Can you add ATC prefix callsigns?????

[Spoceto1003]

This may sound stupid,, but here goes....

I have Fs2004 and a Wilco A340, in the ATC drop down box for callsigns it allows me either the prefix "Airbus" , none or other FS defaults like Global frieghtways,
I know the model on the oustide view will still be in Airbus livery, but I would like to be called either "Virgin" or "Iberia" or even better "Alitalia" as I very ever look at the outside,

If anyone knows if you can add extra callsigns and how to do it...it would be an early Christmas present.

Seasons greetings to All Simmers

[skino]

Well then Merry Christmas

Try Flusifix http://www.wolfgang-picheta.de/

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expand the airlines by the ATC to recognize to:

Ab Ex
Aces
Action Air
Aeroflot
Aeromexico
Air Afrique
Air Canada
Air China
Air Force
Air Force One
Air France
Air India
Air Shuttle
Air Tahiti Nui
Airwave
Alaska
Alitalia
All Nippon
Allegheny
Allegiant
Allegro
Aloha
American
American Pacific
Amerijet
Amtran
Ansett
Antillean
Anza
Argentina
Army
Aruba
Asiana
Austrian
Avianca
Aviateca
Bahamasair
Balkan
Bangladeshi
Big A
Biscayne
Biz Ex
Blue Ridge
Blue Streak
Britannia
Cactus
Cair
Canadian
Candler
Canex
Cargolux
Cathay
Challenge Air Cargo
Chautauqua
China Southern
Citrus
Coast Guard
Comair
Condor
Continental
Corsair
Delta
DHL
Dominicana
Dragonair
Dream Flight
Dynasty
Eagle Flight
Eastern
Egyptair
El Al
Elite
Emerald Harbor Air
Emery
Europa
Eva
Evergreen
Fed Ex
Fine Air
Finnair
First Air
Flag Ship
French Line
Frontier Flight
Gaia
Garuda
Gemini
Georgian
Ghana
Giant
Global Freightways
Gulf Flight
Hawaiian
Horizon
Iberia
Ice Air
Jamaica
Japan Air
Jet Blue
Jet Link
Jet Set
Jet USA
Jordanian
Kestrel
Kitty Hawk
KLM
Korean Air
Kuwaiti
Lakes Air
Lan Chile
Landmark
Lapa
Lauda Air
Legendary
Lifeflight
Long Horn
LTU
Lufthansa
Malaysian
Malev
Marine
Martinair
Mesaba
Mexicana
Mid Ex
Midland
Midway
Monarch
Moroc Air
Navy
New Zealand
Nigeria
Night Cargo
North American
Northwest Airlines
Olympic
Omni
Ontario
Orange
Orbis
Orbit
Ozark
Pacifica
Pakistani
Pan Am
Phillipine
Polar Tiger
Pro Air
Qantas
Red Rock
Regional
Ryan
Sabena
Saudia
Scandinavian
Shamrock
Singapore
Sky Ex
Skytour
Skywest
Soar
Sobelair
Southwest
Speed Bird
Spirit Wings
Springbok
Sun Country
Swissair
Taca
Tap
Thai
Tradewinds
Transat
TWA
United
UPS
US Air
US Air Shuttle
Vanguard Air
Varig
Vasp
Virgin
Volga
Voyage
Water Ski
West
West Indian
Windy City
Wisconsin
World
World Travel
Yukon
Zantop

[PaulEMB]

Spo,

This can be done, from memory (a while since I did it,) in the aircraft.cfg file. You need to use an airline that is recognised by FS 9 or 10, or you can make your own lettering EG Whisky Oscar.

FS ATC will then call you by the callsign designated in the .cfg file

[capetonian]

Hi there,

Sure you can change it and the three airlines you mention are all implemented by FS2004!

Go to your Airfcraft folder in the FS9 root directory and click on the aircraft folder of the aircraft you want to change:
For example

E:\FS2004\Aircraft\B737NG_POS\

In that folder you will see a numbe rof files, one of those files is yout Aircraft.cfg. Now MAKE A BACKUP OF THIS FILE befoe you edit anything. Just copy it and past it in the same directoy and you should be left with a new file called Copy of Aircraft.cfg.

Now, . right click on the Aircraft.cfg file and choose 'Open With and choose Notepad or Write.

You will see a bit that looks like this:

[fltsim.0]
title=Project Opensky - B737-700 VP-BBW WL
sim=OSBoeing737-700-BBJ
model=bbj
panel=
sound=
texture=VP-BBW
kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref
atc_id=VP-BBW
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, RAMP, CARGO
atc_parking_code=
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=737-700
ui_variation=737-700 BBJ VP-BBW
visual_damage=1
description=Project Opensky - Boeing 737-700\nVersion - Version 2004.9.3\n\nModel Designer\n Hiroshi Igami\n\nFlight Dynamics/Scenario/Effects Designer\n Warren C. Daniel\n\nMaster Texture Designer\n Tom Harlaar\n\nTest Pilots\n Project Opensky Members\n\nMaximun Range: \n 3,383 nautical miles\n Airline Textures\n Nicholas Wilkinson

[General]
atc_type=BOEING
atc_model=B737
editable=0

etc etc etc ....

