AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack
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@SemlerPDX I’m having a weird issue here sometimes when I finish a mission and exit BMS but leave VA on, and I double-click on an icon on my desktop, weird behaviour happens and I’ve figured it out that the PC thinks I have the ALT key pressed. So for example, if I double-click on the Launcher icon for BMS, instead of starting up the Launcher, it opens up the properties window instead:
It does this intermittently, so sometimes I’ll get the behaviour after a mission, sometimes not. Pressing ALT seems to turn off the “problem” or turning off VA also works.
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@Atlas said in AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack:
@SemlerPDX I’m having a weird issue here sometimes when I finish a mission and exit BMS but leave VA on, and I double-click on an icon on my desktop, weird behaviour happens and I’ve figured it out that the PC thinks I have the ALT key pressed. …
I have no idea what could be depressing the “ALT” key and not releasing it. Both AVCS CORE and AVCS4 BMS do not have any keypress actions that include the “ALT” key.
All keys pressed by AVCS4 BMS can be found in the ‘data_1.cfg’ file at this path (relative to where your VA is installed):
".\VoiceAttack\Apps\AVCS\CORE\BMS\40\update\avcs_bms_data_1.cfg"
…and for AVCS CORE:
".\VoiceAttack\Apps\AVCS\CORE\CORE\11\update\avcs_core_data_1.cfg"
Have you created any custom commands yourself, manually or through my Quick Command Creator system? If you created some keypress commands that use “ALT” through Quick Command Creator, paste a copy of your save file here - with your AVCS4 BMS profile active and fully loaded/initialized, say, “Open the Save File”, and paste the contents here inside a code block using the </> button in the editor bar above. If you have an errant QCC command, I can help you resolve it.
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@SemlerPDX I’ve noticed it because I’ve been testing a lot lately which means going into the game, doing some tests, exiting the 3D pit, closing BMS, then restarting BMS. During this time, I don’t use VA but it is on and running just so that if it has any performance hit, then it is there running. Again, I don’t issue any voice commands. When exiting BMS, sometimes it seems like an ALT key is stuck, sometimes everything is fine.
I have created three custom commands manually. They are all for TrackIR though so F-keys and some number keys, no ALT button involved.
AVCS_BMS_KeyboardLayout=0 AVCS_FIRST_RUN=25 AVCS_SFS_CurrentBackupIndex=1 AVCS_SFS_SaveFileBackupCount=10
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@Atlas Understood. Yeah, there definitely seems to be something that is depressing the “ALT” key for you and not releasing it. But it seems like that is not VoiceAttack, assuming you have no other profiles loaded except AVCS CORE and AVCS4 BMS.
You don’t have any ‘global’ profiles in VoiceAttack Options, or any VoiceAttack Plugins, do you?
Last thing I could think of to ask would be if there is a Joystick or controller button that enacts an “ALT” keypress or keypress combo?
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@SemlerPDX I have a DCS profile too but I have your stuff set up to auto-load during start of Voice Attack. I’m not sure about other options or plugins, I’ve not installed anything else aside from the DCS profile (F-14 by Capt Zeen) and your Core and BMS profiles.
I have Helios but the ALT behaviour persists even with Helios off and only goes when VA is closed.
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@Atlas I’m sure there is a simple solution or something we are missing, but it escapes me. If you are certain that this issue is due to VoiceAttack, the folks over on the VoiceAttack Discord would be the ones to ask for help troubleshooting - post up in the ‘General’ category. I know it may be painful and time consuming, but they should be able to help you sort any odd behavior with the VoiceAttack program (if it is indeed the culprit).
Best wishes and good luck to you! (if you post up in the VA Discord, I’ll be following along)
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@SemlerPDX Thanks for your help! The next time it happens again, I’ll double-check my programs running to narrow it down if it is indeed VA and take some screenshots.
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@SemlerPDX When I say “tanker done refueling” Voice Attack hears this but thinks I’m saying “tanker Don refueling”… not exactly sure how to fix this issue, I don’t have much of an accent and even altering how I say “done” and VA still thinks I say “Don”. Suggestions?
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@Atlas you can train the Microsoft voice software. It’ll ask you to type in a word and then say the word.
