addon-RedGriffinATC/Changelog.txt

Changelog 2.3.0 - 7 May 2021

- [RedGriffin] Added option "Open dialog at startup" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added option "ATC text position" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added option "ATC text transparency" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added support for multiple transponders
- [RedGriffin] Radio frequencies now uses a three decimal digits resolution
- [RedGriffin] Add airport city name to radio station name in case it is missing
- [RedGriffin] Added ATC log window
- [RedGriffin] Altitude check warning now uses a variable time according to aircraft
               type, current and target altitude


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Changelog 2.2.0 - 6 March 2021

- [RedGriffin] Voices are now assigned at random from the whole pool of voices available in the property tree.
               This will give the sensation of speaking to different operators, especially when used with
               festival server and providing a fairly good number of different voices with custom properties
               in /sim/sound/voices/voice[x].
               Pilot voice is always assigned to the voice having in the description the tag "pilot". This voice
               is exclusively assigned to the pilot and excluded from the pool of random voices.
- [RedGriffin] Added support for festival server. In case /sim/sound/voices/voice[x]/festival is true and
               festival is initialized with audio async mode (audio_mode 'async) in
               sound/sim/sound/voices/voice[x]/preamble, Red Griffin ATC will split text in multiple parts and
               send them all in sequence to festival in order to provide a quicker response (actually, creating
               utterances while speaking), otherwise text is sent to the speech synthetizer (internal flite-hts
               or festival) in just one string.
- [RedGriffin} Improved algorithm in getApproachingRunway() to determine the right runway in case of
               parallel runways
- [RedGriffin] Changed most of getprop and setprop to Nasal global.props functions
- [RedGriffin] Improved COM radio detection and usability


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Changelog 2.1.0 - 2 January 2021

- [RedGriffin] Added menubar item "on/off"
- [RedGriffin] Improved "too low" and "towards terrain" warnings
- [RedGriffin] Added squawking
- [RedGriffin] Weather information is now completely based on user settings (live-data or scenario preset)
- [RedGriffin] Added information identification to departure information
- [RedGriffin] Added approach slope angle to settings
- [RedGriffin] Added aircraft type auto detection to settings according to /sim/tags
- [RedGriffin] Altitude of approach point is now determined according to the slope angle


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Changelog 2.0.0 - 7 November 2020

- [RedGriffin] Production release


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Changelog 2.0.0 beta 1 - 4 October 2020

- [RedGriffin] Added "Wind calm" message in case wind speed is zero
- [RedGriffin] Moved "Departure Information" button to position 2 when Aircraft is not near runway
- [RedGriffin] Main dialog window now shows version
- [RedGriffin] Changed some Pilot/ATC messages for a more complete and clear take off/approach/landing procedure
- [RedGriffin] "Ready for Departure" button changes to "Abort Departure" when cleared for take off
- [RedGriffin] Warnings "too low" and "towards terrain" are now issued only in case radio is tuned to the CTR radio
- [RedGriffin] In case aircraft enters a CTR without approval, ATC issues a warning if radio is tuned to the CTR radio
- [RedGriffin] Added "ATC Radio" mode Auto/COM1/COM2/COM3 to settings
- [RedGriffin] Added "too low" and "terrain" warnings On/Off to settings
- [RedGriffin] Added assistedAtcApproach() to let the Atc assist and provide instructions to the aircraft when approaching an airport
- [RedGriffin] Added "Aircraft type" setting in order to "fine tune" specific operational values
- [RedGriffin] Added "Multiplay chat" setting support to send ATC messages to chat


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Changelog 1.4.0 - 16 May 2020

- [RedGriffin] Added "Include Manufacturer" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Pilot messages are now spoken via /sim/sound/voice/pilot property
- [RedGriffin] Added "Pilot message mode" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added "Pilot response mode" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added "ATC message mode" in settings
- [RedGriffin] Added "R" button and corresponding key binding to repeat the last ATC message
- [RedGriffin] Callsign in settings is now written to both /sim/multiplay/callsign and
               /sim/user/callsign properties


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Changelog 1.3.0 - 3 May 2020

- [RedGriffin] getRadioType(): "radio" pattern is associated to tower if nothing else applies
- [RedGriffin] Dialog can now be opened to any corner of the screen. Defaults to bottom-left position.
- [RedGriffin] Added del() overload to dlgWindow to properly manage dialog status
- [RedGriffin] Added settings dialog


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Changelog 1.2.2 - 22 April 2020

- [RedGriffin] Fixed missing getprop() in updateATC() due to unknown editing
               procedure which unintentionally removed it, who knows why, maybe it
               was kate editor's pedantic highlighting when searching?
               I like kate editor (a very nice programmer editor also having Nasal
               syntax support) but sometimes it is quite annoying when it keeps
               the text highlighted and you can easily overwrite/replace it. I
               guess this was the case because it happens quite often.


