This dialog gives access to parameters that control AI (Artificially Intelligent) traffic and has the folllowing tabs:

ATCmsg

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Paras

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
Traffic path	The name of a BGL file (or files) that contains traffic information			+\scenery\world\scenery\traffic*.bgl
Traffic Active %	Controls what percentage of flight plans, from traffic files, are to be activated	0	100	100
Enable	Enable or disable all traffic	no	yes	yes
Pause	Freezes all traffic. Traffic is also paused as long as the simulation is paused (default is the p key)	no	yes	yes
Display taxi net	Special BGL files describe the taxiway and parking network at airports. FSImp shows this network at the nearest airport. Green poles and lines show taxiways. White poles show parking positions. Orange lines show runways. Red lines show closed taxiways. Red poles show runway end, lineup and touchdown positions	no	yes	no
High polygon	Allows FS aircraft models with high polygon (triangle) counts. These can cause the frame rate of the simulator to fall below target levels	no	yes	no
Make static	When parked, FSImp can make static models of traffic aircraft. These are more efficient and can improve frame rates	no	yes	yes
Nose-on pass	During taxying some aircraft may end up nose-on to each other. This option controls what is done in these situations. When enabled, aircraft pass through each other under certain conditions. Otherwise, one of them is automatically deleted	no	yes	yes
Taxi speed kts	Planes taxi using this speed	5	40	25
Departures	The number of random departing aircraft to be generated when the Depart N button is pressed	0	100	10
Departure gap mn	After generating random departures, they leave at this rate (minutes)			3
Arrival gap mn	Random arrivals are generated for the nearest airport at this rate (minutes)			3
Turnaround mn	The time (minutes) that a random arrival spends at an airport before departing again			45
Browse	Allows you to select a traffic file
tra*.bgl	Replaces the name with the file filter traffic*.bgl which selects all such files in the specified folder
Default	Replaces the traffic path with the default value +\scenery\world\scenery\traffic*.bgl
Depart N	Generates a number of random departures at the nearest airport. The number generated is specified at the Departures field above. These newly generated aircraft will depart with an interval specified at the Departure gap mn field

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Sound

the direction of the sound (3D or panning) is not yet used

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
Volume jets	The volume for jet engine sounds
Volume props	The volume for propellor engine sounds
Volume heli	The volume for helicoptor engine sounds
Volume other	The volume for other engine sounds
Modulate vol hz	The volume for engine sounds can be modulated (wobbled) at a low frequency for more realism. Specify the frequency here.
Modulate vol fac	The amount of volume that is modulated
Frequency fac	The frequency (pitch) of all engine sounds can be changed using this slider

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ATC

uses speech synthesis

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
Heavy	Adds the word heavy to the end of callsign of large aircraft	no	yes	yes
Roger	Pilots start replies with the word roger	no	yes	yes
Good day	Pilots add the word good day, or something similar, on leaving a controller	no	yes	yes
Hello airport	Pilots sometimes add the words hello and the name of the airport on contacting a new controller. This can help identify what controller you are listening to.	no	yes	yes
Point	the word used for the decimal point (period) in numbers Nothing - 119.50 = one one nine five zero Point - 119.55 = one one nine point five zero Decimal - 119.55 = one one nine decimal five zero			Nothing
Center	ATC uses this word for en route controlers Center Centre Control Radar			Center
Altimeter set	ATC uses altimiter pressure settings in millibars (MB) or inches of mercury (in HG). Currently unused. Millibar inch HG			Millibar
Taxiway names	ATC lists the names of taxiways to follow before taxying on the ground.	no	yes	yes
Vector offcourse	ATC gives you headings when you are off course (60 seconds, 20 degrees).	no	yes	yes
Vector taxi	ATC gives you headings while taxying	no	yes	no
Vector SID	ATC gives you headings during Strandard Instrument Departures (SID)	no	yes	no
Vector en route	ATC gives you headings while en route	no	yes	no
Vector STAR	ATC gives you headings during Strandard Terminal Arrival Routes (STAR)	no	yes	no
Vector holding	ATC gives you headings while in the holding pattern	no	yes	yes
Hear other trafc	Hear ATC transmissions with others as well as yours (100nm)	no	yes	yes
Set FMS co-ords	Sets Lat/Lon co-ordinates into the X-Plane FMS when the user is flying as an active traffic	no	yes	yes
ATC listen to	what ATC frequency should be heard using speech synthesis None - no speech synthesis All - all frequencies (messages may interrupt each other) freq1 - ATC manual freq 1 below freq2 - ATC manual freq 2 below freq3 - ATC manual freq 3 below Airport - the frequency selected using the Airport tab COM1 - the frequency selected on the COM1 radio in the cockpit COM2 - the frequency selected on the COM2 radio in the cockpit			COM1
ATC manual freq	Manual frequencies
->	Listen to the manual frequency beside these buttons
Pushback	Automatically push you back	no	yes	yes
Follow me	A model or a blue pole is shown to direct you during taxi	no	yes	yes
Follow me title	The title of an aircraft to be used as the follow me car (FSImp makes a guess when empty)	no	yes	yes
Transitn Alt ft	ATC uses flight levels and standard pressure on climbing above this			10000
Transitn Lvl ft	ATC uses flight levels and standard pressure on descending below this			10000
Speak NINER	the word niner is spkoen for the digit 9	no	yes	yes

