Find below the change log of OAV ACARS beta. Read the changes under testing (blue color) and try to discover possible problems prior to the public release (green color):
- [New Feature] Ability to divert. Still working on the technical aspects, but the concept is to be able to declare a divert airport during a flight and land to it without any problems while filling the PIREP.
- [New Feature] Report recommended departure and arrival gate in the ACARS.
- [Bug Fix] Map redesign.
- [Bug Fix] X-Plane 10 & 11 weight correction.
- [Suggestion] Όταν κάποιος κλείνει μια πτήση στην Επιμελητεία, η αρχική τιμή pax είναι 0. Αν όταν ξεκινάει η πτήση στο ACARS η τιμή εξακολουθεί να είναι 0, το ACARS υπολογίζει pax και cargo με βάση τον αλγόρυθμο που χρησιμοποιεί και τώρα. Αν ο αριθμός των pax είναι > 0, τότε χρησιμοποιείται αυτός ο αριθμός για τους επιβάτες και υπολογίζεται αυτόματα μόνο το cargo.
- [Suggestion] Support for consecutive flights without the need to restart ACARS.
- [Bug Fix] Better free flights compatibility and no need for dummy schedule flights.
- [New Feature] Change the method the report is generated to make the need for Word application redundant.
- [Redundancy] Make the need for Access db engine redundant.
- [Suggestion] Increase taxi speed limit to 30kts.
- [Suggestion] Download booked flights automatically upon login. Allow further downloads by means of the relevant button.
- [Suggestion] Generate after flight reports in .pdf format without the need for any additional software.
- [Bug Fix] When 2 aircraft exist with the same registration, even if one of them is retired and not active, ACARS displays wrong FoB (combined string). We can deal with it internally or add an additional check in ACARS.
- [Bug Fix] In case there's a waypoint that exists more than once, sometimes ACARS doesn't pick the closest one and as a result the map drawing is wrong.
- [Bug Fix] Passwords cannot contain certain characters.
- [Suggestion] Monitor approach/landing performance of pilot, e.g. where on the runway the aircraft touches on landing (touchdown zone offset/center line offset), aircraft fully configured below 1000ft, aircraft between Vref to Vref+20 below 500ft and aligned with the runway, etc, provided it is feasible to get the data from the sim.
- [Suggestion] Add random in flight emergencies (not affecting directly the airworthiness of the aircraft, e.g. medical emergency, bomb threat) and give the ability to pilot to accept/deny them.
- [New Feature] New application icons.
- [New Feature] Detect in flight refueling and cancel flight.
- [New Feature] New UI.
- [New Feature] Display OAV, IVAO and VATSIM traffic along with pilot/flight information.
- [Suggestion] When the aircraft is detected to have crash landed, warn the pilot prior to sending the PIREP, to avoid further consequences.
- [Suggestion] When someone starts moving the aircraft without having selected Start Flight in ACARS, a popup message with warning sound informs him to start it.
- [Bug Fix] Support for deprecated airports (like VHHX).
- [Bug Fix] Support for new airports (like LTFM) without the need of acars database update.
- [Suggestion] Ability to hide the map's flightplan.
- [Suggestion] Award pilots who depart on time with scheduled departure time in Airways and Airlines.
- [Suggestion] Display departed time and scheduled arrival time in flight information.
- [Bug Fix] Bug with map drawing and wrong large distance reported when map drawing passes from the point where the Equator and the Prime Meridian join (where lat and lon equals 0), both in acars map and in pirep.
- [Bug Fix] Rare bug with large distance reported without the above issue in map drawing occuring.
- [Bug Fix] No penalty for positive landing rate.
- [Feature] Flight cancellation on refueling detection is back.
- [Feature] Gate detection (for users using makerunways). more info
- [Feature] Added pushback state.
- [Bug Fix] Fixed 'Perfect Flight' parameter and points not activating.
- [Change] Changes in point system.
Legend:
- [Not Started]
- [In Progress]
- [Finished; Beta testing]
- [Finished; Public Release]
Do you have any suggestions for features you would like to see in OAV ACARS;