*Originally, this was designed for Falcon BMS version 4.34 - since then, it has always been and will continue to be updated to work with the latest version of Falcon BMS. Pro tip: never include a game version in URL’s or graphics

Profile for VoiceAttack
by =VG= SemlerPDX

Description: These commands use VoiceAttack to translate the in-game on-screen radio menus from AWACS through Tanker into natural and intelligent voice command phrases that will fire keypress macros to help keep hands on the throttle and stick, and maintain immersion. As an additional option, these commands can be locked behind a push-to-talk mode bound to your UHF/VHF transmit buttons in-game, allowing any other VoiceAttack command unrestricted access if needed, while still restricting these BMS radio command macros. Finally, this single advanced control profile is extremely easy to edit or integrate into other profiles.

At VETERANS-GAMING, we fly with friends or AI Pilots, or a mix of both on our 24/7 Public Korean Campaign in Falcon BMS. We may go out with an AI wingman only to have a friend take their place mid-flight. For this reason and others, I created this VoiceAttack profile based around restricting when the computer can execute keypress macros that match voice phrases, having to first check if that pilot was set to a human pilot and therefore disregard commands for that pilot.

Thanks to user requests during the beta, there is now an optional mode to reverse the Human Pilots system, to assume all pilots are humans unless told otherwise, and also a system to choose a different keyboard layout than QWERTY. I have also added an optional Audio Feedback Mode to play a short radio cue sound when a command is successfully recognized.

Included is a single profile that handles every callsign and radio command variation in Falcon BMS, with voice commands to add any custom callsigns to the single profile, or edit the list. The focus of this profile is only on the in-game Radio Menus, and creating an immersive interaction layer through VoiceAttack that is easy to manage and update, or integrate into other Voice Control systems for Falcon BMS. The Quick Command Creator system allows creating new simple keypress commands or multi-keypress macros with simple pop-up input boxes guiding users through the process - a great way to add new commands on the fly, or new command phrases to call existing commands.

My goal was an intuitive system, so there is no user manual - only a few infographics and quick reference pic of all the radio commands - say, “Open the Command Reference”, anytime to view available voice commands and the reference pic, including those from AVCS CORE. I intend to release information pages for profile customization and configuration in the VG Wiki on our website, and these will be available through a patch update later for new voice commands or additional options in the Help Menu once complete.

Say goodbye to the keyboard, and enjoy the immersion! Cheers!

Features:


Push-To-Talk mode disabled by default. Say, “Turn On Push To Talk Mode” to enable

Download: (Click Here)

NOTE: DON’T USE THE VA OPTION “Allow Command Segment Info for Composite Commands” w/ AVCS4, and disable before importing AVCS4 if this setting is enabled!

Commands Reference:

Replace the word “Human” with “Computer” when All-Humans Mode is ON
Normally, this profile assumes all pilots are Computers, use All-Humans Mode to invert this

Say, ‘Open the Command Reference’, anytime to view available voice commands, including those from AVCS CORE

Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.43 Changelog October-25-2023

   This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.43) profile for VoiceAttack:

New Commands:
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Current Altitude Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "High Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Low Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Dive Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Pop Up Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Free Attack"

Note: This is a new page for Wingman, Element, and Flight; these must be preceeded by who you are talking to

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Added Combat Management 4 Page category in profile to accommodate these new commands

Patch Update AVCS4 BMS v1.42.2 Changelog March-6-2023

   This is a simple Live Update patch fix, no new profile download is required - the following fix applies to this update:

NOTE:
 Just (another) small oversight on my part, I had re-edited a file and forgot to re-apply these changes.
 Huge thanks to CriticalMass for pointing out exactly where the problem lies.
 I honestly had changed this and noted it in my changelog when I did, but then I didn't re-apply it to the matching database file ..oops

Fixes/Improvements:
 -(FIXED) Moved remaining pages "Common", "Carrier", and "Contingencies" to incremented pages after Departure Page

Patch Update AVCS4 BMS v1.42.1 Changelog March-5-2023

   This is a simple Live Update patch fix, no new profile download is required - the following fix applies to this update:

NOTE:
 Just a small oversight on my part, I had forgotten to add these options to the config

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Old Approach command phrases including "Vectors For" ... have been augmented
 -Can now say, "Request Instrument Approach" OR "Request Vectors For Instrument Approach" (for example)

Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.42 Changelog March-5-2023

   This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.42) profile for VoiceAttack:

New Commands:
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Visual Approach Heavy"
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Instrument Approach Heavy"
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Unrestricted Approach Heavy"

 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Declare Emergency" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Abort" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Traffic In Sight" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Say Again" formerly on Approach 1 page

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Added ATC Page 4 as "Approach 2 Page" to accommodate approach commands "Heavy" on ATC Page 3
 -Moved Departure Page commands to ATC Page 5, formerly on ATC Page 4
 -Moved remaining pages "Common", "Carrier", and "Contingencies" to incremented pages after Departure Page
 -Fixed ATC Commands starting with "Request" and missing option for "Requesting" -- added variants in avcs_bms_data_3.cfg file

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"

Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.40 Changelog May-11-2021

   This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.40) and AVCS CORE (v1.0) profiles:

New Commands:
 -"Open the Command Reference" (or variations - open up-to-date command reference page online, or last updated reference file locally if offline)
 -"Set a Computer Name" (or variations - set a 'Computer' Assistant name for AVCS PTT mode, say before any command to wake listening temporarily)
 -"Set a Push to Talk Button" (or variations - set up to 6 total keyboard, mouse, or joystick buttons through automated script - just press when asked)

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Improved PTT (Push to Talk) Mode with voice controlled automated key/button detection during "Set" command
 -Added PTT Modes (chosen during "Set" command) for game/QCC commands only (default), or toggle VoiceAttack Global Listening Mode
 -Added PTT Mode 'Wake' by 'Computer' Assistant Name - set a name to say before any existing command to temporarily wake Global Listening Mode
 -Added Profile Misc. Commands to QCC, allows new commands or macros to be added via Live Update Patch Fix to CORE or AVCS4 profiles between major updates if needed
 -Added requirement to Include AVCS CORE Profile Commands through AVCS4 BMS Profile Options, instructions provided during first-time init
 -Fixed International Decimals - All Decimal Variables finally compatible for international users via cultural identification fix during init
 -Fixed Issue where user was asked to set Keyboard type more than once during first few profile uses, even when already saved to file and loaded properly

Patch Release v1.3 Changelog Jan2020
Fixes/Improvements:
 -Fixed issue with variable conflict for "Ready for Departure" - was pulling new variable from "Carrier Ready for Departure"

Patch Release v1.2 Changelog Dec2019
New Commands:
 -"Carrier Ready for Departure" : for ATC Page 6, new 7th item added for 4.34 (U1) update

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Added additional recognition words for turning on/off Audio Feedback Mode - "feedback" can now be recognized as "feed back"
 -Added Null Check on Audio Feedback Stereo Output Channel setting, if saved setting lost, will force user input on profile load
 -Updated minimum VoiceAttack version to latest release (v1.8.3) for compatibility

Patch Release v1.1 Changelog Nov2019
Fixes/Improvements:
 -Changed common Send To default from *Falcon BMS* to "Falcon BMS.exe" to avoid conflict with open PDF's, etc. with Falcon BMS in name
 -Fixed Human/Computer Pilots Registry system - last minute addition of a mode check was to blame, has been removed for now

Final Release v1.0 Changelog Oct2019
New Commands:
 -Turn On/Off Audio Feedback Mode : Provides sound feedback upon successful recognition of a command (per user request)
 -Added a non-functional command to help recognize many variations of "Yes" words for the voice confirmations in profile

Fixes/Improvements:
 -New Variable Pause between any keypress/release for adjustment of the time any key is held down, in keypress_variable command. Default is 50ms
 -New Audio Feedback Mode has custom SFX included, and gives user option of stereo left, right, or center playback for easier distinction
 -New Speech notification on startup for Audio Feedback Mode (if enabled)
 -Speech notifications on startup for PTT mode and All-Humans mode (if enabled) have been greatly shortened.
 -Fixed issues with being able to set Humans in Computer Pilots mode and vice versa