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Changelog 1.2.1 - 18 April 2020

- [RedGriffin] Added degreesDifference() function to compute the difference between two headings and turn
               direction
- [RedGriffin] When approaching a runway during landing, dialog now shows the correction to runway alignment
- [RedGriffin] Improved check for radio usability. Some aircrafts have incomplete and/or unusable radio
               implementations
- [RedGriffin] Dialog now shows course to current CTR


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Changelog 1.2.0 - 4 April 2020

- [RedGriffin] Improved key bindings management. It now checks whether the "ctrl" and "shift" are pressed
               besides checking the actual key binding. This avoids keyboard conflicts in some cases, in
               particular with "Num Lock" and numerical keypad
- [RedGriffin] Added "You are already approved in CTR airspace" message
- [RedGriffin] Added COM3 to comply to the radio configuration of some aircrafts, mainly some airliners


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Changelog 1.1.0 - 29 March 2020

- [RedGriffin] Better post initialization of dialog buttons
- [RedGriffin] availableRadioDialog(): Show popup message in case no radio is available
- [RedGriffin] split FlightGear's native "approach-departure" radio type into separate types
- [RedGriffin] added getCtrRadio(): it returns the appropriate "departure" or "approach" radio
               according to flight status and aircraftIsDeparting variable
- [RedGriffin] increased max_radios to 30
- [RedGriffin] getNearestRunway() renamed to getApproachingRunway()
- [RedGriffin] getApproachingRunway(): improved determination of approaching runway, in particular
               in case airport has "parallel runways" with the same heading


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Changelog 1.0.0 - 21 March 2020

- [RedGriffin] Production/stable release
- [RedGriffin] When the aircraft is in approach or ILS mode, dialog shows course and distance to pattern
               and final points
- [RedGriffin] Added button for aborting/cancelling approach, ILS and landing requests
- [RedGriffin] Flight Level buttons and Cancel approach/landing button are shown according to aircraft status


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Changelog 1.0.0 RC 2 - 8 March 2020

- [RedGriffin] Added Usage / Keys menu item
- [RedGriffin] Added getRadioVolume function in order to properly determine comm radio volume. Some
               aircrafts use "volume-selected" property (such as Cessna 172p) whereas others use "volume".
               The function evaluate both properties and determine volume accordingly
- [RedGriffin] Disable all ATC operations in case instant replay is active
- [RedGriffin] Added current flight level request button
- [RedGriffin] Remapped flight level request keys to ctrl+shift+[4|5|6] and CTR request to ctrl+0
- [RedGriffin] When the aircraft is not flying over an airport area, dialog shows Altitude, AGL, Heading and Speed


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Changelog 1.0.0 RC 1 - 1 March 2020

- [RedGriffin] Improved altitude check and determination
- [RedGriffin] Departure Information: QNH is now correctly spoken
- [RedGriffin] Improved radio station name normalization in order to avoid pattern confusion
- [RedGriffin] Altitude determination now properly consider Route Manager's Flight Plan
- [RedGriffin] Improved flight level requests


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Changelog 1.0.0 beta 3 - 8 February 2020

- [RedGriffin] runwayInUse() now consider wind direction properly in determining runway
- [RedGriffin] Implemented CTR airspaces
- [RedGriffin] Pilot's request messages are now shown on the screen before ATC reply
- [RedGriffin] ATC now automatically warns the pilot in case the airplane is flying
               too low or the aircraft is heading towards terrain (such as hills or
               mountains)
- [RedGriffin] Implemented flight levels request
- [RedGriffin] Bug fixes and many improvements


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Changelog 1.0.0 beta 2 - 8 January 2020

- [RedGriffin] Improved operations with "keyboard mode"


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Changelog 1.0.0 beta 1 - 5 January 2020

- [RedGriffin] Initial public release