User Guide

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Simulation
Simulation
Sound
These options allow you to define
the sound hardware and specifications
for your system. Sound is a significant
element in an effective simulation, so
the higher you can move these settings,
the deeper your immersion in the flight
experience. Keep in mind that higher
sound settings will slow system per-
formance, so be prepared to lower them to remedy any stuttering
or slow frame rates.
Sound Device
This pop-up menu allows you to select which sound hard-
ware will be used to produce Fly!’s sound effects.
Quality
Quality settings range from 8-bit to 16-bit on this pop-up
menu. Reduce this setting to improve system performance.
Speaker Setup
Pop-up menu establishes whether your system supports
Mono, Stereo, or Surround sound.
Checkboxes
These options allow you to adjust the kinds of sound effects
you will hear. Using these options can impact sound card and sys-
tem performance. Deactivate some or all of these checkboxes to
increase system performance.
Setup Sounds: Mood-setting background sounds that play while in
the simulation’s set-up menus. Click this box to activate or deactivate
these sounds.
ATC Sounds: Air Traffic Controller chatter plays while you are seated
in your cockpit. Click this box to activate or deactivate these sounds.
Turning off this option will not disable the scrolling ATC text displays,
allowing you to still receive critical ATC information without audio
output.
Engine Sounds: While in flight, your engine emits the satisfying,
familiar hum of a plane in flight. Click this box to activate or deacti-
vate engine startup, idle, propeller, or shutdown sounds.
Aircraft Sounds: Besides engine sounds, each aircraft also produces
a range of other sound effects, including flaps, tire noise, stall horn,
and gear horn. Check this item to enable or disable these sounds.
Cockpit Sounds: While in the cockpit view, a variety of sound effects
are used to reproduce in-cockpit atmosphere. Effects include switch-
es, marker beacon signals, ground noise, gyroscopes, and audible
alarms. Check this item to enable or disable these sounds.
Environmental Sounds: This check box controls the audio for wind,
rain, and thunder. Enable or disable as desired.
Volume Control
With this slider, you can increase or reduce the relative vol-
ume of all sound effects. The Left and Right indicators show the
sound output levels of each speaker attached to your system.
Radio
The Radio related checkboxes control the use of LiveMic™,
a feature that allows you to use voice communication with other
players when participating in multiplayer over the Internet. You
must have a microphone attached to your computer, as well as a
sound card that supports microphone input.
Full Duplex: Allows you to talk and listen simultaneously when using
two-way radio transmission. Requires a full duplex-capable sound
card (see your sound card’s manual to find out if yours is full duplex-
compatible).
Compression: Toggles Radio compression on and off. Use compres-
sion if attempting to use two-way radio transmission over dial-up
Internet connections. If you are playing over a LAN, you probably
don’t need to turn compression on; sound quality will be clearer
without compression.
Amplification: Amplifies incoming two-way microphone audio.
Mute
Negates all volume controls.