Beta v0.99 Changelog Jul2019
New Commands:
 -Change Default Keyboard Layout allows choices between QWERTY, QWERTZ, & AZERTY (per user request)
 -Turn On/Off All-Humans Mode : Reverse mode assumes all pilots are humans, add Computer Pilots individually as needed (per user request)
 -Copy of all Add/Remove Human Pilots commands for Computer Pilots & All-Humans Mode

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Can state an entire callsign plus flight & wing numbers when asked for Callsign (per user request to speed up the voice system interaction of adding/removing human pilots)
 -VoiceAttack log entries displays profile information on startup (current keyboard layout, push-to-talk mode on/off state, All-Humans mode on/off state) (per user request)
 -Speech notifications on startup for PTT mode and All-Humans mode if they are enabled (see above)
 -Forced profile initialization if not initialized on any command use (per bug report: on first download/import of profile, trying to use any command fails until voiceattack restarted)

(more that one user has been a bit confused by my AVCS4 PTT Mode in the past, I’m glad to report that now you can just, “Set a Push to Talk Button”, or “Edit Push to Talk Buttons” - you can even set the PTT mode to ‘Global’ in AVCS4 BMS v1.40!)

v1.43 Profile Update has been released for BMS 4.37.3 (U3)

A new Combat Management Page has been added for Wingman, Element, and Flight radio menus. You can review the new updated Radio Menus infographic and a table of all commands in AVCS CORE and AVCS4 BMS using the command, “Open the Command Reference”.

All users will need to download the new profile package and import it into VoiceAttack. Pop-up choices will be presented to import your old save file from the last version profile, as well as to clean up these old files (optional).

Any issues, please let me know… Special thanks for the coffees!

DOWNLOAD HERE:

https://veterans-gaming.com/files/file/35-avcs4-voice-control-radios-for-falcon-bms/

Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.43 Changelog October-25-2023

   This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.43) profile for VoiceAttack:

New Commands:
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Current Altitude Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "High Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Low Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Dive Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Pop Up Attack"
 -Combat Management 4 Page commands "Free Attack"

Note: This is a new page for Wingman, Element, and Flight; these must be preceded by who you are talking to

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Added Combat Management 4 Page category in profile to accommodate these new commands

…
Updated the Radio Menus Command Reference graphic displayed when using the voice command, “Show the Command Reference”:

@DarkGable said in Help with 4.37:

@Atlas
A query. Why are you concerning yourself with my age and how you feel I should act? This is exactly why I’m not active on this website. Because every time I post there’s always someone with something slick to say. If you yes I’m 59 yrs old and proud of it. I was defending this great nation when you were in diapers. So please do me a favor and stay out of grown folks business. Am I clean?

Why so serious?!

First of all, thank you for your service. I may be a generation younger, but I’m no Spring chicken myself, kid is grown and off to college, and I’m medically retired too young - filling my time with these hobbies and online. Most folks here are older, you are among peers - simulators attract our more patient and often older players than, say, Fortnite, of course.

I took the time to write this to you because I feel bad that YOU feel bad about this and what you’ve stated as previous interactions on forums. Spent some of my time this morning hoping you might take some of this to heart, from someone who is not trying to attack or belittle you in any way, but only to lift you up and help you avoid this sorta thing in the future (hopefully).

You are among peers. With that said, peers joke and jest and have fun with each other, it’s how we make friends and show our ‘lighter side’ - friends try to make each other laugh to lift them up, not to tear them down. Those who do not and those who insult or criticize others with no constructive purpose should be ignored - they are merely trolls. If you assume everyone who makes a joke or tries to make you laugh is being “childish” or “a troll”, you’re gonna have a bad time online.

None of this crap is worth good people here such as yourself and others turning against each other over some silly jokes. I fully understand that you’re upset because you have a problem and asked for help, and clearly not in a particularly good mood or ready to laugh about this typo, but the last thing you should do is become defensive over a few folks pointing out an obvious mistake for the humor it implies.

