[EXTERNAL APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS] - YSATC and YSPlayer
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:22 am
Something hit me today while on a the Civilian Aviation server. "Why not have a program in the place of an ATC manual but more functional?" OYS seems incredibly capable as a feature extension platform (IRC anyone?) There was one thing missing while I did ATC in Hawaii, a map and a radar overlay on said map in a separate window. Controlling from the ground can be tricky for anyone who does not know the airspace or positions of the planes around them (reminds me of TCAS, lol.) If there is a way to produce or port a program that is similar to the FS9 (FS2004) community (or VATSIM if you are into that) in regards to ATC, that would be cool and useful to delegate airspace and planes alike.
Some possible suggestions for implementation:
Some possible suggestions for implementation:
- - A "callsign" command addition to allow a pilot/user to set his "callsign." This would register with the "External ATC Program" (yet uses YSFlight as a bridge as OYS appears to do) and give the "controller" a position in accordance to the map.
- A "dedicated port" solely for ATC communications with the "program" to YSFlight via OYS or via an alternative method.
- Localizers and VOR's will be preset into the "program" via a database.
- Implement the "weather" command from OYS into the "program" to receive current server weather from OYS. This could be done by intercepting the command from a user to the server. The server would then send that through the "dedicated port" to the "program."
- Also looking to have an external YFS player. This does exist but seems to be closed-off from YS yet available in "screen-saver" form. Seeing that ported to an external program appears to be minimal.