to obtain startup or taxi clearance you have to press Hello

Roger	Give a positive acknowledgement to an ATC command
Again	ATC will repeat the last command
Hello	Make contact with a controller on a new frequency
Vector	ATC will give you a heading to your current target position

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Plan

if the start buttons causes your aircraft to crash just try press the button again

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
Airline code	Three digit airline code (ein)
- flight num	Airline flight number - leave blank generate a random number
- callsign	Airline callsign (shamrock)
Registration	Registration for private flights (ei-eio)
Depart ICAO	ICAO ident for the departing airport. Leave empty if you just want to an arrival.
Depart time	Departure zulu time (hh:mm). If the time has passed then immediately.			(00:00)
Arrive ICAO	ICAO ident for the arrival airport
Alt ft	Cruising alttitude (feet)			30000
Aircraft title	The title of the aircraft to be used - needed by the Add button only
Aircraft type	Type of aircraft - needed by the Fly and Quick buttons only
Flight rules	whether visual (VFR) or instrument flight rules (IFR)
you	chooses between you and others
dep park	activates this flight plan from a parking poisition. Waits until departure time (00:00 means immediately) before the departure starts.
dep rwy	activates this flight plan from the runway lined up position
STAR	jumps your aircraft to the start of the selected standard terminal arrival route at the arrival ICAO
approach	jumps your aircraft to the end of the selected standard terminal arrival route at the arrival ICAO, in preparation for approach
advance	jumps your aircraft to its current taxi or in-flight target
Route	FSImp tries to generate a flight plan between the airports. The plan can be viewed in the kneeboard.
Cancel	abandons your flight

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Flight

FSPassenger cabin sound settings

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
Co-pilot ATC	Co-pilot performs ATC communication. Otherwise you must press the Roger, Again, Hello or Vector buttons	no	yes	yes
Co-pilot tunes	Co-pilot changes COM radio frequency. Otherwise you must change the frequency	no	yes	yes
Co-pilot interac	Co-pilot interacts with you. Reads out speeds, altitudes etc	no	yes	yes
Co-pilot command	Co-pilot gives cockpit commands (gear, flaps). Otherwise your voice will give them	no	yes	no
Co-pilot warns	Co-pilot warns you about altitudes, lights etc	no	yes	yes
Co-pilot perform	Co-pilot performs cockpit commands (gear, flaps). Otherwise you must perfrom them.	no	yes	yes
Co-pilot chats	Co-pilot chats with you. Chat text files are in the folder called FSImp\traffic\chat. Auto for above 10000ft	no	auto	no
V1 kts decision	decision speed - above this speed takeoff go ahead as there is not enough runway length left to brake safely	0		125
Vr kts rotate	rotation speed	0		135
V2 kts climb out	climb out speed - minimum speed for initial climb out	0		150
Vref kts touchdn	reference speed for landing - also used for flaps settings	0		140
FsPass vol cockp	volume of fspassengers cockpit sound files	0		0
FsPass vol cabin	volume of fspassengers cockpit cabin files	0		0
FsPass CrewName	The name of the fspassengers crew (sub folder of fspassengers crew)

