Aircraft Identification labels

[ThameslinkMick]

Hi, I tried this game on Steam, and was disappointed that each aircraft had an identification label attached in the main view so uninstalled it and got a refund. On reflection maybe I should have tried to find a way of getting rid of them, in tutorial videos I've seen they are not there, though the videos I've looked at all use voice control whereas I use keyboard. Is there a way of disabling the labels please ?

[Salad]

You can disable with the 3DUI tag in the bottom right of screen.

[ThameslinkMick]

Thank you, yes the 3d view.

[ThameslinkMick]

Thanks for that. Maybe I'll give it another go. Also on another subject would you know if "Real Traffic" has real aircraft liveries, or do you need to purchase "Real Colour" as well ? Thanks for your help.

[Davinci]

I just tried this using the Keyboard and Mouse, but without the Labels ( 3DUI ) turned ON, there doesn't seem to be a way of selecting or controlling the planes.

[ThameslinkMick]

Oh, thanks for that.

[Chaezaa]

Originally posted by Davinci:

I just tried this using the Keyboard and Mouse, but without the Labels ( 3DUI ) turned ON, there doesn't seem to be a way of selecting or controlling the planes.

ADIRS was always the place to click on planes.

[Davinci]

Originally posted by Chaezaa:

Originally posted by Davinci:

I just tried this using the Keyboard and Mouse, but without the Labels ( 3DUI ) turned ON, there doesn't seem to be a way of selecting or controlling the planes.

ADIRS was always the place to click on planes.

I tried that Screen [ F6 ] - I think, it kept giving a error.
Bad Command or plane not found, something similar.
Can you manually click on and control planes using that screen in your game ?

But, without a dual monitor using that screen and switching back and forth without labels would be a pain.

[Davinci]

Originally posted by Chaezaa:

Originally posted by Davinci:

I just tried this using the Keyboard and Mouse, but without the Labels ( 3DUI ) turned ON, there doesn't seem to be a way of selecting or controlling the planes.

ADIRS was always the place to click on planes.

Correct, I was doing it wrong !

@OP - you can turn Off the Labels and play the game controlling the planes mainly from the [F2] Screen, and the [F6] Screen.

The [ F2 - Key ], will select said plane, the [ F6 - Key ] command said plane.

It does seem to be a lot harder playing the game like this, but if someone only plays using this method it will probably become easier with time.

Removing the labels will also remove the ( blue route lines ) of the selected plane, so you will probably have to have a lot of knowledge on the airport you select.

Meaning that if you land a plane far away from their hanger, said plane will have to cross a runway, so its better to try to land them near the hanger that they use.

[ThameslinkMick]

Thank you Davinci. Seems like voice control would be the best option. May I ask which one the majority of you favour ?

[Davinci]

I don’t currently have a microphone so strictly keyboard and mouse.

The majority would probably be playing with voice commands.

I plan on doing it both with keyboard commands without labels and microphone for emergencies.

The nighttime view without labels looks good, and night time also seems to have less traffic.

Also , the [ F3 ] key is used to command the planes still in the air.

[ThameslinkMick]

Thanks Davinci. Thought I would re-load 3D Pro that I purchases years ago, but it doesn't work on Windows 11 apparently, so looks like I will re download Tower 3. Do you have real colour & traffic on yours ?
Mick.

[Davinci]

I don’t have the real colour and real traffic as of now.
I do plan on getting it also.
Playing without it doesn’t feel right, but I think that both or the bundle is forty four dollars. Not sure about taxes.
Another option would be to just Edit some of the current planes and make them some of the better known planes.
The game uses ( csv ) files which I am familiar with, and Photoshop can be used to edit the Graphic files.

Question - did the Tower 3D Pro have the real planes included ?

[ThameslinkMick]

No Davinci, you had to get them as add ons. :-(

[Team Triss]

Originally posted by ThameslinkMick:

Thanks for that. Maybe I'll give it another go. Also on another subject would you know if "Real Traffic" has real aircraft liveries, or do you need to purchase "Real Colour" as well ? Thanks for your help.

Real Traffic and Real Colour require each other. I'm not sure why they sell them separately if they still do.

Technically, you could get away with buying one or the other if you were willing to put the work in yourself; Real Traffic is all the schedules and gates, while Real Colour is all the liveries. If you're an artist or you want to play Excel Hell, you could. Nyerges Design has a few products for sale at FeelThere that require that; they have packs of older or different liveries that require you to work them into the schedule file somewhere.

Real Color and Traffic are being constantly updated (for free) with all the new airports, both free and paid.

Originally posted by ThameslinkMick:

Thank you Davinci. Seems like voice control would be the best option. May I ask which one the majority of you favour ?

I exclusively use voice control

[ThameslinkMick]

Thanks Triss