Voice recognition is a feature that would take ATC Ground Point to a new level. But developing the software for speech recognition on my own is not possible and using online services would lead to subscription costs. However, I was able to add an asset to the game to handle speech recognition offline and I created a completely new text-based system to send instructions to the airplanes. It has been working well for me, and it is now live on the public beta to gather feedback on how it works for other people.
Hopefully it works well for the majority of you and if not, I hope you can enjoy the new text-based system or the point-and-click system which is still possible to use.
This update also adds new instructions to follow and give way to other aircraft as well as hold short of taxiway.
A guide for the game and builder is now available. It can be accessed via the main menu in the game or the layout page in the builder. Here you can find for example the commands for voice mode or information about how to create runways.
Game
- Fixed so the word “point” is displayed in letters when not part of frequency.
- Changes to tutorial to handle variations in pushback request timing and introducing depart early instruction.
- Fixed so stand allocation is random (still following stand tags set in builder but if more than one stand is possible it is now random which one is chosen).
- Changes to multiple airport layouts to work better with text/voice paths.
- Fixed bug with aircraft not moving after stopping due to other aircraft.
- Added requested callsigns.
- Added icons for Douglas DC-3 and Concorde.
Builder
- Change text on runway cross waypoint from RCR to RCP.
- Merged runway point type with waypoint type.
- Changed the line type None to Hidden. Airport with “None” lines should still work.
Thanks for playing!