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Active

the edit boxes above Dep Arr are filter prefixes for airports

Name	Description
Flt Num	The flight number, or registration.
Dst nm	distance from viewer in nautical miles
oC	o' clock direction from viewer (eg 12 straight ahead, 3 to right, 6 behind, 9 to left etc)
MHdg	magnetic heading
Alt+	altitude and whether climbing (+) or descending (-)
Stat	state (l--- landing, t--- take off, e--- en route)
Gsp+	ground speed (kts) and whether accelerating (+) or slowing down (-)
PWR+	percent power
Dep	departing airport ICAO name (blank for random arrivals)
Arr	destination airport ICAO name (blank for random departures)
Flags	made parking static normals flightplan ground ifr
Time	Departure time (zulu) alternates between absolute and relative
Ix	aircraft index
ATC	alternates between frequency and type of controller
title	aircraft title
Chase	places your aircraft behind the aircraft shown on the top line, with the same heading and speed
Formatn	places your aircraft slightly behind and to the side of the aircraft shown on the top line, with the same heading and speed
Fly	allows you to fly the plan of the aircraft shown on the top line
Start	starts the aircraft shown on the top line (it does not wait for its departure time)
Advance	jumps the the aircraft shown on the top line to its current taxi or in-flight target
Listen	listen to the selected frequency of the aircraft shown on the top line
Zap	destroys the aircraft shown on the top line
Zap All	destroys all aircraft
Gen All	generates all aircraft that are scheduled in the area in a burst

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Airport

SIDs and STARs are for your information - appropriate ones will be chosen by ATC when needed

Name	Description	Min	Max	Default
ICAO	Select available airport using its ICAO identifier			10000
Land	landing runway, shows effective length (after blast and displaced threshold)
Takeoff	departing runway, shows effective length (after blast)
Circuit	Direction of VFR circuit - left or right hand turns			right
Circuit AGL	Height in feet above ground of the VFR circuit			1000 ft
Wind rw	allow FSImp to select the active runways at this airport based on the winds at ground level
Lgt prp	allow light propellor aircraft at this airport
Lgt jet	allow light jet aircraft
Medium	allow medium aircraft
Heavy	allow heavy aircraft
Heli	allow helicopters
Glider	allow gliders
Fighter	allow fighter aircraft
CLNC	listen to the clearance delivery frequency. These control what FSImp ATC is heard but do NOT change any radio frequencies in the cockpit.
GND	listen to the ground frequency
TWR	listen to the tower frequency
DEP	listen to the departure frequency
APP	listen to the approach frequency at the selected airport.
COM1	listen to the active frequency of the X-Plane COM1 radio
SID	displays a sequence of Standard Instrument Depearures from the selected airport
STAR	displays a sequence of Standard Terminal Arrival Routes to the selected airport
PROC	displays the Transition and Approach procedures at selected airport as well as the prcoedure you are currently using if you are flying under ATC control
Knee	adds information to the kneeboard

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Aircraft

Name	Description
plan	this aircraft is allowed to be used for planned traffic
random	this aircraft is allowed to be used for random traffic
unique	this aircraft is unique and cannot be duplicated
title	aircraft title taken from FSROOT\aircraft\folder\aircraft.cfg
folder	folder, relative to FSROOT\aircraft where this this aircraft is defined
Plan	opens the plan tab with information about the aircraft selected
Follow me	uses the aircraft selected as the follow me car

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Radar

Name	Description
	not yet implemented

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ATCmsg

Name	Description
	shows a scrolling list of ATC-user messages
	the latest dialog is at the bottom
	starting a flight clears the list of messages
Clear	clears the list of messages

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