Credits for v2.9

Installation

Installation

The step-by-step instructions are available in the Installation page.

What You See

  • Profile file selection – When you start EuroScope for the first time it will ask for the profile file to be used. Use the one for Hungarian Matias if you do not have any other or simply cancel it for an empty one. If you do not select profile file or your profile does not have a reference to a sectorfile then your radar screen will be completely empty. In that case load the sectorfile manually. Any ASRC or VRC SCT or SCT2 file can be used.
  • Radar screen configuration – Normally EuroScope saves your display settings to files with *.ASR extensions. When you start EuroScope it will load the last opened *.ASR file. But if you start it for the first time then obviously no such file exists. In this case the default settings will be applied to your first screen. It will contain only the VOR symbols, airport names, high airway lines and ARTCC boundaries. Be sure to open the Display Settings dialog to switch on and off the individual items, modify the radar layout to your taste and save it into an .ASR file for your next session. If you do not like the default coloring or line styles just go to the Symbology Settings dialog and change.
  • VATSIM servers’ data – In the bottom message are you can see that EuroScope collects data about the available servers in VATSIM. Every time you start EuroScope a random server will be selected to serve as server data feed and as statistical data feed.
  • VATSIM statistics data – As you start EuroScope just wait for 10-30 seconds. After that period the radar screen comes alive and displays aircraft just as if you were connected and online. That is because EuroScope incorporates with VATSIM statistics data. It downloads data about the online members and starts simulating them while you are offline. But in this state, you can start analyzing the traffic, see who is online, what is next on VATSIM.

Tip: Open Voice Communication Setup and select any position as primary frequency. The radar screen will be displayed as if you were online with that callsign of the voice connection name and frequency.