Chat menu
Since v1.0.0 there's a chat menu in FlightGear. In this special menu are some prefabricated messages stored. They're ready to use. You don't have to write them first, just choose a message and press the corresponding number. The message is send like a normal chat messages, so all the pilots and ATCs will see it.
You can find the Chat Menu in the menubar under Multiplayer > Chat Menu (on older versions: View > Chat Menu or Network > Chat Menu). The Chat Menu can also be opened with a shortcut: - (minus).
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Users can type messages that are displayed to all users within MP range. The messages are displayed within a dialog box, and optionally to the screen using the current Nasal message system. This allows the messages to be TTS'd by festival. — Buchanan, Stuart (Sep 23rd, 2006). [Flightgear-devel] Multiplayer chat patch.
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Editing entries
To edit the entries in the Chat Menu you've to change this file: $FG_ROOT/ATC/chat-menu-entries.xml.
With these symbols you could add information that depends on the moment. So things like altitude, direction and aircraft type are automatically filled in at the places of the symbols.
| Function | Symbol | Discription |
|---|---|---|
| Airport direction | ! | |
| Airport distance | ^ | |
| Aircraft type | % | First word from /sim/description |
| Callsign | # | |
| Current Altitude | $ | |
| Airport ID | * | |
| Current runway | ( |
Here's an example:
<menu>
<name>* Ground, #, request taxi instructions for departure.</name>
</menu>
It'll looks something like this when using FlightGear:
KSFO Ground, F-WWDD, request taxi instructions for departure.
As you noticed in the example above I've placed some extra stuff. Every entry has to start with the <name> tag and close with </name>. One row in FlightGear is one <menu>...</menu> tag. Here's an example of the Formation menu:
<menu>
<name>[Formation]</name>
<menu>
<name>Form up on my wing.</name>
</menu>
<menu>
<name>Break left.</name>
</menu>
<menu>
<name>Break right.</name>
</menu>
</menu>
A row extra could be formed with two <menu> tags. It'll looks like this:
<menu>
<name>[ATC]</name>
<menu>
<name>[Ground]</name>
<menu>
<name>* Ground, #, request taxi instructions for departure.</name>
</menu>
</menu>
</menu>
In the two examples above you see things like this [ATC]. The [ and ] are there to indicate that the text should not be included in the messages.