People are gonna joke in forums if given the chance, life is too short for you to jump at jokes as if they are all slights. When they jest at your typo of 4.37 is wasn’t to disrespect you or belittle you for your mistake, but to poke fun at the concept merely because we all know the current version is 4.36 - don’t allow yourself to feel like you are being attacked by folks who are just bored on the internet and hoping to post a joke and get a laugh back from you and the rest of their peers. People make friends with each other online by joking and making each other laugh, few can avoid the draw of a chance to make “a funny”, they don’t do it to put you or others down. A little humility and sense of humor goes a long way online.

Two unsolicited tips for online conduct in the face of perceived slights, for you to consider from this stranger (and fellow ‘older gent’) who does care about you regardless of what you may assume and feels bad that YOU feel bad about how this post went down:
“Don’t feed the trolls”
-when people are replying to your post(s), and you see those one or few posts that are NOT on topic or NOT asking to help such as clarifying questions, tips to try, etc., then just ignore them. By responding in the defensive, it triggers an unproductive back-and-forth that derails the purpose of the forum post entirely. If you can’t joke back with them or ‘dish it right back’ without being insulting or without remaining light hearted, then focus only on those asking to help or supporting you. This is how we can “win” these ego battles in our minds - by not participating with unhelpful or off-topic posts. Trust me when I say, we’ve all dealt with this online, feelings of being attacked when we ask a serious and legitimate question, and those of us who know better can look past your frustration or any lashing out to see that you could use a friend online to tell you, “You are a good person, please don’t feel attacked by those just joking around”. You are. Don’t feel attacked. Please.

“Yes, and…” or “No, but…”
-when folks toss out something off-topic or in jest, or even say something actually rude, you present yourself much more as the ‘better man’ by ignoring them, but if you must reply, one good option is to follow rules of improv comedy. For example, if someone says something deprecating, don’t go on the defensive but lean into it with a dismissive joke or non-sequitur; “Yes, and I’m all out of plutonium for the time machine and now stuck here, so can you help me get this ancient version of BMS working?”, or maybe, “No, but my brain is clearly already ready for BMS 4.37”, or whatever works for you. Just don’t lower yourself to a level to where you issue personal attacks yourself, be the better man. If, in your mind, you must assume everyone’s children joking around, then either ignore them, or joke back with them as you would with children. No need to call people out, to make things so serious - ignore, deflect, or joke back with a “Yes, and…” or “No, but…”

People will never get to know the good person that we would assume you are if you keep them at arm’s length by drawing such a hard line in the sand about being serious at all times, and spurning any attempts at levity or joking around.

NVG google

(lol - happy new year!)

AVCS CORE v1.11 Major Profile Update

Please download and import this updated final version!  Link below and updated in the main post above!  AVCS CORE v1.11 will also import a new ‘AVCS4 USER PROFILE TEMPLATE (v1.0)’ - this template has not been changed from before.  If you had AVCS CORE v1.0 and that template profile already, you can delete this duplicate 'AVCS4 USER PROFILE TEMPLATE (v1.0)

Follow instructions during update to import previous version Save Files and to uninstall and delete the previous AVCS CORE v1.0 profile and config files

I had hoped that AVCS CORE v1.0 would be the final version, but I had not anticipated issues with Joystick POV directional buttons in the Push-To-Talk system, and I had not included a handy way to delete saved PTT buttons or keys.  With this update, I’m happy to announce that AVCS CORE is now feature stable and (as far as I know) 100% bug free!  I keep throwing every curveball and edge case I can think up at it, even including the update or new version profile import process, and everything just works.  I don’t have anything more to add, and there is nothing left to take away.

As the ‘hub’ profile for my AVCS4 BMS Radios profile, and others I plan to release in time, it has always been my goal to have AVCS CORE as an unchanging stable framework that I can use as a platform to support end-game profiles indefinitely.  Eventually, I plan to return to AVCS CORE to create a separate version packed with well designed and themed user interfaces for all options and menus which presently use simple VoiceAttack ‘Get user input’ actions, and while still supporting the original v1 simple ‘get user input’ interface version(s) which will remain free for all users.  The artwork and GUI coding will take some time, and I have many other projects on my plate, so I don’t expect to be working on AVCS CORE again until late 2022 or even later.

