ATC Settings

Learn how to customize your ATC experience


You may want to customize

settings for ATC, in order to establish how much other traffic is in the area and which pilot voice you'll hear.

Changing ATC Settings

 

To change ATC settings

  1. On the main screen, click Settings, and then click Air Traffic Control.
    -or-
    On the Options menu, point to Settings and then select ATC.
  2. Make any desired changes in the ATC Settings dialog box.
  3. Click OK.

Choosing a Pilot Voice

You can choose from a selection of ten voices to use as your pilot voice. If the Use a Pilot Voice check box is not selected in the ATC Settings dialog box, you can't choose a pilot voice and you won't hear a voice when you send a message to ATC.

 

To choose a pilot voice

  1. In the ATC Settings dialog box, select the Use a Pilot Voice check box.
  2. In the Pilot Voice list, select the voice you want to use as your pilot voice.
  3. Click OK.

Turning Off the Pilot Voice

There are three different kinds of voices you'll hear in Flight Simulator: the pilot voice (which represents you), the ATC controller's voice, and the voices of other pilots talking on the same frequency. Some pilots prefer to hear only the ATC controller voice and not their pilot voice. You can turn off the pilot voice in Flight Simulator (although you'll still hear the controller and the pilots in other aircraft).

 

To turn off the pilot voice

 
  1. In the ATC Settings dialog box, clear the Use a Pilot Voice check box.
  2. Click OK.

Turning on the ATC Window Auto-Open Feature

By default, Flight Simulator does not open the ATC window automatically when messages are sent or when a response is required from the pilot. Some pilots prefer that the ATC window remain hidden until they want to open it manually; others want it to appear automatically.

 

To have the ATC window appear automatically

  1. In the ATC Settings dialog box, select the Auto-open ATC Window check box.
  2. Click OK.

Did you know you can turn down the engine sounds so it's more like you're really wearing a headset in the cockpit?

 

To adjust sounds

  1. On the Options menu, select Settings, and then click Sounds.
  2. Drag the slider to adjust the sound you want to change.
  3. Click OK.