mseiwald Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hey guys, I have now released v1.00 of the cACARS Free flight tracking client. The module and client can be downloaded here: http://www.crazycreatives.com/cacars-free/ Also the first pack of custom options are available. You can find prices and available options here: http://www.crazycreatives.com/cacars-flight-tracker/ Further options will be added in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartVM Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Great work! I am glad we have someone to fill the gap in stock acars production 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartVM Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Do you offer custom layouts? Like for a much higher price would you be willing to offer many more visual alterations and customization's of the UI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yes of course the Design can be completely adjusted to the liking of the VA. The prices then depend on the specific layout the VA wants to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshJet Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Looking good, love the site too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyuko Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Looks very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is the new design i created for my VA. It will also be available as layout option for the custom cACARS Version. Its not 100% finished yet but since some people were asking me if it is possible to costumize the layout i thought i put it up here as example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 That is a very nice looking custom design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks Daniel Just finished it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txmmy83 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 great layout Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks Thomas I have also added an option to enable crew announcements to be played. Every FSPassengers VoicePack can be used with it. Lots of them are available here for free: http://www.fspassengers.com/?action=download&cat=Voice+pack&sort=Date&page=&search=&searchtype=Title&download=submit Of course you can also make your own voice packs. The file just need to be named correctly with the same filenames as the FS Passenger files. The Announcements can be enabled and disabled in the client by the pilot. Several Voicepacks can be added from which the pilot can select the one he would like to use from the client settings window. Currently the following sounds are included: - All passengers on Board - Welcome on Board - Safety Announcement - Prepare for Takeoff - Climb / Devices - Cruise - Descent - Landing Shortly - After Landing - Parked at Gate This feature will soon be available as an extra option for the custom Versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txmmy83 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 One Thing the Metar refresh does not work on the free Version from what I have Seen on Description of the free Version Should Display metars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Did you have the flight loaded? Actually The metars should be automatically loaded when you click on the flight. The refresh button was just added to get more recent Arrival METARS during the flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators simpilot Posted July 25, 2014 Administrators Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 If you are going to offer long term support for the system I can create a forum for it if you would like. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Thank you for the offer David, i have sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 A small fix to the module is now available which fixes an issue that caused the wrong remaining distance and time shown on your website. No need to redownload the client. You just need to upload the new module via FTP and overwrite the old one. cACARS Free Module Version 1.00b can be downloaded by following the link in my first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Client Version 1.02 can now be downloaded from my website (link in the first post). A few minor bugs have been fixed and some improvements have been added to the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txmmy83 Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Sorry for my late answer Yes flight is loaded OK an then getting this "Error Loading METARs!" every time hitting refresh button does not help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Its because it gets the data from VATSIM using file_get_contents. In your server config allow_url_fopen is disabled. You may be able to use curl instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txmmy83 Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 what do I have to change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 in cACARS_Free php find the "metarlookup" function around line 179 and replace it with: public function metarlookup($icao) { $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://metar.vatsim.net/".$icao.""); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); $output = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); return $output; } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylineVirtual Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Looks really nice! We are thinking about ordering a cAcars Advanced Tracker but there is one question. Would it be possible to remove some of the features and change them with others as we don't need the Position Tracking because we solved this with our own module and swap this with the Cityscape Layout for example? That would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedGauche Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Cacars looks really nice, the Interface is easy and direct. Good work! Some nice options would be: - Charter flights - Book flight without bid (enter flightnumber) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirTahiti340 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Im getting this error when I start Acars, can you please help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniarma Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Are you still offering custom acars ? Been trying to contact you but with no luck what so ever :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseiwald Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Hi, currently it's not in development. There were some bugs which for example made the UI unresponsive on longer flights or for some reason didnt record the landingrate on every flight. I didnt have the time to fix as some of those things went beyond my c# knowledge and i am just too busy to read up on the matter and find a solution. I had found someone else who was willing to investigate those issues and we had an agreement that once fixed he sells it and forwards a percentage of the money he earns from it to me. However since a few months i didnt hear back from him so i consider this project dead for now. Once i find time to deepen my c# knowledge i will possibly start over and develop a new client but only sell it once i'm 100% convinced it is bug free. I didnt sell a single cacars client, i gave it to some VAs for free to test it and in the beginning tried to resolve the issues reported by myself but once it was clear that i was stuck on finding the cause for the UI becoming unresponsive i decided to remove the cACARS page from my website until the issues are resolved and look for some assistance with this from more advanced c# coders. Now some guys asked me to sell the client to them even with the bugs or reduced functionality but i decided to not do this. If i sell something i want to be sure that it is 100% working as i do with all my modules and skins. I really didn't want to harm my reputation that i have gained through hard work on my modules and skins by selling some acars client i wouldnt even buy myself in it's actual state. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused by my early announcement of the client. During my initial Tests it was working pretty good and without any problems but some time after i announced the release of the client first problems began to come up so i believe it was best to not sell the client to anyone at all for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrencespk Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 currently it's not in development. There were some bugs which for example made the UI unresponsive on longer flights or for some reason didnt record the landingrate on every flight. I didnt have the time to fix as some of those things went beyond my c# knowledge and i am just too busy to read up on the matter and find a solution. I had found someone else who was willing to investigate those issues and we had an agreement that once fixed he sells it and forwards a percentage of the money he earns from it to me. However since a few months i didnt hear back from him so i consider this project dead for now. Once i find time to deepen my c# knowledge i will possibly start over and develop a new client but only sell it once i'm 100% convinced it is bug free. I didnt sell a single cacars client, i gave it to some VAs for free to test it and in the beginning tried to resolve the issues reported by myself but once it was clear that i was stuck on finding the cause for the UI becoming unresponsive i decided to remove the cACARS page from my website until the issues are resolved and look for some assistance with this from more advanced c# coders. Now some guys asked me to sell the client to them even with the bugs or reduced functionality but i decided to not do this. If i sell something i want to be sure that it is 100% working as i do with all my modules and skins. I really didn't want to harm my reputation that i have gained through hard work on my modules and skins by selling some acars client i wouldnt even buy myself in it's actual state. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused by my early announcement of the client. During my initial Tests it was working pretty good and without any problems but some time after i announced the release of the client first problems began to come up so i believe it was best to not sell the client to anyone at all for the moment. Hi mseiwald, According to your reply, I knew that you were stop to custom cacars system but how about PHPVMS system customization? I'm actually sent an email to you for asking this kind of information and I still awaiting your reply, However, I've been tried to call your cellphones also but no body pickup the phone, May I know can we have a discussion about the customization? Hope can get you soon! Many Thanks. Regards, Lawrence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshJet Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I don't think any ACARS program can be 100% bug free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniarma Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thats too bad. Been looking for a paid client for a while now but with no luck at all. Everyone has stopped offering it for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshJet Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thats too bad. Been looking for a paid client for a while now but with no luck at all. Everyone has stopped offering it for some reason If you can use VB then I recommend you take Vangelis' open source module and modify it. That's what I started doing, left it for a while though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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