I use AVCS CORE every day myself, with the included AVCS Template profile as my ‘main’ Windows voice control system, and am very glad to have this project version wrapped up for now.

Thank you all again for all the support and for the coffees!  Cheers!

Download: (Click Here)

Public Release AVCS CORE v1.11 Changelog Oct-1-2021

Fixes/Improvements:

	-Updated minimum required version of VoiceAttack to 1.8.9
	-Created new system in Push-To-Talk Mode for Joystick POV (4-way directionals only)
	-Created Delete system in PTT Mode to allow removal of any PTT entry already set
	-Fixed PTT Buttons Display List not retrieving correct keyboard key from keycode # (showing 'square' symbol instead)
	-Fixed CORE Config #2 (TTS file) error near 'AlreadyOn' phrase, CRLF (NewLine) missing, merging the variables into one

What an historic event! This is a day to remember - the day Microprose returned, picked up its sword, and knighted BMS.

Long Live Falcon BMS!!

MouseMasterVR

by SemlerPDX
Mouse Cursor Centering & Scroll Wheel Rebind App

This is a very simple mouse cursor centering app which forces the mouse to remain centered when the target application is in focus, set to Falcon BMS by default. This feature is designed for use with certain software in VR where constant mouse centering is desireable, such as the new VR mode for Falcon BMS.

When this program is running, and the ON/OFF toggle switch is ON, and the target program is in focus, the mouse cannot be moved from center - use ALT+TAB to switch to this app to toggle the main ‘power’ switch. You can use the hotkeys CTRL+Arrow Key [any] to snap the app to the center of the primary screen.

When used with Falcon BMS as the target, mouse centering will only engage when flying. Of course, latest BMS update (U1) includes this centering option natively, and so this functionality example is dated at time of release, and will simply remain as a learning project and open source application demonstration, or may even develop into a more complete mouse utility app. I’m quite glad for the experience, and this framework I’ve created may evolve into other applications one day, even custom GUI panels in my AVCS profiles for VoiceAttack.

To extend the usefulness of this application, users can also rebind the mouse scroll wheel up or down actions to any single keypress. A half-second debounce delay lets us scroll forward or back several ticks in a single action to output a single keypress, preventing the wheel from issuing a string of keypresses - no need to carefully tick the scroll wheel just one bump.

Current features:

• Mouse Cursor Centering when target process is in focus, and only if main toggle is ON
• Mouse Centering for Falcon BMS only when flying in cockpit via BMS Shared Memory data
• Mouse Scroll Up/Down can be rebound to issue any (single) keypress, no modifier keys (yet)
• Mouse Scroll rebinds are not ‘one keypress per detent’, with a default 0.5 second debounce
• Hotkeys when app in focus, CTRL+Arrow Key [any] to center app, ALT+F4 to gracefully close
• Manual or Automatic Updates will present pop-up choice if update found on app launch

Click link to DOWNLOAD, or clone the repository on GitHub & compile the app!

https://veterans-gaming.com/semlerpdx/vglabs/apps/mousemastervr/

Latest Changelog & Checksum: CLICK HERE

This app is in a Public Beta Test as of Jan2023 - Please report any bugs or issues!

This little app does just a few things, for some fairly specific circumstances such as VR applications without a native mouse cursor centering option, or for rare occasions where we’d like to rebind our mouse scroll wheel up and down actions to a keypress of our choosing. I’ve had more than a few mice with included rebinding software, and have never seen an option for setting a scroll wheel keypress rebind for games. I’d entertain any ideas for related mouse features to add, or things I can improve.

