First Steps
From ACVacars Manual
System & Software / ACV website
System & Software preparation
Before being able to start your first ACV flight, please verify the following software installations:
- Install/Update the respective flight simulator (P3Dv5, XP12, MSFS, etc.)
- (only if P3D4 or lower) Install Navaids AIRAC (https://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids3.html)
- (only P3D or MSFS, optional but recommended) Install/Update GSX of FSDreamteam (http://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_gsx.html)
- (only X-Plane, optional but recommended) Install/Update Better-Pushback tool (https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/89033-better-pushback-mod-x-plane-1112/)
- Install/Update the respective aircraft addon(s). The following aircraft are supported by ACV (https://www.arrowcargovirtual.com/vms_ac_va/index.php/faq -> 1.2. What are the aircraft of the ACV-fleet? Aircraft for candidates?).
- Install newest version of FSUIPC (http://www.fsuipc.com/) for P3D/MSFS or of XPUIPC (https://www.schiratti.com/xpuipc.html) for XP11/12
- Freeware version is sufficient, no need to get the payware version
- This software is used as data exchange interface between flight simulator and ACVacars
- Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net481)
- Install ACVacars and Update ACVacars to its newest version (https://www.arrowcargovirtual.com/acvforum/index.php?topic=23.0)
- ACVacars-Download-Centre (ACVacars/Menu Main --> Download-Centre), download the following:
- checklist(s) of the respective aircraft
- pre-existing flight-routes (is only optional, feel free to use your own flight-routes)
- Install ACV liveries of the specific aircraft (ACVacars/Menu Main --> Download-Centre; or https://www.arrowcargovirtual.com/acvforum/index.php?board=16.0)
- (Optional) copy downloaded flight-route into the respective folder of your flight sim.
ACV website (arrowcargovirtual.com)
Log into member account
On top right of the ACV website, you find the login wrapper. Enter your credentials to log into your ACV account. Accepted are your ACV-member-number and your combined email address as account login parameter.
Logged-in, member/profile page
Member Profile overview
After logging in, the login-wrapper transforms to a logged-in overview, offering important accesses to:
- Pilot Center, click it to return to your logged-in profile page.
- View my Bids, click it to list your current reserved but not yet flown bids/flights.
- Add a Bid, click it to enter the schedule page, listing all available bids/flights at your current ICAO.
- Logout, click it to leave your ACV member account.
Member Profile page
At the beginning of your account/profile page you see important short-links to often used information as ACV member:
- ACVacars (Installer, PW, VA-Code), to get the ACVacars installer with the required password and VA-Code for it.
- Liveries, to get all available ACV liveries for manual installation.
- Support, to get important information in the support section of the ACV forum.
- ACVacars Online Manual, to reach the present online manual website.
- Tutorials, to watch the YouTube tutorial videos.
On the right side of the profile page, you find the link to enter the ACV discord channel respectively to get the ACV Discord access link written in the ACV forum.