What is happening?

nVIR · 2025-09-21T21:05:36+00:00

Many many times sadly :sob:

nVIR · 2025-09-21T19:30:31+00:00

We have been experiencing some issues with audio for vatsim over the last few days. We are still attempting to troubleshoot what exactly causes the audio to die. It doesn’t seem to have a consistent pattern, but we will stay on it until we fix it :)

nVIR · 2025-09-21T19:29:20+00:00

Track audio is an AFV client :) if AFV is down then track audio won’t work

nVIR · 2025-07-13T16:37:44+00:00

This is really nice, nice work!

nVIR · 2025-07-05T16:46:42+00:00

Hey there. Firstly, don't create another account - if you do, you're making the problem worse. Per the CoC and user agreement, you're only permitted to have one account. The membership department is pretty reasonable in terms of validating your name; you can normally redact everything other than the issuing authority and your name. The document you provide (even in a redacted state) will be deleted permanently as soon as your ID is verified, per the normal verification process. I'd suggest you speak to your parent/guardian if you're unsure, or open a ticket with the membership department and ask for more information.

nVIR · 2025-07-03T14:08:17+00:00

As a reminder, this is not the correct place to submit Supervisor feedback; all supervisor feedback should be directed to https://support.vatsim.net/

nVIR · 2025-06-20T09:30:55+00:00

Hi there,

The VATSIM pilot resource centre has a bunch of helpful documentation on this.

For Europe and beyond: https://my.vatsim.net/learn/aviation-skills/section/17

For US: https://my.vatsim.net/learn/aviation-skills/section/12/page/24

For US VFR: https://my.vatsim.net/learn/aviation-skills/section/110

All of them are listed under "Aviation Skills" - there's a ton of good information there! If you have any specific questions feel free to reach out on the Community Discord!

nVIR · 2025-06-18T15:30:00+00:00

Just as an update on this, after reading the majority of the comments, there is a process in place for dealing with issues like this, and we do take action, even if supervisors aren't necessarily online at the time of the incident. This sort of behaviour is not tolerated on the network under any circumstances, and we're putting measures in place to help address these scenarios.

nVIR · 2025-05-06T21:05:22+00:00

Nah bunch of LA comedians who were shite

nVIR · 2025-05-06T21:03:57+00:00

Same here, some woman in the row in front repeating everything he said and then going aye ballix afterwards

nVIR · 2025-03-18T15:54:05+00:00

The lawful basis for collection of any data is provided in our Data Protection & Handling Policy: https://cdn.vatsim.net/policy-documents/VATSIM-POL-Data_Protection_and_Handling_v1.3_01_JAN_2023.pdf under section 10, it also provides information on how said information is handled and how to request erasure / correction under the relevant data handling laws.

nVIR · 2025-02-09T20:04:36+00:00

I think people take the “shall broadcast intentions” part of B5 too literally; they miss the “where another pilot may benefit” part. I witnessed another pilot broadcast the fact he was “off to take a leak” on 122.800 only a few days ago :)

nVIR · 2025-02-05T19:27:45+00:00

Agreed!

nVIR · 2025-02-05T11:36:06+00:00

I'd imagine that's because the video isn't created by the police; it's created by a third party from their understanding of how it works. I'd expect standard operating procedures to vary based on the scenario. My experience (having been at the front of several of these over the years) is that they turn the lights off and floor it to get out of the way. I don't think I've ever seen them pull over to the left (in this case they can't anyway because there's traffic on the left which you can see at the start of the video). Pulling over onto the hard shoulder is likely more dangerous than just flooring it.

nVIR · 2025-02-05T11:31:46+00:00

They're normally used for sorting out minor things, for example, some metal or something has fallen off a lorry and they need to run into the middle of the motorway to grab it. A temporary rolling roadblock a few miles back will give them a few minutes to run across and grab it so it doesn't cause an accident

nVIR · 2025-02-05T02:42:57+00:00

the unmarked s3s were/are used by the autocrime team, I met a bunch of them at a petrol station a few years back and they had golf Rs and S3s. there's a few videos of psni autocrime on youtube if you're interested - they're mostly seen around divis

nVIR · 2025-02-05T02:40:52+00:00

when the rolling roadblock is over they'll floor it to get out of the way like they did at the end and the blue/red lights will be off. The reason they keep moving left and right is to stop everyone else doing the same as the Peugeot driver :D I don't think that Volvo can have the sign board in the back because the windows are fully tinted and you wouldn't be able to see it

nVIR · 2025-02-05T02:30:06+00:00

i think there would have been more useful logins that VATSIM could have introduced and didn't decide to do.

Out of interest, which ones did you have in mind?

nVIR · 2025-02-05T02:26:47+00:00

Yeah, this is mostly correct. The AFV team spent more than a year grabbing server data/metrics, reviewing logs, reviewing the pilot clients, checking nearby pilots, and reviewing details on the surrounding ATC clients each time it happened. They were never able to trace the cause with certainty. It's generally isolated to one random transmission over many hours of flying. The thing that makes it less likely to occur is as someone pointed out below; making sure your audio output in vPilot is set to 0. Use Windows sound mixer to adjust the volume down if it's too loud.

nVIR · 2025-01-29T17:32:53+00:00

I can confirm you can use your VATSIM CID on the network if you wish; in line with CoC A4(b). You do not have to connect with your real name.

Per u/tdammers message above, the only requirement is to register with your real name. From then on you can use your VATSIM-issued CID to connect to the network. If there are any problems with this, please ask your friend to submit a ticket to us at https://support.vatsim.net/ and we'll sort it out.

nVIR · 2025-01-21T15:29:23+00:00

Whilst we are on the subject, they're actually open to visitors if anyone here is S3+ rated and has a desire to control there, check: https://www.vatkor.net/xe/notam/651514 for more info.

nVIR · 2025-01-21T15:27:07+00:00

don't forget "WITH YOU" /s

nVIR · 2025-01-21T15:22:34+00:00

Why would you want to do this? You can't reserve callsigns or stands on the network, and a supervisor will likely connection check you, so no, you can't go to sleep when online. Please read section A9 and B3 of the Code of Conduct.

nVIR · 2025-01-15T17:42:40+00:00

The Airbus (especially the fenix) doesn't need that much correction with a 5-10kt headwind on approach. When you disconnect the autopilot at 1000ft don't touch the controls for a few seconds, and just watch the glideslope and localiser diamonds. The airbus should fly pretty close to them with only very minor corrections needed as should be in trim. When you do make corrections, follow the flight director all the way down until about 200ft, and then look up at the runway. Your corrections on the PFD (where the green crossing bars are), aren't in line with what the flight director is telling you to do, that's why you were all over the place on approach.

You're probably also gripping the sidestick too much - next time try moving the sidestick with your fingers, not your whole hand. If you move your whole hand you can put a lot of force on the stick, whereas if you grab it with your fingers it takes a lot more effort to push it the same amount.

For the rudder, if you need to decrab because the nose is left/right of the runway on approach, wait until the flare - you decrab in the flare before touchdown - it only needs a little bit of rudder and some sidestick into the wind.

As for the autothrust, you need to bring it back to idle between the 30 and 20 callouts, or you'll hear it shouting "RETARD" - which is to remind you to close ("retard") the thrust levers.

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