Planned features:

• Mouse Rebinds which could allow any joystick button to be set as Mouse Left or Right Click
• Mouse Scroll Up/Down rebind option to output any existing joystick or Xbox controller button
• Generic Mouse Button rebind for those cheap mice with thumb buttons but no rebind software

Questions I have for this Public Beta:

Does this work and work well? Should I improve or change anything (beyond the planned features above)? Should I include any other features? Am I using MVVM concepts properly?

Authors Note

I have past experience with Windows Forms Apps and C#, but this is my first real use of GitHub and my first WPF app - I’m writing in Visual Studio Community 2019, and I use PhotoShop for my images. While I’m as self-conscious as any self-taught coder new to something, I very much want feedback on my structure and use of methods as it relates to best practices or common solutions in WPF, and my attempt to follow an MVVM structure. I expect I have made several odd choices and potentially non-standard methods. I hope to continue making WPF apps, and that this is the first of many such open source projects.

Thanks for checking out MouseMasterVR!

SemlerPDX Jan2023

@Vespa I’ve been helping run and/or support those running the public BMS server at VG for well more than ten years, I can’t recall where or how I learned it except that I was taught how by someone who was likely taught how, and so on and so on. And I passed it on as well to CobaltUK who now manages the public server at VG and has for several years since, and his dedication to keeping the server online and available is invaluable to so many people including myself.

I’ve even been tinkering with an application that all us server hosts could run on our servers to expose a public API for server queries by other applications or even a website or discord bot, providing access to information including current pilot count (and their callsigns), active campaign, theater of operations, and connection details . Eventually, the Alternative Launcher now integrated in BMS could potentially hook into that public API and have a “join server” page listing any registered servers running my Server Monitor System application… so many months of work yet, but figured this is as good a place as any to drop another teaser.

AVCS4 Falcon BMS Radio Menus for VoiceAttack has been updated for the new menu commands added in 4.37.2 (U2)

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. Thank you all for your support and feedback over the years! 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/bms42.html/

DOWNLOAD:
https://veterans-gaming.com/files/file/35-avcs4-voice-control-radios-for-falcon-bms/

Public Release AVCS4 BMS v1.42 Changelog March-5-2023

   This is a Major Profile Update, and requires downloading and importing the latest AVCS4 BMS Radios (v1.42) profile for VoiceAttack:

New Commands:
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Visual Approach Heavy"
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Instrument Approach Heavy"
 -Approach 1 Page commands "Request Unrestricted Approach Heavy"

 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Declare Emergency" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Abort" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Traffic In Sight" formerly on Approach 1 page
 -Approach 2 Page commands added "Approach Say Again" formerly on Approach 1 page

Fixes/Improvements:
 -Added ATC Page 4 as "Approach 2 Page" to accommodate approach commands "Heavy" on ATC Page 3
 -Moved Departure Page commands to ATC Page 5, formerly on ATC Page 4
 -Moved remaining pages "Common", "Carrier", and "Contingencies" to incremented pages after Departure Page
 -Fixed ATC Commands starting with "Request" and missing option for "Requesting" -- added variants in avcs_bms_data_3.cfg file

Special thanks for the coffees!

@Bayonet said in Hi!:

@SemlerPDX Wot?

Falcon BMS is referred to as a “study sim”. It’s not an arcade game. There is a considerable amount to learn from ramp to ramp and all systems in between. So, hence the steep learning curve. Good luck

B.

I’ve been flying F-16’s since Allied Force and Free Falcon. I just came here to say hello to the new member who posted this “Hi!” post, and to welcome them to BMS. Not sure why you’re so focused on me. I am already CMR

@Bayonet Wot?

Hello and welcome to BMS!!

@Frysiek For general assistance with VoiceAttack, you can get help on the VoiceAttack Forums and/or Discord. Additionally, there are plenty of pre-made profiles for VoiceAttack and BMS in the Voice Control forums section here at the BMS website, including JanJan’s awesome plugin which he linked above, among others:
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/category/28/voice-control

You should also refer to the VoiceAttack Help Manual – when VA is in focus as the active window, press F1 and this manual will open in your default .PDF viewer. Check out the section near the top, “VoiceAttack Quick Start Guide”

Note that this help file is kind of basic and doesn’t explain some things in super deep detail. Swing by the VoiceAttack user forum or Discord server for more detailed explanations/conversations about pretty much everything

VA Forums: https://forum.voiceattack.com/smf/index.php
VA Discord: https://voiceattack.com/discord

@jc1 said in AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack:

@SemlerPDX Do your BMS voice commands differentiate between Weapons Free AG and Weapons Free AA?

