Airflow Playtest News

[p]After months of hard work, the next playtest is here! Thank you to all the previous testers - your feedback was extremely valuable and directly contributed to the development process. We are excited to share these new features with you and look forward to hearing about your experience with this latest release![/p][h2]New Features[/h2][h3]Tutorial Sections[/h3][p]The tutorial has been completely restructured and is now broken down into multiple independent sections that should each take 5-15 minutes to complete. Learn to control regardless of your experience level with aviation.[/p][p]Complete the all sections to earn the 'Tutorial' achievement.[/p][h3]Runway Selection[/h3][p]Experience an entirely new challenge in the same airspaces by changing runway flows. Select active runways in the airport configuration page before and during your control session.[/p][p][/p][h3]SID/STARs[/h3][p]Organize busy airspaces by activating SID/STARs in the airport configuration page. Aircraft will fly the routes and meet altitude/airspeed restrictions along the way based on active runways.[/p][h3]Leaderboards[/h3][p]Score high, climb the leaderboards and earn achievements.[/p][p]New Leaderboards:[/p]

• [p]All-time region score[/p]
• [p]Monthly region score[/p]
• [p]Position score[/p]
• [p]Total completed flights[/p]

[p]New Achievements:[/p]

• [p]Region leader (All-Time)[/p]
• [p]Region leader (Monthly)[/p]
• [p]Region top-10 (All-Time)[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Regions[/h3][p]Control new airspaces by downloading regions as DLC from the Steam store page. Watch for new regions to come out soon![/p][h3][/h3][h2]Feedback[/h2][p]Let us know what you liked, what you didn't like, and if you found any bugs using any of the following links:[/p]

• [p]Report a bug using the Bug Report Form.[/p]
• [p]Let us know which new features sound most interesting to you using the New Features Form.[/p]
• [p]Suggest tutorial improvements using the Tutorial Feedback Form.[/p]
• [p]Start a new discussion in the Steam Community Hub.[/p]
• [p]Email us at [email protected].[/p]

[h2]Changes[/h2][p]These are the significant changes that need most attention in testing.[/p]

• [p]Tutorial redesign[/p]
• [p]3D position-select page[/p]
• [p]Full-size keyboard input[/p]
• [p]Procedure airspeed restrictions[/p]
• [p]SID/STAR video maps[/p]
• [p]Airspace ceiling labels[/p]
• [p]Leaderboards page[/p]
• [p]Airport configuration page[/p]
• [p]Post-session stats page[/p]
• [p]In-game help panel[/p]
• [p]Main menu settings[/p]
• [p]New scoring/efficiency equations[/p]
• [p]All-Time Region Leader achievement[/p]
• [p]Monthly Region Leader achievement[/p]
• [p]Departures initial altitude[/p]
• [p]Radio sequencing improvements[/p]
• [p]Voice settings[/p]
• [p]Conflict alarm disable setting[/p]
• [p]Secondary window bugs[/p]
• [p]Tooltips on UI elements[/p]
• [p]Range ring labels[/p]

[p]After months of hard work, the next playtest is almost here! Thank you to all the previous testers - your feedback was extremely valuable and directly contributed to the development process. We are excited to share these new features with you and look forward to hearing about your experience with this newest release![/p][h2]New Features[/h2][h3]Tutorial Sections[/h3][p]The tutorial has been completely restructured and is now broken down into multiple independent sections that should each take 5-15 minutes to complete.[/p][p]Complete the entire tutorial to earn the Steam 'Tutorial' achievement.[/p][h3][/h3][h3]Runway Selection[/h3][p]Experience an entirely new challenge in the same airspaces by changing runway flows. You can now select active runways in the airport configuration page before and during your control session.[/p][p][/p][h3]SID/STARs[/h3][p]Organize busy airspaces by activating SID/STARs in the airport configuration page. Aircraft will fly the routes and meet altitude/airspeed restrictions along the way based on active runways.[/p][h3]Leaderboards[/h3][p]Record high scores and climb the new leaderboards:[/p]

• [p]All-time region score[/p]
• [p]Monthly region score[/p]
• [p]Position score[/p]
• [p]Total completed flights[/p]

[h3]Achievements[/h3][p]Earn new achievements for reaching the top of leaderboards:[/p]

• [p]Region leader (All-Time)[/p]
• [p]Region leader (Monthly)[/p]
• [p]Region top-10 (All-Time)[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Regions[/h3][p]Control new airspaces by downloading regions as DLC from the Steam store page. Watch for new regions to come out soon![/p][p]Watch for Playtest v0.5 to open in the next couple of weeks![/p]

Added new statistics in preparation for career mode! Includes a scoring system with a leaderboard on the post-shift page.

[h2]Score Function[/h2]
The score is calculated with the equation: Flow Rate x (Completed Flights / Received Flights - Conflict % Time)

Flights are counted as completed for approach control when arrivals touchdown and when departures are successfully directed towards their route and handed off to enroute control. Received flights are based on flight strips received on arrival handoff from enroute and departure handoff from tower. Conflict % is the sum of the time radar tracks are in conflict over the total shift duration.

This is the first update in response to playtest 0.4 results. Below are a list of the changes.

Updates:

• Preloads fonts to avoid errors on certain machines.
  
• Fixed extension window loading bugs