Basic Taxi-to-Runway ATC

This release contains basic taxi-to-runway instruction giving ATC. It covers the nothern airfields on the Caucasus map that are used by players on the GAW server as well as Al-Dhafra on the Persian Gulf map. For a full list see the Data folder in the OverlordBot folder.

The bot will currently direct the player to the closest active runway. Which runways are active is currently hardcoded and does not update according to weather conditions (i.e. Wind Direction)

Thanks

This release was helped by the following people on the OverlordBot discord:

• Deady for patiently providing his ATC expertise and without whom this release would be a lot less professional sounding.
• [VEAF]Zip for providing mapping tooling to easily import/export F10 markers with DCS which was a huge time-saver.
• DOLT 1-1 ScAvenger001, Widow 1-1 | scarfur and Yoda 1-6 | Siggy for helping with the airfield mapping.

Changelog

Added

• Basic taxi-to-runway giving instruction giving ATC - See https://gitlab.com/overlord-bot/srs-bot/-/wikis/ATC-Calls for valid calls

Removed

• Previous ATC implementation

Upgrade instructions

OverlordBot has not yet had any work done on it for automated first time installation so contact @rurounijones either on Gitlab or the major DCS discords for first time setup. This zip folder does not contain configuration and is intended to be used with an existing installation.

1. Download OverlordBot-1.10.0.zip
2. Stop OverlordBot
3. Backup your existing OverlordBot folder.
4. Copy the contents of the OverlordBot-1.10.0.zip into your OverlordBot folder.
5. Add ATC frequency if desired.
6. Restart OverlordBot

Adding ATC frequency

Modif your awacs-radios.json and copy your existing AWACS frequency entry (remember to add a comma for valid JSON). Then change the freq field to the frequency you wish to use for ATC.

Currently there is no separation in roles so ATC and AWACS will answer on any frequency if addressed, it is up to the pilots to use the correct frequency.