See para 5.4)
5.4 Regardless of the phase of flight, military aircraft will endeavour to monitor UNICOM text (122.800) for mutual separation when ATC is offline.
5.5 The below list outlines the civil frequencies that military aircraft will operate on when outside of restricted airspace.
Location Frequency
YWLM TWR: 118.30
YWLM APP: 130.350All Other (UNICOM)
6. PRIORITIES
6.1 During exercise activity periods, access to the exercise airspace may not be available due to high density/high energy military operations.
6.2 Every endeavour will be made to adjust exercise activities and minimize delays to facilitate the transit of civil aircraft.
7. CANCELLATION
7.1 This NOTAM will cancel by formal notification from RAAFv executive
8. DISTRIBUTION
8.1 VATPAC Forums/Website
8.2 RAAFvirtual Forums/Website
9. CONTACTS
9.2 vAIRMSHL Nathan Noble - RAAFv – [email protected]
Appendix
Exercise Area:
Transit Area:
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1 hour ago, Dean Constantinidis said:
Pretty sure in the 1903 release it's done along with updated ES voice comms entry.
Correct. The sectorfiles and VATPAC EuroScope Package (Which is bundled with updated comms configurations) was updated when 1903 became effective
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NOTAM - AIRAC1903 Sector File and Client Installer Downloads
1 INTRODUCTION
The VATPAC sector files are produced and developed by the operations department every 3 months. The version released today is AIRAC 1903, effective on the 28th of February 2019.
The sector files provided support both the Virtual Radar Client and the Euroscope Client.
2 DETAILS
- SID/STAR updates for Australia and New Caledonia.
- PH_TWR Frequency change to 127.400.
- VFR fix update for Australia.
- Pacific coastlines updated to higher resolution and TMA sector files created (AYPM_CTR and NVVV_CTR serve as both ENR and TMA sector files).
- Airport list update for Australia.
- Updated CTA LL labels for YMHB and YMLT.
- Updates to ADS-B and SSR radar locations for Euroscope in Australia and Fiji (Radar removed from Fiji and replaced with ADS-B).
- Updated Airspace Boundaries for Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
- MVA labels added to VRC for Pacific airspace.
- VRC regions display issue resolved.
- YPPH taxiway labels updated, YMML Taxiway U fixed and Z removed and terminal outlines updated.
- Controller positions for CS_DEL, CG_DEL, PH-E_GND, RK_GND, MK_GND and KA_GND added.
3 AUTHORITY
Director, Operations – [email protected]
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Director Operations would like to thank and acknowledge the hard work of Peter Story (AIS Manager) and Blake Hendrie in preparing these important resources for our enjoyment.
5 CANCELLATION
This NOTAM will cancel at 22 MAY 19 - 23:59UTC.
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1. INTRODUCTION
In November 2016, ICAO introduced a number of new rules for aircraft cleared via SID and STAR procedures. To align with the international practice, Australia introduced the ICAO SID/STAR procedures in November 2017.
2. Summary
A level instruction issued with the words "VIA SID" or "VIA STAR" alerts the pilot that they are flying a procedure with published restrictions that must be complied with. A level instruction without the word "VIA" re-enforces the pilot on a published procedure that there are no remaining published restrictions that the controller expects to be met. If a procedure has remaining published restrictions, level restrictions will only be issued without the word "VIA" if the controller explicitly cancelled them.
For Furthur clarification, please see the attached table.
3. AUTHORITY
Director Operations
4. CANCELLATION
Indefinite
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8 hours ago, Callum Strawbridge said:
Same. I am potentially going to attend but still on the fence. If so, definitely interested in a meetup.
Same
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Hi all,
Been running Prepared v3 on a desktop since it came out, however, i've since switched to an iMac for work reasons, and don't have much space left over in my home for a desktop.
Would anyone have experience running Prepared v4 on a gaming laptop, such as Alienware or Razor? If so, what recommendations would you make? Not looking to run the highest settings, just something that can run P3d with ease at medium - medium-high settings, and a fair amount of add-ons.
Any advice is appreciated!
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Correct, in observer mode, your flight is not logged on your own account, as you technically are not connected as a pilot.
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Richard is correct. Airservices Australia only updates their AIRACs every 3 cycles, and thus, VATPAC follows by also updating at the same rate.
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This is golden. I approve.
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Just like Brisbane, the airspace is determined by the runway threshold.
Imagine two semi-circles with their bases at the thresholds and a 7 nm radius from the threshold (7 NM THR). The gap between these two semi-circles is then joined.
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Airport specific procedure is airport specific. No need to go creating a separate Sydney vACC
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What's the point? The procedures are identical across the continent. There is no need to separate it at all.
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1 hour ago, Tristan Duncombe said:
The 7700 is good, however, a DGPU (Dedicated GPU) would be required to get any sort of decent framerate.
I second that.
Get yourself a GTX1070 at least with the cash you've got and maybe invest in a 1TB SSD (for the sim only)
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3 hours ago, Greg Barber said:
What happened to the ticket system we were developing? Why does IT insist on doing half a job and then moving onto something else?
Welcome to programming 101:
Step 0: Start a project
Step 1: Put work into said project
Step 2: Find a more interesting project
Step 3: Go to Step 1 -
Answered "Yes" to question two, as while I extend as often as I can, my choice of where to extend can be determined by traffic.
Eg: If I connect to DOS, and I see traffic flying from Sydney to Brisbane, I'll extend to MDE.
However, I never extend while I'm on TRT, as that sector doesn't allow for it given the area of the adjacent sector and the vis range limitations. All four vis points are taken by TRT.
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I've learned from experience, it's more expensive keeping an old system up-to-date than it is to build a new system on a budget. $900 would probably get you a fairly good gaming build.
What I would recommend though is replacing the motherboard entirely, so you can fit a newer CPU, as the FM2+ is quite outdated. Given the parts I've shown, it's easily doable with the budget.
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