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@CriticalMass I’ve done that training thing where I say a bunch of sentences out loud but never came across that which you’re speaking of
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@Atlas it’s not the regular training but adding specific words. For example, if you want to add something like QNH and have it interpreted as a word.
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@Atlas You can find a shortcut to this under VoiceAttack Options menu, the Recognition Tab - and the ‘Utilities’ button:
“Add/Remove Dictionary Words”Add a specific pronunciation for any given word that may be having trouble during recognition. This is done by adding a word to the dictionary, and then recording a custom pronunciation for that word. I had to do this for the word “eight” - and I have a “Standard American Accent”:
(be sure to check the box as pictured to ‘Record a pronunciation upon Finish’)…try that first. Worst case scenario, you can use the Quick Command Creator to make a new ‘Advanced’ command with the phrase “tanker don refueling” with the action to call the actual command “tanker done refueling” as described in the AVCS Wiki for my BMS profile here:
https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/vg-labs-projects/avcs-wiki/avcs4-bms-manual/#Alternate%20Phrase%20Commands -
@SemlerPDX That did the trick, thanks so much for your help!
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Dear @SemlerPDX,
may we look forward to a little AVCS4 update, due to the additional radio calls
(“weapons free A-A”, “weapons free A-G”)?
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@Amadeus75 said in AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack:
Dear @SemlerPDX,
may we look forward to a little AVCS4 update, due to the additional radio calls
(“weapons free A-A”, “weapons free A-G”)?
Best regardsAbsolutely! I’ll get a patch update out in the next few days, and a proper major update in a week or two to solidify those changes into the actual profile (so QWERTZ users don’t need to use the published workaround for JTAC commands, too). Been waiting for this update to drop because I heard the radio menus would be changing yet again (after U1).
EDIT AUGUST 2nd 2022: (quoted from Discord):
“I’m still working on the update for 4.36 U1 - the radio menus have changed, some commands naturally won’t work as a result until the profile is patched to include these changes. I had been busy last week, and have had some personal issues this weekend - had hoped to have something out sooner, but just trying to maintain right now. I expect to have an update out before next week (fingers crossed)” -
@SemlerPDX thank you so much!! Beer inbound on your current position!!
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AVCS4 Falcon BMS Radio Menus for VoiceAttack has been updated for the new menu commands added in 4.36.1 (U1)
This is a major profile update, and a new profile download/import is required. Options will be presented to copy over old user save file and to delete the old config files and AVCS4 profile version. The base required version of VoiceAttack has been updated to 1.10.3 - if you’ve not updated VoiceAttack yet, do that before importing the latest AVCS4 BMS profile. Any issues, let me know!
Check out the updated command reference in the link below, or just say, “Open the Command Reference” anytime to view the new radio menus graphic and commands list!
https://veterans-gaming.com/semlerpdx-avcs/profiles/commref/bms41.html/
DOWNLOAD:
https://veterans-gaming.com/files/file/35-avcs4-voice-control-radios-for-falcon-bms/Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.41 Changelog Aug-9-2022 This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.41) profile for VoiceAttack: New Commands: -JTAC Radio Menu Page command "JTAC Say Again" -Combat Management 1 Page commands "Weapons Free AA/AG" -Combat Management 2 Page commands added "Go Shooter/Cover" formerly on Combat Management 1 page Fixes/Improvements: -Minimum VoiceAttack program version requirement updated to 1.10.3 -New JTAC Radio Commands introduced in BMS 4.36.0 will now function properly for users of non-QWERTY style keyboards -Former "Weapons Free" command will function same as "Weapons Free AA" -Added two ways to call the new Weapons Free for AA/Ground: "Air Weapons Free" or "Weapons Free Air", format accepted for either -NOTE: New "Say Again" and "Check In/Out" commands under JTAC Menu must be preceeded by the word "JTAC"
Special thanks for the coffees!
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@SemlerPDX Thanks for the update 1.41.
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@SemlerPDX I’m a big fan of Semler PDX’s AVCS4 and highly recommend it for immersion. Disable the on screen menus and
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Dear @SemlerPDX sir, you are a hero without cape
Thank you so much for this update.
One small thing did I find - “request jfs recharge” does not resolve.
Aside from that, everything seems to run smoothly - even on my QUERTZ keyboard
Amazing work, thank you!!!