Yes. The following three default command phrases handle these radio command calls (respectively)

Weapons Free - Air Weapons Free - Ground Weapons Free

edit: Saying “Weapons Free” is the same as saying “Air Weapons Free”

@JDUK I don’t mean to be a contrarian, but it happens to be something I know quite a bit about in Windows and programmatically through .NET - and I feel bad for you that you had a difficult time getting set up to use speech recognition in Windows, but all those steps are outside VoiceAttack itself (setting up hardware devices, speech training, etc.), and equally outside its ability to affect beyond what profile developers such as myself are able to improve through use of homophones and/or wildcards in command phrases.

If you have your Windows Speech Profile trained and recognizing you well, and you already own VoiceAttack (and some profiles you paid somebody for), I’d suggest updating it and giving it a shot to see if it works now. You might be surprised to find out that now that your speech is properly recognized in Windows, commands in VoiceAttack will be equally recognized properly. And again, this is because they all use the same Speech API, as you pointed out. The (singular) developer of VoiceAttack, Gary, has made some very interesting and useful additions to the program over the years. We’ve even been testing a new .NET 7 version in his closed beta branch this Fall, and things are looking up.

@Marcq12 VoiceAttack is not VAC (Voice Activated Commands).

They are different programs.

@Sniper-0 said in DeeJay's Voice Activaded Commands (VAC) Profiles:

@Dee-Jay Am aware of Foxvox, currently using it, I used VAC some months ago, before the trial elapsed, it recognizes my voice very well, that’s why am still searching for it. Want to purchase but the site is down. Thank you

Recognition is not handled by the programs you describe (VAC or FoxVox), but by the Windows Speech Recognition Engine itself. This is independent from any voice control software including VoiceAttack.

@sepruda Unfortunately, that is a limitation of voice recognition, and a brief pause between words can help. There are other features of VoiceAttack which can help, but the most simple option is a brief pause - and learning how brief this can actually be for a successful recognition of that particular command that is giving you problems.

For these commands which are troublesome to you, you might try a special option on the command level - first say this command without a wildcard to get it to appear as ‘recognized’ in the VoiceAttack Event Log, then double-click that command … it will open the command editor and the editing screen for this command.

Next, as a test, you can try changing the Recognition style for this command to “Continuous” … for commands which begin with a wildcard, the “Restricted Continuous” would not be appropriate. All commands are set to “Normal” by default, as this option is not always required and may also require individuals to set or test a “Confidence” level override in these commands as well (on a per-command basis). If, for example, your default Confidence level set in the Main VoiceAttack Options Menu under the Recognition tab along the top (or in the profile options of a profile) is set to something like “50”, setting it here to a “65” would override that setting and apply a “65” for this command only. Try first without changing this, and increase/decrease as applicable for additional refinement when using the “Continuous” recognition style.

@sepruda said in AVCS4 Immersive Voice Control Radios for VoiceAttack:

@Amadeus75

Actually it should be enabled, which is also what is shown in this video

It is sort of working I found out, but some commands are not stopped by PTT, for example “taxi for departure” here, while “wingman say fuel” is.

Just because you see it appear as a recognized command in the VoiceAttack Event Log does not mean that it is not respecting the PTT mode you have set in the “Default (macros only)” mode.

Please test by opening a simple notepad and placing the cursor while you have PTT mode enabled, and DO NOT depress any of your PTT keys or buttons. Say the commands, “Wingman Say Fuel”, and see if it types out any letters/numbers, and then do the same for “Request Taxi for Departure” - please report back if you see any letters/numbers typed by either of these commands while PTT mode is enabled and you are not pressing the PTT key/button.

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((off topic … thank you very much to “Echo” for the coffees!! ))