Today Orbx released a new update for its flight tracking suite for flight simulator Volanta, numbered v1.10.8.
For premium users, the update adds a really handy feature, letting you set up Volanta to pause your simulator when certain conditions are met.
It could be at the Top of Descent or any number of Nautical miles before it, at a given distance from your destination airport, at any waypoint of your route filed with ATC, or at a specific time.
Interestingly, you can also pause the from a different client that isn’t directly connected from the simulator or from the website, with support for the mobile app coming at a later time.
The update also comes with a number of newly supported aircraft and more, you can check out the full patch notes below, courtesy of Volanta’s official Discord server.
Premium enhancements
- Added scheduled pauses for premium users. This new feature leverages the existing remote pause functionality to pause the sim when certain conditions are met. You can set it up to pause near the top of descent marker (or X nautical miles before it), or at a certain distance from the destination airport, or at a certain waypoint from your ATC route, or at a specific time. The scheduled pause can also be activated from any client or the website, not just the one connected to the sim (native mobile app support is coming later).
Enhancements
- Improved VATSIM approach boundaries to have more accurate boundaries based on the SimAware TRACON Project, which will be updated regularly.
- Updated our supported SimBrief aircraft list with 28 new aircraft types, such as F28, C130, DA42, C182, T134 etc.
- Added missing A330neo icons (A338, A339) and older Citation models (C525, C25A, C25B).
Fixes
- Fixed Volanta starting a flight in MSFS 2024 in the main menu.
- Fixed screenshots on the map sometimes showing negative likes by private users.
- Fixed profile images not being able to be uploaded from the Settings → Account page.
If you’re unfamiliar with Volanta, it’s a flight-tracking application that you can download for free. If you want to unlock more features including the scheduled pause mentioned above, you can also opt into a premium subscription payable monthly or yearly.
The app is platform-agnostic, so it’s compatible with major simulators including Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, DCS World, and Prepar3D, It’s available on PC, iOS, and Android.
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