Now the lines that say :

atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=

are the important ones here..... just put your own flight number in there and put the airline name in the right place, so you will have something like this

atc_airline=alitalia
atc_flight_number=123

save the file .... start up FS2004 and go fly!!!

The only downside is that you will need to change that every time you want to change the callsign. What you can do is the following:

Copy the entire [fltsim.XX] entry form the aircraft that you are going to fly, for example:

[fltsim.0]
title=Project Opensky - B737-700 VP-BBW WL
sim=OSBoeing737-700-BBJ
model=bbj
panel=
sound=
texture=VP-BBW
kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref

atc_id=VP-BBW
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=
atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, RAMP, CARGO
atc_parking_code=

ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=737-700
ui_variation=737-700 BBJ VP-BBW
visual_damage=1
description=Project Opensky - Boeing 737-700\nVersion - Version 2004.9.3\n\nModel Designer\n Hiroshi Igami\n\nFlight Dynamics/Scenario/Effects Designer\n Warren C. Daniel\n\nMaster Texture Designer\n Tom Harlaar\n\nTest Pilots\n Project Opensky Members\n\nMaximun Range: \n 3,383 nautical miles\n Airline Textures\n Nicholas Wilkinson

[General]
atc_type=BOEING
atc_model=B737
editable=0

Now the section in black is the important one, .. you will find in most aircraft that you will have several of these entries in each Aircraft.cfg file, the number will vary depending on the number of repaints or configurations of that aircraft that you have.

Now, past the above section into a new .txt file, we'll just use this for editing. It is very important that you change the new numbers in the first entry [fltsim.xx] to reflect the next free numbers in your Aircraft config.... for example if your last entry before the [genera;] section is [fltsim.12] then your first file will be [fltsim.13]

Now change the following line to reflect your new callsigns:

[fltsim.XX]
title=Project Opensky - B737-700 Alitalia
sim=OSBoeing737-700-BBJ
model=bbj
panel=
sound=
texture=VP-BBW
kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref
atc_id=VP-BBW

atc_airline=alitalia
atc_flight_number=123

atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, RAMP, CARGO
atc_parking_code=
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=737-700
ui_variation=737-700 BBJ VP-BBW
visual_damage=1
description=Project Opensky - Boeing 737-700\nVersion - Version 2004.9.3\n\nModel Designer\n Hiroshi Igami\n\nFlight Dynamics/Scenario/Effects Designer\n Warren C. Daniel\n\nMaster Texture Designer\n Tom Harlaar\n\nTest Pilots\n Project Opensky Members\n\nMaximun Range: \n 3,383 nautical miles\n Airline Textures\n Nicholas Wilkinson

[fltsim.XX]
title=Project Opensky - B737-700 Iberia
sim=OSBoeing737-700-BBJ
model=bbj
panel=
sound=
texture=VP-BBW
kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref
atc_id=VP-BBW

atc_airline=iberia
atc_flight_number=123

atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, RAMP, CARGO
atc_parking_code=
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=737-700
ui_variation=737-700 BBJ VP-BBW
visual_damage=1
description=Project Opensky - Boeing 737-700\nVersion - Version 2004.9.3\n\nModel Designer\n Hiroshi Igami\n\nFlight Dynamics/Scenario/Effects Designer\n Warren C. Daniel\n\nMaster Texture Designer\n Tom Harlaar\n\nTest Pilots\n Project Opensky Members\n\nMaximun Range: \n 3,383 nautical miles\n Airline Textures\n Nicholas Wilkinson

[fltsim.XX]
title=Project Opensky - B737-700 Virgin
sim=OSBoeing737-700-BBJ
model=bbj
panel=
sound=
texture=VP-BBW
kb_checklists=Boeing737-800_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-800_ref
atc_id=VP-BBW

atc_airline=virgin
atc_flight_number=123

atc_heavy=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, RAMP, CARGO
atc_parking_code=
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=737-700
ui_variation=737-700 BBJ VP-BBW
visual_damage=1
description=Project Opensky - Boeing 737-700\nVersion - Version 2004.9.3\n\nModel Designer\n Hiroshi Igami\n\nFlight Dynamics/Scenario/Effects Designer\n Warren C. Daniel\n\nMaster Texture Designer\n Tom Harlaar\n\nTest Pilots\n Project Opensky Members\n\nMaximun Range: \n 3,383 nautical miles\n Airline Textures\n Nicholas Wilkinson

There, .. now select those new entries, make sure the .XX number is correct and past these between the end of your last [fltsim.xx] entry and the [general] entry in your Aircraft.cfg

Save the file and off you go , .. when you open your Aircraft Selection menu you should see three new aircraft, .. just chose the call sign that you want to fly and off you go

PS: on Avsim or Flightsim.com you might find the correct liveries for your Airbus!

Hope that helps.

[capetonian]

Geeze, .. I spent so ;long writing my post that 2 others beat me to it

[Spoceto1003]

Amazing.... The best Christmas present ever....

Many Thanks & Merry Christmas