Release Notes

The latest changes in vATIS. The full history is in the changelog on GitHub.

v4.1.0-beta.20

Added

  • Added a JSON-only disconnectIfUnrecorded option to automatically disconnect a recorded voice ATIS if it hasn’t been recorded within 5 minutes of connecting.
  • Added support for double-clicking the main window to open the mini-window.
  • Added a --import-profile command-line argument to import a profile from a file path.
  • Added a syncAtisLetter property to the configureAtis WebSocket message.
  • Added support for the setAtisLetter WebSocket message and broadcasting connection errors to all WebSocket clients.
  • Added options to speak wind speed in group format and use digit formatting for wind speed in text templates.
  • Added a negative prefix option for temperature and dewpoint text templates.
  • Added per-variable text and voice formatting options for altimeter, temperature, and dewpoint.
  • Added text ATIS variables for visibility direction, RVR tendency, and convective clouds.
  • Added customizable visibility unit words, a fraction voice table, and cloud altitude formatting.
  • Added customizable spoken phrases and text for runway visual range.
  • Added custom text and voice formatting for CAVOK.
  • Added custom separators for airport conditions and NOTAMs.
  • Added an “Include” option for static airport conditions and NOTAMs, allowing entries to appear only when specific ATC stations are online or offline (e.g., LAX_TWR, EPWW_*_CTR).
  • Added conditional weather rules for static airport conditions and NOTAMs, allowing entries to appear only when METAR conditions match a specified expression (e.g., ceiling < 200ft AND (rvr < 550m OR visibility < 100m)).
  • Added runway condition reporting from METAR runway state groups.
  • Added remark wind information to the ATIS.
  • Added an [AUTO] variable for automatic observations, a [METAR] variable for raw METAR data, a per-preset threshold QFE variable, and a {feet} cloud token.
  • Added digit-count formatting for the transition level variable.
  • Added an Undetermined Cloud type for cloud layers with unknown heights.
  • Added an option to randomize the ATIS letter on connect.
  • Added an option to apply a contraction to all ATIS stations.
  • Added a profile option to alternate between voices.
  • Added support for WAV voice packs in stitched voice ATIS.
  • Added automatic loading of native D-ATIS. Thanks to Leftos and Josh G. for their work on this.
  • Added a voice ATIS recording indicator and magnetic wind toggle to the mini-window.
  • Added a keyboard shortcut to open the application data folder.
  • Added underlining for contractions and speech tokens in the ATIS editors.
  • Added the airport name to the Record ATIS script.
  • Added the ability to override the METAR of a connected ATIS by right-clicking the METAR box.
  • Added regex pattern replacements with functions ($group, $digits, $spell, $phonetic) for modifying written and spoken ATIS.
  • Added a text/voice script toggle to the Record ATIS dialog.
  • Added support for visibility in kilometers in the METAR decoder.

Changed

  • Improved application startup and profile loading performance.
  • Updated the application icon.
  • Standardized scrollbar styling throughout the application.
  • Updated button icons to use SVG assets.
  • Improved taxiway and runway identifier parsing for spoken ATIS.
  • Included the full text ATIS in the IDS JSON and added an empty update on disconnect.
  • Updated network traffic encoding to Latin-1.
  • Preserved user-edited profile names during automatic profile updates.
  • Improved error reporting when navdata downloads fail.
  • Redesigned the release notes window to organize changes into titled sections.
  • Updated Windows machine ID handling to remove whitespace and null terminators.

Fixed

  • Fixed an error dialog appearing on Linux when a desktop service, such as the global menu or input method, is unavailable.
  • Fixed tooltips closing unexpectedly in dialog windows on macOS.
  • Fixed dialogs drifting off-center from their parent windows when resized.
  • Fixed AtisHub connecting without a VATSIM token and subscription errors going unnoticed.
  • Fixed integration with vatSys.
  • Fixed forced disconnect logic.
  • Fixed the ATIS being republished and re-subscribed after an automatic AtisHub reconnect.
  • Fixed TREND information being omitted from the ATIS when the METAR contains an RMK section, and incorrect TREND parsing with multiple present weather groups.
  • Fixed METAR decoding when an unavailable group follows visibility or when an RVR value is unavailable.
  • Fixed directional minimum visibility in text and voice ATIS.
  • Fixed a race condition in getStations after re-entering a profile.
  • Fixed repeated microphone permission prompts on macOS.
  • Fixed message box and modal dialog centering and height issues.
  • Fixed popping noises at the start and end of sandbox audio playback.
  • Fixed the sandbox ATIS refresh not selecting a random letter from the configured code range.
  • Fixed ATIS letter input and unintended letter shifting while typing.
  • Fixed window position restoration when opening the application.
  • Fixed local development configurations for VS